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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 Hide song not working

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I today was accessing the radio of one of my playlists consisting of exclusively Mongolian artists, I quickly noticed that pretty much every song in there that was s...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I today was accessing the radio of one of my playlists consisting of exclusively Mongolia...
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Superuser Contribution Strange bar at the top

Hello how can I restore the old look of spotify, I recently had to reinstall spotify from scratch and I have this weird bar at the top. Is there any way to restore the tiles on the left side of the window? It looked more aesthetically pleasing and wa...

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  • Hello how can I restore the old look of spotify, I recently had to reinstall spotify from scratch and I have this weird bar at the top. Is there any way to restore the tiles on the left side of the w...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Instant "Spotify can't play this song right now" error.

As soon as I try to play any song on the Spotify Desktop App I get the error message. The songs do work if I use the Web Version though. I already tried cleaning out my host files, loging in and out, reinstalling the app and updating my drivers - not...

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  • As soon as I try to play any song on the Spotify Desktop App I get the error message. The songs do work if I use the Web Version though. I already tried cleaning out my host files, loging in and out,...
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web login stuck

PlanPremiumCountryIndonesiaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuejust a few days ago, my dekstop spotify just loged out it self, and when i start the spotify app, it told me to login and in the web, it told me to enter my email and p...

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  • Plan Premium Country Indonesia Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue just a few days ago, my dekstop spotify just loged out it self, and when i start the spotify...
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spotify can't play this right now

Spotify can't play this right now if you have the file on your computer you can import itdon't know how to fix on PC

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  • Spotify can't play this right now if you have the file on your computer you can import it don't know how to fix on PC
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Superuser Contribution Offline Error while Using Spotify Desktop App

PlanPremium BasicCountrySouth KoreaDeviceGalaxy Book 4 15.6"Operating SystemWindows 11 23H2 64x , Driver updates are all up to date My Question or IssueI was going to listen to music on Spotify, but it's offline. Check your Internet connection." When...

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  • Plan Premium Basic Country South Korea Device Galaxy Book 4 15.6" Operating System Windows 11 23H2 64x , Driver updates are all up to date   My Question or Issue I was going to li...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Running EXTREMELY Slowly

PlanPremiumCountryU.S.A.DeviceLaptop & Samsung S24 UltraOperating SystemWindows 10, Android 14 My Question or IssueI have the same issue with spotify on both devices. On my computer, Spotify runs EXTREMELY slowly, to the point that opening the softwa...

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  • Plan Premium Country U.S.A. Device Laptop & Samsung S24 Ultra Operating System Windows 10, Android 14   My Question or Issue I have the same issue with spotify on both devices. &n...
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Superuser Contribution Podcasts unplayable

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDell laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuepodcasts are unplayable. this problem has occurred in the past but is marked as resolved (which it currently is not) I am unable to play podcasts on mobile and deskt...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Dell laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue podcasts are unplayable. this problem has occurred in the past but is marked as res...
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Superuser Contribution Music pausing after 20-35 seconds each time after pressing play

PlanPremium Device(PC and iPhone 12)Operating System(Windows 11, iOS 15) My Question or IssueEvery time I press play on a song whether it's a single song, playlist, or artist song it pauses after 20-35 seconds. I've tried restarting the app, restarti...

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  • Plan Premium   Device (PC and iPhone 12) Operating System (Windows 11, iOS 15)   My Question or Issue Every time I press play on a song whether it's a single song, playlist, or art...
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So tired of hearing the same songs over and over

I'm getting more and more bored of Spotify. I feel like i've been hearing the same songs of my favorite artists in the daily mixes. I guess Spotify is more targeted towards people who listen to pop music. Pop music is more a market than an actual art...

