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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2024-03-14 3:38:28 PM
a week ago
ipanasenko
Newbie
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-06-26 8:42:18 AM
2 weeks ago
cour10e22
Regular
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268 replies
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72473 Views
268 replies
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-04-28 8:08:45 PM
2023-04-29 10:41:16 PM
MattSuda
Spotify Star
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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...

Goodman
Spotify Legend
2013-09-17 11:47:47 AM
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Mac
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The new playlist design is horrible and hard to read

Is it only me or does anyone else think this was a huge step back? Playlists are now so big and cluttered when they used to be nice and compact and easier to read. Also again all settings for playlist sorting have reseted. I will never understand why...

multi
Gig Goer
Is it only me or does anyone else think this was a huge step back? Playlists are now so big and cluttered when they used to be nice and compact and easier to read. Also again all settings fo...
2021-05-04 9:28:30 AM
2021-05-04 9:38:06 PM
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Gig Goer
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3 replies
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Superuser Contribution Friend activity not updating properly

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've noticed that the listening activity is not updating properly. I have it on 2 Windows laptops and one of them would show that a friend is currently listening to a song,...

foodie_love
Regular
Plan Premium Country Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've noticed that the listening activity is not updating properly. I have it on 2 Windows l...
2021-05-01 7:23:30 PM
2021-05-04 8:35:02 PM
Novy
Moderator
789 Views
16 replies
3 likes

789 Views
16 replies
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Superuser Contribution unable to select multiple albums like in previous version

with new UI you can't select multiple albums to send them to your playlistplease bring this useful option back

11183000366
Regular
with new UI you can't select multiple albums to send them to your playlist please bring this useful option back
2021-05-04 8:29:50 PM
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0 replies
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366 Views
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How can I get help from official spotify support?

My Question or IssueIs it only community support? Yersterday I have posted a topic with my issue and it is 0 comments below. How can i message to official spotify support which will 100% answer me?

prynslik
Casual Listener
My Question or Issue Is it only community support? Yersterday I have posted a topic with my issue and it is 0 comments below. How can i message to official spotify support which will 100% answer me?
2021-05-03 3:09:24 PM
2021-05-04 4:19:41 PM
Alex
Spotify Legend
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Problem with mute shortcut key and full volume shortcut key

None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanPremiumCountrySlovakiaDeviceDell InspironOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have a problem. I can't use after upda...

Noguri
Roadie
None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Premium Country Slovakia Device Dell Inspiron Operating System Wind...
2021-05-03 12:23:42 PM
2021-05-04 4:01:40 PM
Alex
Spotify Legend
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New spotify interface
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Superuser Contribution Error in the "Good morning" section

1. My playlist "Открытия (1)" I deleted 25.04.2021 (shown in the screenshot). 2. Today is 28.04.2021 after the Windows version is launched, I saw the update of the "Good morning" section.2.1 And there a remote playlist appeared "Открытия (1)" (shown ...

user-removed
Visitor
1. My playlist "Открытия (1)" I deleted 25.04.2021 (shown in the screenshot). 2. Today is 28.04.2021 after the Windows ver...
2021-04-28 4:49:14 PM
2021-05-04 3:58:14 PM
Ver
Spotify Legend
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7 replies
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Solved!! Playlist Double-click is Bugged: Album-Art-click Doesn't Show Current Song / Speaker Icon

PlanPremium FamilyCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10Desktop Version1.1.27.472.gf6574b97 My Question or IssueWhen double-clicking a playlist it correctly shows the small "Now Playing" speaker icon to the right of the playlist's name, but doe...

Bubba_Slash
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Family Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Desktop Version 1.1.27.472.gf6574b97 My Question or Issue When double-clicking a playlist it correctly shows t...
2020-03-10 10:07:45 PM
2021-05-04 9:09:45 AM
Wiikend
Regular
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5 replies
4 likes

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Cover art quality decrease

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktop PC Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWith the new desktop update, all album covers are now super-downsampled. They look horrible, like 240x240 quality postage stamps.I like to have the album covers o...

ChrisV_313
Regular
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue With the new desktop update, all album covers are now super-downsampled. They loo...
2021-04-25 8:26:02 AM
2021-05-04 4:57:11 AM
Billy-J
Spotify Star
797 Views
6 replies
1 likes

797 Views
6 replies
1 likes

[Desktop][Discover] Favorite Song Feature

I think there should be a feature where you can choose a favorite song. The point of this feature is to show the algorithm for finding music you like (such as Discover Weekly) what kind of music you are really looking for at the time. This will be es...

