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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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Starred list gone on PC

My starred song list is gone on my PC but is still there on my mobile versions. What happened? how do i get it back? Very annoying

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My starred song list is gone on my PC but is still there on my mobile versions. What happened? how do i get it back? Very annoying

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Solved!! All of my playlists completely gone after 0.9.8.296g update - Resolved!

What's going on? I have Windows 8.1 running on my desktop and I was right in the middle of a song when Spotify kicked me out and updated without asking. Very disappointed! I read a bit, and went to recover deleted playlists in case they would be ther...

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What's going on? I have Windows 8.1 running on my desktop and I was right in the middle of a song when Spotify kicked me out and updated without asking. Very disappointed!   I read a bit, an...

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Want your Starred interface back? Here's how.

I wrote a guide a while back, here's the link. Re: To divide my tracks in albums - is that possib... - Page 2 - The Spotify Community Note that Spotify has the ability to kill this fix any time they feel like it. And has once in the past.

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I wrote a guide a while back, here's the link.   Re: To divide my tracks in albums - is that possib... - Page 2 - The Spotify Community   Note that Spotify has the ability to kill t...

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New playlists not visible on user profiles on latest version

Only top 50 playlist are visible on the users profile. This way if you have more than 50 playlists any new ones will never be visible!? I have shared my latest monthly playlist on music communities on FB and it have now reached as many subscribers to...

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Only top 50 playlist are visible on the users profile. This way if you have more than 50 playlists any new ones will never be visible!? I have shared my latest monthly playlist on music communit...

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Library!

Where do i find the library in the new release?The library was the only feature where i could see all my new added songs (of 20 different playlists) in one overview.

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Where do i find the library in the new release? The library was the only feature where i could see all my new added songs (of 20 different playlists) in one overview. 

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Bug or "feature"? 60min + songs length format

Hi, Songs over 60 minutes seams to appear truncated. This is not a showstopper But its abit annoying. An example is Sleep - Dopesmoker 63m34s length. In old version all is fine. New version shows 1:03. This is correct, but its not realy informative. ...

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Hi, Songs over 60 minutes seams to appear truncated.  This is not a showstopper 😛 But its abit annoying.   An example is Sleep - Dopesmoker 63m34s length. In old version all is fin...

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Stuck in Offline mode

Hey Spotify peeps. I've been enjoying my month trial of premium and love it, expect for one huge, major and unexcusable problem which has me deciding to not continue with premium - and that is the dreaded "Stuck in Offline mode" issue. Spotify works ...

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Hey Spotify peeps.   I've been enjoying my month trial of premium and love it, expect for one huge, major and unexcusable problem which has me deciding to not continue with premium - and tha...

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Various artists as album artist whn the album is by one band/artist only

SometimesI have difficulty finding a certain album when I start with looking up the artist and listing the albums of that artist. F.i. the album 'Operators Manual' by 'The Buzzcocks'. If I look up the Buzzcocks it's not mentioned in their list of alb...

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SometimesI have difficulty finding a certain album when I start with looking up the artist and listing the albums of that artist. F.i. the album 'Operators Manual' by 'The Buzzcocks'. If I look up th...

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Heavy CPU load when moving Spotify window

After updating Spotify to the latest version (The dark ages version) version 0.9.8.296.g91f68827 I notice a very high CPU load on spotify.exe *32 when moving the Spotify window, about 10-25%. The same thing happens if I move another window ontop of t...

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After updating Spotify to the latest version (The dark ages version) version 0.9.8.296.g91f68827 I notice a very high CPU load on spotify.exe *32 when moving the Spotify window, about 10-25%. The sam...

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wrong songs

idk if it's just a my problem but i can't find any solutions, online and on my brother's desktop for the same songs there aren't any problems but on the program they are wrong, really different songs or with voices not of the songs like 'six degrees ...

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idk if it's just a my problem but i can't find any solutions, online and on my brother's desktop for the same songs there aren't any problems but on the program they are wrong, really different songs...

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Bug (Windows) - Plays song from different album (not equivalent track number from other album)

This one is a bit tricky: Description: I opened Lionel Richies profile on Spotify. I scrolled 7 albums down to Live (2007) and selected song number 13 out of 14, All Night Long - Live from Bercy Arena. Spotify on the other hand, thought that I rather...

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This one is a bit tricky:   Description: I opened Lionel Richies profile on Spotify. I scrolled 7 albums down to Live (2007) and selected song number 13 out of 14, All Night Long - Live fr...

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Can't select tracks in an album view if I clicked into the album from "Your Music"->"Albums" view

If I'm in the "Your Music"->"Albums" view and I click into an album, I can't select any of the tracks in that view

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If I'm in the "Your Music"->"Albums" view and I click into an album, I can't select any of the tracks in that view

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Suggestion: Highlighting Playing vs Reviewing

In the new version, it's not easily identifiable which playist is playing versus one which is being looked at. I see the Speaker icon to the right of the playlist, but it would be better to have more. Such as italics the playing list or change the co...

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In the new version, it's not easily identifiable which playist is playing versus one which is being looked at. I see the Speaker icon to the right of the playlist, but it would be better to have...

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My post from yesterday...

Spotify, shame of you. Deleting posts that are critical of you is a bad business to be in. Yesterday i created this community account and i posted one message. Today that message is gone and i am unable to find it. It was critical of your latest upda...

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Spotify, shame of you. Deleting posts that are critical of you is a bad business to be in.   Yesterday i created this community account and i posted one message.   Today that messag...

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Solved!! If a commercial plays after the last song in the playlist the last song is played again

If a commercial plays after the last song in the playlist the last song is played again after the commercial. This can repeat itself several times. I'm using version 0.9.8.296.g91f68827.

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If a commercial plays after the last song in the playlist the last song is played again after the commercial. This can repeat itself several times. I'm using version 0.9.8.296.g91f68827.

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Artist names are not individually clickable in the links which appear under the album art

When there are multiple artists present in a single song, their names are not individually clickable in the link under the album art. They are infact individually clickable inside the playlist view. In the attachment (Open image in a new tab to see f...

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When there are multiple artists present in a single song, their names are not individually clickable in the link under the album art. They are infact individually clickable inside the playlist view.&...

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Thumbs Up Icon by Albums

What does this do? I was hoping it would sort the songs by "Popularity", but it unfortunately does not do that. It does put an upwards carrot character below the icon when I click it; again making me think it should be sorting the album. There is no ...

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What does this do? I was hoping it would sort the songs by "Popularity", but it unfortunately does not do that. It does put an upwards carrot character below the icon when I click it; again making me...

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Spotify crashes, is it worth persisting?

Hi, I'm on a month's free trial of Premium. For the first couple of days I struggled with the common iOS issues on my phone, losing playlists, random connection problems and crashes even using wi-fi. Now my PC version has crashed, can't play any song...

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Hi, I'm on a month's free trial of Premium. For the first couple of days I struggled with the common iOS issues on my phone, losing playlists, random connection problems and crashes even using wi-fi....

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Public collaborative playlist

I understand we can't make our collaborative playlist into public. But I think it would be a good idea if we can.Perhaps user permissions can be added so no one can just hi-jack the playlist.Anyway, is there a possibility that a feature like this is ...

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I understand we can't make our collaborative playlist into public. But I think it would be a good idea if we can. Perhaps user permissions can be added so no one can just hi-jack the playlist. An...

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