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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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Cannot properly update playlist description in Linux client

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemArch Linux My Question or IssueSpotify's Linux client has a bug when trying to update playlist descriptions. Often the description is changed, and when you go back to it later, it's still the old description...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device PC Operating System Arch Linux   My Question or Issue Spotify's Linux client has a bug when trying to update playlist descriptions. Often the descrip...
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[Debian] [Crostini] No sound, but the song plays

I'm running a Linux terminal on Chrome OS on a Chromebook using Project Crostini. It's an experimental feature and I believe it is using Debian Linux. I installed Spotify's Debian package via this link. I launched the app using the terminal and it gi...

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  •  I'm running a Linux terminal on Chrome OS  on a Chromebook using Project Crostini. It's an experimental feature and I believe it is using Debian Linux.  I installed Spotify's Debian ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Unlimited Ads

PlanUnlimitedDeviceUbuntu 18.04Operating SystemLinux I have an older plan, Spotify Unlimited, which doesn't exist anymore. Until a few days ago I never had ads before on my desktop. Now every half an hour or so ads come blasting in my livingroom. Bas...

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  • Plan Unlimited Device Ubuntu 18.04 Operating System Linux   I have an older plan, Spotify Unlimited, which doesn't exist anymore.  Until a few days ago I never had ads before on my ...
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Cannot read local file: Song not available, if you have the file you can import it

PlanPremiumCountryFR Operating SystemUbuntu 18.04.1 LTS My Question or Issue Since the last Spotify update i can't play my local files. They're not greyed, but when i want listen them it say "This song is unavailable. If you have the file on your com...

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  • Plan Premium Country FR    Operating System Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS   My Question or Issue  Since the last Spotify update i can't play my local files. They're not greyed, but ...
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linux mint question

PlanUnlimitedCountry U.S.DevicecomputerOperating Systemlinux mint spotify works fine on my Mac but when I pull it up on my other computer which only has Linux Mint, I am unable to install spotify and can only use the web browser. Spotify recognizes m...

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  • Plan Unlimited Country  U.S. Device computer Operating System linux mint   spotify works fine on my Mac but when I pull it up on my other computer which only has Linux Mint, I...
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Facebook login button does not work!

PlanPremiumDevice(Debian Stretch on a PC)Spotify version1:1.0.80.480.g51b03ac3-13Issue i installed spotify-client from spotify's repos. i need to login with facebook. i click on the blue _login with facebook_ button and it does nothing. cannot login!

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  • Plan Premium Device (Debian Stretch on a PC) Spotify version 1:1.0.80.480.g51b03ac3-13 Issue  i installed spotify-client from spotify's repos. i need to login with facebook. i click ...
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Spotify Crashes/Closes when try to play local files

PlanFree/PremiumCountry BrazilDeviceAsus ROG StrixOperating SystemDebian 9 My Question or Issue In version 1:1.0.38.171 when i try to play local files the application crashes/closes.This issue already happened in olders versions and it's back.

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country  Brazil Device Asus ROG Strix Operating System Debian 9   My Question or Issue  In version 1:1.0.38.171 when i try to play local files the appl...
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Search for a song in play queue

Hello, I am using the desktop version, and I would like to know if it would be possible to search/jump to a specific song in the play queue. I have tried to filter the songs from the playlist but it only plays the search result. If I use the global s...

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  • Hello,   I am using the desktop version, and I would like to know if it would be possible to search/jump to a specific song in the play queue. I have tried to filter the songs from the playlis...
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Clam AV Finds Trojans In Spotify Snap (Ubuntu Software Center)

PlanFree CountryUnited States of America DeviceCustom CyberPowerPC System Operating SystemUbuntu 18.04.1 My Question or Issue Recently I tried Clam AV with the Clam TK GUI to just add extra protection to my fresh Ubuntu 18.04.1 installation and found...

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  • Plan Free   Country United States of America    Device Custom CyberPowerPC System   Operating System Ubuntu 18.04.1   My Question or Issue  Recently I tried...
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Startup and Window Behaviour (Linux)

Operating SystemUbuntu 18.04.1 LTS Empty section in 'Advanced Settings' I'm using Spotify on Linux and the section 'Startup and Window Behaviour' in my Advanced Settings is just empty, as you can see below. According to 'Ubuntu Software' i'm currentl...

