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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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SaylorDustin
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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
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cour10e22
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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
Spotify Star
2023-04-28 8:08:45 PM
2023-04-29 10:41:16 PM
MattSuda
Spotify Star
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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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Superuser Contribution Full Discography Not Showing When Zoomed Out

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueDesktop version has the option to "zoom out" I have mine zoomed out 3 steps (max I believe), clicking the discography of an artist will only show 25 albums, if you're using the regular view sc...

flussdh
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Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Desktop version has the option to "zoom out" I have mine zoomed out 3 steps (max I believe), clicking the discography of an ...
2021-06-24 2:23:05 AM
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Novy
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Superuser Contribution pause button on all singles/EPs in discography view

Hello!Not sure what kind of loophole I made to Spotify but I managed to get this weird bug. (same image added in attachments)I was listening to Dubvision songs in this view and wanted to add one song to queue from different artist. I clicked to play ...

Leftblu
Music Fan
Hello! Not sure what kind of loophole I made to Spotify but I managed to get this weird bug. (same image added in attachments) I was listening to Dubvision songs in this view and wanted to add ...
2021-07-07 6:02:12 PM
2021-07-08 7:29:27 PM
Julian
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify closes on its own

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevice(Desktop PC)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueSpotify closes on its own without error messagethe error occurs sporadically there is no information in the windows log events

DST1983
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Germany Device (Desktop PC) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue Spotify closes on its own without error message the error occurs sporadic...
2021-07-07 4:17:09 PM
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Julian
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Superuser Contribution First song starts at random time

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen ever I start my Spotify app, I connect to my Sonos device at first. Then I pick a song or album to play. When starting playing this first song, the song ALWAYS resum...

113189486
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Plan Premium Country Denmark Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When ever I start my Spotify app, I connect to my Sonos device at first. Then I pick a song or...
2021-07-07 2:30:05 PM
2021-07-08 3:07:34 PM
Alex
Spotify Legend
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Friend activity gone for one person

PlanPremiumCountrySingaporeOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhy is one of my friend activity not showing? I tried following and unfollowing the person, but it still wouldn't show. Have tried clean reinstalls and restarting my laptop, st...

tzexin7chew
Music Fan
Plan Premium Country Singapore Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Why is one of my friend activity not showing? I tried following and unfollowing the person, but it...
2021-07-07 10:22:47 AM
2021-07-08 11:46:52 AM
Alex
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Superuser Contribution Home, Search, Playlist navigation greyed out (desktop)

Plan: PremiumCountry: USDevice: Dell XPS 13Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue First noticed this over the weekend. Various menu elements of the navigation menu are greyed out. I've restarted my computer and closed and restarted the des...

lolo341
Music Fan
Plan: Premium Country: US Device: Dell XPS 13 Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue First noticed this over the weekend. Various menu elements of the navigation me...
2021-03-16 9:10:26 PM
2021-07-08 8:51:29 AM
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Superuser Contribution Chrome Web player redirects to home page

Using Windows 10, when I click a link or go to an open.spotify URL the web player opens, then redirects me to Spotify home. None of the troubleshooting tips I've found help.- Protected content is allowed (upon request)- It works fine in Firefox- Ad B...

maddogprod
Newbie
Using Windows 10, when I click a link or go to an open.spotify URL the web player opens, then redirects me to Spotify home. None of the troubleshooting tips I've found help. - Protected content is a...
2021-07-06 8:15:19 PM
2021-07-07 10:48:33 PM
Novy
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Superuser Contribution Search giving no results

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands Operating SystemWin 10 My Question or IssueExact same issue as this one from 2020: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Spotify-Search-Engine-always-brings-up-quot-No-Results-quot/idi-p/4886459 And this one fr...

1149737717
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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Operating System Win 10 My Question or Issue Exact same issue as this one from 2020: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Spoti...
2021-07-06 2:30:22 PM
2021-07-07 3:41:25 PM
Mihail
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Superuser Contribution Spotify incredibly slow to respond, even after complete Windows 10 reinstall

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceMSI MAG X570 Tomahawk , Ryzen 7 3800X, NVME Gen 4.0, 32GB RAM, 32Mb broadband Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've been plagued by this issue for a while now. Spotify is very slow. Clicking play ma...

JoeT1
Music Fan
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device MSI MAG X570 Tomahawk , Ryzen 7 3800X, NVME Gen 4.0, 32GB RAM, 32Mb broadband Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Iss...
2021-06-29 11:26:44 AM
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Ver
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[DESKTOP] No possibility to make playlist "Public" or "Secret" any longer

Keine der folgenden Informationen ist erforderlich. Je mehr Sie uns jedoch zur Verfügung stellen, desto einfacher wird es für uns, Ihnen zu helfen.PlanenGratisprämieLandGermanyGerätPCBetriebssystemWindows 10 Meine Frage oder ProblemSince a few days, ...

