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Having trouble with the Spotify desktop app? Here’s a step-by-step guide of general troubleshooting steps known to resolve a multitude of issues. Basic Troubleshooting: Restart the Spotify app as well as your PC. Make sure both the app and Windows ar...
Spotify is bringing Jam to the desktop app! 拾 ️ Now you can start or join a listening party with your friends, family, colleagues, and classmates, with the Spotify desktop app in addition to the mobile app. Although you can listen on your own, Jam in...
Spotify is introducing a new "Now Playing View" sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player to go along with the recently released "Your Library" sidebar. Together, the individually customizable design of these new views provides a richer experience, m...
Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...
Hi, when I set a playlist to download, the progress bar just goes to the percentage of already-downloaded songs, and the icon in the playlist list keeps going in a circle. There is no download progress bar appearing in the usual place (below "Create ...
Hi, when I set a playlist to download, the progress bar just goes to the percentage of already-downloaded songs, and the icon in the playlist list keeps going in a circle. There is no ...
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So i recently got a new pc and im downloading all of my apps again and i was trying to download Spotify. I clicked download and it finished so i clicked "open", when i clicked it something popped up saying "Spotify is already installed, would you lik...
So i recently got a new pc and im downloading all of my apps again and i was trying to download Spotify. I clicked download and it finished so i clicked "open", when i clicked it something p...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi all, I am unable to play any albums or individual songs, other than in playlists of mine, on the Spotify windows app. Both the direct from Spotify version and on th...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi all, I am unable to play any albums or individual songs, other than in playlist...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryBulgaria DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueRecently we got a new smart TV in our house and since when I launch Spotify it shows small pop-up if I want to listen to connected speakers (which is the smart TV). I c...
Plan Premium Country Bulgaria Device PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue Recently we got a new smart TV in our house and since when I launch Spotify it shows ...
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i just wanna change my username pls let me change it im not feeling good with that name anymore..
i just wanna change my username pls let me change it im not feeling good with that name anymore..
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i want my account to be fully english,today i noticed that the mixes names had automatically changedfrom "example mix" to "example מיקס" in the picture that previews that mixand there is also another tab that is below the "Best of artists" tabthat is...
i want my account to be fully english, today i noticed that the mixes names had automatically changed from "example mix" to "example מיקס" in the picture that previews that mix and there is also a...
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PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWindows 11My Question or IssueYesterday, I noticed that when using the Spotify desktop app, it wasn't displaying on my Discord profile nor were the songs I was playing showing up on my Last.fm profile....
Plan Free Country USA Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue Yesterday, I noticed that when using the Spotify desktop app, it wasn't displaying on my Disco...
Casual Listener
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Whenever I try to listen to songs that aren't on a playlist the app does nothing and also I can't seem to be able to download anything at all
Whenever I try to listen to songs that aren't on a playlist the app does nothing and also I can't seem to be able to download anything at all
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So when I open Spotify on my Desktop, I see the option "This content is not available". Can someone please help me rectify this?
So when I open Spotify on my Desktop, I see the option "This content is not available". Can someone please help me rectify this?
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so I have this annoying issue. when you start playing music on spotify app it plays over laptop speakers rather than external speakers. I have selected external speakers as my default audio device and any other app (youtube) plays over external speak...
so I have this annoying issue. when you start playing music on spotify app it plays over laptop speakers rather than external speakers. I have selected external speakers as my default audio device an...
Casual Listener
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When I click lyrics for a song the lyrics don't scroll with the song (it's synced). This only happens when I open the tab but if i switch to another tab before returning to the spotify tab (without closing it) the lyrics seemed to have been scrolling...
When I click lyrics for a song the lyrics don't scroll with the song (it's synced). This only happens when I open the tab but if i switch to another tab before returning to the spotify tab (without c...
Visitor
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For a few days now music will not play from any artist or album pages on your Windows desktop app. Music will play from playlists and podcasts seem unaffected. If I click on the green buttons or on individual tracks any music already playing stops an...
For a few days now music will not play from any artist or album pages on your Windows desktop app. Music will play from playlists and podcasts seem unaffected. If I click on the green buttons or on i...
Casual Listener
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I just move to my new laptop old one is Win10 Pro my new one is Win11 After install Spotify from windows store I can't download offline some of my playlist so I change to install from installer and it's still sameMy plan is Premium Famliy my brother ...
I just move to my new laptop old one is Win10 Pro my new one is Win11 After install Spotify from windows store I can't download offline some of my playlist so I change to install from installer ...
Casual Listener
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I'm streaming via the web on Firefox on Windows 10. Starting today most songs are getting cut off part way through (could be at the front, middle, or end) and the next song starts playing. I heard it happen very occasionally before but now its consta...
I'm streaming via the web on Firefox on Windows 10. Starting today most songs are getting cut off part way through (could be at the front, middle, or end) and the next song starts playing. I heard ...
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I can not choose any songs on my desktop spotify, it gets stuck on a playlist and I can not change nor skip any songs, nor change playlist. I've restarted my PC multiple times, relogged, reinstalled the app and deleted remaining folders without anyth...
I can not choose any songs on my desktop spotify, it gets stuck on a playlist and I can not change nor skip any songs, nor change playlist. I've restarted my PC multiple times, relogged, reinstalled ...
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PlanFreeCountryPoland DeviceWIndows LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueBack in 2020 when I created my account there was an option on desktop app. This option allowed to link my phone to my desktop app. After I linked my phone I rece...
Plan Free Country Poland Device WIndows Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Back in 2020 when I created my account there was an option on desktop app. Thi...
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On one of my machines I get the above message when I try to play any content
On one of my machines I get the above message when I try to play any content
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(Surface Pro 7)Operating System(Windows 11) My Question or Issue A couple of days ago I was going through and reorganising my playlists, (moving the playlists above/below each other and putting them into folders, I reali...
Plan Free/Premium Country Device (Surface Pro 7) Operating System (Windows 11) My Question or Issue A couple of days ago I was going through and reorganising my playli...
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I cannot play songs on pc app but when I open spotify in browser I can play and listen songs. How can I fix this.
I cannot play songs on pc app but when I open spotify in browser I can play and listen songs. How can I fix this.
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No matter what I do, it doesn't work. I've right-clicked and selected Delete, that didn't work. I've clicked on the playlist, clicked on the three dots then selected Delete, that didn't work. It still shows up when I restart the app on my computer. I...
No matter what I do, it doesn't work. I've right-clicked and selected Delete, that didn't work. I've clicked on the playlist, clicked on the three dots then selected Delete, that didn't work. It stil...
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