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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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Re: Autoplay not working

Tried it... didn't work out.Tried uninstalling and reinstalling... no success too.This only happens on my office PC. Home PC works just fine.

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  • Tried it... didn't work out. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling... no success too. This only happens on my office PC. Home PC works just fine.
  • Eni
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Superuser Contribution Skipping and immediately jumping into song results in wrong location

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10Spotify Version1.1.59.712.g54f36e5d-a My IssueI have stumpled upon this bug for some time now and decided to report it since I am able to make this happen every time I try.When I skip a song and press to jump in t...

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  • Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 Spotify Version 1.1.59.712.g54f36e5d-a   My Issue I have stumpled upon this bug for some time now and decided to report it since I am able to mak...
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Superuser Contribution Recently played page is not regularly updated

Hello.I don't know, but from today (not after updating) Spotify page 'Recently played) is not updated after playing new album, playlist, ETC.On web browser version this problem doesn't exist.Please, could You look on It?Thank You.Marco Oros(iOS 10, A...

  • Roadie
  • Hello. I don't know, but from today (not after updating) Spotify page 'Recently played) is not updated after playing new album, playlist, ETC. On web browser version this problem doesn't exist. Pl...
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Superuser Contribution Bitrate 160kpbs even with High Quality setting

PlanPremium FamilyCountryItalyDeviceHP laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 Running Spotify Win 10 app from CMD, and using the --show-console switch, I can see in the log that the quality is 160kbps, despite the Streaming Quality is set to "Very High" (s...

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  • Plan Premium Family Country Italy Device HP laptop Operating System Windows 10   Running Spotify Win 10 app from CMD, and using the --show-console switch, I can see in the log that the ...
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Superuser Contribution Podcast Shuffle Icon Desktop

PlanPremiumCountryAustralia Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIs there an easier way to un-shuffle podcast episodes without having to go into my music, play something, hit the shuffle icon to turn shuffle off, then go back to my podcast ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Australia   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Is there an easier way to un-shuffle podcast episodes without having to go into my music...
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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, ...

  • Roadie
  • 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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