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Desktop: Jam now available

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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Desktop: 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. Together, the individually customizable design of these new views provides a richer experience, m...

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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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[Troubleshooting] Windows

Having trouble with the Spotify desktop app? Here’s a step-by-step guide to help get things working again. What to try first Perform a soft reset (generally rebooting the device will suffice). If that doesn’t help, try a clean reinstall. Be sure to l...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify is agonisingly slow on desktop (windows 11)

Windows 11I've never had issues with spotify until recently, not even on Windows 11.Recently I pulled all my liked songs into a playlist, and also added my local songs to the playlist. After a lot of troubleshooting to get my local songs to work, thi...

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  • Windows 11 I've never had issues with spotify until recently, not even on Windows 11. Recently I pulled all my liked songs into a playlist, and also added my local songs to the playlist. After a ...
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Superuser Contribution Who can view private collaborative playlists on friend activity?

Hi, I made a collaborative playlist for me and a friend. Then I made the playlist private, I can see if they are listening to our playlist in the friend activity and I am wondering if other people can also see the playlist on their activity or is it ...

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  • Hi, I made a collaborative playlist for me and a friend. Then I made the playlist private, I can see if they are listening to our playlist in the friend activity and I am wondering if other people ca...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Desktop App not redirecting on login, error code desktop_login_accounts:3

PlanFreeCountryPakistanDeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo the desktop app just updated and im logged out of my account. As soon as I press log in, the error code pops up AND THEN im redirected to my browser. The login is...

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  • Plan Free Country Pakistan Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue So the desktop app just updated and im logged out of my account. As soon as I press log i...
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Superuser Contribution Volume slider isn't changing the volume of a song.

I try to change the volume of the song I'm listening to, but if I turn it up anywhere past mute, it just remains the same volume regardless of where I set the volume slider at. I've tried restarting my pc, checking audio drivers, re-installing spotif...

  • Casual Listener
  • I try to change the volume of the song I'm listening to, but if I turn it up anywhere past mute, it just remains the same volume regardless of where I set the volume slider at. I've tried restarting ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify is changing my Windows default volume for the app

When I try to adjust the audio level on the Spotify app, it inadvertently changed the default windows audio level for the app as well. Resulting in lower than normal audio level. There are instances where the app is muted but by adjusting the audio l...

  • Casual Listener
  • When I try to adjust the audio level on the Spotify app, it inadvertently changed the default windows audio level for the app as well. Resulting in lower than normal audio level. There are instances ...
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Can't login to Spotify App on Laptop

PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceDell LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIt won't let me log in. I press log in, and it says "Go to your browser to log in" but nothing opens on my browser. I'm already logged in on browser, as i use spotif...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK   Device Dell Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue It won't let me log in. I press log in, and it says "Go to your browser to log in"...
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Superuser Contribution Canvas feature disappeared

Did anyone having a problem with canvas in pc version Spotify. In my pc canvas not working

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  • Did anyone having a problem with canvas in pc version Spotify. In my pc canvas not working
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Superuser Contribution How to stop smart shuffle from randomly turning on

I have a Windows 10 Laptop and every time I minimise and then maximise my Spotify window smart shuffle turns back on, this is really annoying as I open and close Spotify a lot and I don't even want it on shuffle never mind smart shuffle

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  • I have a Windows 10 Laptop and every time I minimise and then maximise my Spotify window smart shuffle turns back on, this is really annoying as I open and close Spotify a lot and I don't even want i...
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Spotify high network usage

Hi everyone, I am having issue with Spotify windows app (currently using Windows 11, but was happening on Windows 10 aswell).Suddenly in middle of listening it starts using a lot of network resources (sometimes it goes over 500Mbps). This is clean/fr...

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  • Hi everyone,   I am having issue with Spotify windows app (currently using Windows 11, but was happening on Windows 10 aswell). Suddenly in middle of listening it starts using a lot of networ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Music fades in and out .

