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Windows Troubleshooting Guide

Having trouble with the Spotify desktop app? Here’s a step-by-step guide of general troubleshooting steps known to resolve a multitude of issues. Basic Troubleshooting: Restart the Spotify app as well as your PC. Make sure both the app and Windows ar...

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Solved!! 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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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Playlists] Fix shift select

Using shift to select multiple tracks in a playlist or album has been absolutely broken on the desktop PC for months if not years at this point. How is this viewed as acceptable?

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Using shift to select multiple tracks in a playlist or album has been absolutely broken on the desktop PC for months if not years at this point. How is this viewed as acceptable?

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Superuser Contribution Liked Songs no longer have a Heart and appear wrong in Playlists

Why tf. Here is an example. I liked the album and all the songs but where's the heart? Also if I add an song from this album there is a different song in my playlist from an album I didn't liked. But same title etc. A month ago this was not the situa...

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Why tf. Here is an example. I liked the album and all the songs but where's the heart? Also if I add an song from this album there is a different song in my playlist from an album I didn't liked...

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Re: The New Desktop App

Heya!I understand this is the desktop section, but I'm having issues syncing played musices/playlists between instances (so kinda involving desktop issues as well).I mean, if I start playing a playlist on the phone app, when I get to my desktop it si...

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Heya! I understand this is the desktop section, but I'm having issues syncing played musices/playlists between instances (so kinda involving desktop issues as well). I mean, if I start playing a pl...

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Connect] Add Refresh Option for Desktop Version

When I add more songs to the "My Liked" playlist it doesn't auto-update on my desktop. I would like the option to refresh my playlist so it can stay synced with what's on my mobile device.

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When I add more songs to the "My Liked" playlist it doesn't auto-update on my desktop. I would like the option to refresh my playlist so it can stay synced with what's on my mobile device.

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Superuser Contribution Cannot use Google account with the Spotify Windows app

Hi, I've installed Spotify on Windows 11 through Microsoft Store 4 times: for 2 accounts on my PC and for 2 accounts on my laptop. Everything works great, except for 1 thing: for 1 account on my PC I can only logon with my normal Spotify account, but...

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Hi,   I've installed Spotify on Windows 11 through Microsoft Store 4 times: for 2 accounts on my PC and for 2 accounts on my laptop. Everything works great, except for 1 thing: for 1 account o...

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Please Fix Crossfade

Crossfade on the desktop application breaks every time I try to enable it. I exit out the settings after turning it on, and it sets the crossfade timer to -2123421 seconds when reopened. Please help!

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Crossfade on the desktop application breaks every time I try to enable it. I exit out the settings after turning it on, and it sets the crossfade timer to -2123421 seconds when reopened. Please help!

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Superuser Contribution Friend activity section pointless when not connected to Facebook

The following is a screenshot of the "Friend Activity" section in Spotify https://www.dropbox.com/s/2qfs7l196v8ksjl/Capture.PNG?dl=0 As you can see it's telling me to enable "Share my listening activity on Spotify" which I have, yet it still shows it...

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The following is a screenshot of the "Friend Activity" section in Spotify   https://www.dropbox.com/s/2qfs7l196v8ksjl/Capture.PNG?dl=0   As you can see it's telling me to enable "Share ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Firewall blocking spotify Error Code auth:16

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceWindows 10 pc, AMD Build (Ryzen 5 5600x, Radeon 580)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI recently realised that I couldn't use the desktop app of Spotify anymore. Nothing was loading properly. I tried to rei...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Windows 10 pc, AMD Build (Ryzen 5 5600x, Radeon 580) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I recently realised that I couldn't use the ...

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Superuser Contribution Cannot select multiple songs

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm trying to add multiple songs from old playlists into one. Both online and the Windows App do not let me select multiple songs. I can select multiple but when i scr...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm trying to add multiple songs from old playlists into one. Both online and the Windows A...

