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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
Spotify Star
2024-03-14 3:38:28 PM
2024-09-03 1:50:30 PM
ipanasenko
Newbie
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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
a week ago
rednblu
Roadie
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271 replies
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75509 Views
271 replies
21 likes

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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1 replies
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5291 Views
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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 Major problems with getting Spotify to work at all.

PlanPremiumCountryUKOperating SystemWindows 10 Hi, Having major problems with Spotify desktop (Windows). When I click to open Spotify, a box appears (yet the app opens as well as the box) saying – The Spotify application is not responding – despite i...

CCCB
Visitor
Plan Premium Country UK Operating System Windows 10 Hi, Having major problems with Spotify desktop (Windows). When I click to open Spotify, a box appears (yet the app opens as ...
2020-06-27 10:14:48 PM
2020-06-29 11:07:11 AM
Elena
Moderator
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Recently Played NOT updating

PlanPremiumCountryRomania DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I'm having the Home page always with 3 playlists present as Recently Played and it's really annoying because these are NOT the latest... not even close. Please fix...

Valentin124
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Romania Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I'm having the Home page always with 3 playlists present as Recently Play...
2020-06-28 10:01:29 PM
2020-06-28 12:18:16 AM
Valentin124
Casual Listener
486 Views
2 replies
1 likes
played
recently

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Automatically starts playing, changing device, skipping songs wth

Hello there, So I am using spotify premium on my windows PC, and on my android phone. There wasn't any problem yet, but today i was sleeping, and i wake for random **bleep**ty rap music playing. Since then, spotify keep playing random music when it i...

vizeszsemle
Newbie
Hello there, So I am using spotify premium on my windows PC, and on my android phone. There wasn't any problem yet, but today i was sleeping, and i wake for random **bleep**ty rap mus...
2018-03-10 6:15:13 PM
2020-06-28 8:10:26 PM
Lemolinap
Visitor
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2 replies
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Expiring Playlist Link

PlanPremiumCountryNew ZealandDeviceAnyOperating SystemAny My Question or Issue Hey. I have recently put together a playlist of a bunch of songs I use in my YouTube videos. My subscribers have asked for a link to the playlist, so I put a link in the d...

kimchi4
Visitor
Plan Premium Country New Zealand Device Any Operating System Any My Question or Issue Hey. I have recently put together a playlist of a bunch of songs I use in my YouTube vid...
2020-06-28 4:24:09 PM
2020-06-28 6:15:42 PM
Sebasty
Community Legend
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1 replies
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Spotify App in WIn10 Skips Every SOng and wont play.

PlanPremiumCountryAUDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 1909 My Question or IssueSpotify skips every song. On pc.Able to play on Sonos via direct connect from PC.Reinstalled and restarted. Happened since last Spotify Software Update (1.1.35.458.g89167...

Cadalau
Newbie
Plan Premium Country AU Device PC Operating System Windows 10 1909 My Question or Issue Spotify skips every song. On pc. Able to play on Sonos via direct connect from PC. Reinstall...
2020-06-28 10:35:31 AM
2020-06-28 11:17:22 AM
Sebasty
Community Legend
266 Views
1 replies
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Playback on Windows laptop is corrupted.

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWhen playing back on my laptop, the songs pause/buzz/distorted/crackle etc. This does not hap...

rigfitter1
Visitor
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 When pl...
2020-06-26 9:49:47 AM
2020-06-28 10:43:26 AM
Sebasty
Community Legend
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1 replies
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PLAYBACK FROM OLDEST TO NEWEST

i wish to play an artist's albums from oldest to newest. But it only lists them from newest to oldest..is there a way to sort the albums with their oldest albums at the top of the page?..that way i can start at the begining of an artists career and p...

porky
Casual Listener
i wish to play an artist's albums from oldest to newest. But it only lists them from newest to oldest..is there a way to sort the albums with their oldest albums at the top of the page?.....
2014-10-29 12:29:09 PM
2020-06-28 3:01:29 AM
TeddyMcSnuggins
Visitor
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6 replies
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Superuser Contribution No songs are showing up on Liked Songs

PlanFamily PremiumCountryBrazilDeviceSamsung Odissey LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I listen on my phone, everything is normal, all songs are in Liked Songs as usual, however, in the desktop app, not a single song shows up,...

Diogo_M83
Casual Listener
Plan Family Premium Country Brazil Device Samsung Odissey Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I listen on my phone, everything is normal, all songs are in Li...
2020-06-24 4:28:04 PM
2020-06-27 12:55:25 AM
Diogo_M83
Casual Listener
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Whenever I try to log into the Spotify Desktop app it closes

PlanFreeCountryU.SDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo when I I open up the Desktop App and log in with my Username and Password, it closes immediately. As soon as I hit enter it closes. I reinstalled it, it didn't work. I remove...

c0gus9oua0ddsv3
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country U.S Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue So when I I open up the Desktop App and log in with my Username and Password, it closes immediately. ...
2020-06-27 8:57:55 AM
2020-06-27 12:42:58 AM
c0gus9oua0ddsv3
Casual Listener
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Solved!! Closed - Windows failed login

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePersonal computerOperating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueAs of this morning, I am no longer able to log into my account from the PC version of the app. After entering my correct email and password, I get the followin...

