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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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FAQ: Spotify for Windows 10 app

Hey folks, we've outlined some of the common questions you might have about the Windows 10 app now available. Please post in this board if you have any other questions. Q: Why can’t I see Spotify in the Windows 10 store? A: Spotify for Windows store ...

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Superuser Contribution Request: Extend Blocked artists to songs they have collaborated on.

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWin10 My Question or IssueThe Artist blocking feature is quite useful in keeping stuff I never want to hear away from me, but there's a small crack in the wall - eg: I like old Queen music, the new stuff wi...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Win10   My Question or Issue The Artist blocking feature is quite useful in keeping stuff I never want to hear away from me, but ther...
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Superuser Contribution Windows Client does Automix altough i disabled it.

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueApperently there is a new cool function named "Automix" wich makes kinda smooth transitions in Playlists. Unfortunatly it makes skipping through Songs very ugly. So i disabled it. Now, for 5 Songs i can ...

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  •   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Apperently there is a new cool function named "Automix" wich makes kinda smooth transitions in Playlists. Unfortunatly it makes ski...
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Superuser Contribution Listen to podcasts offline in Windows 10 app

Hi, I was wondering if there was a way to listen to podcasts offline on the Windows 10 (PC) desktop app? Thanks in advance!

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  • Hi,  I was wondering if there was a way to listen to podcasts offline on the  Windows 10 (PC) desktop app?  Thanks in advance!
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Superuser Contribution Request! Clever feature to find songs (Desktop)

Can Spotify display album song art next to each song in a playlist? This would make it a lot easier to find songs. They already added this for mobile in Feb 2020 (link below, 3rd feature).https://newsroom.spotify.com/2020-02-27/3-icons-to-know-in-spo...

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  • Can Spotify display album song art next to each song in a playlist? This would make it a lot easier to find songs.   They already added this for mobile in Feb 2020 (link below, 3rd feature...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution "x" button shows in second screen

PlanPremiumCountryRussiaDeviceAcer Aspire 3Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have a second screen and when i use Spotify app in first (left) screen i see "close" button showing off in second screenDon't find in nervous, but it would be...

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  • Plan Premium Country Russia Device Acer Aspire 3 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have a second screen and when i use Spotify app in first (left) screen i see "clos...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify on Windows is skipping every song

PlanFamilyCountryGermanyDeviceWindows 10 Hi! Spotify on iOS and FireHD ist working well with my family plan. But on Windows it doesnt play anything. It is skipping every song. Even when I download an ablum it is skipping the songs. Offline-Mode: same...

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  • Plan Family Country Germany Device Windows 10   Hi! Spotify on iOS and FireHD ist working well with my family plan. But on Windows it doesnt play anything. It is skipping every song. Even...
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Superuser Contribution Play Buttons on playlist thumbnail or recently played on Spotify desktop do not work. (GIF Included)

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWhenever i click the play buttons on thumbnails of songs or playlists, nothing happens. See gif: https://gyazo.com/fd77d1c639a380778a7f12f13fe...

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  •   Plan Premium Country United States     Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Whenever i click the play buttons on thumb...
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Superuser Contribution Can't play song after connecting to another network

PlanPremiumCountrySwitzerland DeviceHP zBookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy notebook is normally connected to a Docking Station which is connected to the internet by wire. After disconnecting from the dockingstation the notebook aut...

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  • Plan Premium Country Switzerland   Device HP zBook Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My notebook is normally connected to a Docking Station which is connected to...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify blocked on PC and Phone

Plan PremiumCountryU.SSamsung Galaxy 9, Windows PCOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueBoth the Spotify app and website seem to be blocked from my pc and phone for some reason. The issue only occurs on my device...

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  • Plan  Premium Country U.S Samsung Galaxy 9, Windows PC Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Both the Spotify app and website seem to...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Skipping songs on windows desktop

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceCustom Built DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThis has been happening to me over several machines, but whenever I try to use the spotify app on windows 10, it starts just skipping through every song I tr...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device Custom Built Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue This has been happening to me over several machines, but whenever I try to use th...
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Superuser Contribution Tesla web player stuck in different country

My Spotify account country setting is Iceland and works fine. Logged in with my own Spotify account into the Tesla player however it thinks it's in Norway even though the car has been relocated to Iceland since August 2017. The Tesla/Spotify player s...

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  • My Spotify account country setting is Iceland and works fine. Logged in with my own Spotify account into the Tesla player however it thinks it's in Norway even though the car has been relocated to Ic...
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Solved!! Not able to change playlist covers

Hi, it is not possible anymore to change my playlist covers, do others also have this problem? The size and file type is correct. I get the return feedback 'Failed to save playlist changes. Please try again.'

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  • Hi,   it is not possible anymore to change my playlist covers, do others also have this problem? The size and file type is correct. I get the return feedback 'Failed to save playlist changes. ...
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Solved!! Where do Playlists locate ?

UnlimitedDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10Due to continuous slowness in starting and searching (minutes and minutes) I perhaps should remove and reinstall the app. But what will happen to my Playlists, are they physically stored on my laptop (wh...

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  • Unlimited Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 Due to continuous slowness in starting and searching (minutes and minutes) I perhaps should remove and reinstall the app. But what will happen...
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Solved!! Wrong song index selected on image click

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Bug FeedbackLet's say I have a playlist with 10 songs with static song indexes 1 to 10. Song index 1 will be shown at top and 10 at bottom.If I am playing the song with index 3(third from ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Bug Feedback Let's say I have a playlist with 10 songs with static song indexes 1 to 10. Song index 1 will be sho...
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Superuser Contribution [W10] Weird radio behavior

[Premium, United States, Desktop, Windows 10] When I select ‘Go to Song/Artist radio’ sometimes it generates a great station based on that specific song/artist, but it usually just generates a station that’s full of songs that I used to listen to tha...

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  • [Premium, United States, Desktop, Windows 10]   When I select ‘Go to Song/Artist radio’ sometimes it generates a great station based on that specific song/artist, but it usually just generates...
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Superuser Contribution Queue management is extremely unintuitive

I used to use Google Play Music, I switched over to Spotify because GPM is going away and YouTube Music is awful in comparison. I like Spotify overall, but I just cannot get over how unintuitive queue management is with Spotify.With GPM, I had a queu...

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  • I used to use Google Play Music, I switched over to Spotify because GPM is going away and YouTube Music is awful in comparison. I like Spotify overall, but I just cannot get over how unintuitive queu...
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Superuser Contribution Local Files don't play anymore

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Spotify doesn't play my local files anymore, some months ago it suddenly stops playing them. The software identifies the files but won't play them anymore (you click on play an...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brazil Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My Spotify doesn't play my local files anymore, some months ago it suddenly stops playing them. The softwar...
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Superuser Contribution After 10 months, Spotify Desktop for Windows 10 Pro still now working

Plan: PremiumCountry: United states DeviceRyzen x86 PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueI know a lot of fixes have happened in the last 10 months for the desktop application, however it is still not working for me. It at least starts...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: United states   Device Ryzen x86 PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue I know a lot of fixes have happened in the last 10 months for the ...
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Audio interface problem

PlanFree/PremiumCountryCanadaDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHey,Whenever I plug my headphones into my audio interface it says: Spotify can't play th...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country Canada Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Hey, W...
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