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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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pastasås
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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
Spotify Star
2023-06-26 8:42:18 AM
yesterday
Edwardont
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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
Spotify Legend
2013-09-17 11:47:47 AM
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Windows App crashing after 1-2 minutes

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When I try to use the Desktop app, it crashes before it makes it to the end of the first song in the playlist. Possible fixes that I've already tried (and have failed):I have...

Janiust
Music Fan
Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I try to use the Desktop app, it crashes before it makes it to the end of the first so...
2021-05-18 4:08:07 PM
2021-07-14 5:11:34 PM
CarlosE
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Superuser Contribution Opening minimized?

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceDesktop pcOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi! I have my Spotify client set to open minimized, but it's not doing that. It does open after Windows starts, but it's opening in a floating window rather ...

user-removed
Visitor
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Desktop pc Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi! I have my Spotify client set to open minimized, but it's not do...
2021-06-10 7:45:45 AM
2021-07-14 1:06:49 PM
Alex
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution couldn't find that page after recent update

PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceDellOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueAfter the recent update in my desktop and web player homepage it's showing couldn't find that page but the other things are working perfectly fine and my phone app too

5vu9eegi3ezu7mw
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Plan Free Country India Device Dell Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue After the recent update in my desktop and web player homepage it's showing couldn't find th...
2021-04-09 10:55:55 AM
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Alex
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Black Screen bug on fresh new Windows 10 21H1

DeviceSelf Assembled Desktop PCOperating SystemNewly installed Windows 10 21H1 My Question or IssueI just newly installed a windows 10 professional from Windows media creator. After the installation, I opened the Microsoft Store and download the UWP ...

evilhawk00
Casual Listener
Device Self Assembled Desktop PC Operating System Newly installed Windows 10 21H1 My Question or Issue I just newly installed a windows 10 professional from Windows media creator...
2021-06-18 8:14:29 AM
2021-07-13 11:16:44 PM
heikotam
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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

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(Custom Built Desktop: Ryzen 9 5900x, RTX 3070, 32 gb 3600mhz ram, 1 tb samsung 980 pro ssd)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueSpotify Can't Play This Right Now, If You Have The File On Your Computer You Ca...

trixify
Newbie
Plan Free/Premium Country Device (Custom Built Desktop: Ryzen 9 5900x, RTX 3070, 32 gb 3600mhz ram, 1 tb samsung 980 pro ssd) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue...
2021-07-12 8:47:24 PM
2021-07-13 10:31:40 PM
Novy
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Superuser Contribution Spotify app randomly switches playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceHappens on PC, Alexa echo, LG Stylo4+Operating SystemWindows 10, Android. My Question or IssueIssue: Spotify will randomly swap to playlist > By JustinL and volume will drop to 0%I haven't been able to find an exact trigge...

deasonrng21
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country USA Device Happens on PC, Alexa echo, LG Stylo4+ Operating System Windows 10, Android. My Question or Issue Issue: Spotify will randomly swap to playlist...
2021-07-11 4:57:52 AM
2021-07-13 9:20:24 PM
Novy
Moderator
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Discover weekly suddenly missing

PlanFree/PremiumCountryThe NetherlanndsDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThis morning I was excited to go through my new discover weekly, only to realise it cannot be found anywhere. What happened?Discover weekly has been th...

Azería
Music Fan
Plan Free/Premium Country The Netherlannds Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue This morning I was excited to go through my new discover weekly, only to re...
2021-07-13 7:11:36 AM
2021-07-13 8:16:54 PM
MateusM
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Playlists] Add the function to sort by "recently added" in the drop down filter.

Everybody sees the drop down filter but finding the function to sort your playlist by recently added is not intuitive at all and should be at the same place as the other options.

jimwahlström
Visitor
Everybody sees the drop down filter but finding the function to sort your playlist by recently added is not intuitive at all and should be at the same place as the other options.
2021-05-06 11:17:39 PM
2021-07-13 6:07:21 PM
Novy
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Playlist created from local files saved with Spotify native files [edited]

Hi there, On my computer I have a playlist of mp3 files created for a party years ago. I would like to import and search automatically for the titles, and create a playlist containing Spotify files only. Is this possible? Does anybody know a workarou...

oneearleft
Regular
Hi there, On my computer I have a playlist of mp3 files created for a party years ago. I would like to import and search automatically for the titles, and create a playlist containing Spotif...
2018-01-30 2:16:09 PM
2021-07-13 5:57:00 PM
allebg
Newbie
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Superuser Contribution No sound from Desktop app

Been listening fine since installing Spotify Desktop on new PC a week ago.Tried a Skype test call this morning. Since that moment, getting no audio from Spotify Desktop app. Looks like song is playing (song progress timer updates every second). Volum...

