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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2024-03-14 3:38:28 PM
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ipanasenko
Newbie
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-06-26 8:42:18 AM
2 weeks ago
cour10e22
Regular
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-04-28 8:08:45 PM
2023-04-29 10:41:16 PM
MattSuda
Spotify Star
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5088 Views
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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...

Goodman
Spotify Legend
2013-09-17 11:47:47 AM
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Superuser Contribution My Spotify is not working

PlanpremiumCountryspainDevice Operating Systemwindows 7 My Question or IssueHi, this is my first time here. I just installed spotify in my windows. All my playlists appear empty, my songs, artists, albums, etc. And if I search a song it don't play an...

Galathbel
Regular
Plan premium Country spain Device Operating System windows 7 My Question or Issue Hi, this is my first time here. I just installed spotify in my windows. All my playlist...
2020-12-15 1:25:08 PM
2020-12-18 8:44:45 AM
Jeremy
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Spotify stays in foreground

My IssueWhen I ALT+Tab or click outside the Spotify window, it stays in foreground and doesn't go in background. The only workaround is to press the icon to minimize it (which technically isn't the same thing as making it go in the background). This ...

Vermat99
Music Fan
My Issue When I ALT+Tab or click outside the Spotify window, it stays in foreground and doesn't go in background. The only workaround is to press the icon to minimize it (which technically isn...
2020-11-07 12:51:43 AM
2020-12-18 8:08:02 AM
Jeremy
Spotify Legend
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Game Bar plugin won't log in.

PlanPremium FamilyCountryUSDeviceCustom built Windows 10 PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Updates 1903 My Question or IssueLogging into my Spotify account through the Windows 10 game bar widget on update 1903 doesn't work. Entering my account information...

ARobinson9
Newbie
Plan Premium Family Country US Device Custom built Windows 10 PC Operating System Windows 10 Updates 1903 My Question or Issue Logging into my Spotify account through the Windows 10 ...
2019-06-13 4:33:11 PM
2020-12-18 4:13:53 AM
RayTurn
Newbie
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4 replies
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Spotify 2020 Story Mobile only

Why on earth would you hide our year wrapped story behind a mobile platform requirement? Sharing the year statistics page is quite literally the only Spotify.com link I post on social media each year. This is the first year I haven't seen everyone el...

mjrbuzz
Newbie
Why on earth would you hide our year wrapped story behind a mobile platform requirement? Sharing the year statistics page is quite literally the only Spotify.com link I post on social media each year...
2020-12-18 2:03:35 AM
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Superuser Contribution Artists pages and Albums won't load

PlanPremiumCountryBrazil Operating SystemWindows 10

BaroonaVK
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Brazil Operating System Windows 10
2020-12-16 1:29:52 PM
2020-12-17 1:51:43 PM
Jeremy
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Issues with login, then recently played was cleared, can't see liked songs, albums, or artists.

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI was having some issues when playing music. Spotify would keep telling me I was offline. After playing a song it would stop after 2-3 seconds. This had already happened to...

FilippoVigani
Visitor
Plan Premium Country Italy Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I was having some issues when playing music. Spotify would keep telling me I was offline. After ...
2020-12-16 10:37:02 AM
2020-12-17 10:54:11 AM
Mihail
Spotify Legend
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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.

betsea62
Newbie
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...
2020-12-15 12:10:33 AM
2020-12-17 9:58:03 AM
Mihail
Spotify Legend
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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...

genncraft
Newbie
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 ...
2020-12-15 10:41:25 PM
2020-12-17 9:52:34 AM
Ivan
Spotify Legend
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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...

NotWeegee
Visitor
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 ...
2020-12-15 5:19:08 PM
2020-12-17 9:49:42 AM
Ver
Spotify Legend
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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...

Jthomas100
Regular
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...
2020-12-14 6:04:12 PM
2020-12-17 9:22:54 AM
Ivan
Spotify Legend
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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...

wwells13
Visitor
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...
2020-09-02 1:54:27 AM
2020-12-17 8:58:22 AM
Mihail
Spotify Legend
3512 Views
9 replies
5 likes

3512 Views
9 replies
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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.

TzApache
Visitor
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 ...
2020-12-14 12:23:46 PM
2020-12-16 3:35:45 PM
Alex
Spotify Legend
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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...

lildu27
Visitor
Abonnement : Gratuit Pays : France Appareil : Ordinateur portable Asus Système opérateur : Windows 10 &nbsp...
2019-08-07 4:21:02 PM
2020-12-16 10:30:48 AM
Alex
Spotify Legend
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2 replies
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3026 Views
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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...

Cosmo_Kane
Music Fan
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...
2020-12-15 1:41:39 AM
2020-12-16 10:01:14 AM
Ver
Spotify Legend
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1 replies
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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" "...

Duwisib
Visitor
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...
2020-12-14 7:31:32 PM
2020-12-16 9:46:06 AM
Ivan
Spotify Legend
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1 replies
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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...

Mctucker
Regular
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...
2020-12-13 10:48:44 AM
2020-12-16 9:26:11 AM
Mihail
Spotify Legend
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8 replies
0 likes

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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...

AryaWolf19
Visitor
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...
2020-12-14 10:29:53 AM
2020-12-16 8:59:00 AM
Ivan
Spotify Legend
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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...

kcwebbah
Regular
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...
2020-12-11 7:08:05 PM
2020-12-16 8:42:27 AM
Jeremy
Spotify Legend
953 Views
4 replies
2 likes

953 Views
4 replies
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Superuser Contribution Test topic

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

h1triage
Casual Listener
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
2020-12-11 12:58:22 PM
2020-12-15 11:04:12 PM
h1triage
Casual Listener
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3 replies
1 likes

657 Views
3 replies
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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...

pedrofumegallli
Casual Listener
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...
2019-02-13 1:53:19 PM
2020-12-15 10:12:47 PM
Eni
Moderator
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