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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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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 Shuffling into a different playlist on my computer?

Everytime I try to shuffle a playlist, it plays one song from that playlist and then skips back to a personal playlist of mine and shuffles within that personal playlist. I have to individually play songs from a differnt playlist and can't even queue...

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  • Everytime I try to shuffle a playlist, it plays one song from that playlist and then skips back to a personal playlist of mine and shuffles within that personal playlist. I have to individually play ...
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Superuser Contribution i want to recommend some feature for spotify windows desktop app

I would like to suggest creating a "Like" button in the "Friends' actions" sidebar. The idea behind the button is that you can let your friends know that you like your friend's audition. I believe that this function would increase the possibility of ...

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  • ...pplication to the tray, but also to see what friends are listening to, create public playlists, etc. .
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Superuser Contribution Too many ads

I returned to my office after being off for the summer and loaded up Spotify on my Windows 10 work computer. I started playing an album. After the second track, Spotify played several ads--I think more then five. That is an unreasonable amount of ads...

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  • I returned to my office after being off for the summer and loaded up Spotify on my Windows 10 work computer. I started playing an album. After the second track, Spotify played several ads--I think mo...
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Superuser Contribution Using sound interface Steinberg UR22 makes spotify distort and speed up.

Using sound interface Steinberg UR22 makes spotify distort and speed up.Restarting the Spotify client resets the problem, and makes it work for a while again. If I run spotify with the Realtec audio in the computer it never happens. And running the S...

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  • Using sound interface Steinberg UR22 makes spotify distort and speed up. Restarting the Spotify client resets the problem, and makes it work for a while again. If I run spotify with the Realtec audi...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify keep crashing (Frustrating zZzZ)

Hi, my Spotify suddently keep crashing all the time after I open It and play songs. It takes only a few seconds before It closes automatically. I have tried to reinstall it from the microsoft store and install it again. Same things when I install it ...

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  • Hi, my Spotify suddently keep crashing all the time after I open It and play songs. It takes only a few seconds before It closes automatically. I have tried to reinstall it from the microsoft store a...
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Superuser Contribution Lost: Device has disappeared. Please help me find it.

My 2 year residence in this community has been uplifting.The neighbors are quiet and unassuming. Sometimes very helpful.Lately, my 3 year old Pyle Amp has developed a taste for hiding.( a PDA 5BU.0)It has gotten to the point where it pretends to be i...

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  • My 2 year residence in this community has been uplifting. The neighbors are quiet and unassuming. Sometimes very helpful. Lately, my 3 year old Pyle Amp has developed a taste for hiding. ( a ...
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Superuser Contribution Accidentally Toggled Off a Feature, Cannot Re-Toggle On

I accidentally toggled off a certain Spotify feature that is located on the bottom-right panel of my Spotify Web. Now, I cannot re-toggle on that feature.I don't know what feature I toggled off. I have been searching in the Community for hours this m...

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  • I accidentally toggled off a certain Spotify feature that is located on the bottom-right panel of my Spotify Web. Now, I cannot re-toggle on that feature. I don't know what feature I toggled off. ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify is missing the Dislike Button

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My IssueSometime about a month ago the dislike button disappeared from my Release Radar & Discover Weekly.I am confused on how this glaring bug has made it through QA; may as well...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Issue Sometime about a month ago the dislike button disappeared from my Release Radar & Discover ...
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Solved!! Spotify randomly mutes and plays Weird World by Weird007

When I play music in the background, spotify randomly mutes itself and plays the Album "Weird World" by Weird007. I have never heard of this band and never listened to any of their songs. This happens completely randomly when listening to a playlist.

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  • When I play music in the background, spotify randomly mutes itself and plays the Album "Weird World" by Weird007. I have never heard of this band and never listened to any of their songs. This happen...
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Superuser Contribution Offlinemodus

Wie kann ich Spotify Offline auf meinem PC hören?

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  • Wie kann ich Spotify Offline auf meinem PC hören?
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Superuser Contribution The language for adding a song that has been added by the "complement" feature to a playlist is wron

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceMicrosoft Surface 2Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAs seen in the image below, when I activate the "complement" feature for a playlist, the tooltip for adding this song to this or another playlist is in E...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Microsoft Surface 2 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue As seen in the image below, when I activate the "complement" feature for a pl...
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Superuser Contribution Albums and Songs changing to different versions In Playlist

PlanFreeCountryUSADevice(Microsoft Surface Laptop)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueIn my already created playlists, the albums of certain songs will be changed. For instance the song will stay the same but the album and album artwork ...

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  • Plan Free Country USA Device (Microsoft Surface Laptop) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue In my already created playlists, the albums of certain songs will be change...
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Solved!! Reinstalling Spotify free will my playlists be erased?

I know you lose downloads if you reinstall Spotify, but there are no downloads with the free version, do you lose the playlists?

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  • I know you lose downloads if you reinstall Spotify, but there are no downloads with the free version, do you lose the playlists?
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Superuser Contribution The application is not responding

Spotify gets unresponsive -> You close it. Try to reopen it and you get a message box with "The Application is not responding". Only works again if you go to task manager and kill any process that's related to Spotify. This has been reported before b...

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  • Spotify gets unresponsive -> You close it. Try to reopen it and you get a message box with "The Application is not responding". Only works again if you go to task manager and kill any process that...
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Superuser Contribution [Firefox Web Player] Spotify tab loads endlessly after a while

PlanFreeCountryNorway DeviceHP PavilionOperating SystemWindows 10 Whenever I open a new Spotify tab, it loads. But if I leave it inactive for too long, it starts an endless gray scroll wheel which doesn't fix no matter what I do. Re-inputting the URL...

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  • Plan Free Country Norway   Device HP Pavilion Operating System Windows 10   Whenever I open a new Spotify tab, it loads. But if I leave it inactive for too long, it starts an endl...
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Superuser Contribution Is it possible to dislike songs?

PlanPremium Device(Poco F1, Desktop)Operating System(Android 10, Windows 10) My Question or IssueProblem with Desktop (Win10) and Android app.How to dislike a song?For example, a recommendation based on my playlist is playing for me now, there is onl...

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  • Plan Premium   Device (Poco F1, Desktop) Operating System (Android 10, Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Problem with Desktop (Win10) and Android app. How to dislike a song? For...
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Too many clicks on the Desktop App

It takes far too many clicks to get to certain features on the Desktop app, specifically things like Albums. Currently I need to click on "Your Library" then depending on how large my window is, click on Albums to get to where I want or click on a dr...

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  • It takes far too many clicks to get to certain features on the Desktop app, specifically things like Albums. Currently I need to click on "Your Library" then depending on how large my window is, cli...
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Superuser Contribution Pc app does not show songs liked by me on the artist page

Like the Spotify mobile app when I open an artist page it shows "Liked Songs" on top but it does not show on the Pc app.

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  • Like the Spotify mobile app when I open an artist page it shows "Liked Songs" on top but it does not show on the Pc app.
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify can't add local files anymore

Followed all the guides here on Spotify's website and on other forums. Spotify version 1.2.8.923.g4f94bf0d Windows 10, latest build to date (5th april 2023)

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  • Followed all the guides here on Spotify's website and on other forums.    Spotify version 1.2.8.923.g4f94bf0d  Windows 10, latest build to date (5th april 2023)
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