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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 How to see album cover in full screen instead of band picture?

I used to be able to click on the "Full screen" button (two diagonal arrows on the bottom-right of the application window) and see the cover art of the album I was currently listening in full screen and in a high resolution. The full screen now most ...

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  • I used to be able to click on the "Full screen" button (two diagonal arrows on the bottom-right of the application window) and see the cover art of the album I was currently listening in full screen ...
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Superuser Contribution Buttons in top right corner of windows desktop app have top margin

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicedifferent PCsOperating SystemWindows 10, Windows 11 My Question or IssueThe buttons in the top right corner are no longer at the top of the app. This is very annoying for me, as it makes it significantly more difficult ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device different PCs Operating System Windows 10, Windows 11   My Question or Issue The buttons in the top right corner are no longer at the top of the app...
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Superuser Contribution I can no longer dislike songs on my Discover Weekly after archiving it

Every week, before I start listening to the new DW songs and reject the ones I dislike, I save the entire 30 songs to a separate playlist for archival. Did all 52 weeks last year, and haven't missed a week this year neither. Besides enjoying the coll...

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  • Every week, before I start listening to the new DW songs and reject the ones I dislike, I save the entire 30 songs to a separate playlist for archival. Did all 52 weeks last year, and haven't misse...
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not playing on computer

PlanPremiumCountry Devicewindows desktop My Question or Issuei downloaded the Spotify app on my windows desktop and it was working fine now when i press play it say Spotify can't play this right now. if you have the file on your computer, you can imp...

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  •   Plan Premium Country   Device windows desktop      My Question or Issue i downloaded the Spotify app on my windows desktop and it was working fine now when i pres...
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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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Offline mode not working anymore

Hi,I cannot use offline mode anymore: when I switch to offline, all my downloaded tracks become unavailable. This used to work perfectly well in the past.Not being able to use this mode means no limit to bandwidth levels which strongly mitigate envir...

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  • Hi, I cannot use offline mode anymore: when I switch to offline, all my downloaded tracks become unavailable. This used to work perfectly well in the past. Not being able to use this mode means no ...
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Problem with queue syncing when switching devices (phone and computer).

PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDeviceSamsung Galaxy S21Operating systemAndroid 14, Windows 10 ) My problem.Problem with queue syncing when switching devices (phone and computer).When I am listening to music on my phone and my queue looks like this:123456...

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  • Plan Premium Country Argentina Device Samsung Galaxy S21 Operating system Android 14, Windows 10 )   My problem. Problem with queue syncing when switching devices (phone and computer)....
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Mini Player button not appearing/working

I got a prompt today to try out the mini player that was recently added yet there is no button to enable this feature and after searching around it should be between the volume bar and fullscreen button yet it doesnt appear. I have freshly reinstalle...

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  • I got a prompt today to try out the mini player that was recently added yet there is no button to enable this feature and after searching around it should be between the volume bar and fullscreen but...
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Superuser Contribution Mysterious Spotify Problem: Just Stops Working Altogether

PlanFreeCountryIrelandDeviceThinkPad LenovoOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueSo far, this has been an unresolvable issue for me: I open Spotify, it immediately shows two error messages "sorry something went wrong" and "Spotify can't play...

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  • Plan Free Country Ireland Device ThinkPad Lenovo Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue So far, this has been an unresolvable issue for me: I open Spotify, it immediately s...
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Superuser Contribution Disable automatic playing on Bluetooth devices

Plan Premium Country US Device Lenovo T16 Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue 1. How do I make Spotify stop automatically playing when I connect my bluetooth speakers? Note, I've disabled every autoplay function, even though Autoplay doe...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device Lenovo T16 Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue 1. How do I make Spotify stop automatically playing when I connect my bluetooth s...
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Superuser Contribution Pause button doesn't work

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands DevicePC Spotify for Windows (64 bit)1.2.55.235.g5eaa0904Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhen playing a song the pause button stops the playing, but within a second it automatically resumes.Even when I pla...

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands   Device PC  Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.55.235.g5eaa0904 Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue When playing a song the ...
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Superuser Contribution Using shift+right click does not select multiple songs

PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows My Question or IssueIf you select a song and use shift+right-click or ctrl+right-click on another song further down, the interface will show all songs as selected by highlighting them (as I would expect). However, ...

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  • Plan Premium   Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue If you select a song and use shift+right-click or ctrl+right-click on another song further down, the interface will sho...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify shuffle queues same song over and over and over

I just queued my liked song and when i look at my queue spotify queued the same song over and over.You can look at the attachment and yes if you scroll it's the same song over and over then under that new songs again just this one song got queued alo...

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  • I just queued my liked song and when i look at my queue spotify queued the same song over and over. You can look at the attachment and yes if you scroll it's the same song over and over then under...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify doesn't work: "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file... "

PlanPremium CountryPoland DevicePC Operating SystemWindows 11 Pro I have a problem with Spotify. After changing my sound card, it stopped working. There are some occasions that it will work, but it is very rare. I have tried every solutions provided:...

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Superuser Contribution my spotify app is not working in my laptop ,why you are giving me very poor service,

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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Spotify Web Player stops playing songs after 2 songs

I am on a DOD computer and am trying to play spotify web player in the background while I work. After like 2 songs, the web player stops playing music and I need to reload the page just to keep listening because everything becomes unusable. I cannot ...

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  • I am on a DOD computer and am trying to play spotify web player in the background while I work. After like 2 songs, the web player stops playing music and I need to reload the page just to keep liste...
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Songs will play when queued but not when clicked (windows 11)

I can queue songs. I am able to scrub through a song. The pause/play button works on the scrub bar menu. Problem is that i cannot get songs to play by clicking them directly. Spotify works totally fine on my macbook and iphone. While this problem is ...

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  • I can queue songs. I am able to scrub through a song. The pause/play button works on the scrub bar menu. Problem is that i cannot get songs to play by clicking them directly. Spotify works totally fi...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it."

PlanPremiumCountrySlovakia DeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI search for everything ..... but it doesnt work .... I just now rebuild my pc with new mother board cpu an rams And after i started pc i wanted to listen to spot...

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  • Plan Premium Country Slovakia   Device Computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I search for everything ..... but it doesnt work ....  I just now rebuild...
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