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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 Spotify keeps automatically switching music to some playlist I've never listened to

PlanPremium (valid to 08.01.2020)CountryPolandDevice(PC, Huawei P30 Pro)Operating System(Windows 10, Android 11) Hello, From today I have a strange problem with Spotify on all devices (Desktop app, Web app, Mobile app). If I play music from my playli...

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  • Plan Premium (valid to 08.01.2020) Country Poland Device (PC, Huawei P30 Pro) Operating System (Windows 10, Android 11)   Hello,   From today I have a strange problem with Spotif...
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Superuser Contribution I can't stop Spotify

When I click pause inside of Spotify it only lasts for twenty seconds, then it un-pauses. Every. Time. It won't stop playing music. PlanDuoCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 (Version 10.0.18363 Build 18363) Spotify Version 1.1.46.916.g...

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  • When I click pause inside of Spotify it only lasts for twenty seconds, then it un-pauses. Every. Time. It won't stop playing music.     Plan Duo Country USA Device Desktop Operatin...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify will not autoplay

PlanFreeCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello,I am trying to listen to a new album, and it will not autoplay at all. A friend of mine, trying to listen to the same album ...

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  • Plan Free Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello, I am trying to listen to a new album, and...
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Superuser Contribution Windows 10, Spotify can't play this right now.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file..... etc. seen 200 posts on this already and I have tried everything there is on the face of planet except the one thing that may fix it. ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file..... etc. seen 200 posts on this already and I have tried everyt...
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Superuser Contribution Error 50 while install on windows 7

Ok, so I downloaded spotify to reinstall it, as it stopped working. First I got a windows error, that terminated the program. Then I couldn't uninstall it, as I got another windows error.Then I tried to download it and reinstall it, but I got error 5...

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  • Ok, so I downloaded spotify to reinstall it, as it stopped working.   First I got a windows error, that terminated the program. Then I couldn't uninstall it, as I got another windows error. T...
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Superuser Contribution Problem with Russian font - Проблема с русским шрифтом

Hi, names of Russian songs are shown with illegal characters. How I can resolve it?Названия песен отображаются в Spotify неправильным шрифтом и не читаются. Что делать? PlanFreeCountryRussiaDeviceDesktop PC Operating SystemWindows 10 x64 My Question ...

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  • Hi, names of Russian songs are shown with illegal characters. How I can resolve it? Названия песен отображаются в Spotify неправильным шрифтом и не читаются. Что делать?   Plan Free Country...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify crashes after few minutes playing on Windows 10 when cache is on a custom location

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceDell G5 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueMy Spotify is crashing unexpectedly with no error messages or popups when I changed the cache to a custom location. My default location is at C:\Users\Lucas\AppData...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Dell G5  Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue My Spotify is crashing unexpectedly with no error messages or popups w...
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Superuser Contribution Microsoft App Force Closing Itself

PlanStudent PremiumCountryUSADeviceLenovo Yoga C640Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy App keeps force closing itself, and I don't know how to make it stop. I have a US Student Premium account, and have had my Spotify Account since like...

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  • Plan Student Premium Country USA Device Lenovo Yoga C640 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My App keeps force closing itself, and I don't know how to make it stop.&nbs...
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Solved!! [Desktop] Artist "About" page photo scroll buttons not working

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10Version1.1.48.625.g1c87c7f7 My Question or IssueWhenever you go into the Artist's About page and enlarge one picture (by clicking on it), the previous and next buttons don't seem to change t...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Version 1.1.48.625.g1c87c7f7   My Question or Issue Whenever you go into the Artist's About page and enlarge one p...
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Very annoying UI window control bug

DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 ProI've been experiencing a weird bug with the window controls on the upper right corner (close, expand, minimize), where it'll randomly expand that section and starts to cover other parts of the application entirel...

