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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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App on Huawei p20 Pro keeps crashing a fter 5 or 6 songs

PlanPremiumCountryIrelandDeviceHuawei p20 proOperating SystemHuawei android emui My Question or IssueThe app hangs and crashes after I shuffle through 5 or 6 songs. This has been happening for the last few days.

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  • Plan Premium Country Ireland Device Huawei p20 pro Operating System Huawei android emui    My Question or Issue The app hangs and crashes after I shuffle through 5 or 6 songs. Thi...
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Spotify installs two signature keys.

Hi. I've followed the Spotify's website installation instructions and i noticed that both step 1 and 4 install similar signature keys, but on different locations. Step 1 saves it to trusted.gpg, while step 4 install the key to trusted.gpg.d/ Is there...

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  • Hi.   I've followed the Spotify's website installation instructions and i noticed that both step 1 and 4 install similar signature keys, but on different locations. Step 1 saves it to trusted....
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Spotify Proxy Solution

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04 My Question or IssueI updated my Spotify client to the latest version and thereafter I'm unable to use Spotify on HTTP proxy. I know it is a repeated question, but people are telling it is working o...

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  • Plan Premium Country India Operating System Ubuntu 18.04   My Question or Issue I updated my Spotify client to the latest version and thereafter I'm unable to use Spotify on HTTP pr...
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Cant play any songs at all, all show blank record cover (ubuntu 16.04)

PlanFree/PremiumCountryBulgaria Operating System(Ubunut 16.04) My Question or IssueAbout 2 months ago the very first song I would play after logging would always fail to play, meanwhile it would produce this screen instead of playing the song and sho...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country Bulgaria   Operating System (Ubunut 16.04)   My Question or Issue About 2 months ago the very first song I would play after logging would always fail to p...
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[Social] Instagram Story not working on my OnePlus 3T

PlanPremiumCountryPhilippinesDeviceOnePlus 3TOperating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue I can't share any of my songs from my playlists as Instagram Story. Already tried the following solutions: 1.) Turned off & on the device2.) Clear data/cac...

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  • Plan Premium Country Philippines Device OnePlus 3T Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue  I can't share any of my songs from my playlists as Instagram Story. Alread...
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Solved!! [Desktop] Force Close When Playing Local Files

Spotify Version1.0.99.250.g936eab8d (Installed from Ubuntu Snap)PlanPremiumCountryIndonesiaDeviceHP Pavillion (Core i7 8550U)Operating SystemUbuntu 18.04.1 My Question or IssueI usually use Spotify on my Ubuntu 18.04, currently this application often...

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  • Spotify Version 1.0.99.250.g936eab8d (Installed from Ubuntu Snap) Plan Premium Country Indonesia Device HP Pavillion (Core i7 8550U) Operating System Ubuntu 18.04.1   My Question or I...
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Solved!! Spotify web-player does not work

It is all just black. Nothing shows up.PlanPremiumCountry SwedenDeviceDesktop computer (Dell Optiplex 790)Operating SystemManjaro Linux with Firefox web-browser My Question or Issue

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  • It is all just black. Nothing shows up. Plan Premium Country  Sweden Device Desktop computer (Dell Optiplex 790) Operating System Manjaro Linux with Firefox web-browser   My Quest...
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Accessibility of Linux Client

Hi,I installed the Spotify client for linux, and noticed that it is using GTK as the toolkit (it was a dependency). I am a blind user, and theoreticly, the spotify client should be accessible to Orca (the Gnome screen reader that I use to read the sc...

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  • Hi, I installed the Spotify client for linux, and noticed that it is using GTK as the toolkit (it was a dependency).  I am a blind user, and theoreticly, the spotify client should be accessibl...
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Can't search for songs via Spotify-Plugin for Clementine

Operating SystemKubuntu 18.04 Hello there,I've an issue with the Spotify-plugin for Clementine. Installation and login via this Plugin worked obviously because I get some "top-rated"-songs but the search function shows no results.I'm running Clementi...