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Superuser Contribution Give us an option to permanetly keep square covers

The Spotify client UI is getting worse and worse after every update. Now everything is getting infested with the horrendous rounded corners plague, even covers are getting destroyed by the intrusive and uninspired Spotify UI. Please! Stop destroying ...

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The Spotify client UI is getting worse and worse after every update. Now everything is getting infested with the horrendous rounded corners plague, even covers are getting destroyed by the intrusive ...

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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 Playlist Radio stopping after first 55 songs

PlanPremiumOperating System Windows 10,etcMy Question or IssueOk, I updated Spotify a week or so ago, and after that, the playlist radio is only 55 songs long, and it stops, and it never changes any of the songs. Only way I found to solve this, is pl...

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Plan Premium Operating System  Windows 10,etc My Question or Issue Ok, I updated Spotify a week or so ago, and after that, the playlist radio is only 55 songs long, and it stops, and it nev...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Bug report: Clicking the album cover for queued local file opens invalid URL in browser

Spotify for Windows1.1.79.763.gc2965cdf I found this very specific bug and though I'd share. How to replicate1. Start playing any music2. Go to your local files and add any of the local files to your queue3. Skip to the next song in the queue so that...

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Spotify for Windows 1.1.79.763.gc2965cdf   I found this very specific bug and though I'd share.   How to replicate 1. Start playing any music 2. Go to your local files and add any of...

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Superuser Contribution [PC-App] Musik hängt, kein Ton

PlanPremiumCountryGermany DevicePC AppOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMoin.Wenn ich in der Desktop-App Musik an mache dann habe ich nicht selten das Problem, dass er zwar die Sekunden des Liedes runterzählt, ich aber nichts höre. Irgen...

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Plan Premium Country Germany   Device PC App Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Moin. Wenn ich in der Desktop-App Musik an mache dann habe ich nicht selten das P...

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Superuser Contribution Full screen mode operation with display-off schedule in Win10

PlanPremiumCountryRussiaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10Spotify app1.1.79.763.gc2965cdf My Question or IssueHello everybody!So, here's the thing. On my PC I've got display-off schedule (not a sleep mode) engaged which is set to 15 minutes, and when...

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Plan Premium Country Russia Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Spotify app 1.1.79.763.gc2965cdf   My Question or Issue Hello everybody! So, here's the thing. On my PC I've got di...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify skips to different songs and plays ads after literally every song

PlanFreeCountryUnited States of AmericaDeviceMSI LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueIn the last few days, my Spotify has been doing something weird. It keeps skipping to different tracks after the one I play. Recently, I opened it up...

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Plan Free Country United States of America Device MSI Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue In the last few days, my Spotify has been doing something weird. It keeps skippi...

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Superuser Contribution Problem with revinding in My epysodes

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 IssueHello.I have a following issue. Revindin...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Album "Everything Was Forever" by Sea Power cutting to silence mid-track(s)

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceHP OMENOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueExtremely strange issue here; I was listening to Sea Power's album "Everything Was Forever" when the sound suddenly cut out in the middle of the track. At fir...

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Plan Premium Country United States   Device HP OMEN Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Extremely strange issue here; I was listening to Sea Power's album "Everyth...

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Superuser Contribution Playlist Radio: "More songs load as you listen" Feature not working on Windows 10 as intended...

PlanPremiumCountryPuerto Rico DeviceAcer Nitro 5 LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen selecting a radio from a playlist an initial list of generated songs load along with a message at the bottom of "more songs load as you listen"...

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Plan Premium Country Puerto Rico   Device Acer Nitro 5 Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When selecting a radio from a playlist an initial list of generat...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Desktop App Lag/Delay Windows 11

PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 Pro 21H2 22000.527Spotify1.1.79.763.gc2965cdf IssueWhen I interact with the player, every action comes with a delay. Video attached. Web version works fine.Few days ago I reinstalled Windows 11 and update...

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Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 11 Pro 21H2 22000.527 Spotify 1.1.79.763.gc2965cdf     Issue When I interact with the player, every action comes with a ...

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