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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...

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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 New version. Sort by date.

PlanPremiumCountryRussiaDeviceDekstopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello. Previously, in the old version on a personal computer, it was possible to sort by date, as it is now, but after the update it became inconvenient to sort the m...

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  • Plan Premium Country Russia Device Dekstop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello. Previously, in the old version on a personal computer, it was possible ...
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Superuser Contribution Local files unavailable after reinstall

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueEverytime I reinstall Spotify, about 50% of the local files I've added to some playlists become unavailable (grayed out) for no reason. The files haven't changed name or location....

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Everytime I reinstall Spotify, about 50% of the local files I've added to some playlists become unavailable...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Bring back playlist duplicate song

PlanPremiumCountryRO DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI saw a post from 2012 or so about duplicate songs in playlists and I saw that a mechanism was implemented so that a popup would appear if you tried to add a song already in ...

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  • Plan Premium Country RO   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I saw a post from 2012 or so about duplicate songs in playlists and I saw that a mecha...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How can I display songs that are not available?

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceNotebookOperating SystemWindows 8.1 My Question or Issue Hello, it was or maybe still is possible on Spotify to display songs in a playlist that are (currently) not available. These songs are grayed out and are not disp...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Notebook Operating System Windows 8.1   My Question or Issue   Hello,   it was or maybe still is possible on Spotify to display songs i...
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Recently Played not updating correctly

PlanFreeDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAfter the latest update the Recently Played section no longer updates correctly on the PC version of the app. The section only shows whatever it is that I'm currently listening to plus a ...

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  • Plan Free Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue After the latest update the Recently Played section no longer updates correctly on the PC version of the app. The s...
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Superuser Contribution Changing the local file location breaks the Artists "tab"

PlanPremium DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIf I change the storage location to a non-default folder, the Artists tab won't load.Changing it back to the default location makes it work as it should.The folder it is changed to wa...

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  • Plan Premium   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue If I change the storage location to a non-default folder, the Artists tab won't load. Changing it back ...
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Superuser Contribution Music stop playing after 10 seconds

PlanPremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueMusic stop after playing for a few seconds. I’ve have tried restarting the application, logging ou...

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  • Plan 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 Music stop a...
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Superuser Contribution Last item of context action menu playlist list is hidden when opened from current track on bottom

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DevicePC, fully maximized (non-fullscreen) window on 1080p display Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I right click the current track at the bottom left of the Spotify Desktop interface and attempt to ...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States   Device PC, fully maximized (non-fullscreen) window on 1080p display   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I right c...
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Superuser Contribution Local files always dissapear

PlanPremiumCountryGermany Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)Windows My Question or IssueYesterday I deleted Spotify, and made a new installation, because the local files di...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) Windows   My Question or I...
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Superuser Contribution Changes to UI needed immediately

Please make the following modifications to the UI for Windows. Give us the ability to turn off album art for each song in playlist Give us the ability to have a separate artist column rather than include artist info under song titlePlanFree/PremiumCo...

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  • Please make the following modifications to the UI for Windows. Give us the ability to turn off album art for each song in playlist   Give us the ability to have a separate artist column rather...
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Superuser Contribution Playlists are not viewed to me in My library

Hello.I have a problem. I can't view all playlists in 'Your library', but It shows in some menu at the top. I don't know, if It is due to many playlists, which I have added, but It sometimes show those playlists to me in My library. For explanation, ...

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  • Hello. I have a problem. I can't view all playlists in 'Your library', but It shows in some menu at the top. I don't know, if It is due to many playlists, which I have added, but It sometimes show t...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Doubleclicking on a playlist won't play a random song from it

Before the update I could play a random song from a playlist if I just doubleclicked it on the left panel (i highlighted it on my screenshot). After the UI update, that feature stopped working. Now if I doubleclick on a playlist, it will just pause t...

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  • Before the update I could play a random song from a playlist if I just doubleclicked it on the left panel (i highlighted it on my screenshot). After the UI update, that feature stopped working. Now i...
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Solved!! [Desktop][Friend Feed] I have no friends, how do I turn off the friends list?

The only topics I've found are gushing about how helpful the friends feed is, but I didn't ask for this option, it's currently opened to half of my app window and will not minimize nor turn off. Next time, when you're implementing a community driven ...

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  • The only topics I've found are gushing about how helpful the friends feed is, but I didn't ask for this option, it's currently opened to half of my app window and will not minimize nor turn off. &nb...
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[Desktop] Cannot opent open spotify

Hi, I created an empty playlist. Then (i think) i tried to queue it while listening and my spotify crashed. Now if I try to open spotify, spotify keeps saying (in vietnamese, because my UI is in vietnamese) " Something went wrongTry reloading the pag...

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  • Hi,   I created an empty playlist. Then (i think) i tried to queue it while listening and my spotify crashed. Now if I try to open spotify, spotify keeps saying (in vietnamese, because my UI i...
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Superuser Contribution Desktop App and Web Player not working

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDell Latitude 7300Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueNeither the desktop app or web player are loading for me. I have tried completely uninstalling the player and reinstalling from fresh exe files, and there is n...

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  •   Plan Premium Country UK Device Dell Latitude 7300 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Neither the desktop app or web player are loading for me.  I have trie...
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Superuser Contribution Can't move, rename or delete Windows folders while Spotify is running

PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDeviceDell NotebookOperating SystemWindows 10 I use Spotify on my Notebook, and since the last update, I can't rename, move or delete Windows folders while Spotify is running. I mean, not Spotify folders but Windows folders...

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  • Plan Premium Country Argentina Device Dell Notebook Operating System Windows 10   I use Spotify on my Notebook, and since the last update, I can't rename, move or delete Windows folders...
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Superuser Contribution Missing Features Artist Page

What happened to the artist page? I missSimilar artistsArtist infoDiscovered in playlistsetc.Spotify, what were you thinking with this update that has less and less of the features you are used to? I just want to understand it. The way I have discove...

  • Gig Goer
  • What happened to the artist page? I miss Similar artists Artist info Discovered in playlists etc. Spotify, what were you thinking with this update that has less and less of the features you ...
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Solved!! Spotify Windows 10 desktop app's theme became High Contrast

PlanFree/PremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10Version1.1.57.443.ga029a6c4 My Question or IssueIn Windows 10, I'm using a High Contrast theme, which kind of gives me a proper dark theme in every application.Spotify desktop client comes with a very...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Version 1.1.57.443.ga029a6c4   My Question or Issue In Windows 10, I'm using a High Contrast theme, which kind of gives me ...
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Superuser Contribution Pin "Local Files" playlist to Start

With the new update (Win10), the local files playlist is one click further away (it is hiding in the "Your Library" tab). Is there a way of pinning this playlist so it appears among the other playlists in the left pane?

  • Gig Goer
  • With the new update (Win10), the local files playlist is one click further away (it is hiding in the "Your Library" tab).   Is there a way of pinning this playlist so it appears among the othe...
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