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Windows Troubleshooting Guide

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...

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Solved!! Desktop: Jam now available

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...

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Desktop: New "Now Playing View" sidebar

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...

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New Your Library sidebar

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...

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Spotify leaks over to second monitor

It seems to happen when I use the windows "snap" feature but do so while some of the window's still on the primary monitor, here's a gif : https://gfycat.com/DaringWickedBeardeddragon As you can see I've also included a small portion of my primary mo...

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It seems to happen when I use the windows "snap" feature but do so while some of the window's still on the primary monitor, here's a gif : https://gfycat.com/DaringWickedBeardeddragon   A...

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Music Searching Not Working

does anybody know why spotify keeps saying error try again after trying to look for music? spotify needs to update itself

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does anybody know why spotify keeps saying error try again after trying to look for music? spotify needs to update itself

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spotify.com does not work. proxy not found...

Whats wrong? i checked my firewall and anti-virus so that they are not blocking the site.

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Whats wrong? i checked my firewall and anti-virus so that they are not blocking the site.

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Solved!! Spotify keep crashing and can't uninstall

As mentioned above, my Spotify keep crashing after a couple minutes after being opened and I can't uninstall it. I went to Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features and tried to uninstall Spotify, but it said "the uninstaller failed start". Anyone...

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As mentioned above, my Spotify keep crashing after a couple minutes after being opened and I can't uninstall it.   I went to Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features and tried to unin...

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Solved!! Song not work

https://open.spotify.com/track/5yR9u8QiOt8hJaddv32oo7 It sayes: This part is not available.If your computer has the file, you can bring it. Other songs working on that album, but why not that? That song need delete from there if that not work. I just...

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https://open.spotify.com/track/5yR9u8QiOt8hJaddv32oo7   It sayes: This part is not available.If your computer has the file, you can bring it.   Other songs working on that album, b...

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Can't remove artist from library.

Hi, I following folk ban Omnia for a long time, but few days ago I noticed that it has been replaced by some kind of electronic band with the same name. And now, there's no way to delete it from my library. I dont follow this artist and dont have any...

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Hi,   I following folk ban Omnia for a long time, but few days ago I noticed that it has been replaced by some kind of electronic band with the same name. And now, there's no way to delete it ...

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"Esta canción no está disponible"

Hola. Hace unos días, cambié el país de mi cuenta de Spotify, y resulta ser que desde entonces no sólo varias canciones que sé que sí están disponibles en el nuevo país me aparecen como si no lo estuvieran, sino que también al intentar reproducir alg...

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Hola. Hace unos días, cambié el país de mi cuenta de Spotify, y resulta ser que desde entonces no sólo varias canciones que sé que sí están disponibles en el nuevo país me aparecen como si no lo estu...

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My songs library doesn't show all of my saved songs

After the last update I noticed a ton of songs went missing in my library even though I didn't unsave them. This really sucks because I like to shuffle my library which usually has 5000+ songs in it, but after adding them all to a playlist it only sh...

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After the last update I noticed a ton of songs went missing in my library even though I didn't unsave them. This really sucks because I like to shuffle my library which usually has 5000+ songs in it,...

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Solved!! can people following a public playlist still listen after it's made private?

hey there! i have a couple of playlists on my spotify that used to be public, but since i gained a few followers i decided to make them private. one of my close friends is following these playlists and i don't mind her seeing or listening to them, bu...

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hey there! i have a couple of playlists on my spotify that used to be public, but since i gained a few followers i decided to make them private. one of my close friends is following these playlists a...

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Muffled Audio

Recently, the artists vocals for any song are extremely muffled. The words are barely able to be heard over the music which doesnt sound any louder than usual. I uninstalled and reinstalled Spotify to no avail. Is this a common problem? Is there a wa...

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Recently, the artists vocals for any song are extremely muffled. The words are barely able to be heard over the music which doesnt sound any louder than usual. I uninstalled and reinstalled Spotify t...

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Can't download local data

Hello, I started using Spotify Premium on my Windows PC and Iphone5 today. I am not able to download random files of my local data. I put them in a playlist. Some work, others don't. When I restart the download sometimes some of the files work but I ...

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Hello,   I started using Spotify Premium on my Windows PC and Iphone5 today. I am not able to download random files of my local data. I put them in a playlist. Some work, others don't. When I ...

