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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 Why won't my music play on the desktop?

My music will play on my phone, etc but when I get to work to listen to it, it won't play any music.... but will play podcasts or books, etc. just not the music. I have logged out of everything, I have restarted the computer, my computer sound works,...

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  • My music will play on my phone, etc but when I get to work to listen to it, it won't play any music.... but will play podcasts or books, etc. just not the music. I have logged out of everything, I ha...
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Superuser Contribution Affichage

Bonjour,Impossible d'ouvrir Spotify en plein écran. Que faire ?Merci.Philo

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  • Bonjour, Impossible d'ouvrir Spotify en plein écran.  Que faire ? Merci. Philo  
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Superuser Contribution i cant seem to upload a photo of me and my friend as our playlist cover

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceWindowsOperating SystemWindows 11My Question or Issuei'm the owner of my friend and i's playlist and i just cant upload this one photo of us for the album cover. ive tried all of my devices. on my phone and ipad i...

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  •   Plan Premium Country United States Device Windows Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue i'm the owner of my friend and i's playlist and i just cant upload this one photo o...
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Superuser Contribution Can't change playlist cover

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceDesktop Windows, LG K61Operating System(Android, Windows 11) My Question or IssueI simply cannot change my playlist covers. Doesn't matter If I'm using Windows App, Web Browser or Android app. And before you ask, the des...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Desktop Windows, LG K61 Operating System (Android, Windows 11)   My Question or Issue I simply cannot change my playlist covers. Doesn't matter If I'...
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new user interface

spotify version :1.2.8.923.g4f94bf0dPlanFreeCountryEnglandDeviceAcer laptopOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or Issuehow do i disabled the new ui its really ugly and hard to use because of how much stuff there is and i cant find anything man

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  • spotify version : 1.2.8.923.g4f94bf0d Plan Free Country England Device Acer laptop Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue how do i disabled the new ui its really ugly and...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Windows] Songs doesn't play/download

PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDeviceLaptop (Client version is 1.2.8.923)Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueHello there! I met with two problems: first one is that I can't play any song in any album. The only places where I can still listen are ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Turkey Device Laptop (Client version is 1.2.8.923) Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Hello there! I met with two problems: first one is that I can...
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Solved!! Keyboard hotkey 'jump to letter' broken (Desktop)

Hi, I have had this problem for a couple of months now, I found an older topic that described the same issue but it seems to be dead. There are 2 playlist functions that seem to have broken/disappeared in an update late 2019. 1.) Previously if I doub...

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  • Hi,   I have had this problem for a couple of months now, I found an older topic that described the same issue but it seems to be dead.   There are 2 playlist functions that seem to hav...
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Superuser Contribution [Win10] Desktop App crashing when uploading image to playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAs of 10/03/22 I'm completely up to date on updates for Windows 10 and Spotify desktop app. Every time I try to upload an image to my playlist cover image, the whole app cras...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue As of 10/03/22 I'm completely up to date on updates for Windows 10 and Spotify desktop app. Every ...
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Discover Weekly Bad

I'm just fed up of my discover weekly being bad all the time. I know this is old news but there's always something Scooby Doo related in there. I have no interest in this and its been almost every week since I made my account that there has been a Sc...

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  • I'm just fed up of my discover weekly being bad all the time. I know this is old news but there's always something Scooby Doo related in there. I have no interest in this and its been almost every we...
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Music found through the search-function won't play (same with "recommended songs")

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceLenovo YogaOperating SystemWindows 10 home My Question or IssueIf I search for music throught the search-function, Spotify won't play it. If i scroll to the end of my playlists to where the section is where spotify recom...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Lenovo Yoga Operating System Windows 10 home   My Question or Issue If I search for music throught the search-function, Spotify won't play it. If i s...
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Superuser Contribution Can't add local files to spotify app anymore

PlanPremium Device(Winsows PC)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueI had issue with some local files not being able to load in the spotify destop app anymore. They worked previously, so there should not be any issue with the files. I trie...

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  • Plan Premium   Device (Winsows PC) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue I had issue with some local files not being able to load in the spotify destop app anymore. ...
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Superuser Contribution good evening, I get a message that says "now spotify can't play this conten

good evening, I get a message that says"now spotify can't play this content".I tried them all but it doesn't play any songs. What can I still do?

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  • good evening, I get a message that says "now spotify can't play this content". I tried them all but it doesn't play any songs. What can I still do?
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Superuser Contribution New UI Left sidebar is missing my playlists and Folders

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceLenova Yoga 730Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI just updated my Spotify and I noticed my entire left sidebar is empty minus the home, search, and your library. In the new UI introduction video, there seem...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device Lenova Yoga 730 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I just updated my Spotify and I noticed my entire left sidebar is empty minus the ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify is not letting me reorganise my playlist order

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(Surface Pro 7)Operating System(Windows 11) My Question or Issue A couple of days ago I was going through and reorganising my playlists, (moving the playlists above/below each other and putting them into folders, I reali...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (Surface Pro 7) Operating System (Windows 11)   My Question or Issue   A couple of days ago I was going through and reorganising my playli...
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Can't play music except if it's in my liked

I'm on PC and for the past week or so i have not been able to play any music from the home page whatsoever, it doesn't even show up on the bottom. I have to add it to my liked to play it. I tried a reinstall and the issue has still not been resolved....

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  • I'm on PC and for the past week or so i have not been able to play any music from the home page whatsoever, it doesn't even show up on the bottom. I have to add it to my liked to play it. I tried a r...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify for Windows client getting worse with every update

PlanPremiumCountry Czech RepublicDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello, I would just like to congratulate Spotify Windows Desktop client team for probably the most rapid barrage of regressions I've seen in years. It's getting w...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Czech Republic Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello,   I would just like to congratulate Spotify Windows Desktop client ...
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Superuser Contribution okay so you see the spotify login page on web, how do I create ?

SPotify used to show how to create like the login/sigin up page but I can't seem to find it no was they have changed the documentation site. I know how to create a playlist and find the tracks but I don't know how to create the spotify authorisation ...

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  • SPotify used to show how to create like the login/sigin up page but I can't seem to find it no was they have changed the documentation site. I know how to create a playlist and find the tracks but I ...
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Certain Local Files Won't Play

Australia, Family Premium PlanDesktop App Windows 11, Surface Pro 6 This problem has been posted about and resolved before HOWEVER this solution no longer works, or perhaps only worked for Windows 10. Certain local files which work fine in WMP and ar...

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  • Australia, Family Premium Plan Desktop App Windows 11, Surface Pro 6   This problem has been posted about and resolved before HOWEVER this solution no longer works, or perhaps only worked for...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Why was the playlist manual ordering feature removed?!

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10Today 2023-03-24 I woke up to my spotify meticulously 300+ ordered playlists completely changed.The only ordering options offered are:Recent (the playlists you played recently)Recently AddedAl...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Today 2023-03-24 I woke up to my spotify meticulously 300+ ordered playlists completely changed. The only ordering optio...
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Superuser Contribution New Design, Desktop

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceNotebookOperating SystemWindows 8.1 My Question or IssueI had to notice today that the design of Spotify has changed again. I guess this can't be undone, right? The previous design was much more compact, if I remember c...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Notebook Operating System Windows 8.1   My Question or Issue I had to notice today that the design of Spotify has changed again. I guess this can't ...
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