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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...
Hi, Does anybody know why I can't make a playlist public AND collaborative? If I check the 'public' button on the drop down menu and shortly after that I check the Collaborative button, my whole playlist becomes 'Secret'. I can only choose for a publ...
Hi, Does anybody know why I can't make a playlist public AND collaborative? If I check the 'public' button on the drop down menu and shortly after that I check the Collaborative button, ...
Newbie
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I'm a user from Hong Kong so my English may be so bad. my spotify has no problem till these days i cannot check my profile, it shows "please go online to view user profile" and i cannot search song too. when i type something in the search bar nothing...
I'm a user from Hong Kong so my English may be so bad. my spotify has no problem till these days i cannot check my profile, it shows "please go online to view user profile" and i canno...
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I restarted, logged out and back in and my activity log is, my profile and user's profiles are still unavailable...
I restarted, logged out and back in and my activity log is, my profile and user's profiles are still unavailable...
Community Legend
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Logged in today, was told I had wrong password, which wasn't correct. My name and profile pic are still the same, but I can't find any of my playlists! If someone would help me find thwem, I'd be so grateful! Thanks! Cathy Philpot
Logged in today, was told I had wrong password, which wasn't correct. My name and profile pic are still the same, but I can't find any of my playlists! If someone would help me find thwem, I'd be so ...
Community Legend
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Was getting this message in yellow bar constantly in older versions 8.5.133 "could not synchronize playlists, retrying". Then began getting them on my work computer also. Constantly there. Making spotify social completely shut down, the "played" feed...
Was getting this message in yellow bar constantly in older versions 8.5.133 "could not synchronize playlists, retrying". Then began getting them on my work computer also. Constantly there...
Community Legend
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I just used a facebook-link for a friends album-suggestion while beeing logged on to my Spotify premium account. The program quit and reappeared with the album. My name is still in top, right corner, but my account seems to have disappeared. All play...
I just used a facebook-link for a friends album-suggestion while beeing logged on to my Spotify premium account. The program quit and reappeared with the album. My name is still in top, right co...
Regular
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Is there anyway I can install Spotify on my Windows Phone without going to the App Store? It's not available in the Windowsphone App Store in my country. Thank you!
Is there anyway I can install Spotify on my Windows Phone without going to the App Store? It's not available in the Windowsphone App Store in my country. Thank you!
Community Legend
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Spotify opens on startup, but not in minimized mode as it's set. Any idea? (win 7 32bit)
Spotify opens on startup, but not in minimized mode as it's set. Any idea? (win 7 32bit)
Casual Listener
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So I'm connecting my laptop to my TV, and I cannot get the sound from Spotify to play through the TV and just comes out of my laptop speakers as though the HDMI cable isn't plugged in at all. Youtube, DVD's, everything else plays the sound through th...
So I'm connecting my laptop to my TV, and I cannot get the sound from Spotify to play through the TV and just comes out of my laptop speakers as though the HDMI cable isn't plugged in at all. Youtube...
Visitor
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I jus installed Spotify .9.7.16 on Windows 7 x64 with dual monitors. I'm not able to minimize the Spotify window. By that I mean the full Spotify window with the main/apps/your music window refuses to minimize to the task bar. If I click on the minim...
I jus installed Spotify .9.7.16 on Windows 7 x64 with dual monitors. I'm not able to minimize the Spotify window. By that I mean the full Spotify window with the main/apps/your music window refuses t...
Community Legend
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Good morning or afternoon I just want to use spotify-connect! How do set it up? I'm just trying to connect it to a desktop which is connected to my speakers, so if other words what do I need to do to make that work. I also have spotify premium. I'm r...
Good morning or afternoon I just want to use spotify-connect! How do set it up? I'm just trying to connect it to a desktop which is connected to my speakers, so if other words what do I ne...
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I have searched high and low and I cannot find a solution on how to view what my friends are listening to. This used to appear on the right hand side of my spotify screen on a PC. Please help.
I have searched high and low and I cannot find a solution on how to view what my friends are listening to. This used to appear on the right hand side of my spotify screen on a PC. Please ...
Community Legend
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This Album doesn't do Gapless playback, while it should. Is this a feature or a problem of Spotify?
This Album doesn't do Gapless playback, while it should. Is this a feature or a problem of Spotify?
Community Legend
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My playlist "no...no nonono" or something disappeared. And instead my old playlist that i deleted came up when i logged in. What's happening?
My playlist "no...no nonono" or something disappeared. And instead my old playlist that i deleted came up when i logged in. What's happening?
Community Legend
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Hi!I have a playlist that I can't make public, for some reason (?). All my playlists are otherwise public, but when I try to make this one the same I can't even make the choice "Make public" when I right click on it. The option is grey and not possib...
Hi! I have a playlist that I can't make public, for some reason (?). All my playlists are otherwise public, but when I try to make this one the same I can't even make the choice "Make public" when...
Newbie
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Ok this is a weird question, but I understand why Spotify won't allow someone else to play my local files on a playlist I share with them, but I wonder if there is a way for at least the title of the song to show up on their end? I ask because I use ...
Ok this is a weird question, but I understand why Spotify won't allow someone else to play my local files on a playlist I share with them, but I wonder if there is a way for at least the title of the...
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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 "Close to you" and then sort the results by artist and tell me i...
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 "...
Roadie
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I've been getting distortion on all of my songs. I have a Dell Inspirion Windows 7. I am not a premium user. The distortion sounds like crackling static that slows down the song; makes the music sound very robotic. If the spotify window is selected t...
I've been getting distortion on all of my songs. I have a Dell Inspirion Windows 7. I am not a premium user. The distortion sounds like crackling static that slows down the song; makes the music soun...
Casual Listener
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Dear Spotify, I love to make playlists of a specific genre, the problem is nobody can find my playlists. I also tryed to searche for the playlist of my friends (who are public) and could find them eigther. Do you know the solusion for this problem, I...
Dear Spotify, I love to make playlists of a specific genre, the problem is nobody can find my playlists. I also tryed to searche for the playlist of my friends (who are pu...
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Please please please PLEASE let us delete radio stations! I have a slight form of OCD and love to clean up my music folders, playlists, etc and I have several radio stations that didn't work and I hate how they still show up. I've read many similar r...
Please please please PLEASE let us delete radio stations! I have a slight form of OCD and love to clean up my music folders, playlists, etc and I have several radio stations that didn't work and I ha...
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