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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!! Spotiamb 0.2.1 Connected Device

I'm experiencing a connected device that is not a device that I own. Music plays at random after it being paused for a bit. I've already done the following: Logged out of all devices, and reset me password. This worked for a few moments it seemed, an...

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  • I'm experiencing a connected device that is not a device that I own. Music plays at random after it being paused for a bit.    I've already done the following:   Logged out of all ...
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Does Discover Weekly "Don't Recommend" button also not recommend similar songs/artists?

Recently, Discover Weekly has added a "Don't recommend this song" and "Don't recommend this artist" feature. I am wondering if this also influences similar song/artist recommendations. The tooltip that pops up says that it "won't recommend songs like...

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  • Recently, Discover Weekly has added a "Don't recommend this song" and "Don't recommend this artist" feature. I am wondering if this also influences similar song/artist recommendations. The tooltip th...
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How does Discover Weekly's "Don't recommend this artist" work with songs with multiple artists?

When using Discover Weekly's "Don't recommend this artist" feature, the tooltip says it won't recommend whatever the first listed artist is anymore. Is this correct, or does this feature also block the rest of the listed artists on the song from appe...

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  • When using Discover Weekly's "Don't recommend this artist" feature, the tooltip says it won't recommend whatever the first listed artist is anymore. Is this correct, or does this feature also block t...
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A metà brano la riproduzione procede a scatti

Buonasera. Sono abbonata a Spotify Premiun ormai quasi da un anno, e da quasi un mese a questa parte, quando metto in riproduzione un brano su Spotify (da Windows), questo, arrivato circa a metà, comincia ad andare a scatti, si blocca e poi riprende,...

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  • Buonasera. Sono abbonata a Spotify Premiun ormai quasi da un anno, e da quasi un mese a questa parte, quando metto in riproduzione un brano su Spotify (da Windows), questo, arrivato circa a metà, com...
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Solved!! Friends are all grey'ed out - no status Premium User

Strange, I have seen this issue as far back as 2 years ago, but even with a chat to support still know KB or straight up a resolution. Yesterday, friends status all good, today all greyed out and no status on two windows 10 and windows 7 different ne...

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  • Strange, I have seen this issue as far back as 2 years ago, but even with a chat to support still know KB or straight up a resolution.    Yesterday, friends status all good, today all gre...
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Solved!! How to enable crossfading?

Hi everybody, how do I activate crossfading for Spotify? I don't have any option in my Spotify settings. Thanks for your help. Uli

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  • Hi everybody,   how do I activate crossfading for Spotify? I don't have any option in my Spotify settings.   Thanks for your help.   Uli
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Ordner gelöscht - Wie stelle ich den Inhalt wieder her?

Hallo, Ich habe beim durchsortieren meiner Spotify-Bibliothek versehentlich einen Ordner (+ Unterordner) samt Inhalt gelöscht. Nun habe ich das Problem, dass ich nicht in der Lage bin die verlorenen Playlisten wiederherzustellen, keine der verlorenen...

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  • Hallo,   Ich habe beim durchsortieren meiner Spotify-Bibliothek versehentlich einen Ordner (+ Unterordner) samt Inhalt gelöscht. Nun habe ich das Problem, dass ich nicht in der Lage bin die ve...
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Solved!! [Spotify Bug] Clicking scroll bar loses current song selection

There is currently a bug in Spotify that has appeared in the last two weeks. Imagine you have a playlist with 1000 songs, and you have listened to roughly a quarter. I want to find out how many songs are left, so I click on the current song, scroll t...

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  • There is currently a bug in Spotify that has appeared in the last two weeks. Imagine you have a playlist with 1000 songs, and you have listened to roughly a quarter. I want to find out how many songs...
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Still no EQ for PC...

Hi guys. This discussion already happened last year on the forum and labelled as not right now. But honestly, please can we get and EQ here. This is a great app. To me, its the best music app. It just hurts without EQ, especially when I plug it into ...

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  • Hi guys. This discussion already happened last year on the forum and labelled as not right now. But honestly, please can we get and EQ here. This is a great app. To me, its the best music app. It jus...
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Spotify works on PC but not wireless Samsung speaker

Hi there, first time poster. Anyway, I have spotify installed on my pc (windows 7 pro), works fine for the USB speakers connected to the docking station. BUT: I cannot get spotify from my PC to recognize my Samsung bluetooth wireless speaker. Itunes ...