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  • I'm getting more and more bored of Spotify. I feel like i've been hearing the same songs of my favorite artists in the daily mixes.   I guess Spotify is more targeted towards people who listen...
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Superuser Contribution Suddenly have poor audio quality on Spotify Desktop

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceHP Pavilion G6 (Purchased in 2012; HDD replaced with SSD a few years back)Intel(R) Core(TM) **bleep** GHz6.00 GB RAMOperating SystemWindows 10 HomeMy Question or IssueSpotify Desktop has suddenly started working rea...

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device HP Pavilion G6 (Purchased in 2012; HDD replaced with SSD a few years back) Intel(R) Core(TM) **bleep** GHz 6.00 GB RAM Operating System Windows 1...
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Superuser Contribution Re: [BUG] Spotify Home Page no loading

This issue is still apparent on 1.2.37.701.ge66eb7bc - my PC still wakes up from sleep randomly and it's caused by spotify.exe according to Windows Diagnostics power requests. Can someone please advise?

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  • This issue is still apparent on 1.2.37.701.ge66eb7bc - my PC still wakes up from sleep randomly and it's caused by spotify.exe according to Windows Diagnostics power requests. Can someone please advi...
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Superuser Contribution No warning shown for duplicate songs

PlanFreeCountry DeviceAsus LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 22H2 / Spotiy version: Windows (64 bit) Spotify1.2.37.701.ge66eb7bc My Question or IssueI reported this error about 2 years ago and the problem still persists. Spotify won't warn you if you ...

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  • Plan Free Country   Device Asus Laptop Operating System Windows 10 22H2 / Spotiy version: Windows (64 bit) Spotify 1.2.37.701.ge66eb7bc   My Question or Issue I reported this err...
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Superuser Contribution Windows volume up/down keys do not work when spotify has focus

On Win7 Pro 64-bit. They don't affect neither the Spotify volume nor the global Windows volume. (I'd prefer the latter, plz.)

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  • On Win7 Pro 64-bit.   They don't affect neither the Spotify volume nor the global Windows volume. (I'd prefer the latter, plz.)
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Solved!! No songs in any playlists (including public playlists)

PlanpremiumCountry UKDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue I am unable to play any songs in any playlist as they are simply not there. I've reinstalled, logged in and out countless times. I cannot play any songs in public pla...

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  • ...'ve reinstalled, logged in and out countless times. I cannot play any songs in public playlists and all my songs in my private playlists are gone (the only thing that shows up in my playlists are local f...
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Superuser Contribution Podcasts are a nightmare (multiple issues).

PlanFreeCountryUSADevicePC, browser / desktop My Question or IssueI'm having many, many problems with podcasts right now. Are there any settings I'm missing that can make the experience less of a nightmare? The problems are as follows:1. I cannot tur...

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  • Plan Free Country USA Device PC, browser / desktop   My Question or Issue I'm having many, many problems with podcasts right now. Are there any settings I'm missing that can make the exp...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Rare double click bug with playlist folders

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDell XPS desktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI've discovered an interesting bug/quirk when dealing with playlists inside playlist folders. Let's say you have a playlist folder. Inside that folder you have ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Dell XPS desktop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I've discovered an interesting bug/quirk when dealing with playlists inside playlist...
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Superuser Contribution Re: Songs going silent on desktop (web browser version)

Moderator edit: Asus x415 Operating System Windows 11 I've seen this exact issue talked about on the android app, but nothing on desktop. Whilst playing songs, the audio will randomly stop, whilst the bar below the pause button acts like the audio is...

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  • Moderator edit: Asus x415 Operating System Windows 11   I've seen this exact issue talked about on the android app, but nothing on desktop. Whilst playing songs, the audio will ran...
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Solved!! Spotify after purchasing premium not working :D

PlanPremiumCountryIndia DeviceMacBook ProOperating SystemMacOS My Question or IssueWhy Spotify doesn't work when I purchased the premium plan? It was working with free plan. I think that I should be happy with free one

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  • Plan Premium Country India   Device MacBook Pro Operating System MacOS   My Question or Issue Why Spotify doesn't work when I purchased the premium plan? It was working with free...
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