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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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Superuser Contribution Smart shuffle doesn't work

I've been using the smart shuffle option on mobile for a while and I've liked it a lot so it's pretty much on most of the time. But a problem surfaced when I tried turning it on on PC. Whenever I turn smart shuffle on, no recommendations appear on qu...

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  • I've been using the smart shuffle option on mobile for a while and I've liked it a lot so it's pretty much on most of the time. But a problem surfaced when I tried turning it on on PC. Whenever I tur...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Close button should minimize and Alt-F4

PlanPremiumCountryCZOperating SystemWindows 10, Windows 11 My Question or IssueIt worked for a long time that setting "Close button should minimize" worked for Alt-F4 keyboard shortcut as well. With some recent update, this shortcut closes the app. F...

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  • Plan Premium Country CZ Operating System Windows 10, Windows 11   My Question or Issue It worked for a long time that setting "Close button should minimize" worked for Alt-F4 keyboard sh...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Shuffle playing a couple songs (or more) from an artist too close together

Summary of the problem: shuffle tends to play two or more songs in a row by the same artist when it should be avoiding that. PlanPremiumCountryIcelandDevicePC & Samsung Galaxy S9+Operating SystemWindows 7 & Android Pie My Question or IssueI have post...

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  • Summary of the problem: shuffle tends to play two or more songs in a row by the same artist when it should be avoiding that.   Plan Premium Country Iceland Device PC & Samsung Galaxy ...
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Superuser Contribution Shuffle Probability

Spotify Shuffle is neither a shuffle nor a randomizer.Like carlcanyon explains in his post on the matter, a randomizer picks out of a set list, giving each item the same probability every time, and does not discriminate based on any facts/statistics....

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  • Spotify Shuffle is neither a shuffle nor a randomizer. Like carlcanyon explains in his post on the matter, a randomizer picks out of a set list, giving each item the same probability every time, and...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Desktop: Persistent Lag Across the Client

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceWindows 10 Laptop, Windows 10 Virtual Environment, Bluestacks Pie 64, Samsung S23+Operating SystemWindows 10 22H2, Windows 10 21H2, Android 9 Pie, Android 13 Tiramisu (OS is respective of Device) My Question or Is...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Windows 10 Laptop, Windows 10 Virtual Environment, Bluestacks Pie 64, Samsung S23+ Operating System Windows 10 22H2, Windows 10 21H2, Android 9 Pie, A...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify app closes after like 4 seconds of me doing something

Operating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueSpotify app closes after like 4 seconds of me doing somethingI've done a clean installation and i've restarted my computer??

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  •   Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify app closes after like 4 seconds of me doing something I've done a clean installation and i've restarted my computer??
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Superuser Contribution Music keeps pausing when Spotify is open on two devices

PlanPremiumCountrySwitzerlandDeviceXiaomi Pocophone F1 & Lenovo Thinkpad T14Operating SystemAndroid 10 & Windows 10 My Question or IssueI do not know exactly what is causing my problem. It seems when I have my wireless earbuds (Jabra 65t) connected v...

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  • Plan Premium Country Switzerland Device Xiaomi Pocophone F1 & Lenovo Thinkpad T14 Operating System Android 10 & Windows 10   My Question or Issue I do not know exactly what is ...
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How to see songs that were removed from spotify

There are a few songs on my playlists that got removed from spotify and I'm wondering if there was a way to see a list of the songs I added that no longer are on spotify. I did find a thread from 5 years ago (https://community.spotify.com/t5/Content-...

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  • There are a few songs on my playlists that got removed from spotify and I'm wondering if there was a way to see a list of the songs I added that no longer are on spotify. I did find a thread from 5 y...
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Superuser Contribution windows app plays only mono (web app play stereo in the same computer)

re-installed the appweb version plays stereo in te same computermono toggle is not ONit's been happening since a cuple of versions ago

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  • re-installed the app web version plays stereo in te same computer mono toggle is not ON it's been happening since a cuple of versions ago
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Songs pause every 3 seconds on all devices (Periodic Issue)

Listening to songs all day on Windows and/or Android, and suddenly playback pauses. I can resume playback, but will only play for about 3 seconds before pausing again. Every time this issue happens, it always plays for about 3 seconds and pauses agai...

