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Jam now available on Desktop

Spotify is bringing Jam to the desktop app! 拾 ️ Now you can start or join a listening party with your friends, family, colleagues, and classmates, with the Spotify desktop app in addition to the mobile app. Although you can listen on your own, Jam in...

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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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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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Window size and position not saved

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceMacBook Air (13-inch, 2017)Operating SystemmacOS Big Sur 11.2.3 (20D91) My Question or IssueWhen I close the app and open it again, the window size and position are restored to defaults. I normally maximize the window.Re...

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  • Plan Premium Country Poland Device MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017) Operating System macOS Big Sur 11.2.3 (20D91)   My Question or Issue When I close the app and open it again, the window s...
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Superuser Contribution NaN:NaN instead of song duration

PlanFreeCountryUSDeviceMacbook air 2020Operating SystemmacOS Big Sur My Question or IssueOn my mac (spotify works fine on my phone/any other device) Spotify doesn’t let me modify playlists(says playlists are full) or play any music. Instead there’s a...

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  •   Plan Free Country US Device Macbook air 2020 Operating System macOS Big Sur   My Question or Issue On my mac (spotify works fine on my phone/any other device) Spotify doesn’t l...
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Listening in all devices simultaneously

PlanPremiumCountrySpain Device(iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPad Air 2, Macbook Pro Retina 2015, Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation)Operating System(all iOs and MacOS updated to the latest version) My Question or IssueI just found out about the "Playing in all dev...

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  • Plan Premium Country Spain   Device (iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPad Air 2, Macbook Pro Retina 2015, Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation) Operating System (all iOs and MacOS updated to the latest ver...
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Solved!! new ui wont update pls send help

Freeaustraliamacbook air touch id 2020macos 11.2 already clean re instaled 3 times. still got that old ui. other laptop has it same model. i'd like the new update thanks.

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  • Free australia macbook air touch id 2020 macos 11.2   already clean re instaled 3 times. still got that old ui. other laptop has it same model. i'd like the new update thanks.
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Superuser Contribution If I play ONE podcast, Spotify automatically adds every episode to my queue.

USA, Mac/PC/Android If I click on ANY podcast in the Mac application, Spotify automatically ads every single podcast to my queue, then sets it to autplay. I don't want this. Example. If I click on "Sword and Scale" ep 135, Spotify will add episodes 1...

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  • USA, Mac/PC/Android   If I click on ANY podcast in the Mac application, Spotify automatically ads every single podcast to my queue, then sets it to autplay. I don't want this.   Example...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Search to add new songs in a playlist doesn't work correctly

PlanFreeCountryUkraine DeviceMacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)Operating SystemmacOS Catalina 10.15.7AppGoogle Chrome 89.0.4389.128Desktop (Mac) Spotify 1.1.56.595.g2d2da0de-a Yesterday (April 14) search at the bottom of my playlists (where it suggests addi...

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  • Plan Free Country Ukraine   Device MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) Operating System macOS Catalina 10.15.7 App Google Chrome 89.0.4389.128 Desktop (Mac) Spotify 1.1.56.595.g2d2da0de-...
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Superuser Contribution Bug? -- Can't Drag Albums Into Playlist Folders Anymore?

Before the new redesign, I was able to drag an album into a playlist folder and it would automatically place it as a new folder under that playlist folder. (Use case: I have a "New Album Releases" playlist folder where I can easily drag full albums i...

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  • Before the new redesign, I was able to drag an album into a playlist folder and it would automatically place it as a new folder under that playlist folder. (Use case: I have a "New Album Releases" pl...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify scans my hdd for audio files

Plan: PremiumCountry: DE Device: MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)Operating System: macOS Big Sur 11.2.3 (20D91) My Question or Issue:After opening Spotify (1.1.56.595.g2d2da0de) it keeps scanning my hdd for audio files to build an...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: DE   Device: MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) Operating System: macOS Big Sur 11.2.3 (20D91)   My Question or Issue: After o...
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Superuser Contribution Can't paste spotify song links to spotify playlist

PlanPremium for FamilyCountryPhilippines DeviceAcer Aspire E 15Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I was sent a huge list of songs from spotify. It was simply done by going to the History of the play queue, select all, copy, then paste. H...

