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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...

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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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Superuser Contribution Developers really follow troubles here?

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceHP desktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIs it true that developers follow the issues presented here? I'm asking because after TWO MONTHS the same problem continues.A strange update took place in the app ...

  • Gig Goer
  • Plan Premium Country Brazil Device HP desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Is it true that developers follow the issues presented here?   I'm asking beca...
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  • Gig Goer
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    desktop update for windows
    disappearing features
    search for songs inside a playlist
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Local Files show wrong Playtime

Whenever i place a Local File Song into a Playlist, it just shows a way longer Playtime than it should, for example a 4 Minute songs, tells me its 7 Minutes long How can i fix this? also, can only official Artists set a Playlist into an Album? Thank ...

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  • Whenever i place a Local File Song into a Playlist, it just shows a way longer Playtime than it should, for example a 4 Minute songs, tells me its 7 Minutes long   How can i fix this?   ...
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Cannot add songs from a OneDrive folder

Spotify cannot read files (local files) from OneDrive folder. It used to work and it's still working with other folders (e.g. DropBox) but not OneDrive. It has stopped working for a few weeks now. The songs imported earlier are still there but new fi...

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  • Spotify cannot read files (local files) from OneDrive folder. It used to work and it's still working with other folders (e.g. DropBox) but not OneDrive. It has stopped working for a few weeks now. Th...
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Superuser Contribution Ich kann keine Quellen hinzufügen.

LandÖsterreichGerätDesktop-PCBestehtWindows 10 Meine Frage lautet: Warum sind bei mir so viele Einstellungen weck?Ich habe meine Einstellungen auch mit einem Freund verglichen und wir haben gesehen, dass bei mir verlorenen Einstellungen bei ihm vorha...

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  •   Land Österreich Gerät Desktop-PC Besteht Windows 10    Meine Frage lautet: Warum sind bei mir so viele Einstellungen weck?Ich habe meine Einstellungen auch mit einem Freun...
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Superuser Contribution Unable to edit any of my own playlists

PlanPremium CountryIndia DevicePC Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueUnable to do the following: 1) Select all songs in a playlist for bulk actions via Edit --> Select All / Ctrl + A2) Change the order of the songs in any playlists of my ...

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  • Plan Premium   Country India   Device PC   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Unable to do the following:  1) Select all songs in a playlist for...
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Superuser Contribution Songs wont show up in playlist/no songs play

PlanPremiumCountry USDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue No songs searched up will play and absolutely nothing shows up in my playlists. Ive have many songs in each of my playlists, theyre now all empty. I've tried reinstalli...

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  • Plan Premium Country  US Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  No songs searched up will play and absolutely nothing shows up in my playlists.&nb...
  • Xenia
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[BROWSE] Browse menu doesn't load anything

PlanFamily PremiumCountryIndonesiaDevicePC (Desktop)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo it happened since 8 days ago. My Browse menu didn't load anything. I checked my internet connection and it was fine. I've tried to reinstall it a fe...

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  •   Plan Family Premium Country Indonesia Device PC (Desktop) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue So it happened since 8 days ago. My Browse menu didn't load anythin...
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Solved!! What is wrong with the latest Spotify version?

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceWindows 10Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAlright guys, the latest Spotify version seems like a bit of a late April Fool joke, it looks absolutely bad, most features are gone, can't even create collaborat...

  • Gig Goer
  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Windows 10 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Alright guys, the latest Spotify version seems like a bit of a late April Fool joke, i...
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Spotify desktop app stops playing when entering games

So I've been using Spotify for ages now, never had any problems with it. Since yesterday, whenever Spotify is playing and I enter a fullscreen game, the track stops and then proceeds to stutter-skip through songs until I pause it. The app works fine ...

