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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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liliabern

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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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whatintheworldisthis

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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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MattSuda

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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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Ran a Spotify ad blocker and now Spotify does not work.

PlanFree/PremiumCountryAmericaOperating System(Windows 10.) My Question or IssueHi, as you may have read for my thumbnail, you must get the point already. So, when I ran the ad blocker, (this was like 3 months ago so I do not quite remember the ad bl...

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Plan Free/Premium Country America Operating System (Windows 10.)   My Question or Issue Hi, as you may have read for my thumbnail, you must get the point already. So, when I ran the ad b...

hysmickle

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Superuser Contribution Bug in "add to playlist" duplicate detection

I am quite happy that you finally brought back the warning about adding duplicates., however this feature is buggy. If I select two duplicates in an existing playlist and add only these two songs to a new playlist in the same step, no warning is show...

Roadie

I am quite happy that you finally brought back the warning about adding duplicates., however this feature is buggy. If I select two duplicates in an existing playlist and add only these two songs to ...

Eni

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify on windows 10 keeps playing random tracks after listening to anything for about 1 minute

PlanPremiumCountryRomaniaOperating SystemWindows 10 (not the windows store app) My Question or Issue This has happened after I listened to my "tastebreakers" playlist. Basically after i'm playing any song, after about 1 minute the track skips to anot...

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Plan Premium Country Romania Operating System Windows 10 (not the windows store app)   My Question or Issue  This has happened after I listened to my "tastebreakers" playlist. Basic...

Novy

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify friend activity forced open?

PlanFreeCountryU.S.ADeviceASUS Zenbook Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAs the subject says, yesterday my friend activity was forced open, and the usual ways of closing it (double clicking) don't close it. It covers a quarter of my scre...

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  Plan Free Country U.S.A Device ASUS Zenbook  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue As the subject says, yesterday my friend activity was forced open, and the ...

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Superuser Contribution CTRL-A only selects 100 songs

Plan- PremiumCountry- United States DeviceDell XPS 15 9560Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am attempting to copy all of the songs from my "Liked Songs" into a public playlist so that I can share my songs with friends and family. Howev...

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Plan - Premium Country - United States   Device Dell XPS 15 9560 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I am attempting to copy all of the songs from my "Liked Songs"...

Novy

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Superuser Contribution Add to queue

PlanPremiumCountry UKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueUsing the desktop app when I click add to queue nothing adds to queue.Works fine if I use the mobile app.

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Plan Premium Country  UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Using the desktop app when I click add to queue nothing adds to queue. Works fine if I use...

Novy

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Superuser Contribution Can't open or uninstall

Whenever I open Spotify on my Windows 10 computer I get an error that reads: "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\winmmbase.dll is either not designed to run on windows or it contains an error..." (see image attached) Attempting to uninstall Spotify does not work be...

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Whenever I open Spotify on my Windows 10 computer I get an error that reads:   "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\winmmbase.dll is either not designed to run on windows or it contains an error..." (see imag...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution Google login is not available with Windows Desktop application

PlanPremiumCountrySouth KoreaDeviceWindows 10 DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify just opened its service and I enrolled Premium membership. I downloaded app for my Android phone and signed up using my Google account. Today...

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Plan Premium Country South Korea Device Windows 10 Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Spotify just opened its service and I enrolled Premium membership....

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Spotify UI not loading properly

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceGigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 (r1.0)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently started issue of Spotify user interface not loading while offline. The application still works through the dropdown menu and loads normally ...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 (r1.0) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Recently started issue of Spotify user interface not loading while offlin...

CarlosE

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[Desktop] Fix Low Volume Issue

Using my computer, if I lower the volume via Windows, everything is fine - the volume simply gets lower. Doing a little research I found out that the volume change is digital, and will degrade your audio's bit depth.The first(left) clip is low volume...

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Using my computer, if I lower the volume via Windows, everything is fine - the volume simply gets lower. Doing a little research I found out that the volume change is digital, and will degrade y...

Drakorex

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[Desktop][Search] Desktop app's search feature has a problem

The search (the general search not the search inside playlists) feature often shows just the previous search's result no matter what is written. For example I searched for "The Heavy Short Change Hero" and as a result it gave me the song as it should...

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The search (the general search not the search inside playlists) feature often shows just the previous search's result no matter what is written. For example I searched for "The Heavy Short Change Her...

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Superuser Contribution Can't play current song

I keep getting "Can't play current song" all the time on Spotify. The song I'm currently listening to stops for some time, then resumes, then I get this again. This continues for forever. I found no fixes for this nowhere. It keeps getting really ann...

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I keep getting "Can't play current song" all the time on Spotify. The song I'm currently listening to stops for some time, then resumes, then I get this again. This continues for forever. I found no ...

Ver

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Superuser Contribution Cannot Mark Podcast Episodes as Played

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have the Windows 10 client for Spotify and I listen to podcasts while working on the computer. I know in the past I was able to mark specific episodes as played o...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have the Windows 10 client for Spotify and I listen to podcasts while working on the c...

Novy

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Superuser Contribution Media Keys no longer working if Spotify isn't the active window.

I have been using my media keys with Spotify in the background flawlessly for quite a while but suddenly they've stopped working. They only work with Spotify if I have Spotify as my active window (in the foreground). I have Google Chrome installed bu...

Casual Listener

I have been using my media keys with Spotify in the background flawlessly for quite a while but suddenly they've stopped working. They only work with Spotify if I have Spotify as my active window (in...

vektoa

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Startup

Windows Laptop.When I turn on my laptop, Spotify turns on.I made everything that I could to turn off startup, but it didn't help.Please help me to solve it :C

Visitor

Windows Laptop. When I turn on my laptop, Spotify turns on. I made everything that I could to turn off startup, but it didn't help. Please help me to solve it :C

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Spotiamp help

PlanPremiumCountryRomaniaDeviceWindows / Samsung S10eOperating SystemWindows / Android (latest) My Question or IssueI just love Spotiamp and can't ditch it for anything in the world right now. The fact that it is so sleek and light makes it incredibl...

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  Plan Premium Country Romania Device Windows / Samsung S10e Operating System Windows / Android (latest)   My Question or Issue I just love Spotiamp and can't ditch it for anythi...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution No sound via HDMI anymore

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceHP Elitebook x360 / Dell U2410 LCD monitor (with speakers) via HDMI connectedOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue:Since a few days (after one of the recent app updates?), Spotify does not play sound anymo...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device HP Elitebook x360 / Dell U2410 LCD monitor (with speakers) via HDMI connected Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue: Since a few da...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution USA Spotify Premium using Windows 10 on Dell tower won't play folders on Sonos speaker.

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

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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  

mwenz

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Superuser Contribution Annoying scrolling problem (Windows Version)

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDevice(PC)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issue:When using backbutton/backspace on my mouse, the previous page loads but scrolls automatic all the way to the bottom for no reason. This problem has been going on fo...

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Plan Premium Country Denmark Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue: When using backbutton/backspace on my mouse, the previous page loads but scrolls automati...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Duo Mix Playlist Bug

Spoiler (Highlight to read)PlanPremium DuoCountryTurkey DevicePC, iOS, AndroidOperating SystemWindows 10 Enterprise EditionPlanPremium DuoCountryTurkey DevicePC, iOS, AndroidOperating SystemWindows 10 Enterprise EditionMy Question or IssueSo as you k...

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Plan Premium Duo Country Turkey  Device PC, iOS, Android Operating System Windows 10 Enterprise Edition My Question or Issue So as you know, Duo Mix has three different playlists as se...

Alex

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