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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...
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...
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...
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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Hi, I use the windows app (not store app) win windows 10. Although the app works relatively well, it can't show some images (in browse and most profiles pics). It is behind corporate firewall and uses proxy. I would like to mention which hosters/cdns...
Hi, I use the windows app (not store app) win windows 10. Although the app works relatively well, it can't show some images (in browse and most profiles pics). It is behind corporate firewall and use...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDellOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am on a work laptop so cannot download the desktop app. Web player used to open for me but keep jumping songs and was unlistenable. Now there's just a black screen? I clea...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Dell Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am on a work laptop so cannot download the desktop app. Web player used to open for me but keep...
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Recently I've been experiencing a lot of problems with the Spotify Desktop app. 1. Playing songs I have not saved in my library or my playlists.Problem: This sadly does not work at all. Before playing any song, I have to save it (not download it) aft...
Recently I've been experiencing a lot of problems with the Spotify Desktop app. 1. Playing songs I have not saved in my library or my playlists. Problem: This sadly does not work at all. Be...
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Operating System(Windows 10) KeyboardBlackweb Centaur mechanical keyboard My Question or IssueUnless I click into spotify, if I have youtube open, not even the current window, tab, or on-screen, and I hit play/pause (F7 function) youtube overrides sp...
Operating System (Windows 10) Keyboard Blackweb Centaur mechanical keyboard My Question or Issue Unless I click into spotify, if I have youtube open, not even the current window,...
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This is very annoying and started happening to me since a few days after the latest update. When starting the desktop app it often stays on a black screen for a long time (longer than usual) and won't load anything for minutes, I often have to force ...
This is very annoying and started happening to me since a few days after the latest update. When starting the desktop app it often stays on a black screen for a long time (longer than usual) and won'...
Music Fan
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Plan Free/Premium Country JA 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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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceAcer Swift X LaptopOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueRecently, I believe there's been a new update to Spotify on PC, as now when I add new songs and try to hold left click to drag them up/rearrange, ...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Acer Swift X Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Recently, I believe there's been a new update to Spotify on PC, a...
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My Question or IssueHi, I have been trying to fix this issue myself, but there is absolutely no way. I have tried everything I have found online, and I'm literally incapable of making this right again. As of now, this very moment, with the same accou...
My Question or Issue Hi, I have been trying to fix this issue myself, but there is absolutely no way. I have tried everything I have found online, and I'm literally incapable of making this right ag...
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I minimize spotify and go do my homework or other things online and whenever I move my mouse the songs just start changing. How do I fix this, or turn it off?
I minimize spotify and go do my homework or other things online and whenever I move my mouse the songs just start changing. How do I fix this, or turn it off?
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceTwo different Windows laptops, one running Windows 10; another running Windows 11Operating SystemWindows 10 & Windows 11 My Question or IssueWhen I search for a podcast category and click on podcast category link, the podca...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Two different Windows laptops, one running Windows 10; another running Windows 11 Operating System Windows 10 & Windows 11 My Question or I...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHey, so I'm having this issue and I figure you all can help. The desktop spotify app currently is giving me some significant trouble that has been aggravating to say the leas...
Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hey, so I'm having this issue and I figure you all can help. The desktop spotify app currently is ...
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PlanFreeCountryTaiwanDeviceMSI GL62MOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueIn this picture, you could see some song are unable in random mode.Since last week, I have been unable to shuffle to listen to songs I already like ,also can't even cli...
Plan Free Country Taiwan Device MSI GL62M Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue In this picture, you could see some song are unable in random mode. Since last week, I have be...
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PlanPremium (Family)CountryAustraliaDeviceMicrosoft Surface Go 128GB 4GLTEOperating SystemWindows 10 Home My Question or IssueI've recently been using Spotify on my new Surface Go tablet, however upon trying to download playlist using my 40GB of data...
Plan Premium (Family) Country Australia Device Microsoft Surface Go 128GB 4GLTE Operating System Windows 10 Home My Question or Issue I've recently been using Spotify on my new Surfa...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI can't install spotify via Download, because of alleged version from the microsoft/windows store. Although I fully deinstalled the version AND deinstalled the whole...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I can't install spotify via Download, because of alleged version from the microsoft/windo...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDevice(PC, Android) My Question or IssueI will try my best to explain my issue as best as I can, but I have an issue at the moment is that when I Chromecast a Daily Mix or Genre-Mix, it somehow just plays the same song...
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device (PC, Android) My Question or Issue I will try my best to explain my issue as best as I can, but I have an issue at the moment is that...
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When Spotify app run, Win 10 never go to the screen saver.I have to close the app manually. Any suggestion? Thx PlanPremiumBelgiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWin 10 (no creator update : the one before :=)
When Spotify app run, Win 10 never go to the screen saver. I have to close the app manually. Any suggestion? Thx Plan Premium BelgiumCountry Device PC Operati...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI have one playlist in Spotify. Select a song -> right click -> add to playlist.I get a HUGE empty context menu with my one playlist WAY at the top.This is pretty c...
Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue I have one playlist in Spotify. Select a song -> right click -> add to playlist. ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePC/FirefoxOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueThe New albums & singles view is showing different contents when you compare the app vs. the web. See attached screenshots.The app is showing fewer albums t...
Plan Premium Country United States Device PC/Firefox Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue The New albums & singles view is showing different contents when you compare...
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So this problem occured today when i was were to listen to some music, so i clicked my playlist and it took maybe 1-2 minutes for the playlist to load so i could choose a song that was kind of annoying and a little bit after that i searched a song an...
So this problem occured today when i was were to listen to some music, so i clicked my playlist and it took maybe 1-2 minutes for the playlist to load so i could choose a song that was kind of annoyi...
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen scrolling through a long list of podcasts, whenever I alt+tab the list seems to refresh and randomly jump to a previous point. This issue has been encountered in "Sci...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When scrolling through a long list of podcasts, whenever I alt+tab the list seems to refresh an...
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