cmdrpookie
Newbie
Been listening fine since installing Spotify Desktop on new PC a week ago. Tried a Skype test call this morning. Since that moment, getting no audio from Spotify Desktop app. Looks like song is play...
2019-12-18 10:17:21 PM
2021-07-13 4:55:09 PM
Reinhardtscheun
Newbie
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6 replies
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Superuser Contribution Spotify web keep skipping songs and play only first 10 seconds then stops

I'm having an annoying issue with Spotyfy web, as title, Spotify web keeps skipping first five songs when press play. Furthermore, it plays only first 10 seconds of a song and then stops. It's really annoying. I'm using is at work and I'm not allowed...

mois23
Casual Listener
I'm having an annoying issue with Spotyfy web, as title, Spotify web keeps skipping first five songs when press play. Furthermore, it plays only first 10 seconds of a song and then stops. &...
2021-07-12 12:00:59 PM
2021-07-13 12:48:44 PM
Alex
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Some local files can't be played anymore

PlanPremiumCountryJapanDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSome local files that were perfectly playable yesterday can't be played anymore on the desktop app. They're greyed out in my "liked songs" and the message I get is ...

itsammar
Visitor
Plan Premium Country Japan Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Some local files that were perfectly playable yesterday can't be played anymore on the d...
2021-07-12 11:17:59 AM
2021-07-13 11:27:13 AM
Ver
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Superuser Contribution Cannot play podcast, Ads continuously play

I cannot play any podcast, whenever I click on a podcast episode, an ad begins to play and afterwards it is just ad after ad and never plays the podcast episode. I left it running and it was just nonstop ads for 15 minutes... restarted my browser and...

cbetanco
Visitor
I cannot play any podcast, whenever I click on a podcast episode, an ad begins to play and afterwards it is just ad after ad and never plays the podcast episode. I left it running and it was just non...
2019-07-31 3:07:06 PM
2021-07-13 10:37:06 AM
internetrando
Visitor
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Download the details of a playlist

How do you download the songs, artists, dates, etc. of an entire playlist as a csv file? Not the music itself, just the meta data.

jmboltin
Newbie
How do you download the songs, artists, dates, etc. of an entire playlist as a csv file? Not the music itself, just the meta data.
2017-08-04 3:08:29 PM
2021-07-11 11:44:37 PM
Moniikka19
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Superuser Contribution Noise Levels Jumps to 100% When I Open the App

PlanStudentCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueLately, I have come across a really weird issue. When I wear headphones I keep the volume at 60% however, just the other day when I opened spotify it raised the volume to 100...

ericburns
Casual Listener
Plan Student Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Lately, I have come across a really weird issue. When I wear headphones I keep the volume at 60% h...
2021-07-09 5:28:51 PM
2021-07-11 6:15:16 PM
Eni
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Superuser Contribution Spotify going through Downloads, causing lag.

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceDesktop pcOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi! I tried googling around but I couldn't find an answer, so here goes! When I boot my pc, everything starts to lag up once I get into windows. This takes a...

user-removed
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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Desktop pc Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi! I tried googling around but I couldn't find an answer, so here goes! ...
2021-07-02 10:01:01 AM
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Eni
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Superuser Contribution Spotify lyrics cropped

PlanFreeOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue:In the new Spotify update, I've noticed that most of the lyrics in song are cropped and are not fully showing. There is also a grey bar below for the ads but no ads ever show up and it ends up h...

ARUNYA
Casual Listener
Plan Free Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue: In the new Spotify update, I've noticed that most of the lyrics in song are cropped and are not fully showing. There is a...
2021-07-09 7:36:47 AM
2021-07-11 8:30:03 AM
Alex
Spotify Legend
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution error code auth:15

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello,about 2 weeks ago Spotify didn't work anymore as I tried to open it. There is only this button where it says something went wrong and you should try to refresh but ...

presidentevil
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello, about 2 weeks ago Spotify didn't work anymore as I tried to open it. There is only thi...
2021-06-29 12:59:29 AM
2021-07-10 8:42:19 PM
CarlosE
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Desktop AND Web Player do not work on any browser

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDevicei've a gaming computer so hardware is not the problem.Operating SystemWindows 8.1My Question or IssueHello.I've got the following problem for like one year now. (Sorry for my bad english).Whenever i want to listen to Spo...

Kemijo
Visitor
Plan Premium Country France Device i've a gaming computer so hardware is not the problem. Operating System Windows 8.1 My Question or Issue Hello. I've got the following problem for like on...
2021-07-08 10:01:25 PM
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CarlosE
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Solved!! How do I make of suggest an edit to a song credit?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry 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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2021-07-09 9:53:50 PM
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AdamDam
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