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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...

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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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Desktop app playing different songs than what's clicked on

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDell laptopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhen I click on a song in a playlist, a different song on that playlist plays. WHen I click to play a song on an album, a different song by the artist (sometimes not...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Dell laptop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue When I click on a song in a playlist, a different song on that playlist plays. WHen I cli...
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The volume of the music goes down and up by itself

PlanPremiumCountryTürkiyeDevice(PC)Operating System(Windows 11) My Question or IssueThe volume of the music goes down and up by itself. This is despite volume normalization being turned off in the settings. It happens all the time.

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  • Plan Premium Country Türkiye Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 11)   My Question or Issue The volume of the music goes down and up by itself. This is despite volume normalization b...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify not using correct audio output from the start

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDevicePC + S.M.S.L DL200 DAC via USB (but with the same exact problem via coax connection)Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI'm having troubles with Spotify app output device after every launch. My default device ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Poland Device PC + S.M.S.L DL200 DAC via USB (but with the same exact problem via coax connection) Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I'm having tr...
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Superuser Contribution Album art for local files + remote playback

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceDesktop PC, Notebook, Apple iPhone 12Operating SystemWindows 10 Pro & iOS 15 My Question or IssuesI genuinely tried searching as suggested but could not find my exact "issue". MY SCENARIO:I have a desktop PC which I u...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device Desktop PC, Notebook, Apple iPhone 12 Operating System Windows 10 Pro & iOS 15   My Question or Issues I genuinely tried searching as suggeste...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Skips playlist in reverse and Loops the First Two Seconds of the Song

Hello! This issue began last night and has continued into today. I've cleared my browser cache on both Chrome and Firefox, updated both browsers to the latest version, and I have restarted my PC several times. I'm having no luck on my own, unfortunat...

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  • Hello! This issue began last night and has continued into today. I've cleared my browser cache on both Chrome and Firefox, updated both browsers to the latest version, and I have restarted my PC seve...
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Spotify won't work with USB audio interface (Behringer UMC204HD)

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWin 10 Pr 64bit My Question or IssueI'm running studio monitors connected to this interface. Whenever I select the interface in Windows as output Spotify keeps skipping songs not playing anything. Rein...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Win 10 Pr 64bit   My Question or Issue I'm running studio monitors connected to this interface. Whenever I select the interface ...
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Superuser Contribution can't rate podcast after listening for 2 years

after listening to a podcast for about 2 years, i want to give it a rating, but it says i can't rate it until i listen to a few more episodes. this is ridiculous obviously

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  • after listening to a podcast for about 2 years, i want to give it a rating, but it says i can't rate it until i listen to a few more episodes. this is ridiculous obviously
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Does anyone know why I can't hear anything from Spotify through wired and wirless devices?

Does anyone know why I can't hear anything from Spotify through anything? It's not working through the laptop speakers, a wireless headset, 7 sets os wireless earbuds, or a wired headset. I asked people from Spotify but they had no clue about anythin...

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  • Does anyone know why I can't hear anything from Spotify through anything?  It's not working through the laptop speakers, a wireless headset, 7 sets os wireless earbuds, or a wired headset. ...
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Superuser Contribution Why does my computer crash when I open the Spotify web player?

When I try to open the Spotify web player by running open.spotify.com, my computer just turns off immediately. Web browser is Google Chrome and my computer's OS is Windows 11.

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  • When I try to open the Spotify web player by running open.spotify.com, my computer just turns off immediately. Web browser is Google Chrome and my computer's OS is Windows 11.
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Superuser Contribution Desktop app not playing through bluetooth headphones

PlanPremiumCountry SwedenDevicePC LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I just bought a new pair of bluetooth headphones (Sony h.ear2 WH-H900N). I can pair them with my laptop, but I cannot listen to the Spotify desktop app with them....

