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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...

MattSuda
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songcat1
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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
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whatintheworldisthis
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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
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2023-04-28 8:08:45 PM
2023-04-29 10:41:16 PM
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...

Goodman
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Superuser Contribution Error while typing * in playlist's search bar

PlanFreeCountryFRANCEOperating SystemWindows 11 Pro (22H2)Spotify versionSpotify pour Windows1.1.91.824.g07f1e963My Question or IssueWhile typing the character * in a playlist search bar, the app freeze 1 or 2 seconds and then show an error message.

ctx54
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Plan Free Country FRANCE Operating System Windows 11 Pro (22H2) Spotify version Spotify pour Windows 1.1.91.824.g07f1e963 My Question or Issue While typing the character * in a playli...
2022-08-10 9:31:22 PM
2022-09-24 1:41:18 PM
yo-mamad
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Superuser Contribution Spotify holds open auto-hide taskbar in windows 10 after boot

As title - work around is to manually open and minimize spotify.

ab12345y456456
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As title - work around is to manually open and minimize spotify.
2017-02-22 1:52:26 AM
2022-09-24 11:31:12 AM
JGhulam72
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Superuser Contribution Removing song from my daily mixes

This is driving me crazy. I listen to Spotify while working (meaning, I use the desktop Windows app). Since I like expanding my music horizons, I frequently use the Daily Mix feature (nice!). However, there's this dozen or so songs I absolutely loath...

bcnblanc
Newbie
This is driving me crazy. I listen to Spotify while working (meaning, I use the desktop Windows app). Since I like expanding my music horizons, I frequently use the Daily Mix feature (...
2022-09-21 8:23:20 PM
2022-09-24 10:41:03 AM
Vasil
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Connect Feature not working.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI went on Discord and noticed it wasn't "picking up" a song, but when I went to the Opera GX player, or anywhere else it says I'm not playing a song. Now when I go to the D...

Player-Resulted
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Plan Premium Country United States Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I went on Discord and noticed it wasn't "picking up" a song, but when I went to the Opera GX player,...
2022-09-21 9:51:31 AM
2022-09-23 9:06:07 PM
OscarDC
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Superuser Contribution WIndows 10 App Will Not Play.

Free PlanAustraliaPCWindows 10 Hi and thanks for taking the time to read this. PROBLEM: Spotify will NOT play on this PC. I can login and I can select music but the play progress remains greyed out no matter what I do. The Web version works and my An...

Peter_0z
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Free Plan Australia PC Windows 10 Hi and thanks for taking the time to read this. PROBLEM: Spotify will NOT play on this PC. I can login and I can select music but the play progr...
2022-09-22 4:08:38 AM
2022-09-23 3:36:40 PM
Vasil
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Superuser Contribution spotify app doesnt work but web player and phone do

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or Issuespotify app just doesnt work. It was like a week or two ago. Everything like spotify connect and the song display on discord doesnt work. I just now upgraded to premium ...

achitkara
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Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue spotify app just doesnt work. It was like a week or two ago. Everything like spotify connect ...
2022-09-22 1:53:53 AM
2022-09-23 9:21:12 AM
Jeremy
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution I cant delete old local file from my liked songs

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue .)I have an old local file that i added to my liked songs, and i've since then deleted the file from my pc, but the file refuses to leave my liked songs playlist, an...

Klepto2005
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Plan Premium Country Denmark Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue .) I have an old local file that i added to my liked songs, and i've since then deleted...
2022-09-21 12:31:45 AM
2022-09-23 9:16:15 AM
Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution Album downloads don't work

While my playlist downloads work fine, album downloads simply say "Not available when you're offline", even though the album _is_ downloaded (download icon is green n all).Can easily work around by just adding album to a playlist and downloading that...

tlppi
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While my playlist downloads work fine, album downloads simply say "Not available when you're offline", even though the album _is_ downloaded (download icon is green n all). Can easily work around by...
2022-09-21 8:38:55 PM
2022-09-23 9:02:24 AM
Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution web player and app are playing different songs

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice Operating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueI can't get desktop app to sync up with the web player. Each one will have different songs queued up and can play simultaneously. I prefer the desktop app but it doesn't get ...

theshadowplay
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Plan Premium Country USA Device Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I can't get desktop app to sync up with the web player. Each one will have different son...
2020-02-14 3:24:55 PM
2022-09-23 8:44:48 AM
Jeremy
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify desktop syncing issue

PlanPremium FamilyOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueHi, I'm using Spotify on my PC and since yesterday It goes crazy I don't know if it's because of that or not but it happened after the Desktop app updated automatically. Since then serv...

armin_bug
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Plan Premium Family Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue Hi, I'm using Spotify on my PC and since yesterday It goes crazy I don't know if it's because of that or not but...
2022-09-17 2:27:15 PM
2022-09-23 8:15:19 AM
Animе
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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