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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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spotify non funziona pc

salve, spotify è da un po di tempo che non funziona più nel mio pc. se seleziono una canzone non suona. ho gia provato a disinstallare e reinstallare spotify, ma non funziona lo stesso. le canzoni non suonano. la canzone va in "play" ma non esce alcu...

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  • salve, spotify è da un po di tempo che non funziona più nel mio pc. se seleziono una canzone non suona. ho gia provato a disinstallare e reinstallare spotify, ma non funziona lo stesso. le canzoni no...
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Spotify bugging in Windows

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceDesktop and Samsung Galaxy S8Operating SystemWindows 10 and Android 9 Pie My Question or IssueSo, Spotify is working perfectly fine on my phone but I have shared its details here just in case it's helpful. The problem i...

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  • Plan Premium Country Denmark Device Desktop and Samsung Galaxy S8 Operating System Windows 10 and Android 9 Pie   My Question or Issue So,  Spotify is working perfectly fine on my...
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Spotify adding pre-ordered songs that I keep removing

My Question or IssueSo few days ago I pre-ordered a playlist and now that it's released bunch of playlist songs were added to my liked playlist and that's fine, but there's some songs I don't want and whenever I unlike them they get added back.I pre-...

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  • My Question or Issue So few days ago I pre-ordered a playlist and now that it's released bunch of playlist songs were added to my liked playlist and that's fine, but there's some songs I don't want ...
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'Playlist Radio based on ....' Like/Dislike - Something went wrong Error

PlanPremium CountryUnited States DeviceiPhone 7 Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm noticing an issue with my mobile app for iPhone. Being an avid user for finding new music, I often go to the last song on my playlist then skip the son...

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  • Plan Premium   Country United States   Device iPhone 7   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm noticing an issue with my mobile app for iPhone. ...
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Spotify search doesn't index all offline songs

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceWindows, Android and iOS My Question or IssueSo I have spotify Premium and I've downloaded some playlists for offline use. But whenever I try to find a song that I've downloaded to add to my queue, most of the time it doesn't...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Windows, Android and iOS   My Question or Issue So I have spotify Premium and I've downloaded some playlists for offline use. But whenever I try to fin...
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Spotify adding random playlists

PlanFreeCountryItalyOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify keeps on saving random playlist to my account. Usually it adds like 4 playlists once a week or so..Now, it's been a while since I used my computer (like a month), and I just o...

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  • Plan Free Country Italy Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify keeps on saving random playlist to my account.  Usually it adds like 4 playlists once a week or...
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Solved!! When ı am open Spotify Windows(Desktop), my pc freezes

PlanFreeCountryTurkeyDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen ı open Spotify, ı can't use my pc. Everything freezes. I've been having this problem for a day.

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  • Plan Free Country Turkey Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When ı open Spotify, ı can't use my pc. Everything freezes. I've been having this problem...
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Can't find Spotify on McAfee firewall [Windows 10]

PlanPremiumCountryU.S. DeviceiPhone7/Dell LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've been having problems getting my local files from my laptop spotify synced to my iPhone spotify. I think I've found the problem though. I'm pretty sure...

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  • Plan Premium Country U.S.   Device iPhone7/Dell Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I've been having problems getting my local files from my laptop spotify ...
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Spotify won't open

Recently, I have been experiencing problems opening Spotify program, with nothing happening when opening the app. The problem started simultaneously on 3 different computers and different OSs (Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04). After a few reinstalls, I m...

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  • Recently, I have been experiencing problems opening Spotify program, with nothing happening when opening the app. The problem started simultaneously on 3 different computers and different OSs (Window...
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ctrl+a only selects the currently visible songs in a playlist

PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuein my "liked songs", i was always able to ctrl+a and ctrl+c to select all 3000+ songs in there, to put them in a playlist. this no longer works. it only selects a...

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  • Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue in my "liked songs", i was always able to ctrl+a and ctrl+c to select all 3000+ songs ...
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Local Files Showing Gray On PC

Today when I got home I noticed 2 songs were grayed out from local files. Both of them being from albums, not singles. All the other songs in the album weren't grayed out. They are also both from diffrent albums. So they appeared grayed out but when ...

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  • Today when I got home I noticed 2 songs were grayed out from local files. Both of them being from albums, not singles. All the other songs in the album weren't grayed out. They are also both from dif...
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Why I can't change my profile picture anymore?

PlanFree/PremiumCountryMXDevice(Spotify app for desk)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueI can't change my profile picture since a week ago.My spotify account is separated from Facebook, but not too long ago it was linked to Facebook to ...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country MX Device (Spotify app for desk) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue I can't change my profile picture since a week ago. My spotify account ...
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Missing songs in Liked Songs, but only on desktop

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindowsMy Question or IssueThe Liked Songs playlist on the Desktop application has not updated to show the additional songs I've added to it using the app on my Android phone over the past 14 days. Navi...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Laptop Operating System Windows My Question or Issue The Liked Songs playlist on the Desktop application has not updated to show the additional songs I've adde...
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Superuser Contribution Daily Mix Updating and Other Playlist Question

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWindows, iPhone 7, MacBook ProMy Question or IssueA few days ago I realized that I had the ability to download and/or save my Daily Mixes to my Library. I did so without thinking, and am now noticing that they are not live ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Windows, iPhone 7, MacBook Pro My Question or Issue A few days ago I realized that I had the ability to download and/or save my Daily Mixes to my Library. I did...
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Internal Updater causes bugs

Operating SystemWindows 10 Version 10.0.18362 Build 18362 IssueThe updater that asks the user to restart the app to apply the new version causes bugs. I noticed after reinstalling Spotify, which cleared all the issues I had with the app, the updater ...

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  • Operating System Windows 10 Version 10.0.18362 Build 18362   Issue The updater that asks the user to restart the app to apply the new version causes bugs. I noticed after reinstalling S...
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Can't change icon

I've never had a problem with this before but now I can't change my icon. I'm not really liking my icon and I'd like to change it however when I hover over my icon nothing comes up, I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling but nothing has worked yet ...

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  • I've never had a problem with this before but now I can't change my icon. I'm not really liking my icon and I'd like to change it however when I hover over my icon nothing comes up, I've tried uninst...
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Playlist link, song's order and different lenght

Family Premium Subscription - Italy - Windows 10Hi everybody, I share my playlists, all of them are done by spotify, with my girlfriend, but, as we share the same link, they are not the same, there's always a difference in the song's order (major pro...

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  • Family Premium Subscription - Italy - Windows 10 Hi everybody, I share my playlists, all of them are done by spotify, with my girlfriend, but, as we share the same link, they are not the same, the...
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Shitty release radar

Does anyone else experience releases in the realease radar playlist that are very unrelevant? I keep seeing releases from artists that I don't even like or listen and music that doesn't match with the music that I actually listen. I am disliking arti...

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  • Does anyone else experience releases in the realease radar playlist that are very unrelevant? I keep seeing releases from artists that I don't even like or listen and music that doesn't match with th...
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Poor sound quality

Premium familyUSAHP PCWin 101.1.16.522.g55a4b852 (Microsoft Store version) In the past three days the sound quality has gotten odd. Most of the mix is okay except the lead. Lead being either the vocals or an instrumental lead. It sounds like a very b...

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  • Premium family USA HP PC Win 10 1.1.16.522.g55a4b852 (Microsoft Store version)   In the past three days the sound quality has gotten odd. Most of the mix is okay except the lead. Lead bein...
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BandCamp Downloads not syncing to phone

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceWindows 10 LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueBandCamp downloads will not sync to phone

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device Windows 10 Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue BandCamp downloads will not sync to phone
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