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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
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Rim4
Gig Goer
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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
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tunaman_jim
Music Fan
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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 Another Joe Rogan question

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueHi just signed up for Premium Duo so I could continue listening to JRE. I use an Ipod Classic to listen to my music and podcasts. I have never owned a smart phone nor...

eldivado
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Australia Device Desktop Operating System Windows My Question or Issue Hi just signed up for Premium Duo so I could continue listening to JRE. I use an Ipod Clas...
2020-12-20 10:13:30 PM
2020-12-23 8:09:08 AM
Jeremy
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution After desktop update, can't sort podcast episodes

Recently my desktop spotify got a fresh new look! I love it, accept I cannot for the life of me find where to sort the podcasts from old eps to new eps (rather than having new ones at the top of the feed because I have some backlog listening I'm doin...

garbageclown
Newbie
Recently my desktop spotify got a fresh new look! I love it, accept I cannot for the life of me find where to sort the podcasts from old eps to new eps (rather than having new ones at the top of the ...
2020-11-22 6:41:31 AM
2020-12-22 11:13:03 PM
CarlosE
Moderator
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Song length is different in control bar than in playlist

Operating SystemWindows 10 For example this song: https://open.spotify.com/track/3YwOh5FSxwhRnvO1yGduEi?si=K5P3ueiISRKYJ_Tt71cX_Q is 2:26 long when viewed from a playlist and when you actually play it, it shows up as 2:25. Maybe the playlist view and...

Sellis97
Music Fan
Operating System Windows 10 For example this song: https://open.spotify.com/track/3YwOh5FSxwhRnvO1yGduEi?si=K5P3ueiISRKYJ_Tt71cX_Q is 2:26 long when viewed from a playlist and...
2020-02-09 7:24:27 PM
2020-12-22 6:28:29 PM
u_a7elx-ydlbq
Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Pauses Music on Play

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAnytime I click on the play button the song doesn't start and Spotify attempts to play the next song in the playlist, then fails and pauses at 0:00 with an error messa...

SnowyLoli
Visitor
Plan Premium Country US Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Anytime I click on the play button the song doesn't start and Spotify attempts to play the ...
2020-12-21 5:29:13 PM
2020-12-22 6:01:49 PM
Eni
Moderator
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Sliding forward is impossible

PlanFreeCountry DeviceDesktopOperating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueSlide forward button (">") slides back and slide back button ("<") slides back in any Artist's Image Gallery

FingerSHAW
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country Device Desktop Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue Slide forward button (">") slides back and slide back button ("<") slides back in any...
2020-12-21 1:20:16 PM
2020-12-22 1:32:32 PM
Mihail
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Problem with local files.. again... and again

PlanPremium (but not for long at this rate)CountryFranceDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 (version 20H2) My Question or IssueI've a problem with local files (again). So a few weeks ago local files couldn't be detected, now I update the app t...

caquisse
Gig Goer
Plan Premium (but not for long at this rate) Country France Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 (version 20H2) My Question or Issue I've a problem with local files (again)....
2020-12-20 12:38:24 AM
2020-12-22 9:46:13 AM
Mihail
Spotify Legend
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3 replies
2 likes

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Superuser Contribution artist biography bug

PlanPremiumCountryNorway DeviceWorkstationOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueWhen you are in the bio too the artist and clik on the pictures to open the gallery, the navigating arrow witch is suppose to send you to the next picture is link...

Sebath
Visitor
Plan Premium Country Norway Device Workstation Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When you are in the bio too the artist and clik on the pictures to open the gallery, t...
2020-12-18 5:20:12 PM
2020-12-22 9:27:30 AM
Ivan
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Keeps playing the last playlist instead of the selected album

PlanFreeCountrySpainDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOnce I start playing any playlist "P", that's all I can play. If I go to an album "A" and click Play, "P" continues. If I click on the first (or any) song in "A" and click Pla...

garyglas
Music Fan
Plan Free Country Spain Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Once I start playing any playlist "P", that's all I can play. If I go to an album "A" and click Pla...
2020-12-21 6:48:02 AM
2020-12-22 9:14:58 AM
Jeremy
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Very slow to load

PlanPremiumCountrySpain DevicePC CPU I3 3.30GHz- 8 gbOperating SystemWindows 10 64 bits My Question or IssueHi, Spotify takes a long time to load (about 20mn) when I start windows, the other programs respond correctly. I have uninstalled spotify and ...

stonyx
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Spain Device PC CPU I3 3.30GHz- 8 gb Operating System Windows 10 64 bits My Question or Issue Hi, Spotify takes a long time to load (about 20mn) wh...
2020-12-18 4:06:22 PM
2020-12-22 8:23:45 AM
Ivan
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Problems with Cyrillic

PlanFree Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIn Favorite songs I have some songs which have names in Cyrillic (Russian, Ukrainian). For example, the song is called Облака. If I type in Filter exactly Облака, I can find it, but when I type ...

andrhmtvc
Newbie
Plan Free Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue In Favorite songs I have some songs which have names in Cyrillic (Russian, Ukrainian). For example, the song is called ...
2019-01-01 8:50:15 PM
2020-12-22 5:34:28 AM
gedonis
Music Fan
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Superuser Contribution How can I save playlists like My Top Songs 2020 to a file? Windows 10 laptop user.

