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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
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2024-03-14 3:38:28 PM
a month ago
Rim4
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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
ReclaimerNo
Casual Listener
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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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[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 Artist names not showing up in local files

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have downloaded music on my computer that I listen to through Spotify. Some of the artist names show up in local files, but some of the artist names do no...

gay_communist
Visitor
Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have downloaded music on my computer that I listen to through Spotify. Some of...
2021-01-04 3:22:06 AM
3 weeks ago
osaru123
Visitor
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Desktop design reverted back to old

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueDesign revert out of nowhere. I have had the new design for the longest time and all of the sudden I get reverted back to the old design. Why is there no option for users to o...

carlosjc
Visitor
Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Design revert out of nowhere. I have had the new design for the longest time and all of the sudden I get r...
2021-01-06 9:28:59 PM
2021-01-08 4:08:23 AM
DasPeter
Community Legend
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Friend feed still not updating for Windows 10

PlanPremium (Family)CountryWales, United Kingdom DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 (x64) Spotify Version1.1.37.690.g8f3b16fc (Microsoft Store version) My Question or IssueHey, I've looked around the help boards but I haven't found a solution that ha...

olismith04
Newbie
Plan Premium (Family) Country Wales, United Kingdom Device PC Operating System Windows 10 (x64) Spotify Version 1.1.37.690.g8f3b16fc (Microsoft Store version) My Que...
2020-07-14 10:49:09 PM
2021-01-07 10:12:46 PM
helenacapriati
Music Fan
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4 likes
Friend Activity
Friend Activity Feed
Friend Feed

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Superuser Contribution todas las veces que inico spotify en mi windows 10 aparece el programa en bleep

hola tengo este problema desde el año pasado ya y hasta ahora nunca e encontrado una solución, todas las veces que prendo el pc e inicio el spotify me sale en **bleep** y o tengo que esperar 1 hora para que se muestre todo o tengo que abrir y cerrar ...

chamorro2617
Visitor
hola tengo este problema desde el año pasado ya y hasta ahora nunca e encontrado una solución, todas las veces que prendo el pc e inicio el spotify me sale en **bleep** y o tengo que esperar 1 hora p...
2021-01-06 5:22:41 PM
2021-01-07 5:59:40 PM
CarlosE
Moderator
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Desktop has a weird gap in the bottom

PlanPremiumCountryIndia DeviceLenovo G50Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueLook at the gap below, the app is maximized

user-removed
Visitor
Plan Premium Country India Device Lenovo G50 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Look at the gap below, the app is maximized
2021-01-02 12:32:13 AM
2021-01-07 5:25:19 PM
Alex
Spotify Legend
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23 replies
1 likes
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Windows

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't See Liked Songs / "Epic collection" Message

PlanFreeCountryUSDeviceLenovo LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have a seriously weird situation with my Liked Songs. I've had this issue for several months now; I believe it began sometime in April/May of 2020. Whenever I attemp...

omgmb
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country US Device Lenovo Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have a seriously weird situation with my Liked Songs. I've had this issue for several mon...
2021-01-04 6:17:52 PM
2021-01-07 1:39:58 PM
Jeremy
Spotify Legend
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Playlists not working

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue:Spotify playlists wouldn't update on my computer so I deleted spotify and I reinstalled it. Once I logged in all my playlists, and everything is empty saying, "This pla...

pa0lo0
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue: Spotify playlists wouldn't update on my computer so I deleted spotify and I reinstal...
2019-03-12 1:01:49 AM
2021-01-07 11:56:33 AM
Alex
Spotify Legend
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12 replies
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Superuser Contribution Spotify says it's connected to a different device

Today I was listening to music on my laptop and I wanted to switch to my phone. I clicked "connect to a device" and it connected to my phone.I was listening to music on my phone when I looked at my laptop screen where it said "listening on Galaxy Tab...

kathleentb
Visitor
Today I was listening to music on my laptop and I wanted to switch to my phone. I clicked "connect to a device" and it connected to my phone. I was listening to music on my phone when I looked at my...
2021-01-05 11:21:50 PM
2021-01-07 8:12:15 AM
Ivan
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Spotify takes 5 minutes to open in Windows 10

Spotify takes 5 minutes to open up on my computer. I am running Windows 10 on a desktop computer, I'm a US premium customer, and I already re-installed Spotify but it didn't fix the problem. This is totally unacceptable. I just want to listen to MUSI...

Appernov
Visitor
Spotify takes 5 minutes to open up on my computer. I am running Windows 10 on a desktop computer, I'm a US premium customer, and I already re-installed Spotify but it didn't fix the problem. This is ...
2021-01-04 1:51:33 AM
2021-01-06 11:33:22 AM
Ivan
Spotify Legend
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1 replies
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Superuser Contribution Problema en la reproducción por los anuncios publicitarios

PlanFreeCountryMexicoDevicePC (desktop)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHola, me gustaría reportar un error que se produce en la lista de reproducción cada vez que Spotify termina de mostrar un anuncio publicitario, especificamente un v...

