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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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Help is this normal !!!!

I can't find where to post this and my issue with web site player not desktop app but there no category for that to post any issues. My Question or Issue Why this happening what are these things with kanji for advertising 広告 they cant be deleted from...

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  • I can't find where to post this and my issue with web site player not desktop app but there no category for that to post any issues.   My Question or Issue   Why this happening what are...
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Superuser Contribution Troubleshooting Several Issues

PlanFree/PremiumUSA DeviceWindows 10 My Question or IssueExperiencing several ongoing issues with the website:1. It is constantly attempting to rescale the screen resolution, blacking out the screen and interrupting all my work.2. It is constantly at...

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  • Plan Free/Premium USA   Device Windows 10   My Question or Issue Experiencing several ongoing issues with the website: 1. It is constantly attempting to rescale the screen resoluti...
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Superuser Contribution All Local Files have the same album art

All of my local files on the desktop verison of spotify all have the same picture. They all have album art on my computer and in other applications but they all have the same album art in spotify. All of them have the same "album name" which is proba...

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  • All of my local files on the desktop verison of spotify all have the same picture. They all have album art on my computer and in other applications but they all have the same album art in spotify. Al...
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Solved!! [Web Player] No Song Cover showing if we go on artist's profile

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceChrome (Desktop)Operating System My Question or IssueIf we open any artist's profile on spotify web player, the song cover is not showing

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  • Plan Premium Country India Device Chrome (Desktop) Operating System   My Question or Issue If we open any artist's profile on spotify web player, the song cover is not showing 
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Superuser Contribution Windows desktop program auto plays/resumes unexpectedly

Plan: Premium, Country: USA, Device: PC Desktop, Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or IssueI have a pair of headphones I connect to both my PC and my cell phone at the same time. If I have Spotify open on my desktop but NOT playing AND I make ...

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  • Plan: Premium, Country: USA, Device: PC Desktop, Operating System: Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have a pair of headphones I connect to both my PC and my c...
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Superuser Contribution Fix Local Files after Switching Computer?

So I just got a new laptop and now all of the Local Files that I had saved in playlists and Liked Songs are greyed out, and clicking on them to play them gives the message "This content is not available". Is there any way I can get them to play again...

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  • So I just got a new laptop and now all of the Local Files that I had saved in playlists and Liked Songs are greyed out, and clicking on them to play them gives the message "This content is not availa...
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Superuser Contribution Dislike option is missing in Discover Weekly, Daily Mix, Release Radar

Plan: FreeCountry: USDevice: Windows Chrome Browser The dislike option is missing. See image below. Probably similar to this problem that was supposedly fixed, but isn't for me:https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Desktop-Remove-Dislike-so...

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  • Plan: Free Country: US Device: Windows Chrome Browser   The dislike option is missing. See image below.   Probably similar to this problem that was supposedly fixed, but isn't for...
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Superuser Contribution Can't rewind/forward songs if Low streaming quality is set

PlanFreeOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI believe that this is a bug, I can easily reproduce it.If the Low streaming quality is set, then I can't rewind or forward in songs. If I do, it just pauses for a second, then switches to the ne...

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  • Plan Free Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I believe that this is a bug, I can easily reproduce it. If the Low streaming quality is set, then I can't rewind or forward i...
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Wont play selected track unless i add it to my library then it will playWindows 10 Free/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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  • Wont play selected track unless i add it to my library then it will play Windows 10     Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Opera...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify pauses every 30 sec

PlanFree CountrySpain Device Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify pauses every 30 seconds. I have uninstalled the program, deleted cookies, installed again, and nothing works. This is the second time it happens. First time I solved...

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  •   Plan Free   Country Spain   Device   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Spotify pauses every 30 seconds. I have uninstalled the program...
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App won't download, Windows 10 Home

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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Queue List and 'Add to Queue' disappears when ad crashes

PlanFreeCountryHawaii, USADeviceLenovo Legion S7 15ACH6Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSometimes an ad would freeze and I'm forced to close the app. When I re-open Spotify, my queue list and the 'Add to queue' option disappears. I'm fo...

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  • Plan Free Country Hawaii, USA Device Lenovo Legion S7 15ACH6 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Sometimes an ad would freeze and I'm forced to close the app. When I re-...
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[Windows] Unable to play song when resume from hiberanation

PlanPremiumCountrySingaporeDeviceAMD Ryzen 7 Asus X570 desktopOperating SystemWindows 11 22H2 Build 22621.160 My Question or IssueI hibernate my computer for the end of the day.When I resume the desktop the next day, and click the Play button on Spot...

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  • Plan Premium Country Singapore Device AMD Ryzen 7 Asus X570 desktop Operating System Windows 11 22H2 Build 22621.160   My Question or Issue I hibernate my computer for the end of the d...
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"New releases" in the "Blues" section is missing?

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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Superuser Contribution Distractible podcast won't play

I am trying to listen to the distractible podcast. Other podcasts play but with distractible when I press play it changes to a pause button but the progress tracker stays at 0:00

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  • I am trying to listen to the distractible podcast. Other podcasts play but with distractible when I press play it changes to a pause button but the progress tracker stays at 0:00
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Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps playing on its own

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung Galaxy 22, PC Windows 11Operating SystemAndroid, Windows 11i read the other threads, i understand other people have the same issue, did everything that was advised, nothing worked except for when i clicked "sign out...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung Galaxy 22, PC Windows 11 Operating System Android, Windows 11 i read the other threads, i understand other people have the same issue, di...
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[Windows 10] Can't select large amounts of tracks in Liked Songs

I have an issue where I can't select all the tracks in my Liked Songs. I don't know if it's relevant, but I have about 3.6k songs in my Library, so that's more than 6k away from max song amount for the Liked Songs list. Selecting using Ctrl + A selec...

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  • I have an issue where I can't select all the tracks in my Liked Songs. I don't know if it's relevant, but I have about 3.6k songs in my Library, so that's more than 6k away from max song amount for t...
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Superuser Contribution [web app] when queue reaches 100 songs, songs added start removing songs from bottom of queue

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceacer aspire v nitro Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuewhen the queue reaches 100 songs, songs added start to remove the songs from the bottom of the queue I made a video showing how it works, but it's too bi...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Poland Device acer aspire v nitro  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue when the queue reaches 100 songs, songs added start to remove th...
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Superuser Contribution Music doesn't play

When I click on 'play' an error message appear and it says that 'spotify can't play this right now and that if I have the file on my computer I can import it'.. how can I fix this?

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  • When I click on 'play' an error message appear and it says that 'spotify can't play this right now and that if I have the file on my computer I can import it'.. how can I fix this?  
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Superuser Contribution when playing spotify on my amplifier (onkyo TX-8130), it pauses

Country: The NetherlandsSpotify Premium Device: Onkyo TX-8130Suddenly, spotify doesn't play anymore on my Onkyo TX-8130 amplifier. On the display, it showes the song that is played (as on my other devices), but there is no sound. The time indicator d...

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  •   Country: The Netherlands Spotify Premium   Device: Onkyo TX-8130 Suddenly, spotify doesn't play anymore on my Onkyo TX-8130 amplifier. On the display, it showes the song that is play...
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