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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
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2024-03-14 3:38:28 PM
yesterday
LukaMatsunoki
Visitor
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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
a week ago
cour10e22
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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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Superuser Contribution My Homepage/Recently played has been bugged for a long time now.

PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueHi, I've been having this issue for a very long time now. Since my account was compromised like 2-3 months ago, my home page won't refresh. My 'Recently played' section ...

Bruno70
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Argentina Device PC Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Hi, I've been having this issue for a very long time now. Since my account was compromised li...
2021-04-23 7:23:13 PM
2021-04-25 1:49:59 AM
Bruno70
Casual Listener
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Desktop
home page bugged
interface bug
recently played bug
recently played bugged
spotify desktop

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Missing favourite songs in desktop and android app

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIn the spotify web player I've 500+ songs marked as favourite. But when I open my favourite library in the desktop or android app there are just about 30 songs in the lis...

Nightnix
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue In the spotify web player I've 500+ songs marked as favourite. But when I open my favourite li...
2021-04-23 9:02:39 PM
2021-04-24 11:12:30 PM
CarlosE
Moderator
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution What is the "browser" folder?

I found the "browser" folder in AppData\Local\Spotify and I just want to know what its purpose is.

DiamondMusic
Visitor
I found the "browser" folder in AppData\Local\Spotify and I just want to know what its purpose is.
2021-04-23 9:33:43 PM
2021-04-24 9:59:37 PM
Novy
Moderator
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Superuser Contribution Spotify UI Reverted

PlanPremium FamilyCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueToday I upgraded to the premium family plan. Everything works fine but it made the Spotify desktop app revert to the old UI. I tried restarting, re-signing in, uni...

LiamK
Visitor
Plan Premium Family Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Today I upgraded to the premium family plan. Everything works fine but it made the Spotify des...
2020-12-04 5:54:15 AM
2021-04-24 3:10:20 PM
Mihail
Spotify Legend
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11 replies
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1964 Views
11 replies
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Superuser Contribution Playlists/local/Amazon Echo

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceIphone X Operating SystemiOS 10, Windows 10, My Question or IssueHello, is it possible to play playlists of local files located on my desktop with Amazon Alexa/Echo? It seems that it's not possible? If I want to play an...

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Dace21
Visitor
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Iphone X Operating System iOS 10, Windows 10, My Question or Issue Hello, is it possible to play playlists of local files located on m...
2021-04-22 8:19:36 PM
2021-04-24 1:53:03 PM
Jeremy
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Scroll bar is very broken on a podcast

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWin 10 64 bit My Question or IssueScroll bar on the "Hello Internet" podcast is broken, If you scroll down to the bottom of the page it jumps up and down and bugs out. Gif of the bug. I have replicated...

Superbentley
Visitor
Plan Premium Country US Device Desktop Operating System Win 10 64 bit My Question or Issue Scroll bar on the "Hello Internet" podcast is broken, If you scroll down to the bot...
2020-04-28 10:27:55 AM
2021-04-24 1:47:12 PM
Jeremy
Spotify Legend
2295 Views
11 replies
15 likes

2295 Views
11 replies
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Superuser Contribution cant receive new design update

i deinstalled and reinstalled spotify for several times but i still dont have the new update. what am i doing wrong?

carlyo
Casual Listener
i deinstalled and reinstalled spotify for several times but i still dont have the new update. what am i doing wrong?
2021-04-22 8:55:22 PM
2021-04-24 9:53:27 AM
AeroZ
Composer
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Update
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[Desktop][Playlists] Custom Order and Date added removal of order ticker (ascending/descending)

Hey I just noticed on playlists there's no way to change the descending/ascending order in which songs appear in a playlist (specifically my starred playlist). Can we get the date added (oldest to newest) and date added (newest to oldest) feature bac...

foxworthy_43
Newbie
Hey I just noticed on playlists there's no way to change the descending/ascending order in which songs appear in a playlist (specifically my starred playlist). Can we get the date added (oldest to ne...
2021-04-24 3:30:37 AM
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Desktop
Playlists

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[Desktop][Playlists] Move your playlist

Ok, it doesn't seem like much, but all I want is for me to organize my playlists. As in, move the order of my playlists. I want my most listened playlist to be the front of the page and for all my other rarely listened to playlist to be in the back. ...

actualfangirl
Casual Listener
Ok, it doesn't seem like much, but all I want is for me to organize my playlists. As in, move the order of my playlists. I want my most listened playlist to be the front of the page and for all my ot...
2021-04-22 12:55:07 AM
2021-04-23 10:34:21 PM
actualfangirl
Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution Hard to locate Downloaded podcasts

PlanPremiumCountryTanzaniaDevice(PC)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueI downloaded random episodes from Joe Rogan and Conan O'Brien, and my problem now is to locate those episodes. So my problem is to locate those episodes easier rathe...

iRobby054
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Tanzania Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue I downloaded random episodes from Joe Rogan and Conan O'Brien, and my problem now is to l...
2021-04-22 11:30:34 AM
2021-04-23 11:47:47 AM
Mihail
Spotify Legend
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Downloaded Podcasts
podcast

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Superuser Contribution Windows 10: black screen

I upgraded to Windows 10 recently. When I now use Spotify, I get a black screen after a couple of minutes so that Windows isn't usable anymore. Just the taskbar, the start menu and shortcuts like Ctrl + Alt + Del are working. The black screen does no...