Abysu
Visitor
I think there should be a feature where you can choose a favorite song. The point of this feature is to show the algorithm for finding music you like (such as Discover Weekly) what kind of music you ...
2021-05-04 4:22:09 AM
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Superuser Contribution No audio after update

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceWindowsOperating SystemWindows 10Version 1.1.58.820.g2ae50076-a Spotify was updated today, may 2nd, and since there's no audio playback. The progress bar moves, but there's no audio. I checked the mute function in the ap...

lundbergj
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Windows Operating System Windows 10 Version 1.1.58.820.g2ae50076-a Spotify was updated today, may 2nd, and since there's no audio pl...
2021-05-02 10:00:14 PM
2021-05-03 11:34:12 PM
Novy
Moderator
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1 replies
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Everything is broken

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDell PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAt first the only problem was not being able to search or filter inside playlist. I'm not sure why you guys removed that feature but it was completely gone for me on the w...

sydneysweeney55
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Device Dell PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue At first the only problem was not being able to search or filter inside playlist. I'm not ...
2021-05-03 2:06:30 AM
2021-05-03 6:52:46 PM
Puyo
Regular
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1 replies
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Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps pausing

PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10, Android MIUI My Question or IssueSpotify keeps pausing sometimes. It doesnt happens everytime but when it happens it keeps pausing too many times. When i switch to offline mode or turn off mobile data/wifi it d...

warrenbarry
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10, Android MIUI My Question or Issue Spotify keeps pausing sometimes. It doesnt happens everytime but when it happens it keeps pausin...
2021-05-02 3:49:05 PM
2021-05-03 6:45:22 PM
Novy
Moderator
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3 replies
0 likes

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[Desktop] Bring back recently played's own page

Recently played is currently limited to 8 entries. In the previous version, recently played had its dedicated page where you could see the last 25 (?) artists/albums/playlists played and you were able to remove entries from this page.My request is to...

FireFishie
Casual Listener
Recently played is currently limited to 8 entries. In the previous version, recently played had its dedicated page where you could see the last 25 (?) artists/albums/playlists played and you w...
2021-04-16 4:23:15 PM
2021-05-03 5:59:33 PM
NaniAlves
Visitor
485 Views
2 replies
8 likes
Desktop

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution "open.spotify" links stopped working entirely

PlanFreeCountryCataloniaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Hello!So some weeks ago I came across an issue that's been driving me crazy since a while ago.I like sharing and receiving songs. The problem is that recently all open.spotify links are not w...

Crazychemist
Music Fan
Plan Free Country Catalonia Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Hello! So some weeks ago I came across an issue that's been driving me crazy since a while ago. I like sharing and ...
2021-04-20 11:42:28 PM
2021-05-02 7:21:55 PM
CarlosE
Moderator
22257 Views
9 replies
1 likes

22257 Views
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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...

Underbus
Casual Listener
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...
2021-04-10 4:02:34 PM
2021-05-02 11:08:29 AM
Underbus
Casual Listener
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2 replies
0 likes

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2 replies
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Spotify Recently Played Keeps resetting

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktop/AndroidOperating SystemWindows 10 & Android 11 My Question or IssueSo my recently played keeps resetting to numbers i listened to a long time ago and it resets when i shut off the device i used to listen with (web pla...

user-removed
Visitor
Plan Premium Country Device Desktop/Android Operating System Windows 10 & Android 11 My Question or Issue So my recently played keeps resetting to numbers i listened t...
2021-05-02 2:28:39 AM
2021-05-02 9:17:11 AM
AeroZ
Composer
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1 replies
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Latest windows app update is broken

Yesterday spotify was running fine but the update I got today seems to just crash the app after a few minutes of use. I've followed all the solutions in other threads but nothing worked. Please revert the latest update.

Matty01
Regular
Yesterday spotify was running fine but the update I got today seems to just crash the app after a few minutes of use. I've followed all the solutions in other threads but nothing worked. Please rever...
2021-04-30 6:13:57 PM
2021-05-02 1:29:43 AM
MauriceMV
Spotify Star
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Superuser Contribution Keeps changing from "This Computer" for audio, to "Listening on Web Player" - of which I cannot hear

My Question or IssueUsing my desktop computer, I can hear Spotify on "Listening on this computer", but after 5-10seconds, it jumps to "Listening On Web Player (Chrome)" of which I have no sound. I keep changing it back to "This computer", but it keep...

ellisbrenton
Newbie
My Question or Issue Using my desktop computer, I can hear Spotify on "Listening on this computer", but after 5-10seconds, it jumps to "Listening On Web Player (Chrome)" of which I have no sound. I ...
2021-04-30 7:04:36 AM
2021-05-01 11:20:39 AM
Xenia
Moderator
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When I click the history tab...

Hello dear friends, fellow developers. When I click the play history, this message pops up. Thank you.ps: warn me if I posted these posts in the wrong place

anancix
Casual Listener
Hello dear friends, fellow developers. When I click the play history, this message pops up. Thank you. ps: warn me if I posted these posts in the wrong place
2021-04-02 2:40:19 AM
2021-04-30 9:31:02 PM
MauriceMV
Spotify Star
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1 replies
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metal

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Do Spotify no longer want us to use their service? Windows Store Download not Downloading!

Windows Store Download not Downloading - says I am Offline when I am Online! (Just like Spotify did before I uninstalled it!)

AdrianPaul
Roadie
Windows Store Download not Downloading - says I am Offline when I am Online! (Just like Spotify did before I uninstalled it!)
2021-04-11 4:10:13 PM
2021-04-30 9:24:25 PM
MauriceMV
Spotify Star
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1 replies
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