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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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Error 4 No Connection when Windows store is blocked

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOur SysAdmin at work blocked the windows store. Since then Spotify shows Error 4 (no Internet Connection), wich of course is present and working.Any suggestions?Tank...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Our SysAdmin at work blocked the windows store. Since then Spotify shows Error 4 (no Inte...
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Superuser Contribution Audio Playback skipping on desktop app

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceAMD Ryzen 7 2700, 16GB Ram, Installed to an SSDOperating SystemWindows 10 Version 1909 OS Build 18363.535 My Question or IssueWhen using the desktop app from the windows store or downloaded from the website the app will ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device AMD Ryzen 7 2700, 16GB Ram, Installed to an SSD Operating System Windows 10 Version 1909 OS Build 18363.535   My Question or Issue When using the des...
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desktop sort ascending/descending does not work when Itry to sort a list of songs, this is not a pla

Desktop; sort ascending/descending does not work when I try to sort a list of songs, this is not about a playlist or lbrary sort. Hello again I uploaded a screenshot showing the arrow next to the song title as requested, which as you can see is not s...

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  • Desktop; sort ascending/descending does not work when I try to sort a list of songs, this is not about a playlist or lbrary sort.   Hello again I uploaded a screenshot showing the arrow next t...
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Undesired download folder

Plan Premium FamilyFree/PremiumCountry Denmark Device Desktop OC(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System Windows 7(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWhenever I start Spotify it creates a folder call...

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  • Plan Premium Family Free/Premium Country Denmark   Device Desktop OC (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System Windows 7 (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,...
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[All Platforms][Connect] Please fix the Connect, details below

About 2 months ago the Sporify Connect worked so well, it was amazing, and then it got back to the it's previous form.For example: I have an Iphone 8 Plus, let's say I opened the Sporify in the afternoon, I used it, listened to some music, and then I...

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  • About 2 months ago the Sporify Connect worked so well, it was amazing, and then it got back to the it's previous form. For example: I have an Iphone 8 Plus, let's say I opened the Sporify in the aft...
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Corporate VPN on laptop

Dears,I work for Dell Technologies, we all use Cisco Anyconnect for VPN connection to the corporate network, and when the VPN is established, Spotify app loses the connection on the laptop (error 4), so my subscription is pretty much useless. I think...

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  • Dears, I work for Dell Technologies, we all use Cisco Anyconnect for VPN connection to the corporate network, and when the VPN is established, Spotify app loses the connection on the laptop (error 4...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Private session and Friend activity question

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHello, another question about the Private sessions and Friend Activity. Sorry, if it was aske...

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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 ...
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Searching in Offline Mode

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceHP NotebookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have an Issue with the Windows App.Since I am without Internet all the time I download a lot of Songs.On my Huawei Phone I can use the search function to find ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device HP Notebook Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have an Issue with the Windows App. Since I am without Internet all the time I dow...
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ERROR 4 - SOLUCIONADO - SOLVED

English explanation in the video link belowDejo acá la solución que para mi fue definitiva después de meses de buscar y probar diferentes soluciones en todos lados.Quien la pruebe y le resulte por favor si esta en sus posibilidades pasarla al ingles ...

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  • English explanation in the video link below Dejo acá la solución que para mi fue definitiva después de meses de buscar y probar diferentes soluciones en todos lados. Quien la pruebe y le resulte po...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Música não toca no aplicativo desktop

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue Olá!O aplicativo do spotify não está funcionando corretamente. Ele visualmente carrega tudo mas quando seleciono uma música para reproduzir não toca e não aparece apa...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Desktop Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue   Olá! O aplicativo do spotify não está funcionando corretamente. Ele visualmente ca...
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Podcasts not marked finished; podcast length incorrect

PlanPremiumCountry USOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've been listening to a bunch of podcasts lately and frequently some episodes will not mark as listened even if I get to the very end. Sometimes I can replay it and skip to the end ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country  US Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I've been listening to a bunch of podcasts lately and frequently some episodes will not mark as l...
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Every time I try to embed song, I gets HTML error

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSince past few days I am constantly trying to embed the song on my website, but every time I get the unusual error saying HTML is changed, now what does that mean? Is this the problem with my website? I ...

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  •     Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Since past few days I am constantly trying to embed the song on my website, but every time I get the unusual error saying H...
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Superuser Contribution I Cant open the Spotify App Double Click and no response

PlanPremiumCountryHong KongDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI Cant open the Spotify App Double Click and no response

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  • Plan Premium Country Hong Kong Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I Cant open the Spotify App Double Click and no response
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Adding a source?

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have quite a bit of music that I've ripped from CDs and vinyl over the years. I did most of that a long time ago, when the software, including all of Microsoft's, organized it by "Drive:\Whatever\Artis...

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  • Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have quite a bit of music that I've ripped from CDs and vinyl over the years.  I did most of that a long time ago, when the software...
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Very poor audio w/ desktop application.

Why is the audio quality so bad with the dekstop application? Everything else on my desktop sounds fine, but Spotify sounds horrible. I have High Quality Streaming checked and I've cleared the cache folder and restarted, no help.

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  • Why is the audio quality so bad with the dekstop application?    Everything else on my desktop sounds fine, but Spotify sounds horrible.   I have High Quality Streaming ...
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Cant remove recently played from the HOME page.

this one random album that ive never listened to is stuck on my page and its driving me up the wall as i cant find a single way to remove it. is there anything i can do because i like everything to be organised and have its own place, this really bug...

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  • this one random album that ive never listened to is stuck on my page and its driving me up the wall as i cant find a single way to remove it. is there anything i can do because i like everything to b...
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sort ascending

I am using win desktop. I am trying to sort in the songs list {not a playlist} for some time now when I click on the up or down arrow next to title, artist or ion of a clock it fails to work. Why has this sort ascending/descending been blocked? What ...

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  • I am using win desktop. I am trying to sort in the songs list {not a playlist} for some time now when I click on the up or down arrow next to title, artist  or ion of a clock it fails to work. W...
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So tired of hearing the same songs over and over

I'm getting more and more bored of Spotify. I feel like i've been hearing the same songs of my favorite artists in the daily mixes. I guess Spotify is more targeted towards people who listen to pop music. Pop music is more a market than an actual art...

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  • I'm getting more and more bored of Spotify. I feel like i've been hearing the same songs of my favorite artists in the daily mixes.   I guess Spotify is more targeted towards people who listen...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution What has happened to the ability to copy the playlist url in Spotify Premium?

What has happened to the ability to copy the playlist url in Spotify Premium? It was such a good function. Why has it been removed?

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  • What has happened to the ability to copy the playlist url in Spotify Premium? It was such a good function. Why has it been removed?
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