Bellinger9
Music Fan
Plan Free Country Mexico Device PC (desktop) Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hola, me gustaría reportar un error que se produce en la lista de reproducción cada vez ...
2020-12-18 1:48:46 AM
2021-01-06 9:38:40 AM
Bellinger9
Music Fan
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Superuser Contribution Loop ads

Spotify is not allowing me to play any songs, it simply skips the song and plays non stop ads and commcericals one after another. Any ideas on how to fix this?

mollyozzy
Newbie
Spotify is not allowing me to play any songs, it simply skips the song and plays non stop ads and commcericals one after another. Any ideas on how to fix this?
2018-03-08 5:37:00 AM
2021-01-06 8:15:42 AM
Jeremy
Spotify Legend
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Backup and restore downloads

PlanPremium DeviceWindows Laptop, Windows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Laptop, Windows 10 PC My Question or IssueI have a large playlist downloaded on my laptop and i wanted to move it to my pc without having to redownload it again since i am data ca...

hemag
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Device Windows Laptop, Windows PC Operating System Windows 10 Laptop, Windows 10 PC My Question or Issue I have a large playlist downloaded on my laptop and i want...
2021-01-03 1:44:04 AM
2021-01-05 7:16:19 PM
CarlosE
Moderator
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3 replies
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Solved!! [Desktop][Connect] Be honest 2

How about to easy how to take out Spotify from Windows initialization process?I´ve tried and didn't find a way to do that...I do not want Spotify automatically starting !!!

Mol6
Regular
How about to easy how to take out Spotify from Windows initialization process? I´ve tried and didn't find a way to do that... I do not want Spotify automatically starting !!!
2021-01-03 11:32:22 PM
2021-01-05 4:49:36 PM
Luan
Spotify Star
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4 replies
0 likes
Connect
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Spotify Application damaged

Everytime i try to open spotify on windows 10. I keep getting this message after it opens. Spotify application is damaged, download spotify at (Spotify website). this is the only thing that pops up after it trys to open, any solutions?

Washynig
Regular
Everytime i try to open spotify on windows 10. I keep getting this message after it opens. Spotify application is damaged, download spotify at (Spotify website). this is the only thing that pops up a...
2018-01-26 4:53:06 PM
2021-01-05 4:46:52 AM
deaddlysouls
Visitor
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Spotify keeps pausing music after 30 seconds on pc

When i click play, after 10 seconds it just pauses and it keeps doing that

Lukerinzo
Visitor
When i click play, after 10 seconds it just pauses and it keeps doing that
2020-11-23 8:06:17 AM
2021-01-04 11:53:26 PM
CarlosE
Moderator
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2 replies
2 likes
Desktop

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Superuser Contribution Cannot view all Local Files in A-Z sort.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop - AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX with 64.0 GBOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro for Workstations build 19042.685My Question or Issue__ This issue appears to be a bug in how many files the Local Files view can d...

jasonvelocity
Music Fan
Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop - AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX with 64.0 GB Operating System Windows 10 Pro for Workstations build 19042.685 My Question or Issue __ ...
2020-12-29 3:41:01 PM
2021-01-04 2:08:48 PM
jasonvelocity
Music Fan
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bugreport
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LocalFiles

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution What is going on with Spotify?

PlanPremiumCountryJapan/USADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhat is going on with this update?There are a multitude of issues, one of them being that when I add a duplicate track, Spotify no longer warns me of it. Another issue ...

gh0stygh0stygh0
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Japan/USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue What is going on with this update? There are a multitude of issues, one of them being tha...
2021-01-03 3:52:19 AM
2021-01-04 12:54:41 PM
gh0stygh0stygh0
Casual Listener
458 Views
2 replies
1 likes

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Superuser Contribution Shuffle Broken

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWin 10My Question or Issuewhen playing from my liked songs sorted by artist it will randomly shuffle the queue i.e. i start in "C" and after two songs it jumps to "P" and then there is no sense of alphabetization

wmccune30
Newbie
Plan Premium Operating System Win 10 My Question or Issue when playing from my liked songs sorted by artist it will randomly shuffle the queue i.e. i start in "C" and after two songs it jumps to...
2021-01-03 1:16:50 AM
2021-01-04 9:56:57 AM
Alex
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution When I lower the Volume, it will slowly go up

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I lower the volume (to about like 5-10%) it will slowly go back up to full volume (Without the volume slider in the Spotify app moving). I've been dealing with it for a while and its gett...

Jackeross
Visitor
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I lower the volume (to about like 5-10%) it will slowly go back up to full volume (Without the volume slider in the Spo...
2020-12-27 9:03:22 AM
2021-01-04 9:23:18 AM
Ivan
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Application Not Responding

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceLenovo Lap TopOperating SystemWindows My Question or Issue Every time that I close my laptop and it goes into sleep mode, when I open up my laptop Spotify will not play any music or allow me to navigate to any other page. ...

AJ_Rusty
Newbie
Plan Premium Country USA Device Lenovo Lap Top Operating System Windows My Question or Issue Every time that I close my laptop and it goes into sleep mode, when I op...
2018-12-19 6:52:35 PM
2021-01-03 6:05:35 PM
Novy
Moderator
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