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  • Plan Premium Country  Sweden Device PC Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I just bought a new pair of bluetooth headphones (Sony h.ear2 WH-H900N). I c...
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Superuser Contribution Can't sort songs by "recently added" on PC

PlanPremium DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIt's been like this for a while now, I can't seem to be able to sort my songs on my playlist by recently added, which is weird because I can easily to that on the android app, would l...

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  • Plan Premium   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue It's been like this for a while now, I can't seem to be able to sort my songs on my playlist by recently...
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Superuser Contribution Playback issues (stuttering / crackling) on Windows desktop app

Hi, I'm having troubles with playback on Windows desktop since a week or 2. It stutters every now and then. Sometimes it plays without problems for like 30 seconds, and then it starts again. I read other posts with the same issue where the solution w...

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  • Hi,   I'm having troubles with playback on Windows desktop since a week or 2. It stutters every now and then. Sometimes it plays without problems for like 30 seconds, and then it starts again....
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Desktop (Windows) won't play any songs, but will play videos. Web player works fine.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 11 22H2 My Question or IssueSince yesterday my Spotify app will give me the error "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." fo...

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  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 11 22H2   My Question or Issue Since yesterday my Spotify app will give me the error "Spotify can't play ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify app makes my game stutter/freeze till I tab out

Hello,so I’ve got a new pc around 2-3weeks ago (high end specs). Everytime I listen to Spotify on the app it makes my game stutter really bad and I basically can’t do anything anymore so I have to tab out my game to fix the stutter and tab in again. ...

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  • Hello, so I’ve got a new pc around 2-3weeks ago (high end specs). Everytime I listen to Spotify on the app it makes my game stutter really bad and I basically can’t do anything anymore so I have to ...
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Let me configure media keys in spotify settings to control volume/play pause/etc

I've been trying to post this suggestion in these forums and I got directed here. I still do not know if this is the correct place to post it, these forums are really confusing. Anyway Spotify has a major inconvenience explained below: A very importa...

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  • I've been trying to post this suggestion in these forums and I got directed here. I still do not know if this is the correct place to post it, these forums are really confusing.   Anyway Spoti...
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friend activity isnt working even though setting is toggled

when i wanted to use Friend Activity it asked my to turn on 'Share my listening activity on Spotify', but when i checked the settings it is already toggled. I toggled it off and on again but Friend Activity still doesnt work.

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  • when i wanted to use Friend Activity it asked my to turn on 'Share my listening activity on Spotify', but when i checked the settings it is already toggled. I toggled it off and on again but Friend A...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Queue

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop (Windows)Operating SystemWindows 11My Question or IssueYou can see in the screenshots attached that clicking on a song and it would change the songs in the queue but it's not doing it anymore. Is this some...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop (Windows) Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue You can see in the screenshots attached that clicking on a song and it would chan...
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Superuser Contribution Windows desktop app is not syncing with Android app

* PLEASE DO NOT MERGE (HIDE) THIS QUESTION AS A RESPONSE TO ANOTHER QUESTION WITH NO ACTIVITY OR SOLUTIONS AGAIN. I ACTUALLY WANT A CHANCE OF SOME RESPONSES/HELP. *Albums showing as added on the Android app are not showing as added on the desktop app...

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  • * PLEASE DO NOT MERGE (HIDE) THIS QUESTION AS A RESPONSE TO ANOTHER QUESTION WITH NO ACTIVITY OR SOLUTIONS AGAIN. I ACTUALLY WANT A CHANCE OF SOME RESPONSES/HELP. * Albums showing as added on the...
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Superuser Contribution Right Side Audio 'Louder'

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePC/HyperX Cloud Revolver S/ASUS Xonar DSXOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueCurrently I'm experiencing a strange audio balancing issue that I can't find the answer to elsewhere. What's currently happening is when...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device PC/HyperX Cloud Revolver S/ASUS Xonar DSX Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Currently I'm experiencing a strange audio balancing issue t...
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