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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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[Desktop][Connect] Connection to device

I purchased a new ThinkPad, and installed Spotify. I get no sound. When going to Connect to a Device icon and select "Listening on this Computer", still no sound. I've updated Windows on new device and uninstalled and installed Spotify. It sill plays...

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  • I purchased a new ThinkPad, and installed Spotify. I get no sound. When going to Connect to a Device icon and select "Listening on this Computer", still no sound. I've updated Windows on new device a...
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Superuser Contribution New update has friend listening activity not working

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States of AmericaDeviceHP Pavilion 24-a010 & Aspire 5 LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy laptop and desktop have been updated to the most recent Spotify app update. I tried following one of my friends and...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States of America Device HP Pavilion 24-a010 & Aspire 5 Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My laptop and desktop have been u...
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Superuser Contribution "Can't play the current song" - problem with continuous playback

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue My playback is stoping in random time. I recorded short video with the problem. This is not problem with connection (I have stable 100mbps). I tried TIDAL in...

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  •   Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   My playback is stoping in random time. I recorded short video with...
  • Alex
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Superuser Contribution No Search or Sorting in Playlist

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThere is no search bar inside of my playlist. I cannot sort my playlist after newest added, so I would have to scroll through my whole playlist to listen to the newest son...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue There is no search bar inside of my playlist. I cannot sort my playlist after newest ad...
  • Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution Artist/Album/Playlist tabs always return to top of list.

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceDell Latitude 7400Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I am in "Your Library" going through my artists/albums/playlists/podcasts the list always returns to the top upon using the back button. For example, I ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   Device Dell Latitude 7400 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I am in "Your Library" going through my artists/albums/playlists/podc...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify auto adding music to playlist

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceDesktopOperating SystemW10 My Question or IssueSongs I listened to through search or whatever other playlist the song is added to my main playlist without me doing anything. I listened to a post malone album the other da...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Desktop Operating System W10   My Question or Issue Songs I listened to through search or whatever other playlist the song is added to my main playli...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Since today, the app crashes randomly

PlanFreeCountryUnited Kingdom (VPN server in Italy)Device(PC)Operating System(Windows 10 64 Pro.) My Question or IssueHello. Since today the app crashes randomly. It happened listening to music, podcast and even navigating.

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  • Plan Free Country United Kingdom (VPN server in Italy) Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 10 64 Pro.)   My Question or Issue Hello. Since today the app crashes randomly. It happened...
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Superuser Contribution Please offer an opt-out for new UI experience

Hello, Please, can Spotify consider offering an opt-out to the new desktop UX experience. It is extremely triggering/overstimulating for many and is a change to a decade-long UX experience that many had become comfortable with. It also presents diffi...

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  • Hello,   Please, can Spotify consider offering an opt-out to the new desktop UX experience. It is extremely triggering/overstimulating for many and is a change to a decade-long UX experience t...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify pausing/resetting playlist whenever I lock my PC

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceThinkPad LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAs the title says, whenever I lock my screens at work, the current playlist will pause after a minute or so, and then reset to a random song in the playlist and a...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device ThinkPad Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue As the title says, whenever I lock my screens at work, the current playlist will pause...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Albums sorted incorrectly by date

PlanFree/PremiumCountrySpainDeviceDesktop/Mobile My Question or IssueHello:I have received the new UI and I have noticed little issues regarding the sorting of albums. I've noticed that, in some cases, after opening the full discography of the artist...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country Spain Device Desktop/Mobile   My Question or Issue Hello: I have received the new UI and I have noticed little issues regarding the sorting of albums. I've not...
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Superuser Contribution Sorting playlist by most recently added now breaks my flow

PlanFamily premiumCountryUSADeviceMSI laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 So, I sort my songs by most recently added. Up until the most recent update, it's been fine! For the most part, it's still fine. The only problem I've found is that, now, any full...

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  • Plan Family premium Country USA Device MSI laptop Operating System Windows 10   So, I sort my songs by most recently added. Up until the most recent update, it's been fine! For the most...
  • Alex
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Superuser Contribution Songs don't play on one account but they play on another account [DESKTOP]

PlanFreeCountryUnited Arab EmiratesDeviceLenovo LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello! I've had this spotify account for nearly 3 years and have been using the desktop app for 2 out of those 3 years. Until 3 months back, I could ...

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  • Plan Free Country United Arab Emirates Device Lenovo Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello! I've had this spotify account for nearly 3 years and have been u...
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Superuser Contribution Radio Stations maxing out at 50 songs, no longer auto discovery after.

Pretty much as long as I could remember... and this is going back years, creating a radio station from a song would auto discover, aka it would list 20+ songs, then at the end you'd see like a fade to next snapshot of songs. Since the recent update, ...

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  • Pretty much as long as I could remember... and this is going back years, creating a radio station from a song would auto discover, aka it would list 20+ songs, then at the end you'd see like a fade t...
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Superuser Contribution Artists and albums reappearing in recently played

In the previous Windows 10 desktop app (you know, the good one), there was an option to remove items from the 'Recently Played' list. I play a lot of snippets for work, without ever wanting to be reminded of them, so I remove quite a lot. The thing i...

  • Casual Listener
  • In the previous Windows 10 desktop app (you know, the good one), there was an option to remove items from the 'Recently Played' list. I play a lot of snippets for work, without ever wanting to be rem...
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Superuser Contribution Album track list now reversed

Album track list now reversed when sorting from newest to oldest in playlists. this started with the latest update. i have not experienced this problem before. Not much point of listening to albums on spotify if they are not in the correct order. Pla...

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  • Album track list now reversed when sorting from newest to oldest in playlists. this started with the latest update. i have not experienced this problem before. Not much point of listening to alb...
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Superuser Contribution Why the terrible updates?

This last update has broken so many classic features and workflows as well as blown up the interface that used to be compact and simple to use. I've been a paid member for a while, but my patience is near its end! With each update this app's UX becom...

  • Roadie
  • This last update has broken so many classic features and workflows as well as blown up the interface that used to be compact and simple to use. I've been a paid member for a while, but my patience is...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't Log in (auth:15)

PlanPremiumCountryRussiaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueI can't log in to my account due to an authentication (error:15)To solve this problem I tried the following solutions:1. Added spotify.exe to the windows Defender excl...

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  • Plan Premium Country Russia Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue I can't log in to my account due to an authentication (error:15) To solve this problem I t...
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Superuser Contribution Friends' Activity only showing Connect to Facebook or Add Facebook Friends

PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFriends' Activity is only showing Connect to Facebook or adding friends from Facebook. There is no option to actually see their activity, only to add them to follow on S...

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  • Plan Premium Country US   Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Friends' Activity is only showing Connect to Facebook or adding friends from Facebook....
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Superuser Contribution Error code 39

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueCant log in from my PC after have done a fresh install of windows. It shows me (pic) and ive tried looking on youtube and google around. nothing works so far, tried with d...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Cant log in from my PC after have done a fresh install of windows. It shows me (pic) and ive tr...
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