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Solved!! Disable the Mini-Player on the Web-Version

Hi GuysI switched on my Windows 10 from the Desktop-Version to the Browser-Version. It works, but now I get/see every time a Mini-Player in the left upper corner for about 5 seconds when I press Pause/Play or e.g. if I change the volume. How can I de...

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Solved!! Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it"I have tried all t...

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Solved!! Disable Video on desktop app

There no X or way to close or stop a video on Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.64.408.g0a9b557c

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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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Search for apps - how to find Emerge?

Does this exist on the desktop player anywhere? If so, how do I find it? http://spotifyemerge.com/ This leads me to a broader question - why is there no "search for app" function??

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Does this exist on the desktop player anywhere? If so, how do I find it? http://spotifyemerge.com/ This leads me to a broader question - why is there no "search for app" function??

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The radio change automaticly and music stop.

When I listen a radio, an other, always the same, start and cut the lecture. I try to uninstall, I try to delete the radio but even that, she start again and stop the music.

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When I listen a radio, an other, always the same, start and cut the lecture. I try to uninstall, I try to delete the radio but even that, she start again and stop the music.

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Playlist radio station

There is a option when you right click on a playlist to make it a radio station... every time you try to do so i get an error message stting: Sorry, This Radio Station cannot be started. PLease try something else... Why have the option is it doesn't ...

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There is a option when you right click on a playlist to make it a radio station... every time you try to do so i get an error message stting: Sorry, This Radio Station cannot be started. PLease try s...

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I see this during syncing.. What is it?

While I was syncing with my phone. I see the third playlist to the right of "Starred". Has no name, and when I hover and click on the "Go to Playlist" overlay, nothing happens. It can be checked and unchecked though. How do I get rid of it?

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While I was syncing with my phone. I see the third playlist to the right of "Starred". Has no name, and when I hover and click on the "Go to Playlist" overlay, nothing happens. It can be checked and ...

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Sound Card Glitch

I have found a Glitch with spotify! if you unplug whatever audio meathod you are using to listen to music, while playing music, it induces a Sound card glitch. It will loop the second that induced the glitch repedatly after you resume the music. As o...

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I have found a Glitch with spotify!   if you unplug whatever audio meathod you are using to listen to music, while playing music, it induces a Sound card glitch.   It will loop the ...

Carina

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Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 has resulted in jumpy, stuttery audio

Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 has resulted in jumpy, stuttery audio when doing almost anything else on my PC I've tried adjusting my sound card/audio settings, but the problem still continues; I've also tried disabling hardware acceleration,...

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Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 has resulted in jumpy, stuttery audio when doing almost anything else on my PC   I've tried adjusting my sound card/audio settings, but the problem sti...

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Spotify "ghosts" when Spotify is not minimized and another app appears in front.

I can't report this in the bug section, but if you leave the Spotify window open, and then layer anything else above the spotify window, a ghost outline of the spotify window clearly appears. If you minimize Spotify before then it's not an issue, but...

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I can't report this in the bug section, but if you leave the Spotify window open, and then layer anything else above the spotify window, a ghost outline of the spotify window clearly appears. &nbsp...

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Spotify starts playing automatically again when Windows playback device changes on Windows 8.1

Hi all, I am using the Windows Desktop version on my private Laptop running on Windows 8.1. I am connecting my laptop to a different playback device (such as Bose Bluetooth speaker). When I pause the playing of songs in Spotify it always happens that...

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Hi all,   I am using the Windows Desktop version on my private Laptop running on Windows 8.1. I am connecting my laptop to a different playback device (such as Bose Bluetooth speaker). When ...

Peter__

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searching

How come when i search for a song it does not show all of the tracks? For example I search for "Close To You" and the version from Al Martino is nowhaere to be found. CAN SOMEONE SEARCH "Close to you" and then sort the results by artist and tell me i...

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How come when i search for a song it does not show all of the tracks?  For example I search for "Close To You" and the version from Al Martino is nowhaere to be found.  CAN SOMEONE SEARCH "...

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[Title Update] Opening the Android App randomly kills playback on PC

I know I'm not losing my connection to the internet, but on 2 pcs now I'll get a couple of songs in, and then 1/2 way throught the 3rd or 4th song in, playback stops, and the active playing song changes to the same song (on both pcs) in one of my ran...

