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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 Play OPUS files on desktop app

I recently sorted a bunch of OPUS files into newly created Spotify playlists on my phone.Now, I wanted to play them on my PC using the desktop app. So, I imported all the files from my phone to my PC, but they don't appear in the 'Local Files' sectio...

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  • I recently sorted a bunch of OPUS files into newly created Spotify playlists on my phone. Now, I wanted to play them on my PC using the desktop app. So, I imported all the files from my phone to my ...
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Spotify Connection to Sonos Speakers fails - but not a Sonos Problem

Hello!In my case, my devices are displayed correctly in the spotify connect. But the connection fails!On the web player and my Iphone device it works. After reinstalling the application everything works once. After restarting, Spotify is again not ab...

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  • Hello! In my case, my devices are displayed correctly in the spotify connect. But the connection fails! On the web player and my Iphone device it works. After reinstalling the application everythin...
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Superuser Contribution Unable to login into desktop app

The other day, all of a sudden, on my Spotify Windows App, all the tracks turned grey, and the same song kept playing in a loop. I thought it was an Internet issue and changed my network, but no change. I logged out and tried to log back in, but it d...

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  • The other day, all of a sudden, on my Spotify Windows App, all the tracks turned grey, and the same song kept playing in a loop. I thought it was an Internet issue and changed my network, but no chan...
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Superuser Contribution Local files are only playing on the left headphone (Spotify app for Windows

Greetings. Songs on the Spotify site play fine on both sides of the headphones, but local .WAV files are only playing on the left side . . . no sound on the right side. These files play fine in stereo on both sides of the headphones using a different...

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  • Greetings. Songs on the Spotify site play fine on both sides of the headphones, but local .WAV files are only playing on the left side . . . no sound on the right side. These files play fine in ste...
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Superuser Contribution "Couldn't find that playlist" keeps happening when I click on the Daily Wellness playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceLaptop (CHROME)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to open the Daily Wellness podcast on the web player on Chrome, it keeps saying "Couldn't find that playlist.". It was working fine earlier this morn...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   Device Laptop (CHROME) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I try to open the Daily Wellness podcast on the web player on Chrome, it...
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Chrome: Webplayer broken? "something went wrong, reload page"

It's very weird, I was logged in on my Chrome Account, at first the play button in my playlist didn't work, so I've tied pressing F5 and clicking super fast the playbutton, but still nothing would play. So I assumed I should log out and log in again,...

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  • It's very weird, I was logged in on my Chrome Account, at first the play button in my playlist didn't work, so I've tied pressing F5 and clicking super fast the playbutton, but still nothing would pl...
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Superuser Contribution lyrics not auto scrolling

so im using the app on my laptop and have a premium subscription in case that matters. My issue is that when im trying to view any song lyrics, the lyrics dont auto scroll and sync to the song, im not pressing any lyrics or any other buttons, just th...

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  • so im using the app on my laptop and have a premium subscription in case that matters. My issue is that when im trying to view any song lyrics, the lyrics dont auto scroll and sync to the song, im no...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't login using email and password on Windows

I have tried to login to my Spotify account on Windows for the past few days using the email and password that always usually works however this time I get an error message saying:"Oops! Something went wrong, please try again or take a look at our he...

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  • I have tried to login to my Spotify account on Windows for the past few days using the email and password that always usually works however this time I get an error message saying: "Oops! Something ...
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Superuser Contribution "spotify can't play this right now" browser issue

Spotify just at random moments suddenly skips all the tracks to the end of the album/playlist and refuses to play anything doing this loop if tried to play from any place. 75 % of told fixes work only for desktop app, I use browser.No, I won't switch...

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  • Spotify just at random moments suddenly skips all the tracks to the end of the album/playlist and refuses to play anything doing this loop if tried to play from any place. 75 % of told fixes work onl...
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Superuser Contribution Prevent Spotify playing on another device than the one I am using

I do not want pressing "Play" on the Spotify Desktop app to ever start music playing on my phone. It's not even an intuitive best guess as to what should happen when I move between devices. I want control over this. I should be able to prevent this f...