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  • Operating System Kubuntu 18.04   Hello there, I've an issue with the Spotify-plugin for Clementine. Installation and login via this Plugin worked obviously because I get some "top-rated"-s...
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NOT ALL SONGS ARE PLAYING

I REALLY DONT KNOW WHAT IS WRONG BUT NNOT ALL SONGS ON MY PLAYLIST ARE PLAYING

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Spotify is always open on all Desktops

i really dont know whats wrong please help

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  • i really dont know whats wrong please help
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SPOTIFY IS ALWAYS OPENED

my Spotify is always open on all desktops. Even when I open a new Desktop space Spotify will be opened. All my other Programs stay on one desktop, that's the way I want my Programs to stay. Can I change it somehow? It's really annoying.

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  • my Spotify is always open on all desktops. Even when I open a new Desktop space Spotify will be opened. All my other Programs stay on one desktop, that's the way I want my Programs to stay....
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I CANNOT DELETE SOME SONGS ON MY LIBRARY

Hello! I have an artist in my library that i want to delete. I unfollowed him but it's stay in my artist list. I don't have any song of him in my playlists nor my song library. I tried followed/unfollowed, disconnected everywhere, on my phone and on ...

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  • Hello! I have an artist in my library that i want to delete. I unfollowed him but it's stay in my artist list. I don't have any song of him in my playlists nor my song library. I tried followed/unfol...
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How To Add A Visual Banner On My Track

how do i add a visual banner on my track?i've seen several tracks with banners in the background!please ~ respond asap!

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  • how do i add a visual banner on my track? i've seen several tracks with banners in the background! please ~ respond asap!
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I CANT FIND SOME SONGS ON SPOTIFY

ADMIN SHOULD PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS OKAY 

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Notifications & Stream Error: "Sorry, something went wrong."

I recently noticed that the Stream page and my notifications have stopped loading and give me the same "Sorry, something went wrong." error, both on the desktop site and both the Soundcloud & Soundcloud Pulse apps. I tried re-logging in but that hasn...

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  • I recently noticed that the Stream page and my notifications have stopped loading and give me the same "Sorry, something went wrong." error, both on the desktop site and both the Soundcloud & Sou...
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Local File show up, but don't work.

Okay, so here's the problem.There's this album by Twenty One Pilots called Regional At Best. I downloaded all the songs (legally, don't worry) and saved them in my folder. I look up how to add local files. I get excited, because Regional At Best isn'...

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  • Okay, so here's the problem. There's this album by Twenty One Pilots called Regional At Best. I downloaded all the songs (legally, don't worry) and saved them in my folder. I look up how to add loca...
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Running client headless, ads run but then hang. What do?

Plan FreeCountry UKDevice Old laptopOperating System Ubuntu 18.04 I'm running client v1.0.98.78.gb45d2a6b on a machine that's also running a Pihole ad blocker. I'm using xvfb to run the client as per this summary The machine is connected to speakers ...

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  • Plan Free Country UK Device Old laptop Operating System Ubuntu 18.04   I'm running client v1.0.98.78.gb45d2a6b on a machine that's also running a Pihole ad blocker. I'm using xvfb...
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Discover Weekly does not update

PlanFreeCountryBrazil DeviceNotebook Avell Titanium G1513 MXTIOperating SystemLinux Mint 19.1 (Tessa)4.15.0-45-generic My Question or IssueMy Discover Weekly playlist is empty in Linux OS, in Windows it's working just fine. What can I do?

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  • Plan Free Country Brazil   Device Notebook Avell Titanium G1513 MXTI Operating System Linux Mint 19.1 (Tessa) 4.15.0-45-generic   My Question or Issue My Discover...
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Black Window when starting Linux Version from Gnome Menue

Plan: Premium FamilyCountry: GermanyDevice: Sony Vaio Tab 11Operating System: Debian GNU Linux 9 (stretch) 64bit with Gnome Desktop 3.22.2Spotify Version: Linux: spotify-client (1:1.0.98.78.gb45d2a6b-10)My Question or Issue:1) I installed the spotify...

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  • Plan: Premium Family Country:  Germany Device: Sony Vaio Tab 11 Operating System: Debian GNU  Linux 9 (stretch) 64bit with Gnome Desktop 3.22.2 Spotify Version: Linux: spotify-client (1...
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