Gowinda
Casual Listener
...etriebssystem Windows 10 Meine Frage oder Problem Since a few days, Spotify Desktop Version (latest Version) for WINDOWS 10 doesn't show the option to make my playlist public in the drop d...
2021-07-06 7:30:03 PM
2021-07-06 11:50:58 PM
Gowinda
Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution Spotify application not responding

Edit: Sadly this again proved to be a shitty temporary fixhttps://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/The-Spotify-application-is-not-responding/m-p/5201726As before, spotify needs to be shut down 6 times in task manager. Hello, I got the common ...

simonztinra
Regular
Edit: Sadly this again proved to be a shitty temporary fix https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/The-Spotify-application-is-not-responding/m-p/5201726 As before, spotify needs to be shut...
2021-06-30 1:24:05 PM
2021-07-06 8:14:21 PM
Julian
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Superuser Contribution Artist's album page not loading all albums

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueArtist's album page (in grid view) doesn't load all albums, only the first 25. Toggling to list view and back to grid view loads the remaining albums.Only occurs when window is...

Vaxyl
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Australia Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Artist's album page (in grid view) doesn't load all albums, only the first 25. Toggling to list view and...
2021-07-05 1:20:55 PM
2021-07-06 2:57:13 PM
Mihail
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Spotify profile won't load properly

PlanPremiumCanada DeviceAsus ZenbookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello, I am also experiencing a problem: whenever myself or others try to click on the "see all" button on my Spotify profile, it wouldn't load and just show a blank p...

John-8
Casual Listener
...rofile to see all my "followers", "followings", and "public playlists", it wouldn't load and pull up a blank page. I would really appreciate if you could help or fix this issue! T...
2021-07-04 9:33:47 AM
2021-07-05 1:08:01 PM
Mihail
Spotify Legend
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"see all" button
Account
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Doesn't play, song progress bar not advancing

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 - Up to date My Question or IssueSpotify won't play songs directly on my PC. I can choose songs as usual. When double-clicking or clicking play, the button on the bottom part of spotify chan...

Conne
Regular
Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10 - Up to date My Question or Issue Spotify won't play songs directly on my PC. I can choose songs as usual. When dou...
2021-01-20 4:15:08 PM
2021-07-05 12:32:45 PM
Mihail
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Desktop Won't Load Pages

PlanPremium DeviceWindows PC DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueJust as the title says, just recently Spotify won't load some pages that aren't about me. As in it won't load my homepage, album pages, artist pages, my own profile or...

ミスと
Visitor
Plan Premium Device Windows PC Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Just as the title says, just recently Spotify won't load some pages that aren't about me...
2021-05-29 2:56:46 PM
2021-07-04 6:55:05 PM
Eni
Moderator
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Superuser Contribution i can't sign up using facebook login

PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceInspiron 15 3000 seriesOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI can't sign up using facebook I don't know why this is happening to me. First I tried to sign up using my gmail it said this gmail account has a account ...

NINJAGAMING107
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country India Device Inspiron 15 3000 series Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I can't sign up using facebook I don't know why this is happening to me. First...
2021-07-01 8:48:53 AM
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Novy
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Superuser Contribution Spotify No Longer Showing Unavailable songs

I uninstalled Spotify, and downloaded and re-installed spotify to fix the issue of my local files metadata not showing up correctly. That resolved that issue but I can no longer see unavailable files, and I no longer see the option to turn that back ...

Tickkid
Casual Listener
I uninstalled Spotify, and downloaded and re-installed spotify to fix the issue of my local files metadata not showing up correctly. That resolved that issue but I can no longer see unavailable...
2021-05-27 3:38:15 AM
2021-07-04 9:16:45 AM
Ver
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Disliking a song skips next song

PlanFreeDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10Spotify App Version1.1.62.583.gdac868ed-a My Question or IssueBest explained with an example:Let's say we have Song #1, Song #2 and Song #3, and there is going to be an ad break between Song #1 and Song #2.If...

yosubis
Newbie
Plan Free Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Spotify App Version 1.1.62.583.gdac868ed-a My Question or Issue Best explained with an example: Let's say we have Song #1, Song #2 an...
2021-07-02 10:46:38 AM
2021-07-03 6:18:16 PM
Xenia
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bug

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Superuser Contribution black screen when starting spotify

PlanPremiumCountry Devicesamsung 360 bookWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen i start spotify i get a black screen. I tried everything. Uninstall, clean uninstall i searched the faq and tried everything and i still get a black screen. Can anyone help ...

1195749212
Visitor
Plan Premium Country Device samsung 360 book Windows 10 My Question or Issue When i start spotify i get a black screen. I tried everything. Uninstall, clean uninstall i searche...
2021-07-01 11:22:09 PM
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Elena
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Superuser Contribution unable to see Yamaha receiver from Windows 10

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDevicePC & Yamaha RVX 473Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Receiver is designed with airplay and i often stream from my iphone to it.I recently tried connecting from my Windows 10 PC and Spotify can no longe...

Pommie
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Plan Premium Country Australia Device PC & Yamaha RVX 473 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My Receiver is designed with airplay and i often stream from my iphone ...
2021-07-01 4:18:18 AM
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Elena
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