Chris1997
Newbie
I upgraded to Windows 10 recently. When I now use Spotify, I get a black screen after a couple of minutes so that Windows isn't usable anymore. Just the taskbar, the start menu and shortcuts like Ctr...
2015-08-09 4:16:13 PM
2021-04-23 10:35:40 AM
Jeremy
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Please bring back the ability to create a playlist by dragging an album into a folder

I use playlists because Spotify allows me to organize playlists into folders.I used to be able to drag an album name into a folder, creating a playlist (with the artist name and album name) within the folder. Now, I need to click on the three dots, c...

backsliding
Casual Listener
I use playlists because Spotify allows me to organize playlists into folders. I used to be able to drag an album name into a folder, creating a playlist (with the artist name and album name) withi...
2021-04-22 3:37:47 AM
2021-04-23 8:55:56 AM
Jeremy
Spotify Legend
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285 Views
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution No more play Local Files?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI used to be able to play my local files in Spotify so I can have all of my music from Spotify and my computer in one place. Now it's completely gone with this new UI ch...

easamisleh
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I used to be able to play my local files in Spotify so I can have all of my music from Spotif...
2021-04-22 1:47:24 AM
2021-04-23 8:50:21 AM
Jeremy
Spotify Legend
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Desktop
local files
Local files on Windows 10

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Superuser Contribution album artwork missing from now playing bar -- windows desktop

United states premium member. Spotify window desktop app, windows 10. My “now playing” bar at the bottom of the screen does not include album artwork, only the artist and song names. If I expand it to full screen the artwork is there on the full scre...

elizabethmj5
Newbie
United states premium member. Spotify window desktop app, windows 10. My “now playing” bar at the bottom of the screen does not include album artwork, only the artist and song names. I...
2021-04-21 9:19:00 PM
2021-04-22 9:46:58 PM
Eni
Moderator
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution remove playlist

PlanFreeCountryColombiaDevicePhone: Xiaomi A3/ PC: Windows 10Operating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueBorre algunas playlist de Spotify y aún así siguen apareciendome en inicio y en recomendados, pero solo sucede en mi computadora, no en mi ce...

user-removed
Visitor
Plan Free Country Colombia Device Phone: Xiaomi A3/ PC: Windows 10 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Borre algunas playlist de Spotify y aún así siguen aparecien...
2021-04-20 4:23:36 PM
2021-04-22 9:22:48 PM
Eni
Moderator
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Superuser Contribution Copy and paste songs (track IDs) into playlist (e.g. per shortcut)

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevice and Operating SystemLaptop and Windows 7My Question or IssueIt is not working for me to insert tracks with Strg+V anymore.As in spotify:track:76Je5Wklky23mVoxiRszcN for example. It is a shame because I used to create p...

SchwaSchlü
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Germany Device and Operating System Laptop and Windows 7 My Question or Issue It is not working for me to insert tracks with Strg+V anymore. As in spotify:track...
2021-04-21 7:45:42 PM
2021-04-22 8:50:37 PM
CarlosE
Moderator
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626 Views
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Superuser Contribution Playlist titles & descriptions not working properly with new March /April 2021 update

- Premium Plan USA- All windows desktop apps (I tested on 4 different computers), Windows 10 Got the new update last week, and instantly have a couple of big new issues:1. Display of longer playlist titles gets cut off (see screenshot)2. Playlist des...

RadioD-Ave
Regular
- Premium Plan USA - All windows desktop apps (I tested on 4 different computers), Windows 10 Got the new update last week, and instantly have a couple of big new issues: 1. Display of lon...
2021-04-12 7:54:52 PM
2021-04-22 8:39:21 PM
CarlosE
Moderator
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5 replies
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Superuser Contribution When autoplaying, clicking album art of current song no longer goes to the correct playlist.

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceLenovo LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAs has always been the case on both mobile and desktop, when autoplay starts after a playlist or album has finished, spotify will be playing from a "radio" bas...

dklfjglkdfjgdl
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Denmark Device Lenovo Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue As has always been the case on both mobile and desktop, when autoplay starts after ...
2021-04-01 7:35:33 PM
2021-04-22 12:13:45 PM
Jeremy
Spotify Legend
586 Views
9 replies
1 likes

586 Views
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Superuser Contribution Seen the songs in albums in artest view

Is it just me, or has the ability to see the songs inside a album gone without first clicking on it?I used to be able to go to a artist and scroll down. Listed in a nice way where all the albums by that artist with the songs (see screenshot). I cant ...

markdem
Casual Listener
Is it just me, or has the ability to see the songs inside a album gone without first clicking on it? I used to be able to go to a artist and scroll down. Listed in a nice way where all the...
2021-04-21 9:10:59 AM
2021-04-22 9:28:00 AM
Jeremy
Spotify Legend
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Problem with 2 acc in the same pc

PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHey, idk if is an "issue", but basically, when I access the account H (updated w the new UI) appears the new UI for me, and when I access the account J doesn't appear the new UI, and appears ...

nastylanguage
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hey, idk if is an "issue", but basically, when I access the account H (updated w the new UI) appears the new...
2021-04-21 3:30:22 AM
2021-04-22 8:38:55 AM
Jeremy
Spotify Legend
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