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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 Proxy not working since 1.0.83.318

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceLenovo Thinkpad T540pOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueUpdate 1.0.83.318 broke the proxy function completely (on Windows 10).I have set the proxy properly, tried a reinstall, cleared and re-entered the prox...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Lenovo Thinkpad T540p Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Update 1.0.83.318 broke the proxy function completely (on Windows 10)....
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Superuser Contribution Spotify não reproduz som no fone de ouvido

Estou enfrentando um problema com o programa do spotify no PC. Ele simplesmente não reproduz o som das músicas.Coloco pra tocar e no programa ela ocorre, continua contando tempo normalmente, mas não sai som no fone de ouvido.Quando eu conecto o PC na...

  • Casual Listener
  • Estou enfrentando um problema com o programa do spotify no PC. Ele simplesmente não reproduz o som das músicas. Coloco pra tocar e no programa ela ocorre, continua contando tempo normalmente, mas nã...
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Superuser Contribution can't ad songs to playlist on my PC

w're some friends having a common playlist. I don't get the option to ad songs to the playlist from my PC , but I can from my Iphone...?

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  • w're some friends having a common playlist. I don't get the option to ad songs to the playlist from my PC , but I can from my Iphone...?
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Superuser Contribution Desktop app crashes a few times before running every time

PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When launching the desktop app, the app will crash a few times when playing a song. After a few times, it'll run properly. I don't want to have to open it multiple times every time I want to...

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  • Plan Premium   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   When launching the desktop app, the app will crash a few times when playing a song. After a few times, it'll...
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Bugs in the new desktop app

Country: SwedenDevice: laptopOperating System: Windows 10 The new desktop has been out for almost a year but it still have plenty of bugs to be fixed. Can you please pick up some speed as some bugs are rather bad. All bugs are related to latest deskt...

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  • Country: Sweden Device: laptop Operating System: Windows 10   The new desktop has been out for almost a year but it still have plenty of bugs to be fixed. Can you please pick ...
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Superuser Contribution why can't spotify download tracks/ takes too long to download something?

Every time I attempt to download a playlist, it never downloads it, or does in a very long time, it also never display how much songs I have left to download

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  • Every time I attempt to download a playlist, it never downloads it, or does in a very long time, it also never display how much songs I have left to download
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Superuser Contribution Local files arent shown Tried about everything.

Hey so I recently changed from Apple Music to Spotify and I always had a huge Local File Library which was pretty easy to handle, but today I subscribed and had to see that it doesn't work on Spotify for a bit, I already turned it on, Added Sources, ...

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  • Hey so I recently changed from Apple Music to Spotify and I always had a huge Local File Library which was pretty easy to handle, but today I subscribed and had to see that it doesn't work on Spotify...
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Spotify India, your ads are getting out of hand!

This message is for Spotify India. What kind of blokes are you guys employing to make your ads? Your cheeky females get on my nerves! There are people of all ages, high status and reputation listening to music on your platform, and those women have t...

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  • This message is for Spotify India. What kind of blokes are you guys employing to make your ads? Your cheeky females get on my nerves! There are people of all ages, high status and reputation listenin...
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spotify cant play this right now

spotify keeps notifying me this even after i have uninstalled and reinstalled, as well as clearing the cache. This only happens on my windows pc

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  • spotify keeps notifying me this even after i have uninstalled and reinstalled, as well as clearing the cache. This only happens on my windows pc
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution john lewis tenor

I've just signed up for a Duo account and I want to link a John Lewis tenor music player/radio to Spotify. But Spotify isn't detecting it.

  • Casual Listener
  • I've just signed up for a Duo account and I want to link a John Lewis tenor music player/radio to Spotify. But Spotify isn't detecting it.
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Superuser Contribution Lyric button on on desktop app

Lyric button shows up on both mobile and web version perfectly fine but I can't seem to do anything to make it appear on my desktop app. Tried reinstalling.

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  • Lyric button shows up on both mobile and web version perfectly fine but I can't seem to do anything to make it appear on my desktop app. Tried reinstalling.
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error-dialog.generic.header

Hi y´all! The other subject about this matter didn´t help, because I have no App, but only webplayer and there is nothing I can click or search for, only a black background and the sign about "error-dialog.generic.header" with its green button "fatal...

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  • Hi y´all! The other subject about this matter didn´t help, because I have no App, but only webplayer and there is nothing I can click or search for, only a black background and the sign about "error-...
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jabra elite 75 pauses spotify at every windows sound why???

is there a solution for my jabra elite 75? spotify plays musicevery sound on windows stops spotify playing

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  • is there a solution for my jabra elite 75?   spotify plays music every sound on windows stops spotify playing    
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Superuser Contribution I am unable to drag and drop in my 'Liked Songs' (or anywhere) - is that right?

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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  • 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  
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify disappears from screen

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSADeviceLenovo laptop Operating SystemWindows 10(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Spotify appears on the laptop screen for a split second--the 3 dots can be seen on the upper left for a moment--and t...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device Lenovo laptop  Operating System Windows 10 (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  Spotify appears on the l...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Missing "Your episodes" podcast playlist for Windows desktop app

Hi, I've been adding podcasts to the newly created "Your episodes" playlist in the spotify app on my iphone (see attached photo). However, I can not find the playlist on my desktop app, nor on the browser. Is this some sort of a bug? Will it be fixed...

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  • Hi, I've been adding podcasts to the newly created "Your episodes" playlist in the spotify app on my iphone (see attached photo). However, I can not find the playlist on my desktop app, nor on the br...
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Superuser Contribution When I go into Account Settings on desktop, it's in Swiss and not English?

My account's language on desktop and in the app are both set to English. When I go into Account Settings on desktop, everything is in Swiss (I assume) and there doesn't seem to be a way to change this to English. I can't navigate this. I need to upda...

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  • My account's language on desktop and in the app are both set to English. When I go into Account Settings on desktop, everything is in Swiss (I assume) and there doesn't seem to be a way to change t...
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