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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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Solved!! Desktop: Jam now available

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...

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Desktop: New "Now Playing View" sidebar

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...

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New Your Library sidebar

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...

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MattSuda

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Activity Feed won't update

After updating to the newest version, the activity shown on Spotify consistently shows the same it did weeks ago. The music people are listening to shows up on Facebook right, and I know these are people who use Spotify regularly- I've tried logging ...

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After updating to the newest version, the activity shown on Spotify consistently shows the same it did weeks ago. The music people are listening to shows up on Facebook right, and I know these are pe...

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Solved!! How can you modify / customize radio stations like you can with Pandora?

Hi all, I'd like to customize radio stations to add artists, but the only option I'm seeing is to follow artists. Can you customize radio stations in Spotify like you can with Pandora? I didn't find anything on the boards for this. And also, how do y...

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Hi all, I'd like to customize radio stations to add artists, but the only option I'm seeing is to follow artists. Can you customize radio stations in Spotify like you can with Pandora? I didn't find ...

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Solved!! Spotfiy Doesn't Play Playlists

Here's the issue. Spotify will launch and play everything not added as a playlist, that is, just click on a song in the main browser window. However, when that same song is added to a playlist, it won't play at all. So, no album or song will play onc...

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Here's the issue. Spotify will launch and play everything not added as a playlist, that is, just click on a song in the main browser window. However, when that same song is added to a playl...

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Radio issues

Radio needs to be updated and also the ability to delete stations. Sometimes I get great recommendations but other times it plays songs that have nothing to do with the artist or playlist I selected, for example I will choose the radio for my starred...

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Radio needs to be updated and also the ability to delete stations.  Sometimes I get great recommendations but other times it plays songs that have nothing to do with the artist or playlist ...

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Solved!! Can't search for playlists or friends?

Coming back to spotify after a few months and I'm clearly just missing something but I can't seem to search for playlists or facebook friends. I go to "follow" which seems to be the only sensible option but this brings up only a top bunch of friends ...

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Coming back to spotify after a few months and I'm clearly just missing something but I can't seem to search for playlists or facebook friends. I go to "follow" which seems to be the only sensible o...

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Solved!! Help- Icon not showing

For some reason my icon for spotfiy shows up as just a blank piece of paper instead of the normal logo and I don't know how to get it back so that the spotify logo appears. I never had a problem before but I got a new computer and now no matter how m...

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For some reason my icon for spotfiy shows up as just a blank piece of paper  instead of the normal logo and I don't know how to get it back so that the spotify logo appears. I never had a proble...

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Solved!! Unadvertised P2P feature

I am not very happy with Spotify right now. I was doing some work in my router when I noticed that Spotify had opened some ports via UPnP. I found this a little strange and after some googleing I discovered Spotify uses a P2P network for its content....

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I am not very happy with Spotify right now. I was doing some work in my router when I noticed that Spotify had opened some ports via UPnP. I found this a little strange and after some googleing I dis...

openstar53

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Why can't I SEARCH FOR MY FRIENDS????!!!!

I can't search for friends to follow. A certain group of friends are all metal heads, like myself, and I can't find them to follow! Why is it that when I type in the search bar only artists come up? That makes perfect sense but it is the only place i...

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I can't search for friends to follow.  A certain group of friends are all metal heads, like myself, and I can't find them to follow!   Why is it that when I type in the search bar only ...

OliviaDecker

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Loggin In takes too long

Hi, this is my first post here. Let me just first say that I love Spotify and that I don't wish you take this the wrong way. When I open my PC and Windows starts (I'm using 7 x64) I have chose to have Spotify start up with it. From when the Log In sc...

Gig Goer

Hi, this is my first post here.   Let me just first say that I love Spotify and that I don't wish you take this the wrong way. When I open my PC and Windows starts (I'm using 7 x64) I have c...

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All Playlist disappeared

I put on my accout premium. I then logged me and all my playlists were gone. can I restore it?

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I put on my accout premium. I then logged me and all my playlists were gone. can I restore it?

