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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...
Having trouble with the Spotify desktop app? Here’s a step-by-step guide to help get things working again. What to try first Perform a soft reset (generally rebooting the device will suffice). If that doesn’t help, try a clean reinstall. Be sure to l...
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Planfamily PremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceLenovo laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello, I've been having issues with the spotify desktop app. When I want to play a song on my airpods, it doesnt play any sound, but when I disc...
Plan family Premium Country The Netherlands Device Lenovo laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello, I've been having issues with the spotify deskt...
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I have spotify installed, but when I go to install the game bar widget for spotify, it forces me to install the microsoft store version which I didn't want.
I have spotify installed, but when I go to install the game bar widget for spotify, it forces me to install the microsoft store version which I didn't want.
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Hello. It seems my Discover Weekly playlist is not working, with errors.In Windows, it tries for about 20 seconds and says "Couldn't find that playlist".On Android, it says "This playlist has been deleted". I've tried a clean reinstall for my Windows...
Hello. It seems my Discover Weekly playlist is not working, with errors. In Windows, it tries for about 20 seconds and says "Couldn't find that playlist". On Android, it says "This playlist has bee...
Casual Listener
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i have spotify set to auto run on startup and i get an error that says "The ordinal 380 could not be located in the dynamic link library C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Spotify/Spotify.exe", i can open spotify by double clicking the EXE file while the ...
i have spotify set to auto run on startup and i get an error that says "The ordinal 380 could not be located in the dynamic link library C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Spotify/Spotify.exe", i can open...
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Have been told to move this message to the "Help" section, so I am assuming it won't be 'closed' on this section - thanks. 2023 has definitely not been the year for the designers and the developers! - Now Playing button in Settings stopped working (a...
Have been told to move this message to the "Help" section, so I am assuming it won't be 'closed' on this section - thanks. 2023 has definitely not been the year for the designers a...
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After some of the drivers on my system were updated, Spotify decided to only play on the front center speaker of my 5.1 surround system. Other apps work fine on all speakers. I re-installed Spotify and it helped but it still sounds like only mono sou...
After some of the drivers on my system were updated, Spotify decided to only play on the front center speaker of my 5.1 surround system. Other apps work fine on all speakers. I re-installed Spotify a...
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Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: PC Operating System: Windows 10My Question or Issue: I cannot play anything on the PC app. The scrum bar shows it playing the songs, and the lyrics follow the scrum, but no audio comes out of the speakers. I can switc...
Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: PC Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue: I cannot play anything on the PC app. The scrum bar shows it playing the songs, and ...
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It seems like this is only a minor UI bug1. Hover over a Song2. Left click the three dots that open the "Song Context Menu"-> The "Song Context Menu" should now be visible3. Right click the three dots that open the "Song Context Menu"-> Now another i...
It seems like this is only a minor UI bug 1. Hover over a Song 2. Left click the three dots that open the "Song Context Menu" -> The "Song Context Menu" should now be visible 3. Right click ...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueThere is an issue on website when you click right click on support heading they dont open men...
Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue There i...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI get the necessity of income and "free" isn't free, but my ad-to-song ratio is literally 1 to 1. It's become absurd. I use to get a reasonable series of commercials, followed b...
Plan Free/Premium Country USA Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I get the necessity of income and "free" isn't free, but my ad-to-song ratio is literally 1 to 1. ...
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There is a playlist that no matter if I delete it, it always says that something went wrong and even if I delete it on the website, it is never removed from the home screen
There is a playlist that no matter if I delete it, it always says that something went wrong and even if I delete it on the website, it is never removed from the home screen
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Hi. I am operating Windows 11 Pro and can only access my downloaded music. When I click on home it gives me a black screen saying Something went wrong. I also cant access / search for anything through search. I have had no issues in the past, so I ha...
Hi. I am operating Windows 11 Pro and can only access my downloaded music. When I click on home it gives me a black screen saying Something went wrong. I also cant access / search for any...
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J'ai changer d'ordinateur et je ne retrouve plus ma bibliothèque dans mon nouvel ordi. mais par contre elle demeure sur mon cellulaire ?
J'ai changer d'ordinateur et je ne retrouve plus ma bibliothèque dans mon nouvel ordi. mais par contre elle demeure sur mon cellulaire ?
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When ever I'm playing a song it will run for about 10-20 seconds before it will pause on its own. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app, cleared temp caches, restarted the system, lowered the audio quality and have tried it with hardware acceler...
When ever I'm playing a song it will run for about 10-20 seconds before it will pause on its own. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app, cleared temp caches, restarted the system, lowered the a...
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I made an account on this just to post this. For the last few months Spotify has seemed to automatically lower my volume when an artist would start singing or a particular instrument would cut in, and no answers I had seen would work, including chang...
I made an account on this just to post this. For the last few months Spotify has seemed to automatically lower my volume when an artist would start singing or a particular instrument would cu...
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When I download and install Spotify to my Windows PC it installs on my C drive. But my C drive is not for Apps. I want it to install to my D Drive. How can this be done please?
When I download and install Spotify to my Windows PC it installs on my C drive. But my C drive is not for Apps. I want it to install to my D Drive. How can this be done please?
Casual Listener
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All songs that are in my playlists, liked songs or playlists that I am following are playing just fine.If I select any artist at random and try to play anything of their content, Spotify just won't play and the player controls (play, prev/next, seek)...
All songs that are in my playlists, liked songs or playlists that I am following are playing just fine. If I select any artist at random and try to play anything of their content, Spotify just won't...
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PlanPremiumCountryVietnamOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAs the title have stated, the home page does not load on both my desktop app and web player (mobile app still works). This happens across multiple devices and on different intern...
Plan Premium Country Vietnam Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue As the title have stated, the home page does not load on both my desktop app and web player (mobile app st...
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Hi,I have an annoying and ongoing issue.I have a Premium Spotify account. My account works fine on my iPhone.But since June, there is no way to have it work on my computer (Win10, up-to-date) any more. I used the free version for years, and when I de...
Hi, I have an annoying and ongoing issue. I have a Premium Spotify account. My account works fine on my iPhone. But since June, there is no way to have it work on my computer (Win10, up-to-date) a...
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PremiumItalyDesktop appWindows 10 After the last update I have no audio only on spotify destktop app. I try to reinstall the desktop app but the probelm remain. Obviously the audio on my PC is good
Premium Italy Desktop app Windows 10 After the last update I have no audio only on spotify destktop app. I try to reinstall the desktop app but the probelm remain. Obviously the audio on ...
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