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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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Annoying music starts playing at login

I logged in to Spotify today, which is really cool, everyone likes music. Right? So I'm switching back to my web browser and I hear some really annoying indie youth **bleep** playing in the background and there is no stop button, there is no option f...

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  • I logged in to Spotify today, which is really cool, everyone likes music. Right? So I'm switching back to my web browser and I hear some really annoying indie youth **bleep** playing in the backgroun...
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100% CPU usage when a playlist finishes

Your device and operating system: Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E530, Debian Jessie Type of Spotify account you have (Free/ Premium): Premium The app version of Spotify you’re using: spotify-client 1:1.0.42.151.g19de0aa6-74 Brief description of the issue: Aft...

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  • Your device and operating system:   Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E530, Debian Jessie   Type of Spotify account you have (Free/ Premium): Premium   The app version of Spotify you’re using...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Not Loading after Closing[Ubuntu 16.04]

If i open Spotify, close it and then attempt to reopen it I get stuck on this screen. It will hang forever. I've tried killing all spotify processes, but nothing but a reboot has solved this problem. Has anyone else seen this?

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  •   If i open Spotify, close it and then attempt to reopen it I get stuck on this screen.  It will hang forever.  I've tried killing all spotify processes, but nothing but a reboot has ...
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I want to see my playlist followers

Why can't I see my playlist followers, I have made one of my playlists public and it has gotten a few followers and I want to see who it is, but I can't. I remember I could do it a few years back, but now I can only see who is following me.

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  • Why can't I see my playlist followers, I have made one of my playlists public and it has gotten a few followers and I want to see who it is, but I can't. 😞 I remember I could do it a few years back...
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Stop ruining the interface!

For every update in the interface, it gets a little more wasteful. Bigger fonts, more space between entries in lists etc. The last update to put the player buttons above the timeline steals even more horizontal space. Go back to how it was before! Be...

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  • For every update in the interface, it gets a little more wasteful. Bigger fonts, more space between entries in lists etc.   The last update to put the player buttons above the timeline steals ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Unable to play local files on desktop

I have added some music to Spotify with the local files feature on my desktop but the songs show the error "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." but the same song plays perfectly on my phone. The files...

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  • I have added some music to Spotify with the local files feature on my desktop but the songs show the error "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." but t...
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Shuffle with two devices | Improvements request

Hi,It's been a long time I'm having annoying issues with the shuffle on a particular case. In fact If you've got a big playlist and you've been playing music for example on your pc and control the songs your are listening to on your smartphone for ex...

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  • Hi, It's been a long time I'm having annoying issues with the shuffle on a particular case. In fact If you've got a big playlist and you've been playing music for example on your pc and control the ...
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Solved!! Unable to Connect to Last.fm

When trying to connect to Last.fm in Spotify it tells me that the username or password is invalid. I type in my correct username and password and press enter and it gives me the error. Copying and pasting the username and password pre-typed doesn't w...

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  • When trying to connect to Last.fm in Spotify it tells me that the username or password is invalid.   I type in my correct username and password and press enter and it gives me the error. Copyi...
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Default location of cache in Linux

Accidentally, I changed cache location in settings. I don't remember default location and I didn't find a method to reset Spotify settings. Please, help. Sorry for anxiety.

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  • Accidentally, I changed cache location in settings. I don't remember default location and I didn't find a method to reset Spotify settings. Please, help.   Sorry for anxiety.
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All the songs under Your Music -> Songs, disappeared.

All the songs under Your Music -> Songs, disappeared on my desktop and mobile devices. Is there a way to recover them.

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  • All the songs under Your Music -> Songs, disappeared on my desktop and mobile devices. Is there a way to recover them.
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Solved!! New Layout with Play pause next button in middle of the bottom bar

How do i go back to the old layout? can i download an older version and still have my songs? and block the update? how do i do this? please? the new layout is actually giving me cancer and i want to killmyself thanks for understanding and ill await y...

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  • How do i go back to the old layout? can i download an older version and still have my songs? and block the update? how do i do this? please? the new layout is actually giving me cancer and i want to ...
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Solved!! I hate Spotify - am I missing something? (Honestly not trolling!)

I signed up for premium. I use Linux on all my computers, but think that it's not relevant.Why do I hate it? (Spotify, not Linux - I love Linux!)I know what music I like (and do love to hear new stuff), so I don't need to be told what someone else wh...

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  • I signed up for premium.  I use Linux on all my computers, but think that it's not relevant. Why do I hate it? (Spotify, not Linux - I love Linux!) I know what music I like (and do love to hea...
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no download

I have a 30 days trial premium accountI'm trying to download plalists or single songs to play them offlinebut I don't have any visible option to do it Another problem:Whan I try to set the password to use spotify wiht a device I receive always a mess...

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  • I have a 30 days trial premium account I'm trying to download plalists or single songs to play them offline but I don't have any visible option to do it   Another problem: Whan I try to set...
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Playlist Administration

Hi!I would post this in 'Ideas,' but unfortunately, I'm not ranked up enough to do that!I think it would be a cool feature to have if you could add other Spotify users to your playlist, meaning they can add songs, delete songs, change the title, bio,...

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  • Hi! I would post this in 'Ideas,' but unfortunately, I'm not ranked up enough to do that! I think it would be a cool feature to have if you could add other Spotify users to your playlist, mean...
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Cierre repentino...

Hola... he instalado en mi casa una Raspberry Pi para usarla como "cloud" y por lo tanto he tenido que asignarle una ip estática en mi router y enlazarla con noip para poder acceder desde fuera de mi red local...El problema es que ahora, la app de Sp...

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  • Hola... he instalado en mi casa una Raspberry Pi para usarla como "cloud" y por lo tanto he tenido que asignarle una ip estática en mi router y enlazarla con noip para poder acceder desde fuera de mi...
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Cant play previous (last) track on playlist

Hi. Im very unconfortable about this problem. When you press "previous" button on the first track on playlist Spotify keeps playing the first track. Why it just can play the last song ? Because it's the start of a playlist? Please hear us. Spotify, a...

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  • Hi. Im very unconfortable about this problem. When you press "previous" button on the first track on playlist Spotify keeps playing the first track. Why it just can play the last song ? Because it's ...
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Dragging Local Files Into Playlists

Can we please get back the ability to drag local files into playlists, this being removed has been a serious step back. *I know* you can import local files still, but dragging them from specific locations would make things so much easier when a major...

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  • Can we please get back the ability to drag local files into playlists, this being removed has been a serious step back.  *I know* you can import local files still, but dragging them fr...
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