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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 Spotify Windows 10 "Made For You" library sections cut off

PlanPremiumCountryAustriaDeviceAcer Predator Helios 300Operating SystemWindows 10 20H2 (Build 19042.867)Spotify Build1.1.54.592.gc0b20638 My Question or IssueEvery time I open the "Made For You" library, a weird bug occurs. The "Uniquely Yours" secti...

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  • Plan Premium Country Austria Device Acer Predator Helios 300 Operating System Windows 10 20H2 (Build 19042.867) Spotify Build 1.1.54.592.gc0b20638   My Question or Issue Every time I...
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Superuser Contribution Songs, playlists gone & cant listen along to friends on discord

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDell G3 15Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI decided to clean up my laptop and deleted all my Spotify files thinking that if i reinstall Spotify it will be fine but when i did my songs and play list were missi...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device Dell G3 15 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I decided to clean up my laptop and deleted all my Spotify files thinking that if ...
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Superuser Contribution Every time I unpause a song, it plays but with no sound.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceHP Pavilion x360 Touchscreen 2-in-1Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIt seems as though after the last forced Windows 10 update, my Spotify app has been having a slight issue. When I first open the a...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States  Device HP Pavilion x360 Touchscreen 2-in-1 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue It seems as though after the last forced Windows ...
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Superuser Contribution Sorting by duration fails to correctly order songs of smilar length

I'm not certain as to whether this problem existed in the previous UI but I am currently using the most recent version of Spotify on Windows 10. When sorting a playlist by duration, songs that are of equivalent length will be shown in the playlist in...

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  •   I'm not certain as to whether this problem existed in the previous UI but I am currently using the most recent version of Spotify on Windows 10. When sorting a playlist by duration, songs that...
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Superuser Contribution Lagging and sluggishness when changing songs

PlanFreeCountryJordanDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello everybody , so my problem is in the windows 10 apps :when i press play for a song it might play but the time bar lags behind for 4 or 5 seconds , if i press next the pr...

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  • Plan Free Country Jordan Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello everybody , so my problem is in the windows 10 apps : when i press play for a song it might...
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Superuser Contribution Tracks missing from Liked songs playlist on Windows desktop software

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceDell G5 Laptop Operating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueAbout 2 weeks ago I noticed that about 60% of my liked songs tracks aren't showing on the windows desktop software. I have around 9000 tracks in my liked so...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device Dell G5 Laptop  Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue About 2 weeks ago I noticed that about 60% of my liked songs tracks aren't showing...
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Solved!! No Local Folder Being Shown

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify recently updated and now the "Local Files" folder has disappeared. The "Show Local Files" preference is enabled, but there is no folder with the local files show...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify recently updated and now the "Local Files" folder has disappeared.  The "Show Lo...
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Superuser Contribution (Windows) Ctrl-X broken in playlists

I see Ctrl-X is still part of the documentation, but it doesn't seem to work on the Windows client any longer. Would be really, really nice if this got fixed, because moving tracks around in a big playlist by dragging and dropping is a real hassle.

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  • I see Ctrl-X is still part of the documentation, but it doesn't seem to work on the Windows client any longer.   Would be really, really nice if this got fixed, because moving tracks around in...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't start continuous playback because button to display tracks in artist's discography is missing

PlanPremium FamilyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssuePreviously, it was possible to start playing artist's album's tracks one after another. When one album ended, the second in order would start playing automatically.This behavior...

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  • Plan Premium Family Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Previously, it was possible to start playing artist's album's tracks one after another. When one album ...
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Superuser Contribution I CANNOT get my songs to sync to my iPhone

Y’all I am DESPERATE here. I can’t get my local songs to sync to my iPhone and I’ve tried EVERYTHING. Cleared my cache, turned off my fire wall, downloaded the songs to play offline, checked local files were selected.... NOTHING WORKS. For some reaso...

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  • Y’all I am DESPERATE here. I can’t get my local songs to sync to my iPhone and I’ve tried EVERYTHING. Cleared my cache, turned off my fire wall, downloaded the songs to play offline, checked local fi...
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Superuser Contribution Keyboard media keys

PlanPremiumCountry Netherlands Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue The media keys on my Corsair K95 RGB Platinum don't work with Spotify when the app is not in focus. A Google search for a solution to this problem tells me to do something...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Netherlands   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   The media keys on my Corsair K95 RGB Platinum don't work with Spotify when the a...
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Superuser Contribution cant see following activity but instead ''connect to facebook''

PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDevicedesktopOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or IssueI can't see my friend activity tab on spotify!now before you say to just go to my settings and click ''see what your friends are playing'' it doesn't work. I...

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  • Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device desktop Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue I can't see my friend activity tab on spotify! now before you say to just go to ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Convert Spotify LDB File to Playlist

Hey everyone. is there a way to Convert a Playlist file from Spotify (LDB FILE) to a TXT file or convert it directly to a New Spotify Account?

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  • Hey everyone. is there a way to Convert a Playlist file from Spotify (LDB FILE) to a TXT file or convert it directly to a New Spotify Account?
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Desktop lagging heavily in online mode but not offline

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceAsus G15Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI got home from school and I wanted to listen to music only to discover that the Spotify application was lagging beyond all belief. I had used the application...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Asus G15 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I got home from school and I wanted to listen to music only to discover that the S...
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Superuser Contribution facebook login vs windows app

i don't have facebook account and how i can remove right panel "login to facebook" from windows app?

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  • i don't have facebook account and how i can remove right panel "login to facebook" from windows app?
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Solved!! Is the new Spotify Update still rolling out?

PlanPremiumCountryU.S.DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10, Website Download (not from microsoft store) My Question or IssueThe new Spotify update for desktop started rolling out almost a month ago and even after uninstalling/reinstalling, i have ...

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  • Plan Premium Country U.S. Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10, Website Download (not from microsoft store)   My Question or Issue The new Spotify update for desktop started roll...
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Superuser Contribution Is there a way to save a Playlist file out of the Files which inclueds all my Music?

Hey guys,I was part of a Spotify Family plan for over 3 years, now i have lost access to that account and with it i lost all my Playlists which is Frustrating.. i already made a New Spotify Account and bought premium and was searching for my Old Prof...

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  • ...ccount and bought premium and was searching for my Old Profil and was Hoping my Playlists where public.. well they where not.. Now my thoughts are that i still have the downloaded Media files and P...
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Superuser Contribution Home: Couldn't find that page. Oooops something went wrong. No content.

This started happening after the last update simultaneously on both Mac and PC. Android app is still fine.PlanFreeCountryUKDeviceMacBook Pro and Desktop PCOperating SystemOSX Mojava and Windows 10 My Question or IssueThe "Home" page of Spotify says "...

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  • This started happening after the last update simultaneously on both Mac and PC. Android app is still fine. Plan Free Country UK Device MacBook Pro and Desktop PC Operating System OSX Mojava a...
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Superuser Contribution Recently added songs at the top??

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWith the new update there is an option to sort by 'date added', but this puts the playlist go...

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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 With th...
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Solved!! Missing album name in author's Popular tracklist

PlanPremium FamilyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe album name is now missing in the author's Popular tracklist. Please upvote a Feature requesthttps://community.spotify.com/t5/Idea-Submissions/Desktop-Browse-Display-album-na...

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  • Plan Premium Family Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The album name is now missing in the author's Popular tracklist.     Please upvote a Fea...
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