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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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  • MattSuda
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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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FAQ: Spotify for Windows 10 app

Hey folks, we've outlined some of the common questions you might have about the Windows 10 app now available. Please post in this board if you have any other questions. Q: Why can’t I see Spotify in the Windows 10 store? A: Spotify for Windows store ...

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Superuser Contribution Unique Podcasts (Flow State) Not Supported

PlanPremiumCountryU.S.DeviceDell (Application and Website in Edge)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI love listening to Flow State, a podcast that has a playlists of music that is not distracting so you can "get in the flow" at work. On ...

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  • Plan Premium Country U.S. Device Dell (Application and Website in Edge) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I love listening to Flow State, a podcast that has a playlist...
  • Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution Order of song and artist for the current song is inconsistent

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceSamsung Galaxy Note 9/Windows DesktopOperating SystemAndroid 10/Windows 11 My Question or IssueOn my phone's lock screen, the current song that is playing will appear as "Song - Artist" such as "We Will Rock You - Que...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device Samsung Galaxy Note 9/Windows Desktop Operating System Android 10/Windows 11   My Question or Issue On my phone's lock screen, the current song th...
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Superuser Contribution Language bug

PlanAnyCountryAnyDeviceAnyOperating SystemAny My Question or IssueSpotify displays content in multiple languages although the user specifies one language. Please see pictures in appendix proving this. The language selection feature is completely mess...

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  • Plan Any Country Any Device Any Operating System Any   My Question or Issue Spotify displays content in multiple languages although the user specifies one language. Please see pict...
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I can simultaneously playing diferent songs on PC and smartphone.

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDevice(Blackberry Passport and Windows 10)Operating System(BlackBerry Os 10) My Question or IssueOk, so I have very strange issue with playing music from Spotify. Right now I can play songs from my phone and as well from the P...

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  • Plan Premium Country Poland Device (Blackberry Passport and Windows 10) Operating System (BlackBerry Os 10)   My Question or Issue Ok, so I have very strange issue with playing music f...
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Solved!! Queue won't stop playing

Hello, (please excuse my average english)I'm on Windows 10. I'm an old school guy : I like listening one LP at a time, and I enjoy silence when it ends. But when the selected LP finishes, Spotify adds automatically every other album of the artist in ...

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  • Hello, (please excuse my average english) I'm on Windows 10. I'm an old school guy : I like listening one LP at a time, and I enjoy silence when it ends. But when the selected LP finishes, Spotify a...
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Superuser Contribution Offline playback of some albums do not work

Plan Premium Country Brazil Device PC Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue When trying to play synced albums into offline mode/without internet connectivity, it doesn't play. From eight albums, just two plays. Coincidently, the six albums ...

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  • Plan Premium   Country Brazil   Device PC   Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue When trying to play synced albums into offline mode/without...
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Did they remove track duration/progress bar? Is there a way to restore?

Plan - FamilyCountry - USDevice - Windows PCOperating System - Windows 10Spotify Build Number - Spotify for Windows 1.1.80.699.gc3dac750My Question or Issue - In main album view, I can no longer see where I am when playing a song re duration, when pl...

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  • Plan - Family Country - US Device - Windows PC Operating System - Windows 10 Spotify Build Number - Spotify for Windows 1.1.80.699.gc3dac750 My Question or Issue - In main album view, I can...
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Superuser Contribution Manually Playing Song Does Not Play Song, Skips to Next Song in Queue

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have noticed recently an issue whereby manually clicking on a song to play it does not play the song, instead the current song is skipped and the next song in the queue is p...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10    My Question or Issue I have noticed recently an issue whereby manually clicking on a song to play it does not play...
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Superuser Contribution Aplicación no carga completamente

Buenos días, mi problema es que cuando abro la aaplicacion en w10 de escritorio no carga todo lo demas, solo lo que se ve en pantalla, en los 3 puntos de opciones me di cuenta que debo cerrar sesion y volver a iniciarpara que cargue todo pero es inco...

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  • Buenos días, mi problema es que cuando abro la aaplicacion en w10 de escritorio no carga todo lo demas, solo lo que se ve en pantalla, en los 3 puntos de opciones me di cuenta que debo cerrar sesion ...
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Superuser Contribution New Music Friday: Can't sort by Title or Artist

Noticed the change about two weeks ago. Ordinarily, I click on the "Title" heading and sort the NMF list by alphabetical order, a to z. But now, no amount of clicking produces the familiar green "up" or "down" arrow, and the list won't sort. All othe...

