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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
2 weeks ago
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
3 weeks ago
cour10e22
Regular
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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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spotify will not load

Plan premiumFree/PremiumCountry canada Device HP laptop(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System windows 10 home(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issuespotify will not load the home page. it remains stal...

coalminecanary
Roadie
Plan premium Free/Premium Country canada Device HP laptop (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System windows 10 home (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc...
2020-06-04 11:25:38 PM
2020-06-16 6:29:32 PM
coalminecanary
Roadie
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Superuser Contribution Spotify aint loud enough

PlanPremiumCountryGreeceDeviceCustom PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am trying to get spotify to be a bit more loud but the volume does not go as high as i would like it to go

Satan_
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Greece Device Custom PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am trying to get spotify to be a bit more loud but the volume does not go as h...
2020-06-16 6:07:52 AM
2020-06-16 5:46:43 PM
Satan_
Casual Listener
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Streaming podcast to living room receiver

I typically sit down at my desktop win10 machine, and stream music to my living room yamaha reciever. This works totally fine for any music I play. However it does NOT work with podcasts. All podcasts do not work, you click the play button and nothin...

flimpy
Newbie
I typically sit down at my desktop win10 machine, and stream music to my living room yamaha reciever. This works totally fine for any music I play. However it does NOT work with podcas...
2020-06-14 9:13:15 PM
2020-06-16 3:17:41 PM
Elena
Moderator
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Podcasts

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Strange search result

When I search for Tan Dun (a chinese composer who is present on Spotify) and add to the search string a title of one of his pieces (prayer and blessing) I get only one result: a podcast by Mahmoud Ali Al banna. That is weird!! PlanFree/PremiumCountry...

janvdstarre
Casual Listener
When I search for Tan Dun (a chinese composer who is present on Spotify) and add to the search string a title of one of his pieces (prayer and blessing) I get only one result: a podcast by Mahmoud Al...
2020-06-16 12:14:21 PM
2020-06-16 3:00:30 PM
Sebasty
Community Legend
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Superuser Contribution Spotify pc

Hola, tengo un problema cuando trato de manipular el spotify pc con mi celular se corta la música y no reproduce nada de lo que uno le pide. Alguna solución para esto

Nagoooda
Newbie
Hola, tengo un problema cuando trato de manipular el spotify pc con mi celular se corta la música y no reproduce nada de lo que uno le pide. Alguna solución para esto
2020-06-15 9:41:54 PM
2020-06-16 2:14:40 PM
Mario
Spotify Legend
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'Remember Me' option is always selected by default

PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 When using the Windows 10 Spotify app, the 'Remember Me' option is always selected by default. On public or shared computers, the email or username used to log in remains populated and the 'Remember Me' option i...

Taryon
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 When using the Windows 10 Spotify app, the 'Remember Me' option is always selected by default. On public or shared computers, the email o...
2018-07-25 9:55:02 PM
2020-06-16 2:11:58 PM
PaafSpace
Visitor
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3 replies
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Windows Desktop Picture Issues

I have been trying to upload a profile picture and/or a playlist picture on my Spotify. I have the latest version of windows and I downloaded Spotify from both Spotify.com and the windows app store. I'm honestly out of things to do, please help. Belo...

bwydnow
Visitor
I have been trying to upload a profile picture and/or a playlist picture on my Spotify. I have the latest version of windows and I downloaded Spotify from both Spotify.com and the windows app store. ...
2020-06-16 9:50:48 AM
2020-06-16 1:49:24 PM
AeroZ
Composer
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Superuser Contribution can't see anything to do with socials on my spotify

Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device PC Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue One day my Spotify stopped showing my friends activity, the monthly listeners, the followers I have and I can't follow other accounts. I have tried...

KieranKT
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device PC Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue One day my Spotify stopped showing my friends activity, the monthly listeners,...
2020-04-30 9:36:02 PM
2020-06-16 1:06:14 PM
Katerina
Spotify Legend
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[Desktop] Cannot open app

I moved Spotify to my HDD to create space. When I tried starting it up, the app wouldn't load. I then uninstalled completely and reinstalled, still not opening. I tried moving the app to C:\Program Files (x86) , still no luck.

webshite
Casual Listener
I moved Spotify to my HDD to create space. When I tried starting it up, the app wouldn't load. I then uninstalled completely and reinstalled, still not opening. I tried moving the app to C:\Prog...
2020-06-15 12:11:14 AM
2020-06-15 12:59:57 AM
webshite
Casual Listener
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Media windows DISABLE how?!