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  • Listening to songs all day on Windows and/or Android, and suddenly playback pauses. I can resume playback, but will only play for about 3 seconds before pausing again. Every time this issue happens, ...
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Annoying spellcheck red line in search bar

Operating System(Windows 11) Whose idea was it to implement a spell check in the search bar of the desktop client with latest update? I've never asked for it, and I never will.Please remove it, or tell me how I can disable the red lines. (All spell c...

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  • Operating System (Windows 11)   Whose idea was it to implement a spell check in the search bar of the desktop client with latest update? I've never asked for it, and I never will. Please r...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify app crashing my games

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktop pc, Intel i7 137000, and a 4070 super gpuOperating Systemwindows 11 My Question or Issuewhenever i use spotify, around every 20-30 minutes my spotify will play a repeating 2 seconds on whatever it got glitched on, com...

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  •   Plan Premium Country   Device Desktop pc, Intel i7 137000, and a 4070 super gpu Operating System windows 11   My Question or Issue whenever i use spotify, around every 20-...
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Superuser Contribution How to manage "liked songs" playlist?

Trying to sort my "liked songs" by artist/song so I can identify duplicates and possibly remove them. If they are the same song by a different artist, I may want to keep them both.

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  • Trying to sort my "liked songs" by artist/song so I can identify duplicates and possibly remove them. If they are the same song by a different artist, I may want to keep them both.
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Superuser Contribution Full Screen: Read Along

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWin11 My Question or IssueEnjoying Read along (beta) for podcasts on desktop - wondering how I can make this full screen or enlarged as at the moment it only takes up a small corner of the scree...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device Desktop Operating System Win11   My Question or Issue Enjoying Read along (beta) for podcasts on desktop - wondering how I can make this full scre...
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Superuser Contribution Problem Bluetooth and Spotify on Windows.

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceHP laptopWindows 11 My Question or Issue).In the past I could select my VAGNER 940DAB stereo in Spotify (Bluetooth).Now VAGNER is not present in Spotify.Still I can play music on my VAGNER by selecting "This computer" an...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Device HP laptop Windows 11   My Question or Issue). In the past I could select my VAGNER 940DAB stereo in Spotify (Bluetooth). Now VAGNER is not present in...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify won't play Windows 11 browser

I already tried uninstalling and reinstalling. I cannot play anything. When i click on a song or playlist it won't even say that I clicked on it. It doesnt read that i clicked play at all. I can add songs to the queue, make a new playlist etc. and it...

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  • I already tried uninstalling and reinstalling. I cannot play anything. When i click on a song or playlist it won't even say that I clicked on it. It doesnt read that i clicked play at all. I can add ...
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Superuser Contribution Autoplay not working

My Spotify autoplay is not working even after reinstalling it multiple times. It always ends up a the first song of playlist

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  • My Spotify autoplay is not working even after reinstalling it multiple times. It always ends up a the first song of playlist
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Pause Media Key pauses Youtube instead of Spotfy

I have owned my Dell XPS 15 for 2 years. Today when I turn my laptop on and launch spotfy whilst watching a youtube video, my pause media key starts pausing youtube instead of spotfy (I have never been able to pause youtube before with media keys so ...

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  • I have owned my Dell XPS 15 for 2 years. Today when I turn my laptop on and launch spotfy whilst watching a youtube video, my pause media key starts pausing youtube instead of spotfy (I have never be...
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Superuser Contribution Pausing Spotify Playback Mutes ALL Audio Playback On My Computer

PlanPremiumCountryLithuaniaDeviceDellOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuehttps://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Mac/Pausing-spotify-mutes-audio-on-entire-computer-when-using/m-p/4535280#M533820https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Win...

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  • Plan Premium Country Lithuania Device Dell Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Mac/Pausing-spotify-mutes-audio-on-entire-compute...
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Superuser Contribution Slow Windows 10 app.

Hello,My Spotify app has been extremely slow lately, songs won't play for seconds after I click them and music doesn't play/pause for long pauses after I click on the button, artists won' t load either, nothing at all. This started from nowhere, real...

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  • Hello, My Spotify app has been extremely slow lately, songs won't play for seconds after I click them and music doesn't play/pause for long pauses after I click on the button, artists won' t lo...
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