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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 Re: No option to make playlist public

I don't have the Spotify app downloaded because my laptop doesn't have space for it and so I use spotify on the browser and I did the solution and it didn't work for me but I don't know if being on the app and browser has different effects because I ...

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  • I don't have the Spotify app downloaded because my laptop doesn't have space for it and so I use spotify on the browser and I did the solution and it didn't work for me but I don't know if being on t...
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Superuser Contribution All videos have stopped working

PlanFree/PremiumCountryAustralianDevice(iPhone 11 and Win 11 laptop)Operating Systemlatest IOS and Win 11 My Question or IssueAll videos have stopped playing in the app on both my devices. All video podcasts and looping visuals have stopped. The Canv...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country Australian Device (iPhone 11 and Win 11 laptop) Operating System latest IOS and Win 11   My Question or Issue All videos have stopped playing in the app on bo...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Cannot play or load anything

PlanDoesn't work on either planCountrySlovakiaDeviceAsus VivoBook X512UFOperating SystemWindows 11 home My Question or IssueSpotify cannot play any music or load things like playlists, profile or library. I tried to reinstall multiple times. I assume...

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  • Plan Doesn't work on either plan Country Slovakia Device Asus VivoBook X512UF Operating System Windows 11 home   My Question or Issue Spotify cannot play any music or load things like ...
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Superuser Contribution Full screen mode operation with display-off schedule in Win10

PlanPremiumCountryRussiaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10Spotify app1.1.79.763.gc2965cdf My Question or IssueHello everybody!So, here's the thing. On my PC I've got display-off schedule (not a sleep mode) engaged which is set to 15 minutes, and when...

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  • Plan Premium Country Russia Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Spotify app 1.1.79.763.gc2965cdf   My Question or Issue Hello everybody! So, here's the thing. On my PC I've got di...
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Superuser Contribution how to order songs by date added

There is no repsonse when clicking on the date added column, and it will not show any sort options by the search bar or when clicking edit on the playlist. The playlists had previously been in the order of most recent addition at the top but has sudd...

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  • There is no repsonse when clicking on the date added column, and it will not show any sort options by the search bar or when clicking edit on the playlist. The playlists had previously been in the or...
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Superuser Contribution Audio glitching out

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueThe Issue is primarily with discord. or somehow attached to it. Whenever I open Spotify, I either hear Spotify but not discord, or the other way around. Sometimes my...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue The Issue is primarily with discord. or somehow attached to it. Whenever I open Spotify, ...
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How to fix, "You Can't play this content on spotify" due to Realtek Drivers

I had a problem these days with spotify desktop App.For Window Users, this problem may appears when you try to play a song. Your speakes are working normally on other apps, but in Spotify Desktop app your Realtek drivers could not work correctly. You...

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  • I had a problem these days with spotify desktop App. For Window Users, this problem may appears when you try to play a song. Your speakes are working normally on other apps, but in Spotify Desktop...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Fullscreen feature removed

So I noticed recently that the album art fullscreen feature was removed on the desktop app. I spoke to a rep and they told me the feature had been removed from the app. Really hoping they bring this back because I used this a lot, it was one of my fa...

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  • So I noticed recently that the album art fullscreen feature was removed on the desktop app. I spoke to a rep and they told me the feature had been removed from the app. Really hoping they bring this ...
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Superuser Contribution Black Screen of Death (Windows 11)

A couple of weeks ago, Spotify's Windows 11 desktop app was updated, and since then I haven't been able to use it at all. On launch, I get to see the player's UI for a second, then my PC's screen goes black. Completely. No error messages, nothing. I ...

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  • A couple of weeks ago, Spotify's Windows 11 desktop app was updated, and since then I haven't been able to use it at all. On launch, I get to see the player's UI for a second, then my PC's screen goe...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Connect on PC not detecting devices

PlanPremiumCountryThailandDevicePersonal ComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 22H2 My Question or IssueSpotify Connect on PC is not detecting devices or sync to other devices in same account at all. I saw that this problem occurs to many people on comm...

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  • Plan Premium Country Thailand Device Personal Computer Operating System Windows 10 22H2   My Question or Issue Spotify Connect on PC is not detecting devices or sync to other devices i...
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Superuser Contribution Repeat keeps disabling

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceSamsung S24Plush and Windows web player My Question or IssueThe Repeat button keeps disabling. Every time I open the web player or on my phone the button is disabled again. I just want the darn playlist to repeat, I don'...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device Samsung S24Plush and Windows web player   My Question or Issue The Repeat button keeps disabling. Every time I open the web player or on my phone the b...
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Solved!! My entire systems audio starts to glitch whenever spotify is playing.

Whenever I play audio on spotify it begins to glitch out my entire systems audio, not just the sound coming from spotify. I have tried many thing to fix the issue such as, disabling and reenabling hardware acceleration, restarting spotify, restarting...

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  • Whenever I play audio on spotify it begins to glitch out my entire systems audio, not just the sound coming from spotify. I have tried many thing to fix the issue such as, disabling and reenabling ha...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify for Windows (64 bit) version 1.2.51.345.gcc39d911.

I would like to give feedback regarding Spotify for Windows (64 bit) version 1.2.51.345.gcc39d911.I don't know if it was a deliberate update on your part, but when performing a search, I usually click on the back icon (<) until I return to the home p...

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  • I would like to give feedback regarding Spotify for Windows (64 bit) version 1.2.51.345.gcc39d911. I don't know if it was a deliberate update on your part, but when performing a search, I usually cl...
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Superuser Contribution Why does Spotify on PC suck so bad?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI'm just here to complain about Spotify on PC in vain hopes that they might one day make it a...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I'm jus...
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Solved!! No G-SYNC Fix yet?

So, why has no fix happened with Spotify to fix the annoying flickering when a user is using GSYNC? Only way to keep it from happening is to turn off hardware acceleration which can affect sound quality.

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  • So, why has no fix happened with Spotify to fix the annoying flickering when a user is using GSYNC?  Only way to keep it from happening is to turn off hardware acceleration which can affect soun...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify lagging and making games lag, only when playing games!

My old crappy computer used to play spotify fine when playing full-screen online games. Upgraded my rig last week and now a few days ago I noticed it starts stuttering when I start playing a game and now it not only stutters but also makes the game l...

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  • My old crappy computer used to play spotify fine when playing full-screen online games. Upgraded my rig last week and now a few days ago I noticed it starts stuttering when I start playing a game and...
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Superuser Contribution Favorite song icons not showing in my playlists

I run the Windows desktop application of Spotify. It looks like today the small green icon has changed that shows that you have added a song to your favorite songs. In this playlist and in all my others though, those icons do not show anymore: This i...

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  • I run the Windows desktop application of Spotify. It looks like today the small green icon has changed that shows that you have added a song to your favorite songs. In this playlist and in all my oth...
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Solved!! Weird Spotify sorting update

So, recently, I've been going through some artists I follow from bottom to top to check out music, always based on when they were uploaded. But recently over the past few days I've noticed some things have been out of place. That's when I figured out...

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  • So, recently, I've been going through some artists I follow from bottom to top to check out music, always based on when they were uploaded. But recently over the past few days I've noticed some thing...
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