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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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FAQ: Spotify for Windows 10 app

Hey folks, we've outlined some of the common questions you might have about the Windows 10 app now available. Please post in this board if you have any other questions. Q: Why can’t I see Spotify in the Windows 10 store? A: Spotify for Windows store ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Missing favourite songs in desktop and android app

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIn the spotify web player I've 500+ songs marked as favourite. But when I open my favourite library in the desktop or android app there are just about 30 songs in the lis...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue In the spotify web player I've 500+ songs marked as favourite. But when I open my favourite li...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify UI Reverted

PlanPremium FamilyCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueToday I upgraded to the premium family plan. Everything works fine but it made the Spotify desktop app revert to the old UI. I tried restarting, re-signing in, uni...

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  • Plan Premium Family Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Today I upgraded to the premium family plan. Everything works fine but it made the Spotify des...
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Superuser Contribution Playlists/local/Amazon Echo

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceIphone X Operating SystemiOS 10, Windows 10, My Question or IssueHello, is it possible to play playlists of local files located on my desktop with Amazon Alexa/Echo? It seems that it's not possible? If I want to play an...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Iphone X  Operating System iOS 10,  Windows 10,   My Question or Issue Hello, is it possible to play playlists of local files located on m...
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Superuser Contribution Scroll bar is very broken on a podcast

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWin 10 64 bit My Question or IssueScroll bar on the "Hello Internet" podcast is broken, If you scroll down to the bottom of the page it jumps up and down and bugs out. Gif of the bug. I have replicated...

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  •   Plan Premium Country US Device Desktop Operating System Win 10 64 bit   My Question or Issue Scroll bar on the "Hello Internet" podcast is broken, If you scroll down to the bot...
  • Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution cant receive new design update

i deinstalled and reinstalled spotify for several times but i still dont have the new update. what am i doing wrong?

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  • i deinstalled and reinstalled spotify for several times but i still dont have the new update. what am i doing wrong?
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[Desktop][Playlists] Custom Order and Date added removal of order ticker (ascending/descending)

Hey I just noticed on playlists there's no way to change the descending/ascending order in which songs appear in a playlist (specifically my starred playlist). Can we get the date added (oldest to newest) and date added (newest to oldest) feature bac...

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  • Hey I just noticed on playlists there's no way to change the descending/ascending order in which songs appear in a playlist (specifically my starred playlist). Can we get the date added (oldest to ne...
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[Desktop][Playlists] Move your playlist

Ok, it doesn't seem like much, but all I want is for me to organize my playlists. As in, move the order of my playlists. I want my most listened playlist to be the front of the page and for all my other rarely listened to playlist to be in the back. ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Ok, it doesn't seem like much, but all I want is for me to organize my playlists. As in, move the order of my playlists. I want my most listened playlist to be the front of the page and for all my ot...
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Other] Bring Back Alt + Arrow keys back to Spotify desktop app

There used to be the feature where I could use the Alt + arrow key to move forward and backwards in Spotify but the new update removed. I usually am very happy with Spotify and the service you provide but I urge you to add this simple trick back. Tha...

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  • There used to be the feature where I could use the Alt + arrow key to move forward and backwards in Spotify but the new update removed. I usually am very happy with Spotify and the service you provid...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't play current song on desktop app and webplayer

PlanPremiumCountryukDeviceDesktop pcOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueNo idea why the previous time posting this is got marked as fixed Link , its not its now worse.Music will play for anywhere from 5 seconds to 20 or not at all and just...

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  • Plan Premium Country uk Device Desktop pc Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue No idea why the previous time posting this is got marked as fixed Link , its not its n...
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Superuser Contribution Hard to locate Downloaded podcasts

PlanPremiumCountryTanzaniaDevice(PC)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueI downloaded random episodes from Joe Rogan and Conan O'Brien, and my problem now is to locate those episodes. So my problem is to locate those episodes easier rathe...