  • Visitor
  • So I've been using Spotify for ages now, never had any problems with it. Since yesterday, whenever Spotify is playing and I enter a fullscreen game, the track stops and then proceeds to stutter-skip ...
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Artist removed from 'listers also like' similar artists

My artist 'Ben Potter' shares similar artists to a large number of artists in the same genre. So if you go here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7MgoxvbWh0Svv2Yqt0V2iX?si=aVXNxKRZTFq1nYjM0_rkAg and click on 'fans also like' you'll see that my most re...

  • Visitor
  • My artist 'Ben Potter' shares similar artists to a large number of artists in the same genre. So if you go here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7MgoxvbWh0Svv2Yqt0V2iX?si=aVXNxKRZTFq1nYjM0_rkAg&...
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Display name not showing in desktop app

a month or two ago, I noticed that on the Windows 10 desktop app, it was showing my given username instead of my chosen display name. It used to show my display name until recently so I don't know what's going on. It still shows my display name on my...

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  • a month or two ago, I noticed that on the Windows 10 desktop app, it was showing my given username instead of my chosen display name. It used to show my display name until recently so I don't know wh...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Win10 Desktop app missing features

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue The Desktop version of spotify is missing the ability to sort the songs in my playlist by anything (no option for alphabetical or by date added etc.), I can't ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue   The Desktop version of spotify is missing the ability to sort the songs in my playl...
  • AeroZ
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I just decided to use Spotify premium and my edit details tab is missing on my Desktop, help...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device (iPhone 11, Acer Aspire 5) Operating System (iOS 13, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  
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Desktop account not working properly!

Hi, I would really like an answer please from a human... I have a Premium account with 1 extra person as a member, when I use my main login I get a watered down version that does not include.. Discovered on Fans Also Like More info links Play Counts ...

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  • Hi,    I would really like an answer please from a human... I have a Premium account with 1 extra person as a member, when I use my main login I get a watered down version that does not i...
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Superuser Contribution Links to other playlists in describtion field

None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanFree/PremiumCountrySlovakiaDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating SystemWindows 10) My Question or I...

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  •   None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Free/Premium Country Slovakia Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galax...
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Superuser Contribution Desktop Spotify STOPPED WORKING on Windows 7 ???

PlanPremium CountryBrazil DeviceDesktop Windows Operating SystemWindows 7 So, a couple days ago my Spotify stopped playing tracks. I'll press play and the whole software will basically freeze. When I open the Task Manager, I see four or five instance...

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  • Plan Premium   Country Brazil   Device Desktop Windows   Operating System Windows 7   So, a couple days ago my Spotify stopped playing tracks. I'll press play and the ...
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Spotify won't work on desktop

I had Spotify Premium installed and working fine on my desktop computeruntil last Thursday when it crashed. I took the machine into my usual tech and he fixed it *but* Spotify isn't working now. It said the path wasn't valid. So after a bit of diffic...

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  • I had Spotify Premium installed and working fine on my desktop computeruntil last Thursday when it crashed. I took the machine into my usual tech and he fixed it *but* Spotify isn't working now. It s...
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"Offline" Unless Connected to VPN

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI connected to the US via VPN for privacy reasons, but I am from the US and my account is linked to the US. I have never signed in from another country, VPN or not....

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I connected to the US via VPN for privacy reasons, but I am from the US and my account i...
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Windows 10 Widget to Allow Adding Current Played Song to Playlist

When I use Spotify on a Windows machine, the two actions I use heavily are:1. FF, Pause, Play, Go back 12. Add track to playlist.Since I usually have 3394723 windows open, I don't want to constantly call upon the minimized app to appear top-most and ...

  • Roadie
  • When I use Spotify on a Windows machine, the two actions I use heavily are: 1. FF, Pause, Play, Go back 1 2. Add track to playlist. Since I usually have 3394723 windows open, I don't want to c...
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How do I disable auto-update on desktop?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHow do I disable auto-update on desktop? I've been seeing the A/B testing update they're rolling out and if I get it, I'm going to quit using Spotify and switch to another se...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue How do I disable auto-update on desktop? I've been seeing the A/B testing update they're rolling o...
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