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Solved!! 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 [Desktop] Bring Back Some Keyboard Shortcuts

PlanPremiumDeviceDESKTOPOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueI recently got the new design UI and I realized that the new desktop version doesn't support removing songs by doing Ctrl - X and it also doesn't support cutting and pasting songs li...

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  • Plan Premium Device DESKTOP Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue I recently got the new design UI and I realized that the new desktop version doesn't support removing songs by...
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Superuser Contribution Artist liked songs list...gone??

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe ability to click on your artists you follow in your library and listen/list your liked songs seems to be gone. I hope it is just buried somewhere in this update and I...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The ability to click on your artists you follow in your library and listen/list your liked son...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify can't load profile or play any non-downloaded song

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueSpotify is unable to play any music that isn't downloaded to the PC, nor is it able to load my profile with playlists after my reinstalls.I've tried restarting, logging out and bac...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Sweden Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify is unable to play any music that isn't downloaded to the PC, nor is it able to load my profile with...
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New Version

One of my friends has received the new version fo spotify which is 1.1.55.498.gf9a83c60-a. He downloaded spotify from the microsoft store and me either. However i don't have the new version like him. Instead i've got 1.1.55.498.gf9a83c60 (microsoft s...

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  • One of my friends has received the new version fo spotify which is 1.1.55.498.gf9a83c60-a. He downloaded spotify from the microsoft store and me either. However i don't have the new version like...
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Superuser Contribution My spotify keeps crashing! Help!

PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDeviceHP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-dk1xxxOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have been using spotify since 2019. I have spotify both on my phone and my laptop. Some while ago, Spotify started crashing on my iPhone...

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  • Plan Premium Country Turkey Device HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-dk1xxx Operating System Windows 10    My Question or Issue I have been using spotify since 2019. I have spotify bot...
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I play a song but no music can be heard

Plan: premium Israel Version: Windows, 1.1.55.498.gf9a83c60 Steps to reproduce: open up spotify press home recently played artists press play on one of them for example: MoxiFloxi Nothing happens but the play button turned to pause press MoxiFloxi an...

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  • Plan: premium Israel Version: Windows, 1.1.55.498.gf9a83c60 Steps to reproduce: open up spotify press home recently played artists press play on one of them for example: Mox...
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Superuser Contribution Skins - Where are they?

Why aren't there any official skins for this music player- something that's going to be on your desktop a lot. The gray is ugly.I've gone around this tiny problem by using methods to make the software semi-transparent, and even tried "spicetify".

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  • Why aren't there any official skins for this music player- something that's going to be on your desktop a lot. The gray is ugly. I've gone around this tiny problem by using methods to make the softw...
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[Desktop] Double Playing

Using the Windows application - I am currently listening to a podcast. I pause the podcast and start a playlist. When I start the playlist it plays both the podcast and the playlist. If I pause and play again it's always both the podcast and playlist...

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  • Using the Windows application - I am currently listening to a podcast. I pause the podcast and start a playlist. When I start the playlist it plays both the podcast and the playlist. If I pause and p...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify widget for albums is bugged for everyone

PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueThe Spotify widget for albums has a bug that makes it almost impossible to use. Every time I want to change the song from the album (it's especially noticeable when I am going through t...

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  • Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The Spotify widget for albums has a bug that makes it almost impossible to use. Every time I want to change the song fro...
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Home Shortcuts on windows app

Shortcuts on my windows app of Spotify never update. they are the same exact things for months now, starting to get really annoyed. Does anyone know how I can solve this?

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  • Shortcuts on my windows app of Spotify never update. they are the same exact things for months now, starting to get really annoyed. Does anyone know how I can solve this? 
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Songs play in wrong order

Hey, Since I got the new design on Spotify, which by the way I don't like at all, songs are played in the wrong order. For example, I'm playing song number 8 and as soon as the song ends, song 7 plays instead of song 9?! Should I listen to my playlis...

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  • Hey,   Since I got the new design on Spotify, which by the way I don't like at all, songs are played in the wrong order.   For example, I'm playing song number 8 and as soon as the song...
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artist I follow doesn't show.

PlanPremiumCountry Sweden My Question or Issue I have the issue that I am a music geek and I believe I use spotify in a way that few does. And I like to follow a vast amount of artists, and every week I see if there are new artists I don't follow, th...

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  •       Plan Premium Country  Sweden     My Question or Issue   I have the issue that I am a music geek and I believe I use spotify in a way that few does....
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Superuser Contribution Player de incorporação em site não funciona

Plan: PremiumCountry: BrazilDevice: iPhone XR, Edge, Chrome e WordpressOperating System: iOS 14 e Windows 10 My Question or IssueBom, eu tenho um podcast e alguns artigos em um site wordpress. Eu queria colocar o episodio do podcast pelo spotify pela...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: Brazil Device: iPhone XR, Edge, Chrome e Wordpress Operating System: iOS 14 e Windows 10   My Question or Issue Bom, eu tenho um podcast e alguns arti...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify immediately crashes when i open it

PlanFreeOperating SystemWindows 7My Question or Issueevery time i open the app on my pc it crashes immediately. i tried reinstalling it and downloading again. the web player doesn't work too. but the app works on my phone. any hints or tips on what e...

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  •   Plan Free Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue every time i open the app on my pc it crashes immediately. i tried reinstalling it and downloading again. the web player doesn't...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify app freezes on Windows 10

PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am using PC and listening to Spotify for few hours and all of a sudden last 3 seconds of the music a being replied all the time, the apps on pc barely work, can't shut down, only har...

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  • Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I am using PC and listening to Spotify for few hours and all of a sudden last 3 seconds of the music a being rep...
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Solved!! This content is not available

PlanPremiumCountryGeorgiaDevice(Windows 10 PC & iPhone X)Operating System(Windows 10, iOS 14.3)My Question or IssueI've read through a lot of these threads, the vast majority of the answers I've seen are that the artist likely removed the content, ho...

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  • Plan Premium Country Georgia Device (Windows 10 PC & iPhone X) Operating System (Windows 10, iOS 14.3) My Question or Issue I've read through a lot of these threads, the vast majority of...
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Superuser Contribution Volume Slider is buggy

PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyOperating SystemWindows 8.1 Pro When I move the volume slider it jumps back and forth. Even other users have opened a discussion about it just about a year ago and nothing's changed. Is there anything I can do about it?  My ve...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Turkey Operating System Windows 8.1 Pro   When I move the volume slider it jumps back and forth. Even other users have opened a discussion about it just about...
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Superuser Contribution Incorrect grammar in client

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceCustom PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen searching with a group of keywords which return no results, the client displays the following message "No results found for \"{{query}}\"Please make sur...

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  •   Plan Premium Country United States Device Custom PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When searching with a group of keywords which return no results, the clie...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution WORKAROUND FOUND: Mouse Back Button Shortcut Not Working

In previous versions, you were able to use the back and forward buttons on your mouse to go back and forth between pages, just like on an internet browser. Recent Spotify update broke this. If you have a mouse that can set customized key strokes for ...

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  • In previous versions, you were able to use the back and forward buttons on your mouse to go back and forth between pages, just like on an internet browser. Recent Spotify update broke this.   ...
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Solved!! I'm not receving the new desktop app update

PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am not receving the new update for the desktop app. I did reinstalled the app few times. Did even manually delete the files of spotify and reinstalled again and still didn't work. Can someo...

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  • Plan Premium   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I am not receving the new update for the desktop app. I did reinstalled the app few times. Did even manually delete ...
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