Hello, how do I disable this? You removed this option from settings. Why tf would you even do that???? Thanks

realmack
Regular
Hello, how do I disable this? You removed this option from settings. Why tf would you even do that???? Thanks
2020-06-14 1:00:14 PM
2020-06-15 9:55:48 PM
realmack
Regular
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Can’t log into desktop Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDell laptop My Question or IssueMy Spotify was going offline for a couple of days even though I was connected to WiFi. I tried turning the laptop off and on again and nothing happened so I uninstalled and reinstalled Spotif...

jkr2001
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country USA Device Dell laptop My Question or Issue My Spotify was going offline for a couple of days even though I was connected to WiFi. I tried turning the lap...
2020-06-14 9:36:44 PM
2020-06-15 7:39:53 PM
Sebasty
Community Legend
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3 replies
1 likes

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Superuser Contribution Multiple Selection

This really **bleep**. I cannot select more than one song. I could do it before the update came. How can I add hundreds of songs one by one? Before the update came, I could select all my songs with ctrl + a, and select the songs in the range i want w...

user-removed
Visitor
This really **bleep**. I cannot select more than one song. I could do it before the update came. How can I add hundreds of songs one by one? Before the update came, I could select...
2020-05-18 7:48:46 AM
2020-06-15 6:22:15 PM
user-removed
Not applicable
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3 likes

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Followed playlist not updating on desktop

PlanPremium Family AccountCountryUnited StatesDeviceDell laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueA playlist that I follow does not have the most up-to-date version on the web player. When I look at it on the web player, 4 hours of songs ...

Mwilkosz
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Family Account Country United States Device Dell laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue A playlist that I follow does not have the most up-to-date versi...
2020-06-15 5:53:31 PM
2020-06-15 6:00:03 PM
Mwilkosz
Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution Windows Desktop can't disable Shuffle

PlanFreeCountryUnited Kingdom (England)DeviceWindows PC + Google HomeOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIn the past, when using the Desktop App on my Windows 10 PC to control music streaming from my Google Home Mini, I've been able to hav...

YaLadCyborg
Newbie
Plan Free Country United Kingdom (England) Device Windows PC + Google Home Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue In the past, when using the Desktop App on my Windows 10 P...
2020-06-13 1:39:09 PM
2020-06-15 2:21:47 PM
Ivan
Spotify Legend
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1 replies
1 likes

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Superuser Contribution Impossible to remove items from Recently Played

As you know, if you remove something from Recently Played list, it continues showing on Home, under Recently Played.I've seen many complaints about this, and Spotify guys allways answer something like "If you don't enjoy this feature, post an idea".G...

JuanFeal
Newbie
As you know, if you remove something from Recently Played list, it continues showing on Home, under Recently Played. I've seen many complaints about this, and Spotify guys allways answer something l...
2020-03-22 9:37:57 PM
2020-06-15 1:16:18 PM
Katerina
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Other] Allow upload of screen shots when reporting bugs

Sometimes a picture is worth 1,000 words which is why it would be a great idea to allow users to upload screen shots which clearly shows UI and other issues.

james_blonde
Regular
Sometimes a picture is worth 1,000 words which is why it would be a great idea to allow users to upload screen shots which clearly shows UI and other issues.
2020-06-08 10:15:10 AM
2020-06-15 12:18:35 PM
james_blonde
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Superuser Contribution No aparece ninguna cancion, album vacios

PlanFreeCountryPeruOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueTengo problemas con el app de spotify para windows 10. Los albums salen vacios, sin canciones. Todas las playlist me aparecen vacias. Algunas canciones que aparecen, no se reproducen, s...

BillVasquez
Visitor
Plan Free Country Peru Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Tengo problemas con el app de spotify para windows 10. Los albums salen vacios, sin canciones. Todas las playlist me apa...
2020-06-15 6:41:53 AM
2020-06-15 9:17:02 AM
Mario
Spotify Legend
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Solved!! I cannot change my album art.

I have checked youtube videos, reinstalled spotify and restarted my pc, still nothing. Does anyone else have this problem?

Maya171
Casual Listener
I have checked youtube videos, reinstalled spotify and restarted my pc, still nothing. Does anyone else have this problem?
2020-06-12 12:44:46 AM
2020-06-14 10:43:31 PM
EthanS1
Community Legend
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album art
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Superuser Contribution can't upload a cover

Hi, there! So, I got a problem. I wanted to upload a cover but it didn’t work for some reason. I tried every solution I could find. I logged out and in, I took a look at my settings, and I looked for a tutorial on YouTube. But no – oh – pe! I can’t u...

musicworshipper
Visitor
Hi, there! So, I got a problem. I wanted to upload a cover but it didn’t work for some reason. I tried every solution I could find. I logged out and in, I took a look at my settings, and I l...
2020-06-13 6:24:29 AM
2020-06-14 10:16:45 PM
Scyasa
Visitor
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution local files on desktop verion and mobile phone

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePC and IPhone SEOperating SystemIOS 13.3.1 , Windows 10 My Question or IssueSo after I found out that it's currently impossible to add local music to Spotify on the Windows 10 Desktop App, I tried a different way to get...

Explorer_616
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC and IPhone SE Operating System IOS 13.3.1 , Windows 10 My Question or Issue So after I found out that it's currently impossible to add local mu...
2020-06-11 10:01:15 PM
2020-06-14 5:01:13 PM
Elena
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