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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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Superuser Contribution Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it"I have tried all t...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now...
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Superuser Contribution Your Library cannot be expanded via mouse/keybinds beyond a certain point

Plan: Premium Country: US Device: Dell Desktop Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue: When I use Spotify on desktop, I like to keep my view split between the album/playlist on the right, and my library on the left. Now currently, the libr...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: US Device: Dell Desktop Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue:  When I use Spotify on desktop, I like to keep my view split between the alb...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How to permanently turn off smart shuffle?

PlanPremiumCountryPolandOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI just noticed that a new "smart shuffle mode" putting unwanted "smart recommendations" in my queue was added to my desktop app. How to turn it off permanently or at least make th...

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  • Plan Premium Country Poland Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I just noticed that a new "smart shuffle mode" putting unwanted "smart recommendations" in my queue was add...
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Solved!! Missing audio on a song

PlanPremiumCountryColombiaDeviceMotorola G60 and windows desktopOperating SystemAndroid and Windows 11 My Question or IssueFrom several weeks ago I found that the audio on the song "Forever we can make it!" of "THYME" is not correct.Sounds like it ha...

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  • Plan Premium Country Colombia Device Motorola G60 and windows desktop Operating System Android and Windows 11   My Question or Issue From several weeks ago I found that the audio on th...
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Superuser Contribution Webplayer cannot play content / stops playing after 10 seconds

PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueFor about 10 days now, everytime I try to play songs through the webplayer, a "Spotify cannot play this now" error appears. It then loops through all the songs in the playlist until it latche...

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  • Plan Premium   Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue For about 10 days now, everytime I try to play songs through the webplayer, a "Spotify cannot play this now" error a...
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Superuser Contribution I am not able to reproduce any of my playlists

PlanPremium CountryPortugal My Question or IssueI am not able to reproduce any of my playlists. Either I get a message saying that content is not currently available and it automatically skips to the following song or, when finally a song is "availab...

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  • Plan Premium   Country Portugal   My Question or Issue I am not able to reproduce any of my playlists. Either I get a message saying that content is not currently available and ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Songs pause every 3 seconds on all devices (Periodic Issue)

Listening to songs all day on Windows and/or Android, and suddenly playback pauses. I can resume playback, but will only play for about 3 seconds before pausing again. Every time this issue happens, it always plays for about 3 seconds and pauses agai...

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  • Listening to songs all day on Windows and/or Android, and suddenly playback pauses. I can resume playback, but will only play for about 3 seconds before pausing again. Every time this issue happens, ...
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Superuser Contribution How do I browse English podcasts when my country is the Netherlands?

I live in the Netherlands. However, I prefer listening to English music and podcasts. When I try to find podcasts the explore page shows mostly Dutch podcasts. Is there a way to browse the English podcast?

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  • I live in the Netherlands. However, I prefer listening to English music and podcasts. When I try to find podcasts the explore page shows mostly Dutch podcasts. Is there a way to browse the English po...
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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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Selecting "Everywhere" device stops music on PC

I have multiple Echo devices that work well playing simultaniously using the "Everywhere" device. I want to include my PC in the everywhere group. How can I manage which devices are in my everywhere group? Can I create another group and select device...

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  • I have multiple Echo devices that work well playing simultaniously using the "Everywhere" device.  I want to include my PC in the everywhere group.  How can I manage which devices are in my...
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Lagging

Operating SystemWindows 11My Question or IssueThe desktop app is lagging, although my PC is powerful enough to handle bigger programs. Is it me or the addition of video content made the app too heavy?

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  • Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue The desktop app is lagging, although my PC is powerful enough to handle bigger programs. Is it me or the addition of video content made the app too...
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Solved!! Liked Songs not updating if i update then on a different device

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceWindows NotebookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIf i like a song on any device other than the specific windows laptop, the liked songs playlist do not update on the Windows App. Even if i start the playli...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Windows Notebook Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue If i like a song on any device other than the specific windows laptop, the liked...
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Superuser Contribution High CPU usage on Desktop Windows client when "Now playing view" is visible

I have noticed high CPU usage when the "Now playing view" sidebar is visible, even when no music is actively playing. It is 100% reproducible. Closing the "Now playing view" makes CPU usage go down to 0% while idle.It uses 10% of my CPU (Intel i7-985...

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  • I have noticed high CPU usage when the "Now playing view" sidebar is visible, even when no music is actively playing. It is 100% reproducible. Closing the "Now playing view" makes CPU usage go down t...
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Superuser Contribution Slack is distorting Spotify Sound

Frequently throughout the day, Spotify sound will distort and get quiet. The songs are random but once it does it to a song, it's consistent at the same place even if I go back to that time or relisten later. So I assume it corrupts the cache but tha...

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  • Frequently throughout the day, Spotify sound will distort and get quiet. The songs are random but once it does it to a song, it's consistent at the same place even if I go back to that time or relist...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't play song on PC but works on Phone

PlanPremiumCountryEnglandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Home My Question or IssueI am trying to listen to some songs on spotify but whenever I go to play one on my computer I get this message "Spotify can't play this song right now. If you have t...

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  •   Plan Premium Country England Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Home   My Question or Issue I am trying to listen to some songs on spotify but whenever I go to play one on m...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify starts muted

PlanPremium CountryNetherlands DeviceDesktop PC Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueEvery time I start my pc, Spotify starts with it's sound muted. I have to manually go to spotify to unmute it which really starts to bother me

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  • Plan Premium   Country Netherlands    Device Desktop PC   Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue Every time I start my pc, Spotify starts with it's so...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution app wont work on windows 11

PlanPremiumCountryusaDevicewindows 11 pcOperating Systemwindows 11 My Question or Issuenearly everytime i open the app or it opens on startup, the app will randomly skip through a bunch of songs, eventually stop on 1 after about 5-10 seconds. and the...

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  • Plan Premium Country usa Device windows 11 pc Operating System windows 11   My Question or Issue nearly everytime i open the app or it opens on startup, the app will randomly skip thro...
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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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