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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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[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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Is it possible to jump to a specific song in a playlist with the new update?

I don't particularly hate the new update but it did remove one feature I use constantly. You used to be able to search within a playlist for a track, click on that track, and then exit search mode to jump to that track's position in the playlist. Thi...

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  • I don't particularly hate the new update but it did remove one feature I use constantly. You used to be able to search within a playlist for a track, click on that track, and then exit search mode to...
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[Desktop] Bring back the indicator of much of a podcast episode I listened.

I turn off the app once because it doesn't really matter, and I'm welcomed with the new layout, I hate it, please bring the old one back? But if you want to keep it so bad, at least add back that little bar that shows how much of you've listened to s...

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  • I turn off the app once because it doesn't really matter, and I'm welcomed with the new layout, I hate it, please bring the old one back? But if you want to keep it so bad, at least add back that lit...
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Superuser Contribution Help with desktop spotify app opening the browser version instead in the desktop app.

Everything was fine until today I opened the app and now its a browser player instead of the normal desktop app , it doesn't open the browser version in browser it open the browser version in the desktop app. I tried reinstalling it did nothing.

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  • Everything was fine until today I opened the app and now its a browser player instead of the normal desktop app , it doesn't open the browser version in browser it open the browser version in the des...
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[Desktop] idea - fix recently played

my recently played has been broken for months. it is inaccurate. i have never listened to my recently played songs/playlists. it always resets to the same songs/playlist when I exit the app or update it. my idea is to fix this bug. thanks

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  • my recently played has been broken for months. it is inaccurate. i have never listened to my recently played songs/playlists. it always resets to the same songs/playlist when I exit the app or update...
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Superuser Contribution "Add to Playlist" filtering missing in the new UI

PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe new app doesn't have the playlist filter functionality when adding a new song to a playlist. When the "Add to Playlist" menu was open I could just type the first lett...

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  • Plan Premium Country Finland Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The new app doesn't have the playlist filter functionality when adding a new song to a playlis...
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Superuser Contribution Can't jump to the song that's currently playing. New Update UI.

Before the update, I was able to find the location of tracks in a big playlist by clicking on the album art in the left bottom corner. Now if I click the album art, I'm sent to the top of the playlist its in. How do I find the location of the song cu...

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  • Before the update, I was able to find the location of tracks in a big playlist by clicking on the album art in the left bottom corner. Now if I click the album art, I'm sent to the top of the playlis...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify won't play sound on one specific podcast, everything else works

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI was listening to a podcast on my Android phone while I was out (I wore a mask don't worry), and I came back and opened Spotify on my PC. It had synced the time the...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I was listening to a podcast on my Android phone while I was out (I wore a mask don't worry)...
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Superuser Contribution Problem with delete key in playlist

Hello.I have a problem with new interface of Spotify. Due to this, that this interface is accessible to me, as previous, I don't want to return back to previous interface, which wasn't accessible to me.But, I have a problem. I can't delete song as be...

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  • Hello. I have a problem with new interface of Spotify. Due to this, that this interface is accessible to me, as previous, I don't want to return back to previous interface, which wasn't accessible t...
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Superuser Contribution Windows app breaks after playing album that was not yet released.

PlanFreeCountryPolandDeviceDell InspironOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi, my Windows Spotify app broke after I tried to play non released album from Coldplay - and that's the first issue, I was able to access it from artist page but ...

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  • Plan Free Country Poland Device Dell Inspiron Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi, my Windows Spotify app broke after I tried to play non released album from Coldplay...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Pressing the favourite button while on the lyrics screen

Spoiler (Highlight to read)Spoiler (Highlight to read)How do i delete this spoiler How do i delete this spoiler PremiumSingapore Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueTo reproduce: View the lyrics of a song while it's playing.Click on the fa...

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  •   How do i delete this spoiler   Premium Singapore     Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue To reproduce:   View the lyrics of a song while...
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[Desktop] Restore the Date Added column for Collaborated Playlists

With the recent update to the desktop interface, the "Date Added" column disappears for collaborative playlists. Instead, it's replaced with the column "Added By". In the old version, both columns would be available, but the new update removes the da...

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  • With the recent update to the desktop interface, the "Date Added" column disappears for collaborative playlists.  Instead, it's replaced with the column "Added By".  In the old version, bot...
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Solved!! Annoying "facebook" thing in Windows 10 app

 PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueCan I remove in someway this window "connect to facebook" at the right side of the app? It's useless (for me ofc), rly annoying and takes up a lot of space.

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  •   Plan Premium Country   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Can I remove in someway this window "connect to facebook" at the right side of the app? It's...
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Superuser Contribution My secret playlist shows up when a friend is listening to it.

I use Spotify Premium on the desktop app (Windows 10). I made a secret playlist that I shared with only 1 friend. They followed it, but never made it public for their profile. However, it shows on their listening activity. I made another secret playl...

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  • I use Spotify Premium on the desktop app (Windows 10). I made a secret playlist that I shared with only 1 friend. They followed it, but never made it public for their profile. However, it shows on t...
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Superuser Contribution Friend Activity

PlanFreeCountryUnited States DeviceLaptop Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAs of recently, I noticed one of my friends is missing from my friend activity list.I find this pretty strange because my friend will be listening to Spotify cur...

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  • Plan Free Country United States  Device Laptop  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue As of recently, I noticed one of my friends is missing from my ...
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Superuser Contribution "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it."

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceCustom build PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to use the Spotify App for Windows 10, I get the message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Denmark Device Custom build PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I try to use the Spotify App for Windows 10, I get the message "Spot...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution No translation for "See more" button

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceMi Notebook 13.3Operating SystemWindows 10 My Issue:No translation for "See more" button on singer page (Using polish version).But "See less" translation is ok.

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  • Plan Premium Country Poland Device Mi Notebook 13.3 Operating System Windows 10   My Issue: No translation for "See more" button on singer page (Using polish version). But "See le...
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Superuser Contribution New layout

PlanFreeCountryUSADevice PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI closed the application cause i didnt need it at that moment but then when i opened it, the display was completely different. it was as if the Web Player layout was now in the...

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  • Plan Free Country USA Device  PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I closed the application cause i didnt need it at that moment but then when i opened it, the di...
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Superuser Contribution Disabling listening activity

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWhat happens when you disable your listening activity after it was once enabled? Does your na...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue What ha...
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Superuser Contribution Can't play a song from my Liked songs playlist

PlanFree/PremiumCountryMexicoDeviceDELL Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I start Spotify I do not visualize left bar complete (no one playlist is displayed) , but still can see them when I click on Your Library. But when I click an...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country Mexico Device DELL  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I start Spotify I do not visualize left bar complete (no one playlist is disp...
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[Desktop][Playlists] Return the dates for songs added/playlists created

Previously, the desktop version of Spotify had the dates for when songs were added to playlists visible. This feature was useful both in tracking when my playlists were created as well as seeing when playlists created by others were last updated. Per...

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  • Previously, the desktop version of Spotify had the dates for when songs were added to playlists visible. This feature was useful both in tracking when my playlists were created as well as seeing when...
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