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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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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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[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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FAQ: Spotify for Windows 10 app

Hey folks, we've outlined some of the common questions you might have about the Windows 10 app now available. Please post in this board if you have any other questions. Q: Why can’t I see Spotify in the Windows 10 store? A: Spotify for Windows store ...

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Superuser Contribution Block / Dislike button missing for some songs and artists, -why?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 8.1 and Windows 10 Hi!Why is the 'dislike/block'-button not there for some songs? (The Heart or 'Like'-button is still there..)These songs are not in any of my lists, so it can't be that.And thi...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device PC Operating System Windows 8.1 and Windows 10   Hi! Why is the 'dislike/block'-button not there for some songs? (The Heart or 'Like'-button i...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps on Loading Screen

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceAcer ES1Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Spotify keeps on loading screen for about 10-20 minutes in random times of the day. This usually happens when I click on an artist's profile, but It also happened...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Acer ES1 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My Spotify keeps on loading screen for about 10-20 minutes in random times of the day. Th...
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bug: switching audio output devices

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktop PC: Asus-Realtek audio, and usb focusrite scarlettOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify desktop AND windows store version, while playing a song about a month ago, I changed my audio device output de...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop PC: Asus-Realtek audio, and usb focusrite scarlett Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify desktop AND windows store version,...
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Spotify for Win10 creats logs when i close the app i think

Hey support! So back when i used my mom's account till i started with my own account , os a fresh start. So the problem starts: So i accidently pressed on something in the setting in the , afformentioned Win10 version , and it creats kinda like some ...

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  • Hey support! So back when i used my mom's account till i started with my own account , os a fresh start. So the problem starts:    So i accidently pressed on something in the setting in t...
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[Windows][Bose] Can't see Bose Sound Touch until i select it on Android phone

Hi everyone, and thank you for your ideas ! My Bose SoundTouch is working fine, and Spotify to. But, when i start spotify on the PC (app or Chome), and try to send music on my Bose, i do not see anything on Spotify Connect.At that moment, If i launch...

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  • Hi everyone, and thank you for your ideas !   My Bose SoundTouch is working fine, and Spotify to.   But, when i start spotify on the PC (app or Chome), and try to send music on my Bose,...
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Will not open....

PlanFree/PremiumCountry USA DeviceDell LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI keep getting an error message when I attempt to open the app. I completely uninstalled and reinstalled and same message (included in attached screenshot).

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country USA   Device Dell Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I keep getting an error message when I attempt to open the app. I comple...
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Issues with Pausing

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueOkay. so for the past few days for some reason when I have tried to listen to music on deskto...

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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 Okay. s...
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sound quality goes way down when also using discord or skype

PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceHP ProBook 440 G6Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen i use spotify in combination with a dicord or skype call the sound quality of spotify goes down significantly. I tried using different headset...

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  • Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device HP ProBook 440 G6 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When i use spotify in combination with a dicord or skype call the sound...
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App opens but doesn't start songs

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDevice(Dell Desktop)Operating SystemWindows 7 SP1 My Question or IssueHi Folks.My spotify program has presenting a weird behaving. Every weekday I try to listen to songs/podcasts, but it just doesn't start the songs, looks lik...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brazil Device (Dell Desktop) Operating System Windows 7 SP1   My Question or Issue Hi Folks. My spotify program has presenting a weird behaving. Every weekday I t...
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friend activity not updating, showing selected friends

hello, my friend activity has been acting up lately. it was only showing 3 people out of 5, and those 3 people's activity had not updated in like 6 days, even though they've been listening to spotify consistently. now there is only 1 person showing, ...

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  • hello, my friend activity has been acting up lately. it was only showing 3 people out of 5, and those 3 people's activity had not updated in like 6 days, even though they've been listening to spotify...
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Information and Statistics Artists

No longer visible [+ where music is played].What can I do about it [technically]?Country = Belgium - Premium user.

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  • No longer visible [+ where music is played]. What can I do about it [technically]? Country = Belgium - Premium user.
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Problema con cola de reproduccion!!!!!

PlanPremiumCountryColombiaOperating SystemWindows 10 Llevo ya casi un mes con este problema con la cola de reproduccion. Resulta que cuando escucho una cancion cualquiera de mi lista de canciones favoritas, en la cola de reproduccion primero me pone ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Colombia Operating System Windows 10   Llevo ya casi un mes con este problema con la cola de reproduccion. Resulta que cuando escucho una cancion cualquiera de mi lis...
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Album artwork shown at wrong position

PlanPremiumCountryHungaryDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI clicked on the album artwork in the Recently played section after loading open.spotify.com site, and the album artwork was in shown at a wrong position, a bit translate...

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  • Plan Premium Country Hungary Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I clicked on the album artwork in the Recently played section after loading open.spotify....
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Spotify skip all songs with my sound cards.

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceAnyone of my PCsOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro 64 Bits My Question or IssueI have two sound cards (Pioneer DDJ SX2 and Akiyama Ares SC4), when I use them, no matters which one of them, the desktop app of Spotify skips all...

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  • Plan Premium Country Spain Device Anyone of my PCs Operating System Windows 10 Pro 64 Bits   My Question or Issue I have two sound cards (Pioneer DDJ SX2 and Akiyama Ares SC4), when I ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify desktop app and future direction

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueWhat in the **bleep** is going on with the UI on the Spotify desktop? and why not spice it up a bit, the app too. First of all, why try to make the desktop program so damn sim...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue What in the **bleep** is going on with the UI on the Spotify desktop? and why not spice it up a bit, the a...
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Advanced search operator OR not working

When I search using the OR operator, it doesn't work. e.g. Zeppelin OR Floyd (example used here) only returns a Karaoke album whose name contains the two words. artist:Zeppelin OR artist:Floyd returns blank search.

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  • When I search using the OR operator, it doesn't work.   e.g. Zeppelin OR Floyd (example used here) only returns a Karaoke album whose name contains the two words.   artist:Zep...
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Music plays on the app but doesn't make any sound... while i still have sound on my computer

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceLenovo Legion Y540Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe app was working perfectly until it suddenly stopped making sound..I can see the seconds pass and the music change when it's finished but i don't have a...

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  • Plan Premium Country France Device Lenovo Legion Y540 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The app was working perfectly until it suddenly stopped making sound.. I can s...
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[Desktop] Browse page not displaying anything

Plan - PremiumCountry - USA DeviceMacbook Pro 2019Operating SystemMac OS Catalina 10.15.4 My Question or IssueMy browse page is not displaying. WHICH IS A BUMMER, it's new music Friday and I'm trying to find some bangers. Help me out.

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  • Plan - Premium Country - USA   Device Macbook Pro 2019 Operating System Mac OS Catalina 10.15.4   My Question or Issue My browse page is not displaying. WHICH IS A BUMMER, it's new...
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Re: Suddenly lost connection

Hey, I tried using Phone app, PC app, and Online player using browser. It seems that only PC app has this problem.Tried reinstalling app, nothing helped.

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  • Hey, I tried using Phone app, PC app, and Online player using browser. It seems that only PC app has this problem. Tried reinstalling app, nothing helped.
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Solved!! Pages not working on windows desktop

PlanPremiumCountryUSAOperating System(Windows 10)My Question or IssueThe Home, browse, and made for you pages won't work. The home and made for you pages just say please try again later and the browse page has the "there was a problem displaying this...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue The Home, browse, and made for you pages won't work. The home and made for you pages just say please try again later...
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