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Playlist Disappeared

Hi I logged in this morning and all my playlists are missing. Can you provide the links to each so I can add them back? Thanks

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Hi   I logged in this morning and all my playlists are missing. Can you provide the links to each so I can add them back?   Thanks

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Lagging, artist pages isn't cached.

The lagging, and artist pages not being cached! This is my biggest concern, right now. Its been like this since the first web-based version was released, when will this be fixed? Making playlists takes forever, totally ruins it for me. All Your new v...

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The lagging, and artist pages not being cached! This is my biggest concern, right now.   Its been like this since the first web-based version was released, when will this be fixed? Making pl...

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Solved!! Trouble with local files

I was having trouble with some of my local files. They are in mp3 format, but they still won't play in Spotify. They'll show up, but they never play. Is it because the music hasn't been released through Spotify? Or am I doing something wrong? Also, I...

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I was having trouble with some of my local files. They are in mp3 format, but they still won't play in Spotify. They'll show up, but they never play. Is it because the music hasn't been released thro...

Rachel4LeeAnn

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Can't see Playlists on other systems

I have setup several playlists but, when I log onto Spotify on anothe rsystem, using the same user account, it shows the playlist but not the songs. It says "This playlist is currently empty." How do I get the playlists to show on other systems?

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I have setup several playlists but, when I log onto Spotify on anothe rsystem, using the same user account, it shows the playlist but not the songs. It says "This playlist is currently empty." &nbs...

rileyjd

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Release Notes - Spotify for Desktop (0.9.0.133)

What's new in this version (0.9.0.133): Fixed internal issues that were causing interruptions these last couple of days More information The last couple of days our service has seen some unexpected interruptions. This release should alleviate most of...

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What's new in this version (0.9.0.133): Fixed internal issues that were causing interruptions these last couple of days More information The last couple of days our service has seen some un...

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Make all my playlists secret

Hi, I just reinstalled spotify and started working on a whole new system for arranging my music. It now looks like this: Seventies--- Seventies Rock--- Seventies Disco / Soul--- --- Abba - Gold--- Seventies Singer songwriterEightiesNineties- Nineties...

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Hi,   I just reinstalled spotify and started working on a whole new system for arranging my music. It now looks like this:   Seventies --- Seventies Rock --- Seventies Disco / Soul -...

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My Play Queue keeps playing instead of my playlists/radio

I'm trying to listen to my Playlists, and it will only play 1 song from my Playlist, and then it starts playing my Play Queue. I don't want to listen to my Play Queue right now, that's where random songs sit until I decide to listen to them. I just w...

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I'm trying to listen to my Playlists, and it will only play 1 song from my Playlist, and then it starts playing my Play Queue.  I don't want to listen to my Play Queue right now, that's where ra...

John_Mathis

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Solved!! Unstarred album always playing in playlists

I've got a frustrating problem with my playlists. I recently played some of a Creedence Clearwater Revival album from the front page, but I didn't star any tracks from it. Now, whenever I try to play any playlist, it'll play one track from that playl...

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I've got a frustrating problem with my playlists.  I recently played some of a Creedence Clearwater Revival album from the front page, but I didn't star any tracks from it.  Now, whenever I...

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Solved!! Since I got premium I lost navigation when I rollover the icon

before I signed up for premium, I could simply roll my mouse over the icon in my windows dock area, and without having to open spotify I could stop/start/back/forward, there was a little navigation control there, now since I got premium, it's GONE. s...

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before I signed up for premium, I could simply roll my mouse over the icon in my windows dock area, and without having to open spotify I could stop/start/back/forward, there was a little navigation c...

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Full track details

Hi I listen to a lot of classical music, but the information on each track often misses out which actual work is being played e.g. the opus number, sonata number, K number (for Mozart) or the key. An example is : spotify:track:0szItFAbwIF63qW6t4Hexl ...

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Hi I listen to a lot of classical music, but the information on each track often misses out which actual work is being played e.g. the opus number, sonata number, K number (for Mozart) or the key...

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