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Song Bar on PC / Win 8.1

Hello,when i switch between Spotiy and a game (or the browser, Word or whatever), the Song Bar (left: cover, middle: skip, shuffle, play/pause etc, right hand side: volume control) freezes in the current state. This means that it freezes in the state...

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Hello, when i switch between Spotiy and a game (or the browser, Word or whatever), the Song Bar (left: cover, middle: skip, shuffle, play/pause etc, right hand side: volume control) freezes in the c...

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This track is not available on some albums.

A lot of the music I listen to on spotify seems to suddenly be saying "this track in not available". To give some specific examples some of these albums are. Ben Howard "I forget where we were". Aphex twin, loads of stuff, but "druqks" isn't there. R...

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A lot of the music I listen to on spotify seems to suddenly be saying "this track in not available". To give some specific examples some of these albums are. Ben Howard "I forget where we were". Aphe...

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Superuser Contribution [SOLVED]Spotify hängt bei der ersten Sekunde

Seit ein paar Tagen, hängt bei mir Spotify bei 0 Sekunden und es werden Songs nicht mehr abgespielt. Sobald ich itunes öffne, startet die Wiedergabe in Spotify.....Wenn ich itunes wieder schließe, stoppt die Wiedergabe in Spotify... Oo Windows Sounds...

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Seit ein paar Tagen, hängt bei mir Spotify bei 0 Sekunden und es werden Songs nicht mehr abgespielt.   Sobald ich itunes öffne, startet die Wiedergabe in Spotify..... Wenn ich itunes wieder s...

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Skipping every song.

Spotify just keeps skipping every song without stoping for some reason. I have tried reinstalling the app, reinstailling my sound drivers, updating java. I have seen alot of threads with the same problem but from like months/years ago, and nothing in...

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Spotify just keeps skipping every song without stoping for some reason. I have tried reinstalling the app, reinstailling my sound drivers, updating java. I have seen alot of threads with the same pro...

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My Songs Problem

Usually when I click on 'Songs' under the 'Your Music' tab, it shows all of my saved songs, now when I click on it I get redirected to 'Browse'. Problem only appears on desktop.

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Usually when I click on 'Songs' under the 'Your Music' tab, it shows all of my saved songs, now when I click on it I get redirected to 'Browse'. Problem only appears on desktop. 

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Spotify stops playing after 1 second

Hey everybody,I have a big problem. Every time i choose a song it only plays 1 second and than I don't hear sound anymore. What can I do? I tried re-installing spotify and I tried something with the cache but it didn't work. And everytime I changed t...

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Hey everybody, I have a big problem. Every time i choose a song it only plays 1 second and than I don't hear sound anymore. What can I do? I tried re-installing spotify and I tried something with th...

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No puedo ver "Mis Canciones".

Buenas a todos. Tengo un problema hace dias solo en la App de la PC. Soy User Premium y no puedo ver ni reproducir mi playlist "Mis Canciones" porqué hacerlo salta lo siguiente teniendo casi 150/200 músicas guardadas:Al darle doble click se reproduce...

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Buenas a todos. Tengo un problema hace dias solo en la App de la PC. Soy User Premium y no puedo ver ni reproducir mi playlist "Mis Canciones" porqué hacerlo salta lo siguiente teniendo casi 150/200 ...

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Spotify skips the songs and stops playing after 2 seconds

hi!from this evening on my spotify player skips most of the songs and the few songs that start playing, stop again in 2 seconds... actually a reinstalled, cleared the cache, etc.... but nothing helped.i tried spotify on my iphone too and the problem ...

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hi! from this evening on my spotify player skips most of the songs and the few songs that start playing, stop again in 2 seconds... actually a reinstalled, cleared the cache, etc.... but nothing hel...

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"Can't play current song" when gaming

I'm playing games and I get this issue ( Overwatch mostly) where after I leave a match, the song suddenly stops and I can hear a 'pop' as though the headset has disconnected. All other audio still works (game volume, youtube etc.). I get the impressi...

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I'm playing games and I get this issue ( Overwatch mostly) where after I leave a match, the song suddenly stops and I can hear a 'pop' as though the headset has disconnected. All other audio still wo...

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