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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 Windows 10 UWP app vs web

How to make the album cover appear like in a web player in windows 10 uwp app? the playlist design looks like 10 years ago(

  • Casual Listener
  • How to make the album cover appear like in a web player in windows 10 uwp app?  the playlist design looks like 10 years ago(   
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Superuser Contribution Desktop App Keeps Refreshing Randomly to Main Menu

Operating SystemWindows 7 and XP My Question or IssueWhile using the desktop app player, what ever I am doing, like navigating into my playlists, searching music or whatnot, the app refreshes or reloads into the main menu. Its kind of annoying specia...

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  • Operating System Windows 7 and XP   My Question or Issue While using the desktop app player, what ever I am doing, like navigating into my playlists, searching music or whatnot, the app refr...
  • Alex
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[Desktop] Autoplay doesn't work

My autoplay function is activated, however my music keeps ending when the playlist is over. Please help!

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  • My autoplay function is activated, however my music keeps ending when the playlist is over. Please help!
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Windows 10] White bar at top when Maximised

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Home Version 10.0.18363 Build 18363 My Question or IssueI have had this issue for a long time now, and nothing on the older topics seems to have helped me. I have a white bat at the top when my w...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Home Version 10.0.18363 Build 18363   My Question or Issue I have had this issue for a long time now, and nothing o...
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Solved!! Media Keys Using Youtube and Not Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueStarting 2 days ago my Spotify hasn't actually been using my pause/play media key, instead it just pauses/plays youtube in chrome. I looked up solutions and nothing so far has...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Starting 2 days ago my Spotify hasn't actually been using my pause/play media key, instea...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify stays on top, toggling hardware acceleration only works for a while

Hi,I am using Spotify app on a PC running W10 and unfortunately it tends to stay on top whenever I try to switch to another opened application. This issue is apparently quite common as I found a couple of solutions online. The thing is solutions are ...

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  • Hi, I am using Spotify app on a PC running W10 and unfortunately it tends to stay on top whenever I try to switch to another opened application. This issue is apparently quite common as I found a co...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Deleted Spotify AppData - liked songs disappeared

PlanPremiumCountryRomaniaDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI deleted my Spotify AppData because it was eating a lot of space and I really needed it (around 10+ GB).My liked songs disappeared from the desktop app. I see I s...

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  • Plan Premium Country Romania Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I deleted my Spotify AppData because it was eating a lot of space and I really needed it (arou...
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Offline eventhough connected (error:4). Possible fix for VPN users!

So, recently I got my self a VPN so I can enjoy some more privacy and to enjoy some of the media that isn't available in my country. When I boot my PC up, Spotify works fine without the VPN and when I connect to the VPN, Spotify keeps working but as ...

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  • So, recently I got my self a VPN so I can enjoy some more privacy and to enjoy some of the media that isn't available in my country. When I boot my PC up, Spotify works fine without the VPN and when ...
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[Web Player] How Can I Disconnect My Mobile App from My Desktop Computer???????

Hi all - I can't find an answer to this anywhere on YouTube, search engines etc... I want to separate my Spotify, unlink my mobile app and desktop version. Whenever my phone is near my computer it's playing what is on my desktop. I don't want to shut...

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  • Hi all - I can't find an answer to this anywhere on YouTube, search engines etc... I want to separate my Spotify, unlink my mobile app and desktop version. Whenever my phone is near my computer it's ...
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Superuser Contribution Songs pause randomly on windows 10

Hello, I am a premium user using the windows 10 version of spotify. Lately, My music has been pausing randomly during any song, whether I have it downloaded or not. It isn't specific to my window size, fullscreen, or minimized. It happens all the tim...

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  • Hello, I am a premium user using the windows 10 version of spotify. Lately, My music has been pausing randomly during any song, whether I have it downloaded or not. It isn't specific to my window siz...
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Superuser Contribution Music stops playing when track automatically changes.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWindows laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I cast from my laptop to the built-in Chromecast on my Vizio tv it works fine until it automatically goes to the next track, then the timer and progress bar ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Windows laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I cast from my laptop to the built-in Chromecast on my Vizio tv it works fine unt...
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Windows Application Bug

CountryBangladeshDeviceDesktop ComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhat happens in my case is that, after a few minutes of being inactive in the desktop application, the application freezes but after waiting for a while or restarti...

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  • Country Bangladesh Device Desktop Computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue What happens in my case is that, after a few minutes of being inactive in the desktop applic...
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Solved!! new version 1.1.53.608 app desktop spotify

Hello What new features for app desktop spotify for version 1.1.53.608 ?

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  • Hello   What new features for app desktop spotify for version 1.1.53.608 ?    
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Spotify desktop app extremely buggy on launch.

Not the only person to have this issue, my friends who use the Spotify app from the Microsoft Store on PC also have this issue.When you try to launch Spotify it shows you the 3 dots on the upper left corner, and the Minimize, Restore and Close (X) bu...

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  • Not the only person to have this issue, my friends who use the Spotify app from the Microsoft Store on PC also have this issue. When you try to launch Spotify it shows you the 3 dots on the upper le...
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[Desktop][Playlists] My pc drive is filledI need to get rid of downloaded songs, How can I do this?

My pc drive is filled and I need to get rid of downloaded spotify songs from a playlist. How can I do this? Please help!

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  • My pc drive is filled and I need to get rid of downloaded spotify songs from a playlist. How can I do this?  Please help!
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[Desktop] diffrent ui

I dont get why but my spotify app from windows store looks like im listining to the web player version instead of the app i dont get why it looks diffrent than it used too

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  • I dont get why but my spotify app from windows store looks like im listining to the web player version instead of the app i dont get why it looks diffrent than it used too  
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Solved!! localState folder and localCache folder

I'm using heavily spotify, I realized that under: AppData\Local\Packages\SpotifyAB.SpotifyMusicthere are two folders localState and localCache and which sized 4GB and 6.50 GB. I downloaded 700 songs for offline usage and 600 songs from local folders....

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  • I'm using heavily spotify, I realized that under: AppData\Local\Packages\SpotifyAB.SpotifyMusic there are two folders  localState and localCache and which sized 4GB and 6.50 GB. I dow...
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Superuser Contribution Sync-problems with Windows and Android

PlanPremium CountryGermany DeviceDesktop PC, Samsung Galaxy A70 Operating SystemWindows 10, Android 10 My Question or IssueHello,first of all I want to excuse for my bad english ^^Now to my Issue:My problem is, that my Spotify App on my PC doesn't sy...

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  • Plan Premium   Country Germany   Device Desktop PC, Samsung Galaxy A70   Operating System Windows 10, Android 10   My Question or Issue Hello, first of all I want to...
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Superuser Contribution high-pitched sound in the background

hello I have a high-pitched noise that goes into the background on some music someone can help me plz

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  • hello I have a high-pitched noise that goes into the background on some music someone can help me plz  
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Random songs being played without me doing anything.

PlanPremium (Family)CountryUSADeviceSamsung Galaxy Note 9, Windows 10 PCOperating SystemOne UI 2 and Windows 10My Question or IssueSo I was playing a game of CS:GO and randomly my normal playlist switched to some random song that I've never even hear...

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  • Plan Premium (Family) Country USA Device Samsung Galaxy Note 9, Windows 10 PC Operating System One UI 2 and Windows 10 My Question or Issue So I was playing a game of CS:GO and randomly my n...
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