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  • Noticed the change about two weeks ago.   Ordinarily, I click on the "Title" heading and sort the NMF list by alphabetical order, a to z. But now, no amount of clicking produces the familiar g...
  • Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution Android volume control on pc

HiHow can I change the volume of the music that are playing on my andorid phone (premium spotify app), via the spotify PC app?Thanks a lot Plan: PremiumOperating System: Android 11, Windows 11

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  • Hi How can I change the volume of the music that are playing on my andorid phone (premium spotify app), via the spotify PC app? Thanks a lot 🙂    Plan:  Premium Operating System...
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Superuser Contribution Blue screen causé par Spotify

Bonjour a tous, J'ai besoin d'aide j'ai un pc très récent (1mois) sous Windows 11 qui depuis seulement 1jour (depuis l'attaque subis par spotify discord etc.. qui a causé pendant un temps une panne des serveurs) que mon pc fais des blue screen qui so...

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  • Bonjour a tous,  J'ai besoin d'aide j'ai un pc très récent (1mois) sous Windows 11 qui depuis seulement 1jour (depuis l'attaque subis par spotify discord etc.. qui a causé pendant un temps un...
  • Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution Problem with categorisation of podcasts

None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanPremiumCountrySlovakiaDeviceDell InspironOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have the following problem with Spotif...

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  • None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Premium Country Slovakia Device Dell Inspiron Operating System Wind...
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Superuser Contribution Sign Up Button redirects to website

PlanFree/PremiumCountryDoesnt MatterDeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueHello folks, Today i wanted to sign up in the desktop app using a proxy. Ive logged into the proxy and restarted the app, but then, after clicking the si...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country Doesnt Matter Device Computer Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Hello folks,   Today i wanted to sign up in the desktop app using a pr...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution PC Crossfade Bug

The PC version of Spotify presently has a bug in the crossfade slider. Unlike the phone app, the slider on the PC does not snap to 1-second increments properly. When first enabling crossfade, the slider does snap to the nearest 1-second increment, bu...

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  • The PC version of Spotify presently has a bug in the crossfade slider. Unlike the phone app, the slider on the PC does not snap to 1-second increments properly.   When first enabling crossfade...
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Superuser Contribution Desktop app doesn't scroll up when moving song to the top

While reported as fixed here, it's still not possible to drag tracks upwards in a playlist on the desktop app if you want to manually rearrange them. When reaching the edge of the current view, the playlist does not scroll up to allow the rearrangeme...

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  • While reported as fixed here, it's still not possible to drag tracks upwards in a playlist on the desktop app if you want to manually rearrange them.   When reaching the edge of the curre...
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Superuser Contribution Option "Add to profile" not available on most playlists

Over the years i have created many playlists. But i noticed that the option "Add to profile" is only available on some of them. See screenshots below. The playlist "Klassiek" has the option. The playlist "Requiem" does not have the option. Any though...

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  • Over the years i have created many playlists. But i noticed that the option "Add to profile" is only available on some of them. See screenshots below. The playlist "Klassiek" has the option. ...
  • Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution Display Settings not working

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDektop PCOperating SystemWindows 10Spotify Version1.1.80.699.gc3dac750IssueWith the new update my settings are different and i can't edit the Display settings anymore.Also I compared my setting with those of my roommate...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Germany Device Dektop PC Operating System Windows 10 Spotify Version 1.1.80.699.gc3dac750 Issue With the new update my settings are different and i can't edit ...
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Re: The New Desktop App

I have an issue. On the Windows version of Spotify Desktop, I have Alphabetically all my playlists. .. but on my iPhone Spotify app, my playlists won't change. I have log out and log back in. I have Google all the trick. My playlists will not change ...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have an issue.    On the Windows version  of Spotify Desktop, I have Alphabetically all my playlists.  .. but on my iPhone Spotify app,  my playlists won't change. ...
  • MattSuda
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Superuser Contribution Music Stopping After 5 Seconds

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceWindows 10 Desktop My Question or IssueThis happened to me before on my phone and now it's affecting my PC. When I try to listen to music, after about 5 seconds the song will stop and Spotify will say "sorry, we can't play t...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device Windows 10 Desktop   My Question or Issue This happened to me before on my phone and now it's affecting my PC. When I try to listen to music, after about 5...
  • Alex
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