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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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2024-03-14 3:38:28 PM
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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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2023-06-26 8:42:18 AM
2025-04-07 12:28:40 AM
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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2013-09-17 11:47:47 AM
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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...

merkurlover
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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 ...
2022-05-13 4:58:06 AM
2022-06-11 1:33:47 PM
merkurlover
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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...

MissKitty614
Music Fan
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...
2022-06-08 7:32:17 PM
2022-06-10 4:51:02 PM
Jeremy
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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...

sams3p10l
Casual Listener
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...
2022-06-06 1:22:46 PM
2022-06-10 4:33:36 PM
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...

ChildeRoland
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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...
2022-02-18 2:46:46 AM
2022-06-10 4:19:52 PM
Jeremy
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Queue bug
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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...

Mike21daisu
Casual Listener
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...
2022-06-09 2:16:27 PM
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Put Liked Songs Back (AGAIN) Under The Artist Page For The Desktop App

I don't know why this even happened given the results of the following threads should have prevented it...https://community.spotify.com/t5/Implemented-Ideas/Desktop-Put-the-Liked-Songs-back-under-each-band-s-artist-s-page/idc-p/5364463#M75523https://...

LokiX21
Regular
I don't know why this even happened given the results of the following threads should have prevented it... https://community.spotify.com/t5/Implemented-Ideas/Desktop-Put-the-Liked-Songs-back-under...
2022-04-09 5:21:45 AM
2022-06-09 10:09:49 AM
Vasil
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Solved!! Can't play songs since today it's update

PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueNothing plays just getting the can't play song message.I reinstalled the app 4 times now without avail.App version was:1.1.87.612.gf8d110e2After reinstall it ...

TheMixican
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue Nothing plays just getting the can't play song message. I reinstalled the app 4 t...
2022-06-08 6:54:06 PM
2022-06-08 9:14:21 PM
ReCel
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Superuser Contribution Wrong "Date Added" on songs in playlist

Hey! My name is Andreas SellforsSince January 1, 2022, have I daily added 1 song to my playlist The World's 1500 Greatest Female Artists [In Progress] which has 11 songs. And after I posted a song 1 hour ago, I then saw that the dates for when the so...

Andreas86
Regular
Hey! My name is Andreas Sellfors Since January 1, 2022, have I daily added 1 song to my playlist The World's 1500 Greatest Female Artists [In Progress] which has 11 songs. And after I posted a song ...
2022-01-11 8:39:49 PM
2022-06-08 1:37:58 PM
Alex
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Superuser Contribution Liked songs by a artist not playing on liked songs playlist????

PlanFreeCountryAusOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI liked an artist (NF) discography and continued listening to liked songs playlist on random, a couple of days later he played a few times. And then nothing for like 3-4 weeks, he doesn'...

LoganSpratt
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country Aus Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I liked an artist (NF) discography and continued listening to liked songs playlist on random, a couple of days later he p...
2022-06-06 10:21:39 AM
2022-06-08 11:35:08 AM
Yordan
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Superuser Contribution How to disable downloads on PC

I have limited space on my hard disk and spotify songs take up 10GB. Since I have a good internet connection, I'd rather just stream the songs instead of downloading them when adding to library.Is there a way to disable song downloading on my PC, but...

fgjhnfgh
Newbie
I have limited space on my hard disk and spotify songs take up 10GB. Since I have a good internet connection, I'd rather just stream the songs instead of downloading them when adding to library. Is ...
2018-05-16 9:29:14 AM
2022-06-08 1:56:03 AM
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Desktop Window Focus

Can you please just follow some basic UI design practices and make it so that there is some indication that the Spotify Desktop Application has focus? I am on Windows 11 and you can't tell in any way that Spotify is the current window with focus. The...

Rayke
Newbie
Can you please just follow some basic UI design practices and make it so that there is some indication that the Spotify Desktop Application has focus? I am on Windows 11 and you can't tell in a...
2021-12-30 12:40:18 AM
2022-06-06 10:37:51 PM
rundompurson
Casual Listener
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Spotify going silent when Powerpoint slideshow runs

PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I've been playing Spotify bin the background while having a Powerpoint slideshow running for many weeks now but today it has decided that as soon as I run the slideshow,...

