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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 Hidden settings on my PC (Windows 10)

DELL 2016. PCSpotify Premium.USA My Question or IssueWhere is the play queue on my PC now (2020)? No "play queue" button in the right hand corner (as suggested in HELP.

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  • DELL  2016.  PC Spotify  Premium.USA     My Question or Issue Where is the play queue on my PC now (2020)?  No "play queue" button in the right hand corner (as sugg...
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Superuser Contribution Problem with keyboard

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDeviceMSI PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi, I have a logitech keyboard that has "Play" "Stop" "Next" "Back" buttons, for a few days they don't work if spotify is in the background, but they only work if I'm i...

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  • Plan Premium Country Italy Device MSI PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi, I have a logitech keyboard that has "Play" "Stop" "Next" "Back" buttons, for a few days ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Wont Play Music (Win 10 PC HELP!)

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceHP DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo I just came off my Premium plan and after that music just stopped playing for me I turned off hardware acceleration, and uninstalled and reinstalled Spotify and logge...

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  • Plan Free Country USA Device HP Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue So I just came off my Premium plan and after that music just stopped playing for me I turned ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution I created a collaborative playlist. The collaborators can't collaborate

PlanMe: Premium FamilyCollaborators: Free Spotify accounts CountryMe: USCollaborators: UK DeviceAll of us: Windows PC Operating SystemAll of us: Win10 My Question or IssueI created a collaborative playlist. It appears in my Library/Playlists, accompa...

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  • Plan Me: Premium Family Collaborators: Free Spotify accounts   Country Me: US Collaborators: UK   Device All of us:  Windows PC   Operating System All of us: Win10 &n...
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Superuser Contribution Joe Rogan Podcast not providing sound or video

Plan FreeFree/PremiumCountry Device Lenovo Yoga 920(iPhone 8, SamsLung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System Windows10(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10Podcast shows playing, but no sound or video for Joe Rogan only. Everything else works a...

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  • Plan Free Free/Premium Country   Device Lenovo Yoga 920 (iPhone 8, SamsLung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System Windows10 (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10 Podca...
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Superuser Contribution Have premium but no fullscreen button

Im using my desktop and my spotify is up to date but my fullscreen button is gone. I have premium and it doesnt show up. When i listen to a podcast a seperate window for it pops up to fullscreen the video but nothing for music.

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  • Im using my desktop and my spotify is up to date but my fullscreen button is gone. I have premium and it doesnt show up. When i listen to a podcast a seperate window for it pops up to fullscreen the ...
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Superuser Contribution Problème lors du démarrage de Spotify

Abonnement :Gratuit Pays :France Appareil :Ordinateur portable Asus Système opérateur :Windows 10 Mon Problème :Mon application Spotify étant très lente à démarer (entre 5 et 20 minutes), j'ai décider de la désinstaller puis la réinstaller mais cette...

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  •   Abonnement : Gratuit   Pays : France   Appareil : Ordinateur portable Asus   Système opérateur : Windows 10                 &nbsp...
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Superuser Contribution Attempting to browse, filter, play from Local Files locks up the app.

I'm just trying to browse Spotify but even watching it whilst it's indexing my files causes the whole thing to leak memory and crash. Then once it finally loads even trying to search it causes the app to start chugging CPU power and all links to beco...

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  • I'm just trying to browse Spotify but even watching it whilst it's indexing my files causes the whole thing to leak memory and crash. Then once it finally loads even trying to search it causes the ap...
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Superuser Contribution Disable videos

PlanFree/PremiumCountryGermanyDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI would like to have the option to disable videos. I do not watch them, and from what I...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country Germany Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I woul...
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Liked Songs just disappeared

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10Type of Spotify AppThe one downloaded from the Spotify Website My Question or Issue2-3 Weeks ago I clicked on my "Liked Songs" page and it just said "Your liked songs will appear here" "...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Type of Spotify App The one downloaded from the Spotify Website   My Question or Issue 2-3 Weeks ago I clicked...
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Superuser Contribution Pasting song URIs not working

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceWindows computerOperating SystemWindows 10 I am using the desktop Spotify program downloaded from here: https://www.spotify.com/us/download/windows/b/ My Question or IssueI am trying to remove duplicates from a very large pla...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Windows computer Operating System Windows 10   I am using the desktop Spotify program downloaded from here: https://www.spotify.com/us/download/w...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify playing random songs

PlanPremiumCountryPortugalOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueToday Spotify started playing random songs on the desktop app, I thought the account had been compromised so I changed the password and forced log out on all devices.Once I logg...

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  • Plan Premium Country Portugal Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Today Spotify started playing random songs on the desktop app, I thought the account had been compromised...
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Superuser Contribution "New Desktop Experience" How to Find Clean Album Version

Last month I received the awful "New Desktop Experience" upgrade. Among the many missing or broken features, I am no longer able to find clean versions of albums. Previous versions of the desktop app you were able to find these by doing the following...

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  • Last month I received the awful "New Desktop Experience" upgrade.  Among the many missing or broken features, I am no longer able to find clean versions of albums.  Previous versions of the...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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  • Plan Free/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  
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Superuser Contribution Date show incomplete on podcasts, in app for windows 10

PlanPremiumCountry BrazilDeviceDesktop appOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I'm having trouble viewing the full date podcast episodes. The date appears incomplete, and I can only see the day and the month, the year appears incomplete, e...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Brazil Device Desktop app Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I'm having trouble viewing the full date podcast episodes. The date appear...
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Chrome is eating my Media Key inputs, cannot control Spotify using media keys

I'm on Windows 10. Normally, my media keys on my keyboard (e.g. play, pause, skip) control spotify just fine. But while I have Chrome open, these media keys do nothing to control spotify. When I press them, nothing happens. I've researched this issue...

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  • I'm on Windows 10.  Normally, my media keys on my keyboard (e.g. play, pause, skip) control spotify just fine.  But while I have Chrome open, these media keys do nothing to control spotify....
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[Desktop] Audio Device Selection for Podcasts DOES NOT WORK

I can listen to podcasts via spotify if they are played through my Alexa. I cannot listen to the audio if I play it through my varied audio output devices connected to my computer. This isn't a problem for music, only podcasts. I am thinking it has s...

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  • I can listen to podcasts via spotify if they are played through my Alexa. I cannot listen to the audio if I play it through my varied audio output devices connected to my computer. This isn't a probl...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify local files album art duplicating

Plan: Premium Country: Canada Device: ThinkPad x390 Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue:So I was using tagscanner to put album art on my local files, and when I loaded the files into spotify there was a problem: files with the same arti...

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  • Plan: Premium   Country: Canada   Device: ThinkPad x390   Operating System: Windows 10   My Question or Issue: So I was using tagscanner to put album ...
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Format of album links

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueI use the Spotify desktop app. When I copy an album link to the Windows clipboard, it used to have the format "spotify:album:(...)", so that using this link l...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue I use the Spotify desktop app. When I copy an album link to the Windows clipboard,...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify sound lowers with other sounds

I've had this issue for a little while now, it's not my control panel sound settings, all are set to no exclusive control, and no dimming of any kind. never found a spotify setting for this. communications is set to do nothing every time a person tal...

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  • I've had this issue for a little while now, it's not my control panel sound settings, all are set to no exclusive control, and no dimming of any kind. never found a spotify setting for this. communic...
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