How can I save playlists like My Top Songs 2020 etc to a readable file?I tried "request personal data" and read all the json files but these lists weren't there.I tried to select playlist of entries on it, control/A, copy/paste to word processor but ...

mohairpiano
Visitor
How can I save playlists like My Top Songs 2020 etc to a readable file? I tried "request personal data" and read all the json files but these lists weren't there. I tried to select playlist of...
2020-12-20 1:57:23 PM
2020-12-21 4:34:11 PM
Alex
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Missing Characters in Daily Mix Playlist Covers

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueNow that daily mixes are named after artists and not just numbers, any playlist named after a japanese artist (maybe other languages too, not sure) has missing characters in...

RhymesWithMash
Newbie
Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Now that daily mixes are named after artists and not just numbers, any playlist named afte...
2020-12-19 12:07:49 AM
2020-12-21 2:23:04 PM
Ver
Spotify Legend
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0 likes

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Superuser Contribution No more shuffle play

PlanPremiumCountryBelguimDevicePCOperating SystemLatest version of Windows My Question or IssueSo I've been using spotify for some time now, and I've never really had issues with it, until now.For some reason, the big green shuffle play button is jus...

Yartonator
Visitor
Plan Premium Country Belguim Device PC Operating System Latest version of Windows My Question or Issue So I've been using spotify for some time now, and I've never really had issues ...
2020-12-19 12:20:21 AM
2020-12-21 2:20:19 PM
Alex
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Personalized playlist covers do not appear on other users

Hello Spotify Community, i have created covers for all my public playlists myself. Nevertheless, I regularly get screenshots sent to me by friends and other artists where the personalized cover does not show up, but only the first four album covers. ...

Nagelsbaum
Music Fan
Hello Spotify Community, i have created covers for all my public playlists myself. Nevertheless, I regularly get screenshots sent to me by friends and other artists where the pers...
2020-12-19 11:41:38 PM
2020-12-21 1:51:34 PM
Ver
Spotify Legend
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Solved!! Can't open Spotify App on Windows 10

PlanPremiumCountryHong KongDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOn startup Spotify shows an error like this. I have tried reinstalling and it worked for 5 minutes. Then it went back to this error when i quit and reopened Spotify.

p45c41
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Hong Kong Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue On startup Spotify shows an error like this. I have tried reinstalling and it worked for 5 m...
2020-12-14 11:17:37 AM
2020-12-21 12:33:40 PM
OneByBoo
Roadie
780 Views
5 replies
1 likes

780 Views
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Superuser Contribution Unable to add local music files

Hello, Since a few days I can't add local music files to Spotify.I activated it in Spotify settings, but the local files playlist does not appear.Besides that the local files settings looks weird. I already tried uninstalling and reinstalling spotify...

user-removed
Visitor
Hello, Since a few days I can't add local music files to Spotify. I activated it in Spotify settings, but the local files playlist does not appear. Besides that the local files settings lo...
2020-12-19 7:33:28 PM
2020-12-21 10:59:25 AM
Ivan
Spotify Legend
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Other] Songs not playing

Almost every time a song begins to play it stops playing within the first 10 seconds and a notification pops up that the song is unable to be played. This is only happening on my computer and doesn't happen on my phone or anything else. Some songs pl...

hey_hey_its_pj
Casual Listener
Almost every time a song begins to play it stops playing within the first 10 seconds and a notification pops up that the song is unable to be played. This is only happening on my computer and doesn't...
2020-12-17 5:25:44 AM
2020-12-21 8:27:51 AM
Ivan
Spotify Legend
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Other

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1.1.47.684.g136419d9-a the -a is making my Spotify loose information - HELP ?

The update I have has a -a the end and I've lost the ability to see Top 5 Markets and other. Anyone know how to get the -a version off or how to make sure I can see on my laptop as I did before, feels like it's running the APP now, which is less deta...

NRD50
Visitor
The update I have has a -a the end and I've lost the ability to see Top 5 Markets and other. Anyone know how to get the -a version off or how to make sure I can see on my laptop as I did before, feel...
2020-12-21 7:36:32 AM
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Browse
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Superuser Contribution How to get beta app on PC? (Windows 10, from Microsoft Store)

PlanPremiumCountryRussiaOperating SystemWindows 10, Ver. 2004, Built 19041.572App version1.1.48.625.g1c87c7f7 (Microsoft Store version)My Question or IssueHow to be a beta tester and get the beta App on Microsoft Store?

entokolobok
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Russia Operating System Windows 10, Ver. 2004, Built 19041.572 App version 1.1.48.625.g1c87c7f7 (Microsoft Store version) My Question or Issue How to be a beta tester an...
2020-12-18 5:36:18 PM
2020-12-20 6:49:49 PM
Eni
Moderator
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1 replies
2 likes

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Superuser Contribution Embedded podcasts do not play

Hi, I’m having issues with embedding podcast episodes from Spotify to web pages using iframe today. Embedding seems to look okay, but the embedded content will not play. It seems effects both episodes I’ve embedded earlier (and used to work just fine...

Vindinho
Casual Listener
Hi, I’m having issues with embedding podcast episodes from Spotify to web pages using iframe today. Embedding seems to look okay, but the embedded content will not play. It seems ef...
2020-12-18 12:40:21 PM
2020-12-20 6:13:54 PM
CarlosE
Moderator
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