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  • Operating System Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS   Empty section in 'Advanced Settings'  I'm using Spotify on Linux and the section 'Startup and Window Behaviour' in my Advanced Settings is just e...
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Superuser Contribution Full screen under Ubuntu 18.04

PlanPremiumCountry SlovakiaDeviceASUS F556UOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04 My Question or Issue If I click the full-screen icon in the bottom-right corner, I do get only a "full-window" mode (I.e. the album artwork is in the middle of the app window, et...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Slovakia Device ASUS F556U Operating System Ubuntu 18.04   My Question or Issue  If I click the full-screen icon in the bottom-right corner, I do get on...
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Spotify Hi-DPI Fix for Snap install

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Operating SystemLinux - Debian / Ubuntu + Varians My Question or Issue Spotify on High DPI screens will not launch with the scalar settings in some versions of linux. To fix this, people have previously suggested modifying the...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Operating System Linux - Debian / Ubuntu + Varians   My Question or Issue  Spotify on High DPI screens will not launch with the scalar settings in s...
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Spotify's icon is missing on Debian (Cinnamon)

I've installed my distro yesterday and then spotify-client. But no icon appeared, this can be a workaround if you have a similar issue. 1. Your device and operating system: Desktop PC (AMD FX-6300) - OS: Debian 9.5 (4.9.0-7-amd64)2. Type of Spotify a...

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  •   I've installed my distro yesterday and then spotify-client. But no icon appeared, this can be a workaround if you have a similar issue.   1. Your device and operating system: Desktop P...
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Spotify on iOTA running Cosmic Cuttlefish

I've turned an iOTA laptop into an Ubuntu system (works fine for Chinese product released with Windows 10 - W10 too bloated for iOTA with only 32 Gb!BUT - the Spotify app on Cosmic Cuttlefish doesn't work. It doesn't run/launch or do anything?Haven't...

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  • I've turned an iOTA laptop into an Ubuntu system (works fine for Chinese product released with Windows 10 - W10 too bloated for iOTA with only 32 Gb! BUT - the Spotify app on Cosmic Cuttlefish doesn...
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Spotify client volume floating

PlanPremiumCountryBrazil DeviceNotebookOperating SystemUbuntu 16.04LTS My Question or Issue Hi there. From last week to now I've experiencing something very annoying in Spotify client. Randomly, volume goes up and down when playing a track. I've trie...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brazil   Device Notebook Operating System Ubuntu 16.04LTS   My Question or Issue  Hi there.   From last week to now I've experiencing something v...
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Master volume and pulseaudio

Hello, On most distribution (except Ubuntu and Fedora) pulseaudio is using by default "flat volume". That means that by default any client setting its volume to 100% will set the master volume also to 100%. The linux spotify client is doing that from...

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  • Hello,   On most distribution (except Ubuntu and Fedora) pulseaudio is using by default "flat volume". That means that by default any client setting its volume to 100% will set the master volu...
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Bug: Podcasts force Spotify close

PlanPremiumCountryUk DevicePCOperating SystemLinux Mint 18 My Question or Issue When choosing a podcast and hitting play, it either freezes my machine or closes Spotify - playing music works though? UPDATE Performing command: $ top During trying to p...

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  • Plan Premium Country Uk   Device PC Operating System Linux Mint 18   My Question or Issue  When choosing a podcast and hitting play, it either freezes my machine or closes...
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[Linux] [Desktop] Emoji support

PlanPremiumOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04 My Question or IssueI know this is kinda silly and understandably not a huge priority on the Spotify team, but my playlists look kinda bland with white squares instead of colorful emojis, so if you could integr...

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  • Plan Premium Operating System Ubuntu 18.04   My Question or Issue I know this is kinda silly and understandably not a huge priority on the Spotify team, but my playlists look kinda bland w...
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LinuxOS availability

PlanN/ACountry United StatesDeviceRaspberry PI 3Operating SystemRaspbian Stretch My Question or IssueIs Spotify available for Raspbian? Since Raspbian is a flavor of Debian, I have tried to install Spotify using the Terminal commands for Debian, but ...

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  • Plan N/A Country  United States Device Raspberry PI 3 Operating System Raspbian Stretch   My Question or Issue Is Spotify available for Raspbian? Since Raspbian is a flavor of Deb...
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100% CPU utilization when using spotify

PlanPremiumCountryPhilippinesDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify just acted crazy today consuming 100% CPU. Did a couple of reboots and even re-installed the application, still it consumes 100% CPU. What should I do...

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  • Plan Premium Country Philippines Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify just acted crazy today consuming 100% CPU.  Did a couple of reboots a...
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