Logan25
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Device Personal computer Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue As of this morning, I am no longer able to log into my account from the PC ver...
2020-06-25 11:22:10 PM
2020-06-27 9:57:36 PM
dinomight
Spotify Star
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1 replies
1 likes
Login

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Spotify skips every song

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevice Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Since yesterday the windows client skips every single song, making it unusable. This does not occur when using either the web player or another device. Already t...

aisteh
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Since yesterday the windows client skips every single son...
2020-06-25 6:08:16 PM
2020-06-27 4:11:48 PM
krazeike
Visitor
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13 replies
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SONGS SKIP

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Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it.

PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceHpOperating SystemWindows 7My Question or IssueSpotify gives me the error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." whenever I try to play any song from any album o...

shreya_chanana
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country India Device Hp Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Spotify gives me the error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your com...
2020-06-26 11:16:50 PM
2020-06-27 1:17:59 PM
shreya_chanana
Casual Listener
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Desktop app becomes unstable when scanning for local files in large Downloads folder

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro, version 2004, build 19041.329 My Question or IssueRecently, I experienced a problem when attempting to close the Spotify Desktop app. When right clicking on it's icon in the ...

jivebellywaver
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Pro, version 2004, build 19041.329 My Question or Issue Recently, I experienced a problem when attemptin...
2020-06-26 11:50:36 PM
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Spotify error code

PlanFreeCountryTurkeyDevice(Desktop PC)Operating System(Windows 10 x64) My Question or Issue The English translation is as follows: The unknown software extension (0xc06d007e) exception in the application occurred at location 0x0000000076C69862.

user-removed
Visitor
Plan Free Country Turkey Device (Desktop PC) Operating System (Windows 10 x64) My Question or Issue The English translatio...
2020-06-26 1:30:02 PM
2020-06-26 10:59:05 PM
user-removed
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Every song gets skipped and I can't play music

I've tried running as administrator as I seen in another post but it still doesn't work.

treallytreal
Visitor
I've tried running as administrator as I seen in another post but it still doesn't work.
2020-06-26 8:11:08 PM
2020-06-26 9:18:46 PM
Pand0r
Casual Listener
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Ability to view all songs from an artist ??

Is there a way to view all songs form an artist ? Let me know

Cdrick77
Newbie
Is there a way to view all songs form an artist ? Let me know 🙂
2017-10-25 7:19:24 PM
2020-06-26 5:22:22 PM
loop3loop
Newbie
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Windows

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Solved!! Crash to Desktop Report

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Home 1909 Build 18363.720Spotify VersionSpotify 1.1.34.694.gac68a2b3 My Question or Issue Suddenly crashes to desktop without warning when switching songs. Happens more often when I have neve...

lk1991
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Brazil Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Home 1909 Build 18363.720 Spotify Version Spotify 1.1.34.694.gac68a2b3 My Question or Issue Suddenly crash...
2020-06-18 12:54:01 AM
2020-06-26 2:31:25 AM
skroon19
Composer
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2 replies
1 likes

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Solved!! Spotify uninstalled itself, reinstalling won't work because of error code 13.

Just what the title says, Spotify uninstalled itself and won't let me reinstall, even after I deleted the Appdata local and roaming folders. Is there a fix? Regards, Artem ''Artemenovic''

artemenovic
Casual Listener
Just what the title says, Spotify uninstalled itself and won't let me reinstall, even after I deleted the Appdata local and roaming folders. Is there a fix? Regards, Artem ''...
2017-10-20 12:41:12 PM
2020-06-25 11:30:51 PM
cohenfs
Roadie
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4 replies
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Superuser Contribution Impossible d'utiliser spotify

Bonjour. Je rencontre depuis hier mon premier problème avec spotify et il m'est impossible de le corriger tout seul. Je suis actuellement sur un compte spotify free. Le problème s'est déclenché lorsque j'ai réinstallé spotify sur mon pc windows 10 su...

Chonchon
Casual Listener
Bonjour. Je rencontre depuis hier mon premier problème avec spotify et il m'est impossible de le corriger tout seul. Je suis actuellement sur un compte spotify free. Le problème s'est déclenché lorsq...
2020-06-23 1:39:22 PM
2020-06-25 7:15:55 PM
Chonchon
Casual Listener
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Win7] Cannot play any song on PC only

PlanPremiumCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueWin7 machine that has not been modified or even turned off in weeks. Spotify worked fine a few days ago. Now it will not play a single song with the error "Spotify can't play this rig...

spot_iffy_2020
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country USA Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Win7 machine that has not been modified or even turned off in weeks. Spotify worked fine a few days ago.&...
2020-06-24 11:01:53 PM
2020-06-25 5:20:05 PM
spot_iffy_2020
Casual Listener
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2 replies
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