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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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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
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2023-06-26 8:42:18 AM
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cour10e22
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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
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2023-04-28 8:08:45 PM
2023-04-29 10:41:16 PM
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...

Goodman
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2013-09-17 11:47:47 AM
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Superuser Contribution Local Files don't play anymore

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Spotify doesn't play my local files anymore, some months ago it suddenly stops playing them. The software identifies the files but won't play them anymore (you click on play an...

ghlouredo
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Plan Premium Country Brazil Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My Spotify doesn't play my local files anymore, some months ago it suddenly stops playing them. The softwar...
2020-10-21 10:12:42 PM
2020-11-03 3:26:01 PM
Ver
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Superuser Contribution After 10 months, Spotify Desktop for Windows 10 Pro still now working

Plan: PremiumCountry: United states DeviceRyzen x86 PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueI know a lot of fixes have happened in the last 10 months for the desktop application, however it is still not working for me. It at least starts...

rfortman
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Plan: Premium Country: United states Device Ryzen x86 PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue I know a lot of fixes have happened in the last 10 months for the ...
2020-10-21 9:00:27 PM
2020-11-03 2:45:08 PM
Ver
Spotify Legend
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Audio interface problem

PlanFree/PremiumCountryCanadaDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHey,Whenever I plug my headphones into my audio interface it says: Spotify can't play th...

franki34
Casual Listener
Plan Free/Premium Country Canada Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Hey, W...
2020-11-01 9:14:58 AM
2020-11-03 2:35:38 PM
Sebasty
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Superuser Contribution Recently Played is bugged

I'm using Spotify desktop app on Windows 10 Pro v2004 . Even though other sections work perfectly, I can only see the first half of the "Recently Played" section on my screen.

BugraTheBest
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I'm using Spotify desktop app on Windows 10 Pro v2004 . Even though other sections work perfectly, I can only see the first half of the "Recently Played" section on my screen.
2020-10-19 11:47:07 AM
2020-11-03 1:26:05 PM
Ver
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution No es posible reproducir la cancion actual

PlanPremiumCountryVenezuelaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueTengo bastante tiempo siendo premium y recientemente tengo este problema, le doy a reproducir cualquier cancion y despues de unos segundos me sale un mensaje que dice que no es...

HernanG28
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Venezuela Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Tengo bastante tiempo siendo premium y recientemente tengo este problema, le doy a reproducir cualquier ...
2020-10-27 3:18:15 AM
2020-11-03 12:01:08 PM
Ivan
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Connect

PlanPremiumCountryPortugalDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 8.1Hello, i can't use spotify connect in the desktop app. If i am listening on my android phone or android TV, these devices won't appear on desktop app for some reason.They appear if i u...

reinaldofialho
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Plan Premium Country Portugal Device Desktop Operating System Windows 8.1 Hello, i can't use spotify connect in the desktop app. If i am listening on my android phone or android TV, these dev...
2020-10-17 11:06:02 AM
2020-11-03 11:51:39 AM
Ver
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Duplicate and badly sorted favorite albums

Hi all, I’ve got some issues with my Albums library on a few of the first albums I had marked as favorites. Please check here the video capture I’ve made (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TvrlLM6FOp87h8yVHaAOLiBOYdZoNy1B/view?usp=sharingOn sort by ar...

damleg
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Hi all, I’ve got some issues with my Albums library on a few of the first albums I had marked as favorites. Please check here the video capture I’ve made (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TvrlLM6FOp8...
2020-10-27 10:28:19 AM
2020-11-03 11:48:35 AM
Ivan
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Album library

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Superuser Contribution Spotify can only play songs that are on a playlist or that are saved

PlanPremiumCountryU.S.Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently my desktop Spotify app has been unable to play songs that aren't on a playlist or that aren't saved. If I restart or reinstall Spotify it works normally for a few hours, bu...

JonahCC
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Plan Premium Country U.S. Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Recently my desktop Spotify app has been unable to play songs that aren't on a playlist or that aren't saved....
2020-10-17 6:14:54 AM
2020-11-03 10:48:44 AM
Ver
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Superuser Contribution The deployment operation failed because the specified application needs to be registered first.

DeviceDell LatitudeOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueNormally when I start my laptop, Spotify starts automatically, however this morning the following error appears:C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\SpotifyAB.SpotifyMusic_1.144.538.0_x86_...

NoosArt
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Device Dell Latitude Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue Normally when I start my laptop, Spotify starts automatically, however this morning the following error appears:...
2020-10-16 8:11:00 AM
2020-11-03 10:19:58 AM
Ver
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Superuser Contribution Trouble with Spotify desktop application for Windows

Hi all, I play my music via Spotify desktop application for my windows laptop, via usb I connect my laptop to my Pioneer DDJ SR set (as a hub). I am able to play all music and sounds via this away, except via the Spotify application, the application ...