Plan: Premium Individual Country: USA Device: laptop PC running Windows 10 Music fades in and out for no particular reason. Crossfade is disabled. Streaming quality is set to very high. It doesn't happen with any particular artist or track. But every...

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  • Plan: Premium Individual   Country: USA   Device: laptop PC running Windows 10    Music fades in and out for no particular reason. Crossfade is disabled. Streaming quality i...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it"I have tried all t...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now...
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Mini player desktop

PlanDuo PremiumCountryIndonesia Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHey, i dont have the mini player symbol or feature in my desktop application?is there any settings i should follow?

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  • Plan Duo Premium Country Indonesia   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hey, i dont have the mini player symbol or feature in my desktop application? is there any ...
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"Spotify can't play this right now, if you have file upload from your device to listen"

On windows desktop app free plan, I can't listen to anything without getting the message above. I repaired, reset, uninstalled, checked internet connection, and checked output device, nothing is working. It doesn't have to do with my account because ...

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  • On windows desktop app free plan, I can't listen to anything without getting the message above. I repaired, reset, uninstalled, checked internet connection, and checked output device, nothing is work...
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Superuser Contribution Was "create similar playlist" removed?

I've been using the "create similar playlist" function as a way to discover new music and its been such a great tool, much more effective than simply going to a song radio. I've only been able to use this function on my desktop but now can't even see...

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  • I've been using the "create similar playlist" function as a way to discover new music and its been such a great tool, much more effective than simply going to a song radio. I've only been able to use...
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Log in button leads to infinitely reloading page?

When I click the green "log in" button on my Spotify desktop app, it opens a blank page in my browser with a long URL that loads infinitely. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, logging in on the website beforehand, and trying a different browse...

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  • When I click the green "log in" button on my Spotify desktop app, it opens a blank page in my browser with a long URL that loads infinitely. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, logging in on th...
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Superuser Contribution Problem with Spotify on Desktop

There is a problem with the app on my laptop. 1. Playlist not syncing after adding album songs to playlist on my phoneI added album songs to playlist on my phone, but on the desktop, it did not update.Here is my screenshot:And this is what the screen...

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  • There is a problem with the app on my laptop.  1. Playlist not syncing after adding album songs to playlist on my phone I added album songs to playlist on my phone, but on the desktop, it did ...
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How to delete a podcast playlist.

I have a podcast playlist titled "Your Episodes". It has 140 episodes. How do I delete all the episodes as well as the main playlist? Thanx.

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  • I have a podcast playlist titled "Your Episodes". It has 140 episodes. How do I delete all the episodes as well as the main playlist? Thanx.
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Superuser Contribution "Service is temporarily unavailable, please try again later"

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceI dunno, a ThinkPadOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI can't log in to the Spotify desktop app. Whenever I open the app, instead of just asking for my username/password, it wants to consult the browser ve...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device I dunno, a ThinkPad Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I can't log in to the Spotify desktop app.  Whenever I open the app, i...
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Superuser Contribution spotify kann dies zurzeit nicht abspielen. wenn sich die datei auf deinem computer befindet, kannst

hi,ich hab nun schon länger diese Fehlermedlung. Am Handy klappt Spotify bestens, am PC hingegen garnicht. Habe auch schon gelesen, dass das Problem schon öfter aufgetreten ist, jedoch hat mir das bis jetzt nichts gebracht. Habe Spotify schon mehrmal...

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  • hi, ich hab nun schon länger diese Fehlermedlung. Am Handy klappt Spotify bestens, am PC hingegen garnicht. Habe auch schon gelesen, dass das Problem schon öfter aufgetreten ist, jedoch hat mir das ...
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Superuser Contribution Mini Player button layout changed and it's not aligned anymore

Pretty much the title. For whatever reason the volume button has moved further to the left side instead of being on the far right where it was originally. This has resulted in all the buttons being misaligned.I hope attaching links to images is allow...

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  • Pretty much the title. For whatever reason the volume button has moved further to the left side instead of being on the far right where it was originally. This has resulted in all the buttons being m...
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