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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...

MattSuda
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2024-03-14 3:38:28 PM
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ipanasenko
Newbie
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-06-26 8:42:18 AM
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rednblu
Roadie
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-04-28 8:08:45 PM
2023-04-29 10:41:16 PM
MattSuda
Spotify Star
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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...

Goodman
Spotify Legend
2013-09-17 11:47:47 AM
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Solved!! Not able to use Spotify Connect from Android to Windows 11

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceSamsung Galaxy S21Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueSpotify connect has been working perfectly from my phone to my computer. I use my phone as a remote all the time. Last few days it's stopped working. I'...

britelle
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Australia Device Samsung Galaxy S21 Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue Spotify connect has been working perfectly from my phone to my computer. I u...
2022-09-23 4:19:16 AM
2022-09-23 5:55:21 AM
britelle
Casual Listener
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[Lyrics] Devanagari and location

PlanFreeCountry Italy/ChileDevicePCMy Question or IssueHi! In Italy the lyrics for most Hindi songs are written using Devanagari alphabet. Now I moved to Chile and the lyrics of all Hindi songs switched to teh English alphabet. Is there a way to come...

SuperNabla95
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country Italy/Chile Device PC My Question or Issue Hi! In Italy the lyrics for most Hindi songs are written using Devanagari alphabet. Now I moved to Chile and the lyrics of all H...
2022-09-22 8:43:56 PM
2022-09-22 8:56:33 PM
SuperNabla95
Casual Listener
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Desktop app doesn't scroll up when moving song to the top

PlanPremiumCountryPolandOperating SystemWindows 10 This topic was brought earlier couple times, but I can't see the solution. I can't scroll up while draging songs on playlist. I reinstalled app (completely, clean uninstall) and problem still occurs.

Bly11
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Poland Operating System Windows 10 This topic was brought earlier couple times, but I can't see the solution. I can't scroll up while draging songs on ...
2022-08-13 4:34:35 PM
2022-09-22 4:45:39 PM
Bly11
Casual Listener
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Playlist reset after restart of Spotify

So I have 3 playlists in a folder. I click on the play button in the folder and have it set to random play so songs from all playlists in that folder play. When I close the client and restart it though, the playlists resets to the first song that was...

Tom7777777
Music Fan
So I have 3 playlists in a folder. I click on the play button in the folder and have it set to random play so songs from all playlists in that folder play. When I close the client and restart it thou...
2022-09-22 2:20:44 PM
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Superuser Contribution Unable to Move Songs up in a playlist

I've had this problem earlier in previous updates and I have seen that others have too in past updates. In the latest update the same bug has reappeared and I've added like 500+ songs that I want to be moved up in the playlist and I'm unable to do th...

FreeGunnaAndThug
Newbie
I've had this problem earlier in previous updates and I have seen that others have too in past updates. In the latest update the same bug has reappeared and I've added like 500+ songs that I want to ...
2022-08-12 6:26:50 AM
2022-09-22 1:51:50 PM
MattSuda
Spotify Star
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Solved!! Slow download

Hello, I am downloading all my offline playlist to my PC aswell now (1490 songs),but I feel like the download is going really slow. Sitting at 200 songs now I estimated the download to take 1.5 hours overall (I have 50 mbit/s download, music is in ex...

jaeckefa
Newbie
Hello, I am downloading all my offline playlist to my PC aswell now (1490 songs), but I feel like the download is going really slow. Sitting at 200 songs now I estimated the download to tak...
2018-03-27 7:40:36 PM
2022-09-22 1:20:39 PM
Nlaughton
Regular
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Playlist not visible?

PlanPremiumCountryU.S.AOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or Issue A single playlist has vanished from my playlists. I listen to it frequently enough that it's in the "recently listened" area on my homepage, but it isn't in my playlists. Also, wh...

stargazerdali
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country U.S.A Operating System windows 10 My Question or Issue A single playlist has vanished from my playlists. I listen to it frequently enough that it's in the ...
2022-09-21 2:23:15 AM
2022-09-22 9:15:15 AM
Yordan
Moderator
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution The devices do not connect

I want to report a connection error between devices of the spotify pc application, apparently the application and the desktop program is not connecting to external devices connected as IOS, in the prints sent, it clearly shows, I used the browser to ...

HurtCookie
Casual Listener
I want to report a connection error between devices of the spotify pc application, apparently the application and the desktop program is not connecting to external devices connected as IOS, in the pr...
2022-09-21 7:38:20 PM
2022-09-22 6:54:11 AM
HurtCookie
Casual Listener
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Manual playlist ordering to top of list broken on desktop

On Desktop version:Spotify for Windows1.1.92.647.ga4397eb7 You cannot move/drag items in a playlist above the top of the list and have it auto scroll up. Dragging to the bottom of the list works correctly. Same issue as this, that was fixed. Looks li...

