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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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Solved!! Spotify free: Music stops on MAC

Edited: Thank you very much everyone for helping! Finally I managed to correct the error and the steps are those that DerpyNerd offered and highlighted as a solution. Hi! I have a MacBook Pro, and for a week now I have a problem with the desktop app....

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[Mac] Troubleshooting 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. Tip: Don't forget to check our Spo...

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Playlist video not showing

so i was trying to watch taylor's delciate video on the playlist but this shows up and nothing else, the same thing happened with my phone any ways to fix this? thanks

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  • so i was trying to watch taylor's delciate video on the playlist but this shows up and nothing else, the same thing happened with my phone any ways to fix this? thanks
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Inappropriate commercial making me feel very disturbed

The Trojan Condum ad just gives too much details that just make the ad very disturbing... It made me not want to eat for the entire day... This needs to be taken down or I will never use spotify again. This really hit me hard when I first heard it. I...

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  • The Trojan Condum ad just gives too much details that just make the ad very disturbing... It made me not want to eat for the entire day... This needs to be taken down or I will never use spotify agai...
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playlist photos

is there a way to change a playlist cover photo back to the first four album covers after already setting your own picture? (i set my own photo but then deleted it and want the 4 album covers back)

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  • is there a way to change a playlist cover photo back to the first four album covers after already setting your own picture? (i set my own photo but then deleted it and want the 4 album covers back)
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Solved!! Spotify URI not valid

I was trying to upload my playlist onto the playlist exchange but when I copy the playlist URI the error I get is like:'provide a valid Spotify URI' Why might this be happening?

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  • I was trying to upload my playlist onto the playlist exchange but when I copy the playlist URI the error I get is like: 'provide a valid Spotify URI'   Why might this be happening?
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Spotify jitter / stutter playback

A couple of days ago Spotify playback started to jitter / stutter every couple of seconds with the error on the blue bar "This song cannot be played". I haven't changed anything on my machine. It works just fine on my mobile (Android). I reinstalled ...

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  • A couple of days ago Spotify playback started to jitter / stutter every couple of seconds with the error on the blue bar "This song cannot be played". I haven't changed anything on my machine. It wor...
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I can't upload a profile picture?

i literally DONT HAVE THE OPTION, ive been looking at past articles but so far none are helpful. i have the desktop app.

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  • i literally DONT HAVE THE OPTION, ive been looking at past articles but so far none are helpful. i have the desktop app.
  • Maxim
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Clear Spotify history?

I'm really happy with Spotify, but recently a friend used my account to listen to some songs that I don't like. Despite several attempts to delete the songs in my history by reinstalling Spotify or restarting my computer, all have failed. So I'm assu...

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  • I'm really happy with Spotify, but recently a friend used my account to listen to some songs that I don't like. Despite several attempts to delete the songs in my history by reinstalling Spotify or r...
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Spotify will no longer scroll down

I can click on a playlist but can not scroll down to see all the music. This happens for every page. It has happened since the new update.

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  • I can click on a playlist but can not scroll down to see all the music. This happens for every page. It has happened since the new update. 
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Can't access artist or song radio

I cannot access Artist radio or Song radio by clicking on the 3 dots next to follow. The option does not show up anymore. Am I missing something ? Where did this go ? I recently changed country to Vietnam where I live and since then do not see the op...

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  • I cannot access Artist radio or Song radio by clicking on the 3 dots next to follow. The option does not show up anymore. Am I missing something ? Where did this go ? I recently changed country to Vi...
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Spotify Presale

Does an yone know the password for the Spotify Presale of the band Rise Against?

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  • Does an yone know the password for the Spotify Presale of the band Rise Against?
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Solved!! Spotify hacker?

Hi, Today I logged in to spotify on my mac and I have 10 new playlists that I follow in my playlist section. The problem is that I didn't follow theese playlists at all. And they are all created by the same user named "thedailyloud".The name of the p...

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  • Hi,   Today I logged in to spotify on my mac and I have 10 new playlists that I follow in my playlist section. The problem is that I didn't follow theese playlists at all. And they are all cre...
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Downloading songs

Does a song/album have to to be in a playlist to download it to my Mac desctop? I can only see the download button on a playlist not on general music lists

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  • Does a song/album have to to be in a playlist to download it to my Mac desctop? I can only see the download button on a playlist not on general music lists
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Spotify jitter / stutter playback

A couple of days ago Spotify playback started to jitter / stutter every couple of seconds with the error on the blue bar "This song cannot be played". I haven't changed anything on my machine. It works just fine on my mobile (Android). I reinstalled ...

  • Casual Listener
  • A couple of days ago Spotify playback started to jitter / stutter every couple of seconds with the error on the blue bar "This song cannot be played". I haven't changed anything on my machine. It wor...
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Songs in deluxe edition albums cant be played in offline mode

i am a premium user but i cannot download and play songs that included within deluxe edition albums in offline mode. why is this happening? For example: in the attachment, same song from 2 different albums, "there's nothing holding me back" by shawn ...

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  • i am a premium user but i cannot download and play songs that included within deluxe edition albums in offline mode. why is this happening?   For example: in the attachment, same song from 2...
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Solved!! How to delete songs from a playlist

how do you delete songs from a playlist? either on mac or ios?

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  • how do you delete songs from a playlist? either on mac or ios?
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wheel scroll response is slow

It started with Spotify 1.0.75.483.The wheel scroll response is slow everywhere.So I reinstall Spotify 1.0.74.380. Everything is okay.I installed Spotify 1.0.77.338 today.The problem was not resolved. I can not use it.Fix the bug, Spotify! operating ...

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  • It started with Spotify 1.0.75.483. The wheel scroll response is slow everywhere. So I reinstall Spotify 1.0.74.380. Everything is okay. I installed Spotify 1.0.77.338 today. The problem was not ...
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Playlist max at 24hrs?

I've just got a message saying "you've filled this playlist to the max..." when adding to a playlist of mine. It's coming in at just under 24hrs of music long.It was my understanding that the max playlist number was something around 10,000 songs, can...

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  • I've just got a message saying "you've filled this playlist to the max..." when adding to a playlist of mine. It's coming in at just under 24hrs of music long. It was my understanding that the max...
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Limited searching

Hey guys, I was just wondering whether someone else has experienced this issue, somehow I can only search for a limited amount of artists within a short space of time. And then it needs like 10-20 minutes to restart itself before I can search for oth...

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  • Hey guys,    I was just wondering whether someone else has experienced this issue, somehow I can only search for a limited amount of artists within a short space of time. And then it need...
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Interface mac os

Why is the Play button next to the delete song button? I already have a lot of songs accidentally deleted.

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  • Why is the Play button next to the delete song button? I already have a lot of songs accidentally deleted.
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Discrepancy of songs between different platforms

I previously tried to submit this bug report, but your website threw an error at me. Here are both bugs, from your community website denying posting of bugs to the actual Spotify app fails. An Unexpected Error has occurred.message.body : The message ...

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  • I previously tried to submit this bug report, but your website threw an error at me.  Here are both bugs, from your community website denying posting of bugs to the actual Spotify app fails. &...
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