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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 audio gets lowered whenever i change volume

Im on windows 11, and I wasn't sure if it's my iems dying on me or the app messing up my audio. My Spotify volume whenever i touch the volume slider whether its increasing or decreasing the volume, automatically get significantly quiet. It doesn't af...

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  • Im on windows 11, and I wasn't sure if it's my iems dying on me or the app messing up my audio.  My Spotify volume whenever i touch the volume slider whether its increasing or decreasing the vo...
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PC client does not remember previous volume setting after shutting down and turning on

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueIf my Spotify volume is 50%, and I increase it to 100% and then turn off my PC and turn it on again, Spotify will reopen with a volume of 50%. It seems to not store the vo...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue If my Spotify volume is 50%, and I increase it to 100% and then turn off my PC and turn it on a...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify broken, loads home but can't play

Suddenly the Windows desktop app is broken. First all songs turned gray. I restarted and the home page loads, I see my playlists, recommended stations, etc, but the library on the left is empty. Clicking a playlist from home (my own or recommended) s...

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  • Suddenly the Windows desktop app is broken. First all songs turned gray. I restarted and the home page loads, I see my playlists, recommended stations, etc, but the library on the left is empty. Clic...
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Superuser Contribution Massive Input Delay/Lag and Song Transition Lag

Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: Acer Nitro 5OS: Win 11The issue is as follows: Every time I use Spotify specifically on this Windows 11 laptop, I receive massive input delay and song transition lag. Let me elaborate further. When using playback cont...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: Acer Nitro 5 OS: Win 11 The issue is as follows: Every time I use Spotify specifically on this Windows 11 laptop, I receive massive input delay and song tra...
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What is Spotify doing with my mp4 files?

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhat is spotify doing with my mp4 files? I was trying to move some of them. Windows didn't allow. I checked with an unlocker app and saw that spotify was using one of the files...

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  •   Plan Premium Country   Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue What is spotify doing with my mp4 files? I was trying to move some of them. Windows d...
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Superuser Contribution Musicxmatch font size is too big

Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issue Hi guys, I'm really loving reading the lyrics while I listen to them, but the question is: why is the font so big? How can I resize it? And is it possible to have the full lyrics?

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  • Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue   Hi guys, I'm really loving reading the lyrics while I listen to them, but the question is: why is the font so big? How can I resi...
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Solved!! Can't see friends' listening activity

My Question or IssueI can't see any of my friends' activity and it kept saying "go to settings to enable my share my listening activity" which I did multiple times. I also uninstalled and reinstalled the app, restarted my computer, logged out and log...

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  • My Question or Issue I can't see any of my friends' activity and it kept saying "go to settings to enable my share my listening activity" which I did multiple times. I also uninstalled and reinstall...
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop Win11] Spotify keeps crashing my computer

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceIntel® Core™**bleep**NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Operating SystemWindows 11 Pro My Question or Issue[Very lengthy post but the subject is basically the TLDR] 02/28/2022For a couple of months now, Spotify has been freezing...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Intel® Core™**bleep** NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER   Operating System Windows 11 Pro   My Question or Issue [Very lengthy post but the subject i...
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Superuser Contribution Windows Log In Link, Web Player, and Support Site are all not working

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States of AmericaDeviceComputer DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueHello so I opened my spotify app on my windows desktop and it prompted me to relogin, so I clicked the login button. I then waited for the l...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States of America Device Computer Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello so I opened my spotify app on my windows desktop and it prompted ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution 2021 GUI Refresh [Friend Activity]

Plan PremiumCountry AustraliaDevice (Windows Desktop)Operating System (Windows 10 Pro) My Question or Issue Hi All, In the new update, a blue dot appears on the top right of the persons profile in the Friend Activity section of the application. See i...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device (Windows Desktop) Operating System (Windows 10 Pro)   My Question or Issue   Hi All,   In the new update, a blue dot appears on ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify changes audio level when playing in the background of other apps

PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDeviceDesktop (PC)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello, I hope I can explain my issue correctly: I have Spotify downloaded on my PC. The audio quality of Spotify changes, when the app is either minimized or in...

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  • Plan Premium Country Finland Device Desktop (PC) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello, I hope I can explain my issue correctly:   I have Spotify downloaded o...
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How do I clear the queue?

There is no clear queue option in the Desktop app or in the iOS app. I want to clear the queue with one click. Now I have to manually clear songs from the queue one by one. And often when I have cleared the queue, the songs automagically appears in t...

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  • There is no clear queue option in the Desktop app or in the iOS app. I want to clear the queue with one click. Now I have to manually clear songs from the queue one by one. And often when I have cle...
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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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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   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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Superuser Contribution High Ping , when my music change

Everytime my song finish, and another one start, my ping Go from 20-30 to 230-300… I already did a clean installation, reinstalled windowsw and other things, but nothing.

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  • Everytime my song finish, and another one start, my ping Go from 20-30 to 230-300… I already did a clean installation, reinstalled windowsw and other things, but nothing.
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Superuser Contribution Why aren't my bluetooth headphones playing the music that I am playing?

My headphones are connected to my laptop via bluetooth, I have tried many suggested solutions, including attempting to update the drivers, uninstalling the app, clearing the cache, reconnecting my headphones, removing them as a device then reconnecti...

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  • My headphones are connected to my laptop via bluetooth, I have tried many suggested solutions, including attempting to update the drivers, uninstalling the app, clearing the cache, reconnecting my he...
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Superuser Contribution “Download” filter of the Library is activated without being requested

Many times after suspending the computer, the Library appears filtered by “downloads only”. It is a nuisance because I have to remove the filter every time.

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  • Many times after suspending the computer, the Library appears filtered by “downloads only”. It is a nuisance because I have to remove the filter every time.
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The extra data on song links breaks the link preview in some apps

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceMacbook Pro M3Operating SystemMacOS Sequoia 15.1.1 When copying a song's link and pasting it into apps(Telegram has been tested), the preview doesn't work, but when I remove the part after the main song's link(in the exam...

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  • Plan Premium Country India Device Macbook Pro M3 Operating System MacOS Sequoia 15.1.1   When copying a song's link and pasting it into apps(Telegram has been tested), the preview doesn...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution app won't let me sign in, but i can sign into desktop

I had been using the app without issue. Suddenly I cannot sign into the app--it brings me to "Allow Spotify to connect to: Spotify for Desktop" and shows me my login name with a "Not you? option underneath and below that there's a button that says "C...

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  • I had been using the app without issue. Suddenly I cannot sign into the app--it brings me to "Allow Spotify to connect to: Spotify for Desktop" and shows me my login name with a "Not you? option unde...
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