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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 This content is not available for all songs

PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceDell laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 x64 My Question or IssueI cant play any song directly from Spotify on my laptop. The only thing that works is to press the play button in an album. All songs are greyed out....

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  • Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device Dell laptop Operating System Windows 10 x64   My Question or Issue I cant play any song directly from Spotify on my laptop. The only thing t...
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Superuser Contribution The Spotify app on my pc won't let me skip the current song or choose

Whenever I load the app I try skipping the song it wont work but the other buttons work. I try clicking on another song it won't play it. I can add it to the queue, but that is the only way. I tried to reinstall the app several times and that hasn't ...

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  • Whenever I load the app I try skipping the song it wont work but the other buttons work. I try clicking on another song it won't play it. I can add it to the queue, but that is the only way. I tried ...
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Superuser Contribution Windows 11, Can't Log Into Spotify App

I have Windows 11, and downloaded the Spotify app from both the Microsoft Store as well as Spotify site. Whenever I install it and try to log in, it sends me to my browser (Opera GX) and I click the "continue to app" button but then the app gives me ...

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  • I have Windows 11, and downloaded the Spotify app from both the Microsoft Store as well as Spotify site. Whenever I install it and try to log in, it sends me to my browser (Opera GX) and I click the ...
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Superuser Contribution how to stop iphone in-app concert recommendations from a certain artist?

I´m getten concert recommendation popup on my iphone, and that is totally fine. But for some reason I get only concert recommendation about twice a month or so, from only one artist that I even don´t have in my list. I just want to block only this sp...

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  • I´m getten concert recommendation popup on my iphone, and that is totally fine. But for some reason I get only concert recommendation about twice a month or so, from only one artist that I even don´t...
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Superuser Contribution Has the full new releases section been completely removed?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI used to always click on the "Search" button and go into the "New Releases" section and just scroll through to find cool new stuff. At some point in the past couple ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I used to always click on the "Search" button and go into the "New Releases" section and j...
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Superuser Contribution smart shuffle stopped working

I like the Smart Shuffle option to add songs to my favorite playlist *while* listening to that playlist but it always stops working. Currently I can't get it to work at all--I toggle it on and off, I close and restart the app, I even tried uninstalli...

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  • I like the Smart Shuffle option to add songs to my favorite playlist *while* listening to that playlist but it always stops working. Currently I can't get it to work at all--I toggle it on and off, I...
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Spotify app slow/delayed on windows 11

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueSpotify app is remarkably slow on Windows 11. There will be a couple of seconds of delay when trying to interact with any of the media controls, such as pausin...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Spotify app is remarkably slow on Windows 11. There will be a couple of seconds of ...
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Superuser Contribution Why does my computer crash when I open the Spotify web player?

When I try to open the Spotify web player by running open.spotify.com, my computer just turns off immediately. Web browser is Google Chrome and my computer's OS is Windows 11.

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  • When I try to open the Spotify web player by running open.spotify.com, my computer just turns off immediately. Web browser is Google Chrome and my computer's OS is Windows 11.
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Superuser Contribution Windows app not working

PlanPremiumCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueWhen pressing play or pause in the app it often does nothing and doesn't respond. I close the app and music is still playing and I have to go into task manager in order to stop Spotif...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When pressing play or pause in the app it often does nothing and doesn't respond. I close the app and music is still p...
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Superuser Contribution Some keyboard shortcuts aren't working in the Web Player

Some Keyboard Shortcuts don't work on Spotify Web Player Example: Raise volume (Alt + Up Arrow)Lower volume (Alt + Down Arrow)Seek forward (Shift + Right Arrow)Seek backward (Shift + Lefr Arrow) Please Fix it

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  • Some Keyboard Shortcuts don't work on Spotify Web Player Example: Raise volume (Alt + Up Arrow) Lower volume (Alt + Down Arrow) Seek forward (Shift + Right Arrow) Seek backward (Shift + Lefr A...
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Superuser Contribution Cannot remove large number of songs from "Liked Songs" playlist

I have 2407 songs in the Liked Songs playlist in my account. I want to refresh this list, so I want to remove all songs. I tried Ctrl+A on the Windows Spotify App and delete, but I get the error: Something went wrong.I suspect there is a limit to the...

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  • I have 2407 songs in the Liked Songs playlist in my account. I want to refresh this list, so I want to remove all songs. I tried Ctrl+A on the Windows Spotify App and delete, but I get the error: Som...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution No sound in spotify for Windows

Hello, problem with my Spotify for Windows. No sound is produced by the software, while in other applications of the PC in question, the sound works normally. Acer Laptop Windows 10 Pro x64. If anyone would have solutions to this problem? Good day to...

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  • Hello, problem with my Spotify for Windows. No sound is produced by the software, while in other applications of the PC in question, the sound works normally. Acer Laptop Windows 10 Pro x64.   ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution how can i see the lyrics of the sogn open in the background or 2nd plane

I just wanna see the lyrics while i am studying like the Spotify Desktop Mini Player but just showing up the lyrics.

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  • I just wanna see the lyrics while i am studying like the Spotify Desktop Mini Player but just showing up the lyrics.
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Superuser Contribution Spotify behaving remarkably slow on Windows 11

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or Issue My Spotify app has an extreme delay to media controls. Playing a song on Spotify takes excruciatingly long, and this happens in bursts it seems. I click ...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue   My Spotify app has an extreme delay to media controls. Playing a song ...
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Superuser Contribution the spotify app on my computer gives me an error when loging in

the error code reads "service temporarily unavailable please try again later" this code has been a problem for months. I have uninstalled the app and reinstalled it. I can pull up my account online but I cannot login on the app on my computer.

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  • the error code reads "service temporarily unavailable please try again later" this code has been a problem for months. I have uninstalled the app and reinstalled it. I can pull up my account online b...
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PC Spotify app collects all your regular files in "Downloads" directory !!! Why is it so ?

Hi,I'm using PC desktop Spotify version 1.1.1.348.g9064793a.I was investigating the issue related to constant high CPU usage and memory leak of Spotify app, and accidentally has noticed the strange thing:If you try to monitor the Spotify process via ...

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  • Hi, I'm using PC desktop Spotify version 1.1.1.348.g9064793a. I was investigating the issue related to constant high CPU usage and memory leak of Spotify app, and accidentally has noticed the stran...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify restarting songs, skipping songs, playing random songs

PlanPremiumCountryIrelandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10Client Version1.1.86.857.g3751ee08 My Question or Issue Spotify keeps restarting, skipping and playing random songs. I've done the following: signed out on all devicesreinstalledMy internet i...

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  • Plan Premium Country Ireland Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Client Version 1.1.86.857.g3751ee08   My Question or Issue   Spotify keeps restarting, skipping and playing r...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify universal app is reading all my files

PlanPremiumCountryNODevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueNoticed that a process named spotify.exe was scanning all my file including the NTFS Master file table (MFT). Stopped when i uninstalled Spotify app from windows 10. Why are t...

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  • Plan Premium Country NO Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Noticed that a process named spotify.exe was scanning all my file including the NTFS Master file ta...
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Superuser Contribution Why did the lyrics position change. How to fix?

My lyrics position used to be at the bottom but after updating Spotify, the position shifted to the "now playing" section. I want to change it back to the previous position as that's what I'm used to when listening on my laptop. Is there a way to cha...

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  • My lyrics position used to be at the bottom but after updating Spotify, the position shifted to the "now playing" section. I want to change it back to the previous position as that's what I'm used ...
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