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I know I'm not losing my connection to the internet, but on 2 pcs now I'll get a couple of songs in, and then 1/2 way throught the 3rd or 4th song in, playback stops, and the active playing song chan...

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Account Desactivated

Hi Spotify, My account got desactivated and i want it back. I requested a refund because i had cancelled my subscription and my payment was done on paypal and i wanted to stop de payment because i dont use spotify during this month. But i will surely...

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Hi Spotify,   My account got desactivated and i want it back. I requested a refund because i had cancelled my subscription and my payment was done on paypal and i wanted to stop de payment b...

Carina

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Radio is brocken

every time i dislike a song the song comes again after 3 songs with no dislike please help I DONT WANT JUSTIN BIBER

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every time i dislike a song the song comes again after  3 songs with no dislike please help I DONT WANT JUSTIN BIBER

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How can I see my removed facebook friends?

Hey, sorry for my English, I am from Germany. When I click on Activity and then on "show all" at "people you can follow" there is one entry "facebook-friends on spotify". I removed some friends once, how can I see their acitivties again? I still have...

Gig Goer

Hey,   sorry for my English, I am from Germany.   When I click on Activity and then on "show all" at "people you can follow" there is one entry "facebook-friends on spotify". &nbs...

Peter__

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Can't open Spotify Website

Spotify suddenly would not open on desk top (Windows) so uninstalled and tried to reinstall but cannot open the spotify website. Can open any other website so not an internet connectivity problem. Have followed recommendations on all forums to try an...

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Spotify suddenly would not open on desk top (Windows) so uninstalled and tried to reinstall but cannot open the spotify website.  Can open any other website so not an internet connectivity probl...

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Music will stop playing from playlists under browse

Multiple times a day my music will stop playing and the song on the bottom left changes to song from one of my saved playlists. I typically listen to playlists under the "Browse" section during the day. Randomly it will stop. When i look at the Spoti...

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Multiple times a day my music will stop playing and the song on the bottom left changes to song from one of my saved playlists. I typically listen to playlists under the "Browse" section during the d...

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Can't access followed people (Following count is zero although I follow people)

I try to follow people, but still the number displayed (following) is zero. Same problem on Windows 8.1, Ubuntu and iPhone. (The number of followers is correct though.) So I can't access playlists and recent activity for followed people, only the fol...

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I try to follow people, but still the number displayed (following) is zero. Same problem on Windows 8.1, Ubuntu and iPhone. (The number of followers is correct though.) So I can't access playlists an...

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Solved!! Browse Feature stuck loading

I have an Asus WIndows 7 laptop and I have the latest version of spotify. When I click Browse, then genres/moods. and then pick a genre nothing loads except this how do I fix this. PLEASE HELP

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I have an Asus WIndows 7 laptop and I have the latest version of spotify. When I click Browse, then genres/moods. and then pick a genre nothing loads except this   how do I fix this. PLEAS...

Peter__

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Local music is played too loud

I think there might be a bug with the 'set same volume level for all tracks' feature. My local tracks always plays louder than tracks from the Spotify cloud. Could this be fixed please? I always have to lower the volume (~20%) or skip the song becaus...

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I think there might be a bug with the 'set same volume level for all tracks' feature. My local tracks always plays louder than tracks from the Spotify cloud. Could this be fixed please? I always have...

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Spotify desktop no audio

As of this afternoon, I hear no audio when I run spotify desktop. I checked system volume settings, output device selection, etc. I've rebooted. And other apps, like iTunes work. Perhaps coincidentally I just installed the latest version of iTunes. O...

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As of this afternoon, I hear no audio when I run spotify desktop.  I checked system volume settings, output device selection, etc.  I've rebooted. And other apps, like iTunes work.  Pe...

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Playlists missing from old Spotify account.

This account is my original Spotify account that I created several years ago. A few years ago I decided to create a new spotify account through Facebook in order to have a clean slate for sharing music with friends, without having to delete all my ol...

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This account is my original Spotify account that I created several years ago. A few years ago I decided to create a new spotify account through Facebook in order to have a clean slate for sharing mus...

Carina

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