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Solved!! 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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when spotify starts, it skips trough songs fast

spotify starts up while skipping songs at mach 7, after a few seconds it will stop on a song and i will not be able to do anyhting except press pause or play, i cannot start other playlists, songs or skip forth or back.all the "normal" fixes did not ...

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  • spotify starts up while skipping songs at mach 7, after a few seconds it will stop on a song and i will not be able to do anyhting except press pause or play, i cannot start other playlists, songs or...
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New release from

Spotify for Windows (64 bit)1.2.61.443.gc51c574b How do I get rid of a "New release from" songs on my home page? Why is there no hide option? I don't want suggestions for an artist in a genre I'm clearly not interested in or have never listened to. U...

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  • Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.61.443.gc51c574b   How do I get rid of a "New release from" songs on my home page? Why is there no hide option?   I don't want suggestions for an artis...
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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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Cant log in using email/username and password

Plan Premium Country Device Windows, iPad 3, Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I cannot log into the application but I can log into the browser. When i type in the email and password it says it is not recog...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Windows, iPad 3,  Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I cannot log into the applicati...
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Superuser Contribution [Bug] [New UI] Volume Slider Jumps Around

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceDell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620Operating SystemEdition Windows 11 ProVersion 22H2Installed on ‎10/‎6/‎2022OS build 22621.1702Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22641.1000.0Spotify VersionSpotify for Windows1.2.11.916.g...

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  • Plan Free Country USA Device Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 Operating System Edition Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2 Installed on ‎10/‎6/‎2022 OS build 22621.1702 Experience Windows Feature Experi...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify PC desktop app "cannot play this right now" - mobile app and web version work normally

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 11 24H2 build 26100.3775 My Question or IssueSince Spotify was out of service for 1+ hour yesterday, I cannot make the desktop app (Win 11) work, no matter what.Attempting to play any so...

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  • Plan Premium Country Poland Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 11 24H2 build 26100.3775   My Question or Issue Since Spotify was out of service for 1+ hour yesterday, I ca...
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[Desktop] Shuffle Folder Removed

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueUsing the desktop app I am no longer able shuffle folders. Which happens to be one of the main ways I listen to my music. It was woking as recent as yesterday, and I th...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Desktop Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Using the desktop app I am no longer able shuffle folders. Which happens to be one of the ma...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution My volume is too low

Even though i make my volume max the music volume is too low and this only happens on my pc in my phone its perfectly fine

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  • Even though i make my volume max the music volume is too low and this only happens on my pc in my phone its perfectly fine
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Superuser Contribution app wont work on windows 11

PlanPremiumCountryusaDevicewindows 11 pcOperating Systemwindows 11 My Question or Issuenearly everytime i open the app or it opens on startup, the app will randomly skip through a bunch of songs, eventually stop on 1 after about 5-10 seconds. and the...

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  • Plan Premium Country usa Device windows 11 pc Operating System windows 11   My Question or Issue nearly everytime i open the app or it opens on startup, the app will randomly skip thro...
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Jams

Plan - PremiumCountry - USAOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueHaving trouble joining Jams. Both my friend and I have tried joining on separate accounts that we freshly made to test the issue, and both of ours say that the host has ended the ...

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  • Plan - Premium Country - USA Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Having trouble joining Jams. Both my friend and I have tried joining on separate accounts that we freshly ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Error: Spotify no puede reproducir esto en este momento (W10)

Hola, Estaba escuchando Spotify y de repente la canción se ha cortado, ha dejado de sonar y ha aparecido el error:Spotify no puede reproducir esto en este momento. Si tienes el archivo en el ordenador puedes importarlo.He probado a cerrar Spotify, a ...

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  • Hola,  Estaba escuchando Spotify y de repente la canción se ha cortado, ha dejado de sonar y ha aparecido el error: Spotify no puede reproducir esto en este momento. Si tienes el archivo en el...
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Superuser Contribution Library View on Desktop not able to expand

Plan: PremiumCountry: USDevice: Dell DesktopOperating System: Windows 10My Question or Issue: When I use Spotify on desktop, I like to keep my view split between the album/playlist on the right, and my library on the left. Now currently, the library ...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: US Device: Dell Desktop Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue:  When I use Spotify on desktop, I like to keep my view split between the album/pl...
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Superuser Contribution "Your version of Windows is out of date" Banner needs to stop.

I am well aware that my version of windows is old. What I don't need is a constant reminder every time I open Spotify. Not to mention that this banner takes about 5-10 seconds to even load and I can't do anything until it does.Can this be disabled?An...

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  • I am well aware that my version of windows is old. What I don't need is a constant reminder every time I open Spotify. Not to mention that this banner takes about 5-10 seconds to even load and I can'...
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Superuser Contribution "No results found" for any prompt

Whenever I search anything on PC nothing pops up. It always says "No results found" no matter what I type.

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  • Whenever I search anything on PC nothing pops up. It always says "No results found" no matter what I type.
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify crashes after 1-2 songs

PlanPremiumCountryRussiaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI use Spotify almost a year and it worked great. But 3 days ago when I play any song with "repeat one track " after 1-2 repeats it crashes without any error.I tried:reinst...

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  • Plan Premium Country Russia Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I use Spotify almost a year and it worked great. But 3 days ago when I play any song with "repe...
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Superuser Contribution Entry Point Not Found error

I've been trying to download spotify on my pc but I can't open it as I get the error message"The procedure entry point SetThreadDescription could not be located in the dynamic link libraryC:\users\M\appdatta\roaming\spotify\spotify.exe." I've tried d...

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  • I've been trying to download spotify on my pc but I can't open it as I get the error message "The procedure entry point SetThreadDescription could not be located in the dynamic link library C:\us...
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