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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 cant play right now. if you have the file on your computer you can import it.

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuehave this error at the top of the screen, spotify on my phone works as intended, if i go over to the pc i have this error, no sound, no spotify in my sound mixer at all, ...

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  •     Plan Free/Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue have this error at the top of the screen, spotify on my phone works as intende...
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Why does spotify on my PC keep connecting to my sky box?

PlanFreeCountryUKDeviceDELL PC 2014/15Operating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issuewhy does spotify keep connecting to my sky box? I am playing spotify on my PC and all is fine, then automatically it will stop on the PC and play on the SKY box. Keep...

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  • Plan Free Country UK Device DELL PC 2014/15 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue why does spotify keep connecting to my sky box?  I am playing spotify on my PC and all is f...
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No music available | In Windows 10

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Windows 10 edition of Spotify refuses to work. Whenever I open up any version wether it be the Spotify provided link or the Windows 10 version off the Micro...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My Windows 10 edition of Spotify refuses to work. Whenever I open up any version we...
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Cant find spotify on my samsung galaxy watch

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Unable to Rearrange Songs (Windows Desktop)

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceSurfaceOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueUnable to drag and drop songs within playlist. No headers/ columns have been selected. Affecting all self created playlists.

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device Surface Operating System   Windows 10   My Question or Issue Unable to drag and drop songs within playlist. No headers/ columns have been selected....
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Clicking on Artsit plays all the songs, not just ones I saved to my library

PlanPremiumDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or Issue: So in the past, I've been able to click on "Artist" under "Your library" and click Play on an artist and it would play ONLY songs I added to my library. Like if I clicked th...

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  • Plan Premium Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue:   So in the past, I've been able to click on "Artist" under "Your library" and click Play on a...
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Spotify cracking a lot in windows

Guys I have a problem with my Spotify he’s cracking a lot in stopping my computer, So I need to restart every time but I have a good computer with a x64 windows 10 and 6GB of RAM,I use it have some years on and just now it’s happening this I think th...

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  • Guys I have a problem with my Spotify he’s cracking a lot in stopping my computer,  So I need to restart every time but I have a good computer with a x64 windows 10 and 6GB of RAM,I use it have ...
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Spotify keeps switching to other device playing same song.

PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDeviceDesktop & laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 (both devices My Question or IssuePlaying songs on laptop. After a random amount of time playing it jumps back to the same song that is supposedly playing on my desktop. (Green...

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  • Plan Premium Country Belgium Device Desktop & laptop Operating System Windows 10 (both devices   My Question or Issue Playing songs on laptop. After a random amount of time playing...
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Automatic play bug

PlanPremiumCountryCosta Rica DeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I play the song Lalala by Y2K and bbno$ it plays normaly, but it doesn't play anything else automatically, with every song played after Lalala you can't hit ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Costa Rica   Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I play the song Lalala by Y2K and bbno$ it plays normaly, but it doesn't p...
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Desktop app not working correctly

PlanFamily PremiumCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 Pro My Question or IssueSince the start of the week, everytime I go on the app to play music from a playlist or something that I searched, the player get really laggy. I click "Pause", ...

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  • Plan Family Premium Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 7 Pro   My Question or Issue Since the start of the week, everytime I go on the app to play music from a playlist ...
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Impossible to sort list of ARTIST

What an unusefull type of ordering.I want to order my Artist list. I pay for your service (premium account) and I want to ordr my lists as I want.Correct immediatly this stupid order method

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  • What an unusefull type of ordering. I want to order my Artist list. I pay for your service (premium account) and I want to ordr my lists as  I want. Correct immediatly this stupid order m...
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Computador congelando

Olá, eu uso spotify free e quando aparece algum anuncio no computador (windows 7) ele trava totalmente (mais especificamente o HD), quais serão as possiveis causas disso?Obs: no celular funciona normalmente...

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  • Olá, eu uso spotify free e quando aparece algum anuncio no computador (windows 7) ele trava totalmente (mais especificamente o HD), quais serão as possiveis causas disso? Obs: no celular funcion...
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Não consigo ouvir nada pelo desktop

Não consigo ouvir nada pelo aplicativo de desktop, a não ser as musicas dos arquivos locais, ja tentei sair da conta, reinstalar mas nada resolve.

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  • Não consigo ouvir nada pelo aplicativo de desktop, a não ser as musicas dos arquivos locais, ja tentei sair da conta, reinstalar mas nada resolve.
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Solved!! Summer 2019 Update Breaks Keyboard Play/Pause/Skip

I have a Microsoft 3050 Wireless Keyboard which has media hotkeys at the top. Without any configuration, the Skip Fwd, Skip Back, and Play/Pause keys always controlled whatever player was currently playing on my system. However, I noticed after this ...

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  • I have a Microsoft 3050 Wireless Keyboard which has media hotkeys at the top. Without any configuration, the Skip Fwd, Skip Back, and Play/Pause keys always controlled whatever player was currently p...
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Removed all offline devices but still have access

I recently removed all my devices and changed my password on my spotify account, but I have still been able to access my account without logging again on both my desktop app and phone. I thought changing your password and removing all the approved de...

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  • I