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  • I do not want pressing "Play" on the Spotify Desktop app to ever start music playing on my phone. It's not even an intuitive best guess as to what should happen when I move between devices. I want co...
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"Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it."

PlanPremium CountryUSDeviceHP LaptopProcessor 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM)**bleep** 3.00 GHzInstalled RAM 8.00 GB (7.65 GB usable)System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor- Im using and audio interface (focusrite 3rd gen)Operating System...

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  •   Plan Premium  Country US Device HP Laptop Processor 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM)**bleep** 3.00 GHz Installed RAM 8.00 GB (7.65 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system, x64-b...
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Phone shows with "standard" name in my devices.

PlanPremiumCountryDeviceSamsung S20Operating SystemAndroid 12, recent updateMy Question or IssueHello all, Something has probably changed in latest Android12 update for S20, but it impacts Spotify. Maybe it's a permission, maybe it's something else. ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Device Samsung S20 Operating System Android 12, recent update My Question or Issue Hello all,   Something has probably changed in latest Android12 update for S20, ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify no reproduce mis canciones en PC

PlanPremiumCountryEcuador DeviceLaptop Windows 10Que tal amigo tengo un problema muy grande cuando entro a la APP de Spotify en mi laptop no me reproduce ninguna cancion sale como que si se estara reproduciendo pero no suena ya la reinstale , borre e...

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  • Plan Premium Country Ecuador   Device Laptop Windows 10 Que tal amigo tengo un problema muy grande cuando entro a la APP de Spotify en mi laptop no me reproduce ninguna cancion sale como ...
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Superuser Contribution Autoplay not working on Desktop

PlanPremium CountryGermany Operating SystemWindows 10 Pro Additional InfoIt works, when i start a track on my mobile phone.But when i start a track on my Desktop (to play on my mobile phone or on my desktop), it does not work...

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  • Plan Premium   Country Germany   Operating System Windows 10 Pro   Additional Info It works, when i start a track on my mobile phone. But when i start a track on my Desktop ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Glitching

PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueMy spotify keeps glitching whenever I use multiple apps, for example if I use "Blender" and a game or another app at the same time the songs will keep pausing randomly and I'll get an ...

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  •   Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue My spotify keeps glitching whenever I use multiple apps, for example if I use "Blender" and a game or an...
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Local files with same title and runtime won't appear

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice(ASUS TUF GAMING A17)Operating System(Windows 11 Home) My Question or IssueHello. My issue is that in the Windows app, local files that have the same title and runtime won't show up under local files, despite havi...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device (ASUS TUF GAMING A17) Operating System (Windows 11 Home)   My Question or Issue Hello. My issue is that in the Windows app, local files that h...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify can't play this right now

The windows spotify app will only let me play local files, if I switch the output device to digital audio instead of my headphones it works but I can't hear it, I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling and nothing worked

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  • The windows spotify app will only let me play local files, if I switch the output device to digital audio instead of my headphones it works but I can't hear it, I've tried uninstalling and reinstalli...
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Superuser Contribution Playlist sometimes plays out of order even though shuffle is not enabled

I have hit this issue several times-- If I am on my mobile device (iOS) and playing songs with shuffle enabled, occasionally the shuffle setting seems to bleed over to my desktop app. I will start a playlist (by clicking on the first song, not the "p...

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  • I have hit this issue several times-- If I am on my mobile device (iOS) and playing songs with shuffle enabled, occasionally the shuffle setting seems to bleed over to my desktop app. I will start a...
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Superuser Contribution Songs won't play songs off an album.

So, I'm trying to play an album. All the songs play perfectly fine... except for one song. One song on the album won't play, and when I press the song, it plays a completely different song. And when this different song plays, the repeat and shuffle b...

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  • So, I'm trying to play an album. All the songs play perfectly fine... except for one song. One song on the album won't play, and when I press the song, it plays a completely different song. And when ...
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