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  • Plan Premium for Family Country Philippines   Device Acer Aspire E 15 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I was sent a huge list of songs from spotify. It wa...
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Superuser Contribution **bleep** update

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuespotify keeps crashing, cant use my keyboard buttons to controll the music anymore, am missing some key features that used to exist. is any of that ever going to be adressed? o...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue spotify keeps crashing, cant use my keyboard buttons to controll the music anymore, am missing ...
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Superuser Contribution Starting in other players does not automatically stop (Do Not Switch)

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Macbook Pro Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)Mac latest My Question or IssueIf I start playing another player (Youtube, etc.) while listening in th...

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Spotify is always open on all Desktops

PlanPremiumCountryGermany DeviceMacBook Air 13'' 2014)Operating SystemmacOS Mojave My Question or IssueHello, 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 de...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany  Device MacBook Air 13'' 2014) Operating System macOS Mojave   My Question or Issue Hello,  my Spotify is always open on all desktops. Even when...
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Superuser Contribution Wrong shortcut to playing song

PlanPremium DeviceMacbook Pro (16-inc, 2019)Operating SystemmacOS Big Sur 11.2.3 My Issue:If the currently playing playlist is sorted by any way (like date added)And you click on the playing album thumbnail, will go to a random song

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  • Plan Premium   Device Macbook Pro (16-inc, 2019) Operating System macOS Big Sur 11.2.3   My Issue: If the currently playing playlist is sorted by any way (like date added) And you...
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Superuser Contribution Right Click, Add to playlist (No more filter)

Plan : PremiumCountry : France Device : Macbook ProOperating System : Mac OS Big Sur With the new version of the application, it is no longer possible to filter the playlists when you want to add a title to an already created playlist (right click, a...

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  • Plan : Premium Country : France   Device : Macbook Pro Operating System : Mac OS Big Sur     With the new version of the application, it is no longer possibl...
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Spotify app on Mac turned into desktop view

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacbook AirOperating SystemmacOS Catalina My Question or Issue I was recently looking at the Spotify statistics website for my account, which in turn led me to use the desktop app on chrome after clicking on a few songs. Fo...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Air Operating System macOS Catalina   My Question or Issue  I was recently looking at the Spotify statistics website for my account, which ...
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How can I download a past version of the Spotify desktop app?

How do I download the previous version of the Spotify desktop app, and disable auto-update?

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Superuser Contribution Will there be an option for reverting to the older classic UI?

Hiya! We have multiple people using this one account and the arrival of the new UI is causing some distress. Whilst some of us can (somewhat) work with it, older relatives are having a hard time navigating it and don't want to use it anymore. None of...

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  • Hiya!   We have multiple people using this one account and the arrival of the new UI is causing some distress. Whilst some of us can (somewhat) work with it, older relatives are having a hard ...
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Superuser Contribution Current running song on phone does not update in Desktop app

PlanPremiumCountryCzechiaDevicemacOS Big Sur, Samsung Galaxy Note 8 When playing songs on my Android phone, the Mac destkop app does not show the right currently playing song. It shows the last song that was triggered from desktop playing at the last...

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  • Plan Premium Country Czechia Device macOS Big Sur, Samsung Galaxy Note 8   When playing songs on my Android phone, the Mac destkop app does not show the right currently playing ...
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Can i use the previous Interface on my mac or customize the current one?

PlanPremiumEUROPEDevice(iPhone, Macbook) My Question or IssueHello, today I discovered the new Spotify interface on my computer and i am unable to use this service with ease now, this interface is an eyesore for me to use (It may be related to my ADH...

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  • Plan Premium EUROPE Device (iPhone, Macbook)     My Question or Issue Hello, today I discovered the new Spotify interface on my computer and i am unable to use this service with eas...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution New Update

Plan: Premium FamilyCountry: U.S.A DeviceMacbook Pro 2020Operating SystemBig Sur For some reason, when I use Spotify in my joint account with my sister the update works but when I use my personal account it is still the old version of Spotify. Kinda ...

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  • Plan: Premium Family Country: U.S.A   Device Macbook Pro 2020 Operating System Big Sur   For some reason, when I use Spotify in my joint account with my sister the update ...
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