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Discuss Spotify for Windows
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...
Is Spotify limiting song volumes? As I slide the Sppotify volume slider, the volume changes accordingly, but when I put it like on 30% or so, the volume slowly rises. You can hear the change but not see the slider moving. Also, when I slide it back t...
Is Spotify limiting song volumes? As I slide the Sppotify volume slider, the volume changes accordingly, but when I put it like on 30% or so, the volume slowly rises. You can hear the chan...
Music Fan
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Description I cannot add any songs from my computer to my Spotify playlists. If you drag the song to a playlist it will say "copy" but the song will not add. To make it clear I am dragging songs from a folder, not another device or iTunes. It did and...
Description I cannot add any songs from my computer to my Spotify playlists. If you drag the song to a playlist it will say "copy" but the song will not add. To make it clear I am dragging son...
Regular
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Hi there. My computer is running on Windows 7 x64. My problem: I want to install the musiXmatch or TuneWiki App for my spotify desktop player. So I got to this page. Now when I click on "Open In Spotify" my sporitfy player pops up and shows me the fo...
Hi there. My computer is running on Windows 7 x64. My problem: I want to install the musiXmatch or TuneWiki App for my spotify desktop player. So I got to this page. Now when I cl...
Roadie
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6 replies
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Hi! How can I remove everything in my Spotify window except the music I find when i search and my own playlists? I want NONE of these: news recommendations other peoples' playlists toplists announcements community new releases this that etc etc etc H...
Hi! How can I remove everything in my Spotify window except the music I find when i search and my own playlists? I want NONE of these: news recommendations other ...
Casual Listener
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Hola, Os hago una captura de pantala con el error que tengo. No me permite reproducir nada desde mi ordenador. He descargado el programa de nuevo, lo he instalado, y nada. Por favor, solucionarlo cuanto antes ya que lo necesito. Un saludo.
Hola, Os hago una captura de pantala con el error que tengo. No me permite reproducir nada desde mi ordenador. He descargado el programa de nuevo, lo he instalado, y nada. ...
Casual Listener
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2 replies
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In the latest update this feature was removed and i'm asking why? I almost immediately noticed the difference. Because now what the loudness compressing is doing, it makes EDM tracks more muddier (lower treble), more loose (lower bass) making them bl...
In the latest update this feature was removed and i'm asking why? I almost immediately noticed the difference. Because now what the loudness compressing is doing, it makes EDM trac...
Newbie
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5 replies
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Problem solved - please ignore!
Problem solved - please ignore!
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The My Favorite Coffeehouse play list continues to stall out because one song on the play list won't play. Can someone fix it or delete the song? It is really irritating to have to have the play list abruptly quit on me every day. This is the song: W...
The My Favorite Coffeehouse play list continues to stall out because one song on the play list won't play. Can someone fix it or delete the song? It is really irritating to have to have the play list...
Not applicable
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So, I am getting really annoyed by the fact that Spotify quits irregular and very frequently over the last month. It always happens when I switch device (phone, tablet, laptop) or connection (wifi and 3G). I can press play, the track runs for a coupl...
So, I am getting really annoyed by the fact that Spotify quits irregular and very frequently over the last month. It always happens when I switch device (phone, tablet, laptop) or connection (wifi an...
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On my PC, the desktop toolbar always shows open applications on the bottom of the screen. When listening Spotify at work, I used to be able to hover my mouse over the Spotify icon in my toolbar rail across the bottom of the screen, and a mini image o...
On my PC, the desktop toolbar always shows open applications on the bottom of the screen. When listening Spotify at work, I used to be able to hover my mouse over the Spotify icon in my toolbar...
Music Fan
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2 replies
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Hi there, I have been listening to Spotify for quite a while now. Big fan. One thing exhausts me however: Just like everybody of you, I don't like all the music that is listed in Top Lists or other playlists. One example: Beyonce - 7/11. I just H-A-T...
Hi there, I have been listening to Spotify for quite a while now. Big fan. One thing exhausts me however: Just like everybody of you, I don't like all the music that is listed in Top Lis...
Community Legend
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3 replies
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Hi I had an album of mine relased through a label say 2 months ago, My related artists at the moment are the polor opposite and its frustraiting to think that nobody will find me though an artist radio ect from bands that im actually like, how long d...
Hi I had an album of mine relased through a label say 2 months ago, My related artists at the moment are the polor opposite and its frustraiting to think that nobody will find me though an artist rad...
Spotify Star
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Hello, I disconnected from Facebook using Edit/Preferences in the main menu of Desktop app. The system thew me off and upon next login and see ALL of my playlists gone. There were years of work building them.. so frustrating.. Anybody knows how to re...
Hello, I disconnected from Facebook using Edit/Preferences in the main menu of Desktop app. The system thew me off and upon next login and see ALL of my playlists gone. There were year...
Spotify Star
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My son used my account to find some music and added this to a playlist. Now that he has his own account he would like to move that playlist to his own account. Is there any way to do that?
My son used my account to find some music and added this to a playlist. Now that he has his own account he would like to move that playlist to his own account. Is there any way to do that?
Regular
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Hello spotify community, Today I tried to add an album to my spotify collection which wasn't on spotify anywhere. So I imported the CD onto my PC with windows media player. WMP is selected in my preferences fbut the album does not show up in my local...
Hello spotify community, Today I tried to add an album to my spotify collection which wasn't on spotify anywhere. So I imported the CD onto my PC with windows media player. WMP is sel...
Spotify Star
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Hi! Since quite a while back now one of my favorite songs, Ready, Steady, Go by Paul Oakenfold has somehow been messed up in spotify, It used to be correct but now it has turned into something strange instead Paul Oakenfold – Ready, Steady, Go This i...
Hi! Since quite a while back now one of my favorite songs, Ready, Steady, Go by Paul Oakenfold has somehow been messed up in spotify, It used to be correct but now it has turned...
Casual Listener
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Spotify Star
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Hi Spotify community, I cant seem to unfollow a friend. I right click and press unfollow, but nothing happens. Any suggestions? Thanks!!
Hi Spotify community, I cant seem to unfollow a friend. I right click and press unfollow, but nothing happens. Any suggestions? Thanks!!
Casual Listener
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First of all, sorry for my english, I'm spanish so I don't speak it as well as I would like. I have a problem, well I would say a big problem. I don't know if it has been solved before here, because I get lost reading and looking for so much. Well, t...
First of all, sorry for my english, I'm spanish so I don't speak it as well as I would like. I have a problem, well I would say a big problem. I don't know if it has been solved before here, ...
Newbie
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Hi, Is anyone using those. In my experience they are totally broken. They do not support filtering/searching (on desktop) and take ages to load. When I want to look for an artist/albums in my library what I am forced to do is go the the "Songs" secti...
Hi, Is anyone using those. In my experience they are totally broken. They do not support filtering/searching (on desktop) and take ages to load. When I want to look for an artist/albu...
Roadie
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