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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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[Troubleshooting] Windows

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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Solved!! "Can't connect to Spotify. Trying again now..." error on a Win10 Laptop/Tablet

Hi, I recently installed the Spotify App on my Win10 Laptop and am trying to access my account through there. Unfortunately, I cannot log-in and I constantly get the error "Cannot connect to Spotify. Trying again now..." I've tried uninstalling and r...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi,   I recently installed the Spotify App on my Win10 Laptop and am trying to access my account through there. Unfortunately, I cannot log-in and I constantly get the error "Cannot connect to...
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Solved!! Error 112

I installed Spotify but cannot connect. The signin process hangs and I get "error 112" after a while and mentioning a firewall issue. What ports should be open for Spotify to connect?

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  • I installed Spotify but cannot connect. The signin process hangs and I get "error 112" after a while and mentioning a firewall issue.   What ports should be open for Spotify to connect? 
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Is it possible to search through local music files?

Hey guys, I use Spotify for a while now, but with the last bigger update (was still in the end of 2014 I think) the program lost the for me most important function. In the previous versions it was possible so search through your local music library, ...

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  • Hey guys,   I use Spotify for a while now, but with the last bigger update (was still in the end of 2014 I think) the program lost the for me most important function. In the previous versions ...
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Organise in folders

I want to organise my favourite albums and playlist in folders an subfolders. How do I move an album or playlist from one folder to another?

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  • I want to organise my favourite albums and playlist in folders an subfolders. How do I move an album or playlist from one folder to another?
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Change the order of my playlist

Hi everyone, I have read alot of old posts about changing the order of my playlist (called Hawaii)I've read "Click Artist", "click track name", "click 3 dots", "click green triangle".. none of which I can find as I think the posts Im reading are too ...

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  • Hi everyone,   I have read alot of old posts about changing the order of my playlist (called Hawaii) I've read "Click Artist", "click track name", "click 3 dots", "click green triangle".. non...
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Solved!! Spotify desktop app crashing on startup - Windows 8.1

For two days I have been unable to use the Spotify desktop app on Win8.1. It crashes immediately on startup. Yes, I uninstalled the app and have done a clean re-install, but to no avail. My version is 0.9.10.22.gf87988f9. Most annoying, but what can ...

  • Gig Goer
  • For two days I have been unable to use the Spotify desktop app on Win8.1. It crashes immediately on startup. Yes, I uninstalled the app and have done a clean re-install, but to no avail. My version i...
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Spotify won't correctly size the window on portrait 2nd monitor after Windows 10 creators update

I have a 2560x1440 main screen and 2 1080x1920 portrait monitors (one each side) after the WIndows 10 creators update Spotify will no longer render a window on the side monitors that is greater in height that the centre monitor. I fyou maximise the s...

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  • I have a 2560x1440 main screen and 2 1080x1920 portrait monitors (one each side) after the WIndows 10 creators update Spotify will no longer render a window on the side monitors that is greater in he...
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spotify wont start after update on windows 10

I have installed spotify-1-0-59-395 on windows 10 64bit.Everytime the spotify upgrades the program wont start and i get a message with error 0xc0000001 the app was unable to start correctly.What can i do to fix the problem?

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  • I have installed spotify-1-0-59-395 on windows 10 64bit.Everytime the spotify upgrades the program wont start and i get a message with error 0xc0000001 the app was unable to start correctly.What can ...
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Playspeed is slower than its suppose to.. How to fix?

All my songs on Spotify are slower than the song actually is.. And I can't find an option for speed or whatever.. Have never changed any setting either so I don't know how this happened.. It's very annoying, it's like it's speed is set at 0,6 instead...

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  • All my songs on Spotify are slower than the song actually is.. And I can't find an option for speed or whatever.. Have never changed any setting either so I don't know how this happened.. It's very a...
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Chansons différentes selon web player et appli

Bonjour,Certains titres de ma musique sur playlist sont différents lorsqu'ils sont sur le web player et sur l'appli (Windows 10) C'est notamment le cas avec Ben Mazué https://open.spotify.com/track/5uDMz8kBI5cjnJ2Bh61LHlhttps://open.spotify.com/track...

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  • Bonjour, Certains titres de  ma musique sur playlist sont différents lorsqu'ils sont sur le web player et sur l'appli (Windows 10)  C'est notamment le cas avec Ben Mazué ...
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Application Error (0xc0000001)

Since the most recent update, whenever I attempt to open Spotify, I get this error message appear:"Spotify.exe - Application Error" followed by "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000001). Click ok to close the application".Regardless...

  • Casual Listener
  • Since the most recent update, whenever I attempt to open Spotify, I get this error message appear: "Spotify.exe - Application Error" followed by "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc...
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Some local files won't play

Hello, I have a few local songs all MP3. But about half of them won't play in spotify, they appear but are grey (artist name) instead of whiteI have a windows laptop with windows 10 pro and use spotify version 1.0.67.582.g19436fa3. I have already tri...

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  • Hello,   I have a few local songs all MP3. But about half of them won't play in spotify, they appear but are grey (artist name) instead of white I have a windows laptop with windows 10 pro an...
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Solved!! Spotify won't open and I can't uninstall or reinstall

When I try to open Spotify nothing happens. Not even an error message or something. The same when I try to uninstall it. Just nothing happens.. When I try to reinstall it, it says 'installing spotify'. And again boom, nothing happens afterwards. Can ...

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  • When I try to open Spotify nothing happens. Not even an error message or something. The same when I try to uninstall it. Just nothing happens.. When I try to reinstall it, it says 'installing spo...
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Solved!! Spotify Visualization

Hello, I have noticed the attached visualisation on my spotify...I'm not a big fan but can't for the life of me find where to turn it off. It appears after minimal down time, pretty annoying. Any assistance would be welcomed. Thank you,

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  • Hello,   I have noticed the attached visualisation on my spotify...I'm not a big fan but can't for the life of me find where to turn it off. It appears after minimal down time, prett...
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Queue must be empty in order to add Podcast episodes to it.

Refer to the subject. I'm just making a bug report. Also, another issue is there is no easy way to empty the queue.

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  • Refer to the subject. I'm just making a bug report. Also, another issue is there is no easy way to empty the queue.
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Why and what does spotify upload when I switch back from offline mode?

Every time i switch back from offline mode spotify starts uploading. It uploads quite a lot, around 5 MB I think. And no, that isn't much compared to a lot of things, but i can't understand why spotify would need to upload any more than a few kbs. We...

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  • Every time i switch back from offline mode spotify starts uploading. It uploads quite a lot, around 5 MB I think. And no, that isn't much compared to a lot of things, but i can't understand why ...
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Randomly pausing and skipping

Whenever I play spotify on my windows computer (work computer), it either skips 5 songs or doesn't play music entirely. Refreshing the page doesn't work and I've logged out and logged back in. I don't have any issues on my iphone.

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  • Whenever I play spotify on my windows computer (work computer), it either skips 5 songs or doesn't play music entirely. Refreshing the page doesn't work and I've logged out and logged back in. I don'...
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Able to add music from "Songs" to its own playlist

I would love to see a feature where I can add all my music from "Songs" to its own playlist.

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  • I would love to see a feature where I can add all my music from "Songs"  to its own playlist.
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