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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. The Now Playing View in the right sidebar shows the album art and info of the current song or pod...

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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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Recent Linux client update changes

Hey! There has been an update to the Spotify Linux client signatures.Users may see errors linked to missing keys and failed signature verifications for Spotify when updating the system. If this happens to you, this can be fixed by manually adding the...

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Solved!! [Troubleshooting] Linux Spotify

Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before.So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Basic troubleshooting Go through th...

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Solved!! Getting error GPU process isn't usable

PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceSamsung LaptopOperating SystemUbuntu 20.04 My Question or IssueI have notices that I am able to use spotify only once per user session and when I close it once, it just won't start again without a full l restart. Running it ...

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  • Plan Free Country India Device Samsung Laptop Operating System Ubuntu 20.04   My Question or Issue I have notices that I am able to use spotify only once per user session and when I cl...
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"Can't play this right now" when playing a song (weird)

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceCustom built PCOperating SystemUbuntu 22.04.1 LTS / kernel 5.15.0-60-generic x86_64 My Question or IssueAlright guys, this is a bit of a weird one. So if I try to play Spotify without first opening youtube or some...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Custom built PC Operating System Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS / kernel 5.15.0-60-generic x86_64   My Question or Issue Alright guys, this is a bit of a ...
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[Desktop][Linux][Playlists][Bug] Pasting songs in playlist freezes the application

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceLenovo ThinkPad P17 Gen2iOperating SystemUbuntu Desktop 22.10 x64App Versionspotify-1:1.1.84.716-2 My IssueLinux client freezes with a cpu load of 100% when pasting songs/URLs from the clipboard if the data contains emp...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Lenovo ThinkPad P17 Gen2i Operating System Ubuntu Desktop 22.10 x64 App Version spotify-1:1.1.84.716-2   My Issue Linux client freezes with a cpu ...
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Solved!! Anyone know how create frontground like stranger things playlist?

I'm just searching a bunch of netflix playlist atypical and stranger things, but stranger things playlist caught my eye, the picture is below.I want make a playlist with frontground, anyone know how?Thanks

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  • I'm just searching a bunch of netflix playlist atypical and stranger things, but stranger things playlist caught my eye, the picture is below. I want make a playlist with frontground, anyone know ho...
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2 problems. The volume level and program launch mode settings do not work in the tray.

PlanPremium Device(Desktop. CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (16) @ 3.600GHz. GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. Memory: 32GB)Operating System(OS: Arch Linux x86_64. Kernel: 6.1.11-arch1-1. DE: Cinnamon 5.6.7)Sound serverPulseAudioWritten via google translator1....

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  • Plan Premium   Device (Desktop. CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (16) @ 3.600GHz. GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti.  Memory: 32GB) Operating System (OS: Arch Linux x86_64. Kernel: 6.1....
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snap install spotify

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Solved!! Finding some of my old music videos out as well as I request them

Please, help me on recovering a few official videos as they have been very old before five years in case of my big desire on listening their songs through the same singers & groups thanks to my recognised titles of these songs in YouTube Music throug...

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  • Please, help me on recovering a few official videos as they have been very old before five years in case of my big desire on listening their songs through the same singers & groups thanks to my r...
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Remap alt+k to ctrl+k

DevicePCOperating SystemArchLinux My Question or IssueOn the linux client, alt+k is mapped to the global search thing. Is there a way to remap it to be ctrl+k? most programs use that keybinding and it's much easier to reach.

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  • Device PC Operating System ArchLinux   My Question or Issue On the linux client, alt+k is mapped to the global search thing. Is there a way to remap it to be ctrl+k? most programs use that...
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Accents in Spotify.

Hi: Under Linux I have a small question that me the accents do not work in the client, after there edit some things and something more, but the letter 'ñ' yes that works under Linux, but accents do not. I had never passed, put that with other program...

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  • Hi:   Under Linux I have a small question that me the accents do not work in the client, after there edit some things and something more, but the letter 'ñ' yes that works under Linux, but acc...
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the song hours are not showing

my playlist hours are not showing and it's only saying "over 24hrs" can you fix that

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Solved!! no puedo instalr spotify

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Solved!! Full screen is not showing corectly in the spotify app linux( pop_os 22.04)

I am writing to report a problem I have encountered while using the Spotify desktop app on my Linux Pop!_OS system. Specifically, I am experiencing an issue with full screen mode not working properly. Despite selecting the full screen option, the top...

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  • I am writing to report a problem I have encountered while using the Spotify desktop app on my Linux Pop!_OS system. Specifically, I am experiencing an issue with full screen mode not working properly...
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Solved!! Please turn off offline mode and try again

PlanPremiumCountryInstalled Spotify in GermanyDeviceVPSOperating SystemDebian 11 (64 Bit) My Question or IssueHow to go online?

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  • Plan Premium Country Installed Spotify in Germany Device VPS Operating System Debian 11 (64 Bit)   My Question or Issue How to go online?  
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I can't enter the month of my birday to login

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[Linux Desktop] Cannot play songs, Client crashes on close.

When I want to play a song, the song seems to start at first. But there is no audio and after a couple of seconds there is a blue popup text saying "can't play current song". This happens for every song.When I try to close spotify, it shows a blank s...

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  • When I want to play a song, the song seems to start at first. But there is no audio and after a couple of seconds there is a blue popup text saying "can't play current song". This happens for every s...
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Spotify snap version wont install

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Incorrect ownership of files installed by deb package

Operating SystemLinux - Debian 11My IssueFiles installed by the Spotify deb package are owned by UID 1000. However, files installed to the /usr directories (such as /usr/bin and /usr/share) should be owned by root. This is a packaging and security is...

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  • Operating System Linux - Debian 11 My Issue Files installed by the Spotify deb package are owned by UID 1000. However, files installed to the /usr directories (such as /usr/bin and /usr/share) s...
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Solved!! Linux client startup very slow

PlanPremium (Family)CountryBrazilDeviceDell Inspiron 14 SeriesOperating SystemLinux Mint 19.3 Xfce My Question or IssueUnlike the startup on Windows client, on Linux it's very slow to startup the Spotify client. Sometimes it gets so slow that I prefe...

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  • Plan Premium (Family) Country Brazil Device Dell Inspiron 14 Series Operating System Linux Mint 19.3 Xfce   My Question or Issue Unlike the startup on Windows client, on Linux it's ver...
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