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  • Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro I've been experiencing a weird bug with the window controls on the upper right corner (close, expand, minimize), where it'll randomly expand that sec...
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Superuser Contribution Don't want Turkish Music on my Browse tab

For a few weeks there are only Turkish Playlists,Turkish New Artsist etc. in my browse, overview, charts, new releases. I'm from Turkey but I don't want them entirely, I think its made because of my location but how could I disable Turkish stuff and ...

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  • For a few weeks there are only Turkish Playlists,Turkish New Artsist etc. in my browse, overview, charts, new releases.  I'm from Turkey but I don't want  them entirely, I think its made be...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Album art of current song disappeared on desktop player

So the most recent update jacked with a lot of key features. Among them was the album art display (and sizing) that was available for whatever song you were currently playing. See image for what's missing. These little functionality grabs are like sl...

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  • So the most recent update jacked with a lot of key features.  Among them was the album art display (and sizing) that was available for whatever song you were currently playing.   See imag...
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[Desktop][Connect] Do not remote pause when sleeping

Often I'll play music on my smartphone and remote control it from the Spotify client on my laptop. Then sometimes I want to close my laptop (putting it in sleep) and continue playback on my mobile. Problem is that the Spotify desktop client sends a p...

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  • Often I'll play music on my smartphone and remote control it from the Spotify client on my laptop. Then sometimes I want to close my laptop (putting it in sleep) and continue playback on my mobile. P...
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Superuser Contribution Windows app won't play to speaker, but webplayer will

I had been using the Spotify app on my computer without issue, but suddenly it won't connect to my Sonos speaker. It will only play through the cheesy laptop speakers. My android app connects to the speaker just fine, but then I am unable to control ...

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  • I had been using the Spotify app on my computer without issue, but suddenly it won't connect to my Sonos speaker. It will only play through the cheesy laptop speakers. My android app connects to the ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Why is everything on my account not working

PlanFreeDevice: pc desktopOperating system Windows 10 My Question or IssueEverything just doesnt work. I can't search up anything I can't play anything. All official spotify created playlist are just empty.can someone plz help me. I already tried rei...

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  •   Plan Free Device: pc desktop Operating system Windows 10   My Question or Issue Everything just doesnt work. I can't search up anything I can't play anything. All official spotify ...
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Superuser Contribution Trap music getting in release radar with wrong Tag!

PlanPremiumDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueDear Spotify how many years will it take to get a proper tag on my artist i actually want to listen on my ...

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  • Plan Premium Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Dear Spotify how many years w...
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Superuser Contribution Queue changes when filtering unplayed podcasts

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I filter the unplayed episodes of a podcast, it automatically puts them on my active queue. I would like to just browse my podcasts, to see if there is anything...

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I filter the unplayed episodes of a podcast, it automatically puts them on my...
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Superuser Contribution Song restarts randomly on Spotify connect

When using Spotify connect, the song randomly restarts. A typical use is this, but it does not always happen in the order listed. During the entire session I run ping towards spotify.com with stable 5 ms response time. Open Spotify on PC Windows 10 2...

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  • When using Spotify connect, the song randomly restarts. A typical use is this, but it does not always happen in the order listed. During the entire session I run ping towards spotify.com with stable ...
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ASCII characters in playlist descriptions

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I click on the playlist description it displays lots of ASCII codes that put it over the character limit. I can exit out without having to change anything, but if I...

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  • Plan Free Country USA Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I click on the playlist description it displays lots of ASCII codes that put it over the...
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Can no longer create radio stations

Plan:Family PremiumCountry:AustraliaOperating System:Windows 10 1809 October 2018 Update/ Spotify App from Microsoft StoreIssue:There is no 'Create New Station +' button in the Radio category in the desktop app. Furthermore, creating a playlist based...

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  • Plan: Family Premium Country: Australia Operating System: Windows 10 1809 October 2018 Update/ Spotify App from Microsoft Store Issue: There is no 'Create New Station +' button in the Radio ca...
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