119076675
Casual Listener
Hi all, I play my music via Spotify desktop application for my windows laptop, via usb I connect my laptop to my Pioneer DDJ SR set (as a hub). I am able to play all music and sounds via thi...
2020-10-15 9:57:48 PM
2020-11-03 9:49:53 AM
Alex
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Superuser Contribution 100% Disk at Startup

PlanPremium CountryUSA Device(Desktop) Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issue:Every time I launch Spotify my computer is pretty much frozen for up to a minute. I have local files turned off (all my music is from Spotify). I opened the task...

efish15
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country USA Device (Desktop) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue: Every time I launch Spotify my computer is pretty much frozen fo...
2020-06-15 5:50:52 PM
2020-11-03 9:21:02 AM
Mihail
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Spotify opens Automatically!!

I have windows 10, and whenever I turn my computer on Spotify opens automatically. I already checked Advanced Settings. How can I disable that?

ilaydacan
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I have windows 10, and whenever I turn my computer on Spotify opens automatically. I already checked Advanced Settings. How can I disable that?
2020-11-01 8:48:52 AM
2020-11-03 5:25:10 AM
Billy-J
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution local files arent playing

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 I use local files a lot and about 2 weeks ago they just stopped playing out of nowhere. Whenever I try to play a local file I don't get any error messages but it the audio doesnt play and the song is stuck at 0:0...

weed_snorkeler
Regular
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 I use local files a lot and about 2 weeks ago they just stopped playing out of nowhere. Whenever I try to play a local file I don't get any error ...
2020-10-14 10:18:39 PM
2020-11-02 10:44:10 PM
weed_snorkeler
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Homepage is bugged

Premium plan/Windows 10 My Question or IssueA few of lists (recently played, new podcasts episodes, discover...) are bugged - the album covers are cut and then there is just a black screen. What did not help:- restarting PC, logging in/out;- clean re...

Anon230
Regular
Premium plan/ Windows 10 My Question or Issue A few of lists (recently played, new podcasts episodes, discover...) are bugged - the album covers are cut and then there is just a black scre...
2020-10-31 6:11:45 PM
2020-11-02 5:59:16 PM
Anon230
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Homepage
Recently Played
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Superuser Contribution RANDOM SONGS NOT IN MY PLAYLIST KEEP PLAYING

PlanFreeCountryROMANIADeviceSamsung Galaxy S9+Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI made a playlist with 6 songs as you can see in the picture. Spotify keeps playing random songs out of nowhere. The only songs I have liked are the songs in my...

KELZAR55
Visitor
Plan Free Country ROMANIA Device Samsung Galaxy S9+ Operating System Android My Question or Issue I made a playlist with 6 songs as you can see in the picture. Spotify keeps playing ...
2020-10-13 3:24:33 PM
2020-11-02 4:46:38 PM
Alex
Spotify Legend
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Premium Family: Firefox stopps after every track

Plan Premium FamilyCountry Germany Device Win 10 / Web Player / Firefox 82 Spotify stopps playing after every track in my tracklist.To continue, i have to klick on the next track & on play.How can I set Spotify to play continuously?

User242
Music Fan
Plan Premium Family Country Germany Device Win 10 / Web Player / Firefox 82 Spotify stopps playing after every track in my tracklist. To continue, i have to klick on the next ...
2020-11-02 4:27:41 PM
2020-11-02 4:37:38 PM
Billy-J
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Superuser Contribution Spotify taking up so much space I can't even use it.

PlanFreeCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueOkay, so, I decided to download Spotify so I can listen to music while playing games. I had 2GB left and I assumed it'd just be like, 200mb since it's mostly just streaming things (my pl...

robbieradiant
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Plan Free Country USA Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Okay, so, I decided to download Spotify so I can listen to music while playing games. I had 2GB left and I assumed it'd j...
2020-10-15 8:36:48 PM
2020-11-02 2:07:48 PM
Alex
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Superuser Contribution Spotify desktop app randomly freezing and not responding

PlanPremiumCountryCroatiaDevicePC DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueSpotify desktop app often freezes on my PC. While frozen, it will be in a not responding mode, but it will continue to play music, it will just have a non responsi...

Synthz0rz
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Croatia Device PC Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify desktop app often freezes on my PC. While frozen, it will be in a not responding mode,...
2020-10-23 3:44:20 PM
2020-11-02 1:55:37 PM
Ivan
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Reinstalls on Startup

I got Spotify premium and was stoked the first day I used it. But then I quickly learned that Spotify reinstalls everytime I restart my device, which I suppose means everytime I reopen Spotify. The reinstall doesn't even work properly, so then I have...

user-removed
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I got Spotify premium and was stoked the first day I used it. But then I quickly learned that Spotify reinstalls everytime I restart my device, which I suppose means everytime I reopen Spotif...
2020-10-15 4:20:30 PM
2020-11-02 12:59:30 PM
Alex
Spotify Legend
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[Desktop] How do I disable downloading of songs in Desktop application? Add an option please

1. Who knows how many songs I have tagged for downloading and how much space they would take up on my drive if downloaded to my local storage?2. It is impossible to disable the downloading of songs in Desktop App, don't know about other platforms but...

thedrummergus
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1. Who knows how many songs I have tagged for downloading and how much space they would take up on my drive if downloaded to my local storage? 2. It is impossible to disable the downloading of songs...
2020-11-02 12:51:27 PM
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