Hebrews12
Newbie
Plan Premium Country UK Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've been playing Spotify bin the background while having a Powerpoint slideshow ru...
2018-12-20 6:03:52 PM
2022-06-06 10:09:40 PM
ZU420
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Windows 10 app stuck on black screen

PlanPremiumCountryTaiwanDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10(language:中文 (台灣)) My Question or Issue(Because my English not very good , I will try my best to explan.)I have this problem when installed spotify from SpotifySetup.exe and Microsoft Store. W...

jason19uw2
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Taiwan Device PC Operating System Windows 10(language:中文 (台灣)) My Question or Issue (Because my English not very good , I will try my best to explan.) I have th...
2021-07-25 7:21:49 PM
2022-06-06 7:43:16 PM
muurain
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Superuser Contribution Too many lyrics showing

Ever since I connected my phone on spotify connect, the lyrics are shown full in the whole song and you scroll through them. It won't even autoscroll for you once you need to. I hate this and I want it to go back to when 2-3 lines are shown at a time...

mae10
Visitor
Ever since I connected my phone on spotify connect, the lyrics are shown full in the whole song and you scroll through them. It won't even autoscroll for you once you need to. I hate this and I want ...
2022-05-27 1:25:54 AM
2022-06-06 4:27:45 AM
jlak
Casual Listener
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Solved!! Home Screen Glitches

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePC and MobileOperating SystemWindows and Android My Question or IssueOn the home screen the first 4 items are randomly chosen months ago and semi-permanent for some reason, one of which is an album I listened to 1 song on 4...

SoulShinobi
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Plan Premium Country USA Device PC and Mobile Operating System Windows and Android My Question or Issue On the home screen the first 4 items are randomly chosen months ago and semi-p...
2022-05-05 1:14:26 AM
2022-06-05 4:35:16 PM
SoulShinobi
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Superuser Contribution Can't play one song

I can't play 'Something In The Way' by Nirvana and haven't been able to for the last two weeks. It's really driving me crazy. https://open.spotify.com/track/4gHnSNHs8RyVukKoWdS99f?si=0551dd79ba1146acPlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceLenovo IdeaPad 5Operating...

conradgardner100
Visitor
I can't play 'Something In The Way' by Nirvana and haven't been able to for the last two weeks. It's really driving me crazy. https://open.spotify.com/track/4gHnSNHs8RyVukKoWdS99f?si=0551dd7...
2022-06-02 2:25:44 PM
2022-06-04 10:15:43 AM
Yordan
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Local Songs not downloading on PC (Windows)

Firstly, no this is not a syncing problem. My local songs refuse to download whenever I click the download button. Contacted support and they didn't know what was wrong either. All other songs that are originally on Spotify can be downloaded and it i...

EmilyOoi
Regular
Firstly, no this is not a syncing problem. My local songs refuse to download whenever I click the download button. Contacted support and they didn't know what was wrong either. All other songs...
2021-09-20 10:58:06 AM
2022-06-04 8:18:04 AM
Jeremy
Spotify Legend
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how do I block liberal content on Spotify

I just joined Spotify not too long ago and I see a lot of ridiculous liberal/sjw content that I'm completely not interested in... so I don't want it showing up on my account... is it a way I can block this content if not you all seriously need to add...

PrestonGarvey
Gig Goer
I just joined Spotify not too long ago and I see a lot of ridiculous liberal/sjw content that I'm completely not interested in... so I don't want it showing up on my account... is it a way I ca...
2019-09-29 12:46:09 AM
2022-06-04 1:33:18 AM
secspec
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Superuser Contribution Current playing music doesn't sync between devices

PlanPremiumDevicesHP TouchSmart300 with an AMD Athlon II X3 400e, iPhone Xs and iPad Pro 12.9 5th genOperating SystemsWindows 7 Professional and iOS 15.4.1 Lately I've noticed that while I'm playing music on my phone and also have the desktop version...

minbee
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Devices HP TouchSmart300 with an AMD Athlon II X3 400e, iPhone Xs and iPad Pro 12.9 5th gen Operating Systems Windows 7 Professional and iOS 15.4.1 Lately I've noticed that...
2022-05-20 8:25:43 PM
2022-06-03 6:14:21 PM
Eni
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Superuser Contribution it wont allow me to uninstal spotify

PlanFree/PremiumCountryusaDeviceleveno legion 51Operating Systemwindows 10 My Question or Issuei try to uninstall spotify in my control panel and there seem to be no files there and when i check my app data roaming file it doesnt seem to show up ther...

x9zhsa9hp7
Visitor
Plan Free/Premium Country usa Device leveno legion 51 Operating System windows 10 My Question or Issue i try to uninstall spotify in my control panel and there seem to be no files th...
2022-06-01 6:49:19 PM
2022-06-03 9:46:24 AM
Yordan
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