LAST_CALL
Music Fan
On Desktop version: Spotify for Windows 1.1.92.647.ga4397eb7 You cannot move/drag items in a playlist above the top of the list and have it auto scroll up. Dragging to the bottom of the li...
2022-08-23 2:48:49 PM
2022-09-21 9:45:27 PM
LAST_CALL
Music Fan
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Ploblem my computer with Spotify

Hi Folks, i have this problem my windows, please help me. The message is"Spotify can´t play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it"Help me please

22f7rnlk6v4agm5xs7az
Casual Listener
Hi Folks, i have this problem my windows, please help me. The message is "Spotify can´t play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it" Help me please
2022-09-20 3:51:03 PM
2022-09-21 1:00:40 PM
22f7rnlk6v4agm5xs7az
Casual Listener
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How to allow Spotify on firewall?

Hello there, PlanPremiumCountryHungaryDeviceDell OptiPlex 3020Operating SystemWindows 10 Spotify VersionSpotify Desktop 1.1.94.870Spotify Web from browser My Question or IssueI got the following message when logging in:"A firewall may be blocking Spo...

Methereum
Newbie
Hello there, Plan Premium Country Hungary Device Dell OptiPlex 3020 Operating System Windows 10 Spotify Version Spotify Desktop 1.1.94.870 Spotify Web from browser ...
2022-09-21 12:01:00 PM
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Superuser Contribution Laptop and iPhone no longer detect each other despite being on the same WiFi

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceiPhone X and Razer Blade 15Operating SystemiOS 15.5, Windows 10 My Question or IssueSome context: I opened my Discord on my laptop and found that my usual activity status of "Listening to Spotify" was not appearin...

Quinn_Necrosial
Visitor
Plan Premium Country United States Device iPhone X and Razer Blade 15 Operating System iOS 15.5, Windows 10 My Question or Issue Some context: I opened my Discord on my laptop and fo...
2022-09-17 10:54:34 AM
2022-09-21 1:34:19 AM
Eni
Moderator
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify desktop not syncing to Connect and APIs

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My IssueSpotify for Windows (version 1.1.94.870.gf994cb0b) has stopped syncing all player status to other devices and to the APIs. This has broken my ability to move playing stat...

redseal9
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country United States Device Computer Operating System Windows 10 My Issue Spotify for Windows (version 1.1.94.870.gf994cb0b) has stopped syncing all player status to ot...
2022-09-17 4:43:47 PM
2022-09-20 11:27:01 PM
Eni
Moderator
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Superuser Contribution Unable to connect PC to other device with Spotify Connect since update

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI updated my Spotify App on PC last night and since then I am unable to connect Spotify to any device (phone, laptop, etc.). I have already tried every possible solut...

kipkrokantje
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I updated my Spotify App on PC last night and since then I am unable to connect Spotify to...
2022-09-17 4:37:52 PM
2022-09-20 7:05:50 PM
AlejaR
Moderator
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify won't install - win 10

PlanPremiumCountry Czech Republic DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Hi i have problem with spotify, it won't install. I had problem with updating spotify so i tried the solution with copying these 2 files: spotify_installer-1.0.95.289.g342899da-15.e...

MSL7
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Czech Republic Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Hi i have problem with spotify, it won't install. I had problem with updating spotify so ...
2018-12-13 10:15:53 AM
2022-09-20 4:13:51 PM
Jeremy
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Spotify connection with VPN

PlanPremiumCountryGreeceDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo I noticed last night (18 Sep 2022) that my Discord didn't show my Spotify activity like it normally does. Also my phone and my PC don't see eachother while conn...

Mimoji
Regular
Plan Premium Country Greece Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue So I noticed last night (18 Sep 2022) that my Discord didn't show my Spotify ac...
2022-09-19 2:04:29 PM
2022-09-20 2:23:54 PM
Alex
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution web player STOP

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 Is there a way I can change settings for the web player to STOP after each play??? I'm using...

JayPreston
Visitor
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 &n...
2022-09-15 3:25:34 PM
2022-09-20 10:08:56 AM
Vasil
Moderator
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Superuser Contribution Spotify connect only works for web browser and not desktop app?

So I used to only listen to spotify via my phone and my laptop and I would use spotify connect to just skip through songs using my phone while i was listening to it on my laptop because i’m lazy. Eventually I ended up getting an ipad and i downloaded...

txerrible
Newbie
So I used to only listen to spotify via my phone and my laptop and I would use spotify connect to just skip through songs using my phone while i was listening to it on my laptop because i’m lazy. Eve...
2022-06-14 5:45:51 AM
2022-09-20 9:14:45 AM
bellakitten
Visitor
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Superuser Contribution WHY CAN"T I EASLY REMOVE DONGS AS THEY SOME UP, FROM MY LIBRARY PLAYLISTS?? WAAAAY TOO COMPLICATED!!

PlanPremiumCountry USA DESKTOPOperating System WINDOWS 10(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue WHY CAN"T I EASLY REMOVE DONGS AS THEY SOME UP, FROM MY LIBRARY PLAYLISTS?? WAAAAY TOO COMPLICATED!!ue

asmallwon
Visitor
Plan Premium Country USA DESKTOP Operating System WINDOWS 10 (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue WHY CAN"T I EASLY REMOVE DONGS AS THEY SOME UP...
2022-09-19 7:18:49 AM
2022-09-20 8:31:55 AM
Dian
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Drag and drop feature is not scrolling the screen once the dragged track is at the top of screen?

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceHP Pavilion laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue

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Newbie
Plan Premium Country Canada Device HP Pavilion laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue
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Dian
Spotify Legend
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