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Windows Troubleshooting Guide

Having trouble with the Spotify desktop app? Here’s a step-by-step guide of general troubleshooting steps known to resolve a multitude of issues. Basic Troubleshooting: Restart the Spotify app as well as your PC. Make sure both the app and Windows ar...

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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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Superuser Contribution Unknown settings for Local Files

PlanPremiumCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIf I turn on Local Files in settings, I see a second toggle for each local source that doesn't have a label. What are these toggles for?

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Plan Premium Country USA Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue If I turn on Local Files in settings, I see a second toggle for each local source that doesn't have a label. W...

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Superuser Contribution spotify bugging out after few minutes

PlanPremiumCountryCzech Republic Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello, like a month ago I started to have multiple issues with my spotify dekstop apliccation and it has gone to point when I cant handle it no more.Everytime I run spoti...

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  Plan Premium Country Czech Republic   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello, like a month ago I started to have multiple issues with my spotify dekstop a...

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Superuser Contribution Home page not loading "Couldn't find that page" after the update

PlanFreeCountryRomania DeviceASUS A540LJ XX612DOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWell this started happening after the new UI update and I have no clue what caused it. Any ideas?P.S I already did a clean install of the app

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Plan Free Country Romania   Device ASUS A540LJ XX612D Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Well this started happening after the new UI update and I have no clue wh...

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Superuser Contribution Resetting older version

I wonder how I can reset my Spotify version to an older version. I have seen that that is not recommended, but I don't care. I want an older version since the newest version is full of bad features that altogether make a bad experience. Some examples...

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I wonder how I can reset my Spotify version to an older version.   I have seen that that is not recommended, but I don't care. I want an older version since the newest version is full of bad f...

Eni

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After the update, why have you removed the "Discovered in..." tab?

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 Those of us who work with playlists, it helped us a lot that in the profiles of the artists we have in our playlists, the tab "Discovered in X playlist" appeared. It was a very useful to...

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Plan Premium Country Spain Device Computer Operating System Windows 10   Those of us who work with playlists, it helped us a lot that in the profiles of the artists we have in our playl...

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Superuser Contribution Remove "Recommended" section that is at bottom of playlist

How can I remove the "Recommended" section that is shown at the bottom of playlists? This section makes it more difficult to go quickly to the songs that I added most recently to my playlist. Also, I'm simply never interested in your "recommendations...

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How can I remove the "Recommended" section that is shown at the bottom of playlists? This section makes it more difficult to go quickly to the songs that I added most recently to my playlist. Also, I...

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Superuser Contribution Local files disappeared in search section

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDevice(iPhone 11, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook 2019)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueIn the seach section the local files disappeared in the new spotify version. In the search secti...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device (iPhone 11, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook 2019) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue In the seach se...

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New Spotify desktop app April 2021

releasedate songs and albums are gonebandname under the songname is not goodto much air and empty spaceI would like Song - Bandname - Albumname - Time Why not rightclick on a song and you get releasedate?

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releasedate songs and albums are gone bandname under the songname is not good to much air and empty space I would like Song - Bandname - Albumname - Time   Why not rightclick on a song and ...

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Superuser Contribution Lyric feature is gone as of April 2021?

PlanPremiumCountryMalaysiaDeviceHP Desktop Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Just today I realize the lyric feature is gone in the new UI? Will anyone explain? Please refer photo attached.

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Plan Premium Country Malaysia Device HP Desktop   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Just today I realize the lyric feature is gone in the new UI? Wil...

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Superuser Contribution Recommended or searching not showing on some playlists

Hey yall. It shows on all my other playlists except for one. The one playlist is shared but I can edit all of it. The recommended section showed up pre update and is still there on mobile.

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Hey yall. It shows on all my other playlists except for one. The one playlist is shared but I can edit all of it. The recommended section showed up pre update and is still there on mobile. 

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How do I change the size of the interface? (and multiple other things)

PlanPremium Operating SystemAndroid/Windows (but surely ios is concerned too) My Question or IssueOn the windows app everything is bigger...way too big now I can't see much. I can't find the way to set font and everything smaller Every big update Spo...

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Plan Premium   Operating System Android/Windows (but surely ios is concerned too)   My Question or Issue On the windows app everything is bigger...way too big now I can't see much. I...

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Superuser Contribution For $120 a year the new desktop sucks. Please revert!

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  

Jeremy

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Show All Tracks of an Artist

Hey folk,since the new update (Windows) - I cant access all the songs by simply scrolling down. I hope that this is .. just a bug, or something? Usually I would just click on an artist, it would lead me to its page and I could see the list of all son...

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Hey folk, since the new update (Windows) - I cant access all the songs by simply scrolling down. I hope that this is .. just a bug, or something? Usually I would just click on an artist, it would le...

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[Desktop][Connect] BUG: Cannot Spotify Connect when playing Playlist Folder

When playing a Playlist Folder (in order to shuffle multiple playlists) Spotify Connect will not work. Works only if "This Computer" is selected as playback device. Attempt to select other device through Spotify Connect results in following error mes...

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When playing a Playlist Folder (in order to shuffle multiple playlists) Spotify Connect will not work.   Works only if "This Computer" is selected as playback device.   Attempt to selec...

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Superuser Contribution How do you add songs midway through a playlist?

PlanPremium DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 8 My Question or IssueWhenever I drag and drop a track to a playlist on the new desktop app, it reverts to the top of the playlist, regardless of where I was in the playlist previously. The only way to add ...

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Plan Premium   Device PC Operating System Windows 8   My Question or Issue Whenever I drag and drop a track to a playlist on the new desktop app, it reverts to the top of the playl...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Please give us back the "Artist" column

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm desperate for the return of the "Artist" column, separate from the song title. Not only is the artist very difficult to read, displaced almost half the size of the bolded ...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm desperate for the return of the "Artist" column, separate from the song title. Not only is...

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Superuser Contribution Lastest update reverted to only 50 songs in a queue and can't easily be resorted

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAfter an update a week or so ago, I can now only have 50 songs display in my queue (an issue that was fixed years ago), and I can't easily drag the songs to re...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue After an update a week or so ago, I can now only have 50 songs display in my queue ...

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Superuser Contribution A couple of things on the new update

PlanPremiumCountryuk Devicehp laptop Operating windows 10 My Question or IssueA few things that need fixing....... In full screen mode, countdown timer on the right does not count down. Remains staticAlso in full screen mode, only first artist is sho...

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Plan Premium Country uk   Device hp laptop      Operating  windows 10   My Question or Issue A few things that need fixing.......   In full screen mo...

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Superuser Contribution Add release date to album page

Windows 10 I dont see why the iOS app has this but not the desktop. would be pretty simple so add this at the bottom along with other metadata

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Windows 10     I dont see why the iOS app has this but not the desktop. would be pretty simple so add this at the bottom along with other metadata

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Superuser Contribution Scroll wheel no longer adjusts volume

>Windows 10Used to be able to hover over the volume bar and scroll to adjust volume. new update has taken this away

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>Windows 10 Used to be able to hover over the volume bar and scroll to adjust volume. new update has taken this away

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