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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 My lyrics won't follow the current lyrics as they play

I am on a windows laptop and sometimes, when i go into the lyrics, it doesn't automatically scroll to the lyric currently playing

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  • I am on a windows laptop and sometimes, when i go into the lyrics, it doesn't automatically scroll to the lyric currently playing
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Superuser Contribution error code: http://8; program do'esnt start

having an account and trie to listen my favorite music on your most beautiful site, but sorry since yesterday it seems to be a fire wall problem, code: http.8. how can J resolve that disagreement.

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  • having an account and trie to listen my favorite music on your most beautiful site, but sorry since yesterday it seems to be a fire wall problem, code: http.8. how can J resolve that disagreement.
  • Yordan
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Solved!! Like button on an album won't save all songs to liked songs playlist

PlanPremiumCountryPanamaDeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHad to select all the songs on an album, right click and select "save to your liked songs", because clicking "save to your library" directly from the album wouldn't...

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  • Plan Premium Country Panama Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Had to select all the songs on an album, right click and select "save to your liked song...
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Superuser Contribution pausing a song on spotify mutes all other pc audio

pausing a song on spotify mutes all audio on my pc, but when i unpause and pause again it fixes the problem until it eventually happens again.

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  • pausing a song on spotify mutes all audio on my pc, but when i unpause and pause again it fixes the problem until it eventually happens again.
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Superuser Contribution Spotify closing on its own

PlanFreeCountryBrazilDevice(PC)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueRecently my spotify closes on it's on after some time, doesn't matter if it's playing a song or just opened, it just closes it self. I'm on the latest version and I alrea...

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  • Plan Free Country Brazil Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Recently my spotify closes on it's on after some time, doesn't matter if it's playing a song o...
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Superuser Contribution Playing/pausing a song laggy (10+ seconds), slow app load times, only works after a clean reinstall.

PlanPremiumCountrySingapore DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen playing or pausing a song, it usually takes 10 seconds or more for the button to register no matter how many times I click on it. It's just plain unresponsive. Ne...

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  • Plan Premium Country Singapore   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When playing or pausing a song, it usually takes 10 seconds or more for the button t...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't play a certain artist

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceAcer Spin 1 + Samsung Galaxy Note 4Operating SystemWindows 10, Android 6 My Question or IssueI've been trying to play songs by a certain artist on my laptop. No matter what song I click, I get an error message along the...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Acer Spin 1 + Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Operating System Windows 10, Android 6   My Question or Issue I've been trying to play songs by a certain artist...
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Superuser Contribution Can't remove songs from daily mix playlists

For some reason, users are unable to remove songs from daily mixes, or from playlists created from them. As far as I can tell this is by design, and not a bug. I'm honestly not sure what the thought process was here - if the point of a daily mix is t...

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  • For some reason, users are unable to remove songs from daily mixes, or from playlists created from them. As far as I can tell this is by design, and not a bug. I'm honestly not sure what the thought ...
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Superuser Contribution Genre filtered songs on Mobile Android do not play on Desktop Windows

PlanPremiumCountrySouth AfricaDevicesHuawei P30 / HP LaptopOperating System(Android Oreo &Windows 10) My Question or IssueThe connect device functionality allows me to control Spotify on my windows laptop from my android mobile device. However, if I ...

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  • Plan Premium Country South Africa Devices Huawei P30 / HP Laptop Operating System (Android Oreo &Windows 10)   My Question or Issue The connect device functionality allows me ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Freezees whenever I swap windows

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFor the past 3 months or so whenever I swap windows or minimize Spotify there is a chance that the UI will completely freeze when I swap back to it. It will continue to play ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue For the past 3 months or so whenever I swap windows or minimize Spotify there is a chance that the...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Web Player keeps playing silent ads, then gets stuck on ads.

I will be listening to a song as normal and then when an ad plays, the ad will be silent, and the 30 full seconds will play, but at the end, it doesn't switch to another ad. It just freezes, and neither another ad , nor music, will play next. Refresh...

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  • I will be listening to a song as normal and then when an ad plays, the ad will be silent, and the 30 full seconds will play, but at the end, it doesn't switch to another ad. It just freezes, and neit...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Win 10 Black Screen

PlanPremiumDevicePcOperating SystemLatest Win 10 64Bits After Updating the spotify App via Microsoft StoreSpotify appear with black screen (As you can see in the photo attached)What i have tried with no luck:compatibility mode with Win 7/XP pack 3 - ...

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  • Plan Premium Device Pc Operating System Latest Win 10 64Bits   After Updating the spotify App via Microsoft Store Spotify appear with black screen (As you can see in the photo attached) ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Full screen mode operation with display-off schedule in Win10

PlanPremiumCountryRussiaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10Spotify app1.1.79.763.gc2965cdf My Question or IssueHello everybody!So, here's the thing. On my PC I've got display-off schedule (not a sleep mode) engaged which is set to 15 minutes, and when...

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  • Plan Premium Country Russia Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Spotify app 1.1.79.763.gc2965cdf   My Question or Issue Hello everybody! So, here's the thing. On my PC I've got di...
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No option to like all from an album

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10Spotify version 1.1.9.383.g9f48828eMy Question or IssueWhen on an album there is no option to like all songs in the album According to the update the following should be available:To save all ...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 Spotify version 1.1.9.383.g9f48828e My Question or Issue When on an album there is no option to like all songs in the ...
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songs labeled explicit are still playing as censored

I've done the whole looking for the album dropdown and going to the explicit version, but it's still playing as sensored songs.it's not censoring every song, but i got my friend to play sweatpants by gambino from the same playlist on her phone and it...

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  • I've done the whole looking for the album dropdown and going to the explicit version, but it's still playing as sensored songs. it's not censoring every song, but i got my friend to play sweatpants ...
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Superuser Contribution can't shuffle my queue (new or existing)

I have a problem with the Shuffle function. Spotify 1.0.28.87 on Windows 10. My problem is that I have a queue that I want to shuffle, eg. I'm adding some random albums to my queue that I would like to listen to today. Then I hit the shuffle button, ...

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  • I have a problem with the Shuffle function.  Spotify 1.0.28.87 on Windows 10.    My problem is that I have a queue that I want to shuffle, eg. I'm adding some random albums to ...
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Superuser Contribution Why do songs disappear from queue after being played once?

Why can't I press previous track and listen to something I added to a queue? Why can't I start a new playlist and override the existing queue like I could 5 years ago? The queue system behaves differently from any other music player I've used.Is ther...

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  • Why can't I press previous track and listen to something I added to a queue?  Why can't I start a new playlist and override the existing queue like I could 5 years ago? The queue system behaves...
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