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  • Plan Premium Country Tanzania Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue I downloaded random episodes from Joe Rogan and Conan O'Brien, and my problem now is to l...
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Superuser Contribution Windows 10: black screen

I upgraded to Windows 10 recently. When I now use Spotify, I get a black screen after a couple of minutes so that Windows isn't usable anymore. Just the taskbar, the start menu and shortcuts like Ctrl + Alt + Del are working. The black screen does no...

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  • I upgraded to Windows 10 recently. When I now use Spotify, I get a black screen after a couple of minutes so that Windows isn't usable anymore. Just the taskbar, the start menu and shortcuts like Ctr...
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Superuser Contribution Please bring back the ability to create a playlist by dragging an album into a folder

I use playlists because Spotify allows me to organize playlists into folders.I used to be able to drag an album name into a folder, creating a playlist (with the artist name and album name) within the folder. Now, I need to click on the three dots, c...

  • Casual Listener
  • I use playlists because Spotify allows me to organize playlists into folders. I used to be able to drag an album name into a folder, creating a playlist (with the artist name and album name) withi...
  • Jeremy
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution No more play Local Files?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI used to be able to play my local files in Spotify so I can have all of my music from Spotify and my computer in one place. Now it's completely gone with this new UI ch...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I used to be able to play my local files in Spotify so I can have all of my music from Spotif...
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Superuser Contribution album artwork missing from now playing bar -- windows desktop

United states premium member. Spotify window desktop app, windows 10. My “now playing” bar at the bottom of the screen does not include album artwork, only the artist and song names. If I expand it to full screen the artwork is there on the full scre...

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  • United states premium member. Spotify window desktop app, windows 10.   My “now playing” bar at the bottom of the screen does not include album artwork, only the artist and song names.  I...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution remove playlist

PlanFreeCountryColombiaDevicePhone: Xiaomi A3/ PC: Windows 10Operating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueBorre algunas playlist de Spotify y aún así siguen apareciendome en inicio y en recomendados, pero solo sucede en mi computadora, no en mi ce...

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  • Plan Free Country Colombia Device Phone: Xiaomi A3/ PC: Windows 10 Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue Borre algunas playlist de Spotify y aún así siguen aparecien...
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Superuser Contribution Copy and paste songs (track IDs) into playlist (e.g. per shortcut)

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevice and Operating SystemLaptop and Windows 7My Question or IssueIt is not working for me to insert tracks with Strg+V anymore.As in spotify:track:76Je5Wklky23mVoxiRszcN for example. It is a shame because I used to create p...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Germany Device and Operating System Laptop and Windows 7 My Question or Issue It is not working for me to insert tracks with Strg+V anymore. As in spotify:track...
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Superuser Contribution Playlist titles & descriptions not working properly with new March /April 2021 update

- Premium Plan USA- All windows desktop apps (I tested on 4 different computers), Windows 10 Got the new update last week, and instantly have a couple of big new issues:1. Display of longer playlist titles gets cut off (see screenshot)2. Playlist des...

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  • - Premium Plan USA - All windows desktop apps (I tested on 4 different computers), Windows 10   Got the new update last week, and instantly have a couple of big new issues: 1. Display of lon...
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Superuser Contribution When autoplaying, clicking album art of current song no longer goes to the correct playlist.

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceLenovo LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAs has always been the case on both mobile and desktop, when autoplay starts after a playlist or album has finished, spotify will be playing from a "radio" bas...

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  • Plan Premium Country Denmark Device Lenovo Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue As has always been the case on both mobile and desktop, when autoplay starts after ...
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Superuser Contribution Seen the songs in albums in artest view

Is it just me, or has the ability to see the songs inside a album gone without first clicking on it?I used to be able to go to a artist and scroll down. Listed in a nice way where all the albums by that artist with the songs (see screenshot). I cant ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Is it just me, or has the ability to see the songs inside a album gone without first clicking on it? I used to be able to go to a artist and scroll down. Listed in a nice way where all the...
  • Jeremy
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