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  • Hi there, first time poster.   Anyway, I have spotify installed on my pc (windows 7 pro), works fine for the USB speakers connected to the docking station.     BUT: I cannot ge...
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Spotify stops playing ramdomly

Spotify stops playing ramdomly, Windows 10 PC, Premium licence, I have not found any solutions for this after spending several tries either in FAQ or posts. Anyone can help, please?

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  • Spotify stops playing ramdomly, Windows 10 PC, Premium licence, I have not found any solutions for this after spending several tries either in FAQ or posts. Anyone can help, please?
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Follow button is not showing up on web player. How to add people?

Im using a chromebook and my iphone and both devices wont let me add someone or start following them. It doesnt even show it. When i view someones profile its bare minimum and only shows their playlists. Is this new?

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  • Im using a chromebook and my iphone and both devices wont let me add someone or start following them. It doesnt even show it. When i view someones profile its bare minimum and only shows their playli...
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CTRL+F - Why the HE** was it removed???

I mean, cmon, why they HE** would you ship a broken product? You're asking for flame and complaints... You removed a basic feature, from a MUSIC PLAYER! Let's say I have a playlist of more than a 100 songs... Now, if I know I have a song somewhere in...

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  • I mean, cmon, why they HE** would you ship a broken product? You're asking for flame and complaints...  You removed a basic feature, from a MUSIC PLAYER! Let's say I have a playlist of more than...
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Popping and crackling on spotify

On my computer, I'm just experiencing popping noises when I play any song. I've tried with both headphones and speakers so I know they're not the problem as it occurs with whatever I'm using. I've reinstalled spotify twice, the quality is set to the ...

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  • On my computer, I'm just experiencing popping noises when I play any song. I've tried with both headphones and speakers so I know they're not the problem as it occurs with whatever I'm using. I've re...
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Solved!! Spotify not showing all songs from iTunes or Local Files

I love the fact that I can use spotify to listen to my songs on my desktop, laptop and iPhone and it's allowed me to be introduced to artists i'd never heard of until now! But I'm having an issue that's driving me to my witt's end! I'm desperate to g...

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  • I love the fact that I can use spotify to listen to my songs on my desktop, laptop and iPhone and it's allowed me to be introduced to artists i'd never heard of until now! But I'm having an issue tha...
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Desktop app playing incorrect versions of songs

I noticed that some songs play an incorrect version in the Desktop app. For example:https://open.spotify.com/track/1x8k2Ulv54RkQROGWQRiK9 The correct version is played in the Web Player and mobile app, but the desktop app plays the old one:https://op...

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  • I noticed that some songs play an incorrect version in the Desktop app.   For example: https://open.spotify.com/track/1x8k2Ulv54RkQROGWQRiK9   The correct version is played in the Web ...
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Solved!! error code 50

I've tried ten times to install spotify on my windows desktop. I have had my firewall disabled for the last several attempts. My internet is working fine on other things. It keeps adding more "minutes left" in the download and then will eventually gi...

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  • I've tried ten times to install spotify on my windows desktop.  I have had my firewall disabled for the last several attempts.  My internet is working fine on other things.  It keeps a...
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Pantalla Negra Windows 7 / Black Screen W7

Buenas! se me queda la pantalla negra al abrirlo en mi pc. Lo raro es que hace meses que venía funcionando bien. Ya intenté lo de desactivar y activar la aceleración de software. También lo de la compatibilidad

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  • Buenas! se me queda la pantalla negra al abrirlo en mi pc. Lo raro es que hace meses que venía funcionando bien.  Ya intenté lo de desactivar y activar la aceleración de software. También lo de...
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What is the Clipboard and how do I use it?

I've been sharing playlists that I've created to my website for months by simply right-clicking on the playlist, copying the link, and then pasting it seamlessly. Unfortunately, as is often the case, Spotify has decided to make things more complicate...

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  • I've been sharing playlists that I've created to my website for months by simply right-clicking on the playlist, copying the link, and then pasting it seamlessly. Unfortunately, as is often the case,...
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Can I upload a song and then delete it off my computer?

Hi friends, I am wanting to know if I am able to upload songs from my computer onto my Spotify “local files”, download them onto my phone, and then delete the songs off my computer. if I delete the songs off my computer, will they no longer be playab...

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  • Hi friends,    I am wanting to know if I am able to upload songs from my computer onto my Spotify “local files”, download them onto my phone, and then delete the songs off my computer. &...
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