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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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FAQ: Spotify for Windows 10 app

Hey folks, we've outlined some of the common questions you might have about the Windows 10 app now available. Please post in this board if you have any other questions. Q: Why can’t I see Spotify in the Windows 10 store? A: Spotify for Windows store ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't use the Spotify Desktop app.

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to log into my account using the PC software, it gives me "A Firewall may be blocking Spotify. Please update your firewall to allow Spotify. Additionally, you...

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  • Plan Free Country USA Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I try to log into my account using the PC software, it gives me "A Firewall may be block...
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Re: [Desktop] Spotify becomes unresponsive when using Search

Hi, Im not really sure how this works but i had a question n idk where to post it.my friend feed has glitched out, im not able to see it. I tried shutting the application, logging out n back in and even deleting and re downloading it on my laptop. Pl...

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  • Hi, Im not really sure how this works but i had a question n idk where to post it. my friend feed has glitched out, im not able to see it. I tried shutting the application, logging out n back in and...
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Superuser Contribution SPOTIFY STUCK, MUSIC STILL PLAYING AS I CLOSE THE APP

Greetings, i have always been able to use spotify without any problems and only when i made this 3 month premium did spotify start to cause me problems.... following problem: when i start typing something in the search bar of spotify, spotify hangs a...

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  • Greetings,   i have always been able to use spotify without any problems and only when i made this 3 month premium did spotify start to cause me problems.... following problem: when i start ty...
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Superuser Contribution Home page "Recently Played" not updating and cropped appearance

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe "Recently Played" section on my home page is not refreshing properly, and only displays two albums that I have listened to in the past several months, but ...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The "Recently Played" section on my home page is not refreshing properly, and only ...
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Superuser Contribution volume bar is no longer green (now it's grey) can't get sound at all

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceIntel - ThinkpadOperating SystemWindows 10I have been listening to Spotify on my work laptop (Windows 10) forever and then all of a sudden the volume bar is grey (not green) and no sound. I have uninstalled the app and reinsta...

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  • Plan Free Country USA Device Intel  - Thinkpad Operating System Windows 10 I have been listening to Spotify on my work laptop (Windows 10) forever and then all of a sudden the volume bar...
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Playback constantly cutting out

Spotify is cutting out several times during each song I play. The play sequence continues to play, but there is no audio for 1-3 seconds. Sometimes there is a short buzzing and distortion of audio before the cut.Other Spotify suggestions recommend en...

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  • Spotify is cutting out several times during each song I play. The play sequence continues to play, but there is no audio for 1-3 seconds. Sometimes there is a short buzzing and distortion of audio be...
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Solved!! Spotify app installation fails on Windows 10

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI got an error message saying I needed to update my Spotify app, so I tried downloading it from Spotify. It said I had a version from the Microsoft store so I needed to update it from there. So I thought...

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  • Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I got an error message saying I needed to update my Spotify app, so I tried downloading it from Spotify. It said I had a version from the M...
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Missing discography in desktop but, not xbox

PlanFreeCountryUSA DeviceWindows 10 laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My IssueI am unable to easily make a playlist from all songs from certain artists because the discography option is missing in the desktop version. I see the albums and I see popula...

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  •   Plan Free Country USA   Device Windows 10 laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Issue I am unable to easily make a playlist from all songs from certain artists because ...
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Superuser Contribution hard drive crashed

So my windows system drive crashed, but my files were all on other drives. My Spotify playlists have a mix of streamed music and local files I've collected over the years. I added the local folders and I can see that the files are there in local file...

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  • So my windows system drive crashed, but my files were all on other drives.  My Spotify playlists have a mix of streamed music and local files I've collected over the years.  I added the loc...
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Having more filter for liked titles playlist

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAfter many times spent on spotify, the list of liked songs became very large with lot of different kind of songs ( rock, ballads, punk, rap, pop, 80's, etc...). By now, I'...

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  • Plan Premium Country France Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue After many times spent on spotify, the list of liked songs became very large with lot of differ...
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Spotify lowering music volume when im in League of legends

PlanPremiumCountrySlovakiaDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueEvery time i select the league of legends window or im in game, spotify lowers volume, I didnt find anything in League settings and I tried the windows lowering ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Slovakia Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Every time i select the league of legends window or im in game, spotify lowers volume...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Local files

CountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10, 2004 My Question or IssueI have a large amount of mp3 files on my hard drive (> 90k) and have unticked the option to include/show them in Spotify.However, everytime I'm searching for an artist, it eas...

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  • Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10, 2004   My Question or Issue I have a large amount of mp3 files on my hard drive (> 90k) and have unticked the option to include/...
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Cannot Login to App via Facebook, can click button, but no response

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue The Spotify App booted me out of my account (can still use it via web), and now I can't even log in via the Facebook option. I would click on the "Log in with Facebook" butt...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   The Spotify App booted me out of my account (can still use it via web), and now I can't ev...
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Superuser Contribution Crash on search

PlanPremiumDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify crashes when I try to enter anything into the search bar (whether its one letter from the keyboard, or pasted in). I have already tried deleting cache, running as admin, r...

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  •   Plan Premium Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify crashes when I try to enter anything into the search bar (whether its one letter from the k...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify starts slow & searches slow

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi. This is a complaint and I would like a response from a staffer. I have the same issue as here: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Why-is-my-spotify-often-so...

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  •   Plan Premium Country   Device PC Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Hi.   This is a complaint and I would like a response from a staff...
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Superuser Contribution music quality when downloading to listen offline (Windows)

I would like to know in what kind of sound quality playlist downloads are offline in the program for Windows PC? and if there is an option to select the quality type of offline music?

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  • I would like to know in what kind of sound quality playlist downloads are offline in the program for Windows PC? and if there is an option to select the quality type of offline music?
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Superuser Contribution Playlist radio does not show liked songs

Issue in Windows Desktop playerWhen right-clicking on one of my own playlists and selecting "Go to Playlist Radio", the playlist for the radio show a mix of tracks that I have liked and unmarked tracks. For the tracks that I have already liked ealier...

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  • Issue in Windows Desktop player When right-clicking on one of my own playlists and selecting "Go to Playlist Radio", the playlist for the radio show a mix of tracks that I have liked and unmarked tr...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Overlay not showing when skipping songs

Hello whenever I am in Valorant and skip songs/pause songs the overlay on the top left doesn't show up however when I play in windowed fullscreen it shows up, it never use to do this. pls fix thanks

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  • Hello whenever I am in Valorant and skip songs/pause songs the overlay on the top left doesn't show up however when I play in windowed fullscreen it shows up, it never use to do this.   pls fi...
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Superuser Contribution Windows 10 disable auto startup

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10Version1.0.87.491.ge2a121fc (Windows Store version)My Question or IssueHi,Spotify keeps opening up on startup even though I have changed all the settings I can think of, help?Thanks!

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Version 1.0.87.491.ge2a121fc (Windows Store version) My Question or Issue Hi, Spotify keeps opening up on startup even th...
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Superuser Contribution Song in playlist Replaced

Plan : PremiumCountry: USAI'd put my OS/Device, but I'm seeing this on ALL devices. I had a playlist with a song, that has since been replaced - not gray'd out, but replaced. The song was "Aruarian Dance" by "Nujabes" - I can't see that song availabl...

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  • Plan : Premium Country: USA I'd put my OS/Device, but I'm seeing this on ALL devices.    I had a playlist with a song, that has since been replaced - not gray'd out, but replaced.&nbs...
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