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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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  • 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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Spotify won't work with USB audio interface (Behringer UMC204HD)

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWin 10 Pr 64bit My Question or IssueI'm running studio monitors connected to this interface. Whenever I select the interface in Windows as output Spotify keeps skipping songs not playing anything. Rein...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Win 10 Pr 64bit   My Question or Issue I'm running studio monitors connected to this interface. Whenever I select the interface ...
  • ronrule
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Superuser Contribution Spotify en Windows 10 no funciona

Hola equipo de Spotify, me dirijo al foro no por una falla en Spotify, si no en la aplicacion Spotify para Windows 10. La aplicacion abre muy lenta, aproximadamente 5 minutos para cargar todo el contenido y hoy al abrir el Spotify en la notebook me a...

  • Gig Goer
  • Hola equipo de Spotify, me dirijo al foro no por una falla en Spotify, si no en la aplicacion Spotify para Windows 10. La aplicacion abre muy lenta, aproximadamente 5 minutos para cargar todo el cont...
  • Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution Spotify App Stop Functioning Windows 11

PlanPremiumCountryMalaysiaDeviceHuawei Matebook 14 2020 Ryzen 5 4600HOperating SystemWindows 11 Home My Question or IssueI can't use my Spotify app, both website, and Microsoft Version after I logged in to my laptop yesterday. I already uninstalled a...

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  • Plan Premium Country Malaysia Device Huawei Matebook 14 2020 Ryzen 5 4600H Operating System Windows 11 Home   My Question or Issue I can't use my Spotify app, both website, and Microso...
  • RalphRampensau
  • Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution Friend activity wiped, App says I have no friends on Facebook after new update

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo my friend activity is blank after the recent update. Where the friend activity should be, it just says "Connect with Facebook." When I click that, it shows faceboo...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue So my friend activity is blank after the recent update. Where the friend activity should b...
  • Dian
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Superuser Contribution Windows 10 - Spotify can't play this right now.

PlanPremiumCountryTurkey DevicePC with nextDrive SpectraX and Behringer UPHORIA UMC204HDOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueHi everyone. For two days now I can't play anything on Spotify. Anything at all. Whether if I am trying to stre...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Turkey   Device PC with nextDrive SpectraX and Behringer UPHORIA UMC204HD Operating System Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue Hi everyone. For two...
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Superuser Contribution the desi crime podcast is not working. when i click to listen , it doesn't play anything

PlanFree/PremiumCountrycanadaDeviceacer PCOperating System Windows My Question or Issuethe desi crime podcast is not working. when i click to listen , it doesn't play anything

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  •   Plan Free/Premium Country canada Device acer PC Operating System  Windows    My Question or Issue the desi crime podcast is not working. when i click to listen , it d...
  • Jeremy
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Albums : Orginal vs Remastered

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi,how could I listen the original album instead of the remastered one?. is there any way?Thanks in advance

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi, how could I listen the original album instead of the remastered one?. is there any way...
  • Taylith
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Playing from two accounts on windows media station

PlanPremiumCountryNLDeviceNUC i5Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have media computer (computer dedicated only to media) with Windows 10. I would like to be able to play music from my Spotify account when home as well as my wife accoun...

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  • Plan Premium Country NL Device NUC i5 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have media computer (computer dedicated only to media) with Windows 10. I would like to be ab...
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Playlist creation date

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI’ve read a bunch of comments about wanting bringing back playlist creation date. Yet, none o...

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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 I’ve re...
  • Taylith
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Superuser Contribution Closing Spotify wakes receiver

PlanPremiumCountryCZDeviceYamaha R-N803DOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueShutting down NTB Windows 10 with stopped Spotify starts up receiver which must be put manually to standby again. This is annoying and wasn't happening until few w...

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  • Plan Premium Country CZ Device Yamaha R-N803D Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Shutting down NTB Windows 10 with stopped Spotify starts up receiver which must be put ...
  • Dian
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[Desktop][Other] Fix the desktop app to hide the artists you chose to block

Fix the desktop app to hide the artists you chose to block.If you blocked an artist on your phone app then the artist should be block in the desktop app too. It's ridiculous i choose "Don't play this artist" and the artist still plays in my account o...

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  • Fix the desktop app to hide the artists you chose to block. If you blocked an artist on your phone app then the artist should be block in the desktop app too. It's ridiculous i choose "Don't play th...
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Superuser Contribution Uninstalled Spotify and now every time I open a link, Windows asks me for a choice

PlanFreeCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello, This is my last resort trying to find a solution to this annoying problem. I googled the problem in all the ways I could think about but I can't find a way to fix this...

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  • Plan Free Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello,    This is my last resort trying to find a solution to this annoying problem. I...
  • Alex
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Windows app is thrash and regularly stops functioning.

Premium plan, windows 10, non-store app. At what seems to be weekly frequency when i start up spotify it greets me with all songs greyed out. Liked songs, playlists, random lists in the home page, searched songs, everything. When i click on them spot...

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  • Premium plan, windows 10, non-store app.   At what seems to be weekly frequency when i start up spotify it greets me with all songs greyed out. Liked songs, playlists, random lists in the home...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Yet Another - Spotify Cannot Play This Right Now. Windows 10

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueLet me first start by saying I'VE ALREADY TRIED JUST ABOUT EVERY SUGGESTION OF FIXES ON THE MULTIPLE POSTS ON THIS ISSUE.... Reinstalling, Signing out twice, Cleari...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Let me first start by saying I'VE ALREADY TRIED JUST ABOUT EVERY SUGGESTION OF FIXES ON ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Playlists] Collaborators have disappeared from older playlists

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceLenovo LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10/Spotify for Windows (version: 1.1.86.857) My Question or IssueThis issue began with the implementation of the latest (April 2022) changes to collaborative playlists. The problem is ON...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Lenovo Laptop Operating System Windows 10/Spotify for Windows (version: 1.1.86.857)   My Question or Issue This issue began with the implementation...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify App Glitching

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaOperating SystemWindows 10 So a few days ago, I was using spotify and noticed that I could not see my alexa on my spotify connect nor could I join my friends spotify party via discord (my premium subscription is/was active), La...

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  • Plan Premium Country India Operating System Windows 10   So a few days ago, I was using spotify and noticed that I could not see my alexa on my spotify connect nor could I join my friends...
  • Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution playlist not queuing properly

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceHP Envy Desktop 750-116Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have a playlist made of episodes from various podcasts following a particular theme, so that I can listen to them all in the same place without episode...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device HP Envy Desktop 750-116 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have a playlist made of episodes from various podcasts following a particul...
  • Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution When i change output device in windows, Spotify app does not switch

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI use Headset and Monitor speakers to listen to music. When i work or just being unproductive i play Spotify through Monitor speakers. But when i want to game i switch output to Headset ( Razer Kraken ) ...

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  •   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I use Headset and Monitor speakers to listen to music. When i work or just being unproductive i play Spotify through Monitor speake...
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Bugs. But I found a fix

I'm on desktop, windows 10. I updated my Spotify a moment ago, but after the update the Spotify app stopped outputting sound. The songs were showing that they were playing, but the sound was not coming through anywhere. If I double-clicked on my play...

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  • I'm on desktop, windows 10. I updated my Spotify a moment ago, but after the update the Spotify app stopped outputting sound. The songs were showing that they were playing, but the sound was not comi...
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