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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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New episodes show as played despite not having listened to them

I'm having trouble with my desktop app (PC) because whenever I check the News section for new episodes of podcasts that I follow, the new episodes show that little check of having already been played. This is despite my knowing that I haven't listene...

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  • I'm having trouble with my desktop app (PC) because whenever I check the News section for new episodes of podcasts that I follow, the new episodes show that little check of having already been played...
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Superuser Contribution Daily mixes inconsistent on different devices

PlanPremiumCountryEnglandDevicePhone 8 PlusChromebook/Web connectionOperating SystemiOS/ChromeOS Chrome Browser My Question or IssueDaily mixes are not showing the same songs on different devices.This has been reported before:https://community.spotif...

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  •   Plan Premium Country England Device Phone 8 Plus Chromebook/Web connection Operating System iOS/ChromeOS Chrome Browser   My Question or Issue Daily mixes are not showing the ...
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how to fix "spotify cant play this right now" on web

as in the title, when i try to listen to a song on the desktop website, spotify "cant play it". The app works just fine though, so I'm kinda stumped. I've tried a lot of the things I've searched for and it just doesn't work. I'm on firefox, if that h...

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  • as in the title, when i try to listen to a song on the desktop website, spotify "cant play it". The app works just fine though, so I'm kinda stumped. I've tried a lot of the things I've searched for ...
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Podcasts volume decreases after playing a song

Hi everyone, so, it's been a few weeks since I noticed this issue with Spotify, specially with playlists like Daily Drive, everytime I'm listening to a song and there's a podcast in the queue or playing next, the volume goes too low when the podcast ...

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  • Hi everyone, so, it's been a few weeks since I noticed this issue with Spotify, specially with playlists like Daily Drive, everytime I'm listening to a song and there's a podcast in the queue or play...
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Spotify app slow/delayed on windows 11

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueSpotify app is remarkably slow on Windows 11. There will be a couple of seconds of delay when trying to interact with any of the media controls, such as pausin...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Spotify app is remarkably slow on Windows 11. There will be a couple of seconds of ...
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Can't play when charging and my laptop closed

Spotify won't play when I plug it in and close my laptop but when I unplug it and close it then it works please help I just wanna charge and close my laptop while listening PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2...

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  • Spotify won't play when I plug it in and close my laptop but when I unplug it and close it then it works please help I just wanna charge and close my laptop while listening  Plan Free/Premium ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify behaving remarkably slow on Windows 11

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or Issue My Spotify app has an extreme delay to media controls. Playing a song on Spotify takes excruciatingly long, and this happens in bursts it seems. I click ...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue   My Spotify app has an extreme delay to media controls. Playing a song ...
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Superuser Contribution External monitors disconnect when opening Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesOperating SystemWindows10 My Question or IssueWhenever Spotify is active my monitors will constantly disconnect and reconnect (and my bluetooth mouse). This happens with the web player, the desktop app, and on webpages ...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Operating System Windows10   My Question or Issue Whenever Spotify is active my monitors will constantly disconnect and reconnect (and my bluetooth mou...
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Superuser Contribution My computer version of Discord, when connected to Discord, the profile will

My computer version of Discord, when connected to Discord, the profile will not show the playback status, and in addition to the app version, the web page and mobile phone will show the playback status and other devices

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  • My computer version of Discord, when connected to Discord, the profile will not show the playback status, and in addition to the app version, the web page and mobile phone will show the playback stat...
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Remove "shows you might like", "episodes for you", "popular with, "picked for you" from podcasts

I'm on desktop Windows, non-premium.I do not want to have podcasts suggested to me by the algorithm, and I do not want these suggestions to be prioritized over new episodes. I especially don't want random playlists that were "picked for me" on my pod...

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  • I'm on desktop Windows, non-premium. I do not want to have podcasts suggested to me by the algorithm, and I do not want these suggestions to be prioritized over new episodes. I especially don't wa...
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Spotify PC app not playing songs except local file tracks

PC app is totally bugged. My profile icon doesn't show my profile picture, any songs that aren't from local files can't or don't play, and no podcasts play either.

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  • PC app is totally bugged. My profile icon doesn't show my profile picture, any songs that aren't from local files can't or don't play, and no podcasts play either.
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Superuser Contribution Why can't I find Fawry Payment in Purchase Page?

I am unable to find (Fawry) payment method in the URL:https://www.spotify.com/eg-en/purchaseAlthough it's shown in the previous page:https://www.spotify.com/eg-en/premium/Fawry is an Egyptian Payment Soultion and apparently it has Spotify Integeratio...

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  • I am unable to find (Fawry) payment method in the URL: https://www.spotify.com/eg-en/purchase Although it's shown in the previous page: https://www.spotify.com/eg-en/premium/ Fawry is an Egyptian...
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volume control gain

Hi does anyone knows if the 100% volume, full right on windows desktop player, is 0db down or has a gain? (with volume normalization disabled) Is there anyway to bypass it and play trough the WASAPI driver? thanks

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  • Hi does anyone knows if the 100% volume, full right on windows desktop player, is 0db down or has a gain? (with volume normalization disabled)   Is there anyway to bypass it and play trough ...
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Playback switches to phone by itself

I would be listening to Spotify through the desktop app on my computer, and all of a sudden, the music would stop playing from my computer speakers and continue playing from my phone (Samsung Galaxy S6) instead. The switch occurs automatically, witho...

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  • I would be listening to Spotify through the desktop app on my computer, and all of a sudden, the music would stop playing from my computer speakers and continue playing from my phone (Samsung Galaxy ...
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Bug Fix Left Sidebar on Web (pin option)

The pin option has recently started to work incorrectly on Spotify Web Player.Playlist "Liked Songs" cannot be pinned for some reason.But pin function works fine with other albums and playlists. 

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  • The pin option has recently started to work incorrectly on Spotify Web Player. Playlist "Liked Songs" cannot be pinned for some reason. But pin function works fine with other albums and p...
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Superuser Contribution Podcast & Shows in 'What's new' - Showing stuff as played

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceHP Elite Dragonfly G2 Notebook PCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueIn 'What's new', Podcasts and shows are showing as played or minutes listened to even though I have not started listening to.

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  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device HP Elite Dragonfly G2 Notebook PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue In 'What's new', Podcasts and shows are showing as playe...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Web Player Auto Logs-out After Closing Browser

I've been logging into Spotify Web using my Facebook account for the past few months since I got premium, and recently I keep getting logged out of web player whenever I exit my browser. I checked my settings and I don't have the checkbox for clearin...

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  • I've been logging into Spotify Web using my Facebook account for the past few months since I got premium, and recently I keep getting logged out of web player whenever I exit my browser. I checked my...
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Spotify app not working on Windows 11

The Windows version of Spotify is not working. When I open the app, the window is black with nothing inside, and it will remain that way for 3-4 minutes. Once the window shows the front page for Spotify, songs will not play if clicked on, and the lib...

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  • The Windows version of Spotify is not working. When I open the app, the window is black with nothing inside, and it will remain that way for 3-4 minutes. Once the window shows the front page for Spot...
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