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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...

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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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Superuser Contribution My volume is too low

Even though i make my volume max the music volume is too low and this only happens on my pc in my phone its perfectly fine

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  • Even though i make my volume max the music volume is too low and this only happens on my pc in my phone its perfectly fine
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Removing connectable devices from the Spotify app on PC

There are certain devices from my network I want to remove from my connectable devices. It's possible on the web player, but not in the application itself. Are there ways remove them?

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  • There are certain devices from my network I want to remove from my connectable devices. It's possible on the web player, but not in the application itself. Are there ways remove them?
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Superuser Contribution I can't see the lyrics

PlanPremiumCountryIndonesiaOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI can't press mic button to see the lyrics even tho i'm premium user, but i can see it on my phone. how to fix it?

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  • Plan Premium Country Indonesia Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I can't press mic button to see the lyrics even tho i'm premium user, but i can see it on my phone. how ...
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Superuser Contribution How to save Spotify charts as playlist?

Spotify published its charts, such as the Global Hits, at https://charts.spotify.com/charts/view/regional-global-weekly/latest. I want to save the chart as a playlist so that I can play all the songs from the chart. How to do this?Also, can I save a ...

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  • Spotify published its charts, such as the Global Hits, at https://charts.spotify.com/charts/view/regional-global-weekly/latest. I want to save the chart as a playlist so that I can play all the s...
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How to reset my personal preferences and music taste

Is there any way for me to reset my entire personalised music taste for my account or smth like that.?

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  • Is there any way for me to reset my entire personalised music taste for my account or smth like that.?
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Superuser Contribution Remove specific podcasts from home screen

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI almost never listen to podcast. That is why a lot of my recommendations for podcasts are ones I'm not interested in. Could there be an option to hide specif...

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I almost never listen to podcast. That is why a lot of my recommendations for podc...
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Solved!! Add all songs from queue to a playlist

PlanPremiumCountry UK My Question or Issue I want to add all the songs from my current queue to a playlist.I know there are two ways to add songs to a playlist after selecting them (with 'Ctrl + a): 1) Select the song/s and right click to bring up a ...

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  • Plan Premium Country  UK     My Question or Issue I want to add all the songs from my current queue to a playlist. I know there are two ways to add songs to a playlist after s...
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How to fix, "You Can't play this content on spotify" due to Realtek Drivers

I had a problem these days with spotify desktop App.For Window Users, this problem may appears when you try to play a song. Your speakes are working normally on other apps, but in Spotify Desktop app your Realtek drivers could not work correctly. You...

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  • I had a problem these days with spotify desktop App. For Window Users, this problem may appears when you try to play a song. Your speakes are working normally on other apps, but in Spotify Desktop...
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rembolso

me hicieron un reembolso pero no me llego ningun correo que me iban a rembolsar alg, quisiera saber si efectuaran el reembolso?

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  • me hicieron un reembolso pero no me llego ningun correo que me iban a rembolsar alg, quisiera saber si efectuaran el reembolso?
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Superuser Contribution Spotify will not update with elevated admin privileges

PlanFreeCountryCanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 home My Question or IssueI tell spotify to run as an administrator so that a password is required to run the app.Every week or so the desktop app tries to perform an automatic update, but n...

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  • Plan Free Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 11 home   My Question or Issue I tell spotify to run as an administrator so that a password is required to run the app....
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Desktop App Not Playing

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueSo this started this morning, but my spotify desktop app won't play anything. I can search music just fine, and if I hit play it will show progress on the song, but no audio ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue So this started this morning, but my spotify desktop app won't play anything.  I can search m...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How to turn off playing now view permanently?

I hate that the playing now view pops up every time I switch playlists. It gets in the way. If I wanna see what's next I'll look at the queue or manually turn it on. The automatic pop-up is soooo irritating!

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  • I hate that the playing now view pops up every time I switch playlists. It gets in the way. If I wanna see what's next I'll look at the queue or manually turn it on. The automatic pop-up is soooo irr...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Desktop app (Windows) not working, multiple issues

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify desktop application has been having multiple issues, I have already followed the Help article for a clean reinstall and made sure there were no files/folders on my d...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify desktop application has been having multiple issues, I have already followed the H...
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Entry Point Not Found error

I've been trying to download spotify on my pc but I can't open it as I get the error message"The procedure entry point SetThreadDescription could not be located in the dynamic link libraryC:\users\M\appdatta\roaming\spotify\spotify.exe." I've tried d...

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  • I've been trying to download spotify on my pc but I can't open it as I get the error message "The procedure entry point SetThreadDescription could not be located in the dynamic link library C:\us...
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Superuser Contribution How do I add crossfade when I'm on browser?

I am on the browser currently, not the app, and I wish to turn on crossfade, but every option that has been shown, I do not have. I do not have the arrow on the top-right of my screen and it is bugging me.

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  • I am on the browser currently, not the app, and I wish to turn on crossfade, but every option that has been shown, I do not have. I do not have the arrow on the top-right of my screen and it is buggi...
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Superuser Contribution search in podcast missing in desktop application

I want to search a pod cast for a particular guest. I can search podcasts in my mobile version but not my desktop. If I search while I am in the Podcast the results shows all sources again. Kind of going backwards.

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  • I want to search a pod cast for a particular guest. I can search podcasts in my mobile version but not my desktop. If I search while I am in the Podcast the results shows all sources again. Kind of g...
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Superuser Contribution The default zoom on the Spotify app on Windows is too zoomed in?

Every time I open the Spotify app on Windows it looks super zoomed in and I have to manually zoom out. Is there any way to set up the default zoom upon app start? I can provide a screenshot if necessary.

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  • Every time I open the Spotify app on Windows it looks super zoomed in and I have to manually zoom out. Is there any way to set up the default zoom upon app start? I can provide a screenshot if necess...
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Superuser Contribution "This track is not available" - suggested solutions do not work

PlanPremiumCountryCzech RepublicDeviceDell Latitude 7490Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueBasically my issue is same as the user here describes: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/This-track-is-not-available-for-all-tracks/...

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  • Plan Premium Country Czech Republic Device Dell Latitude 7490 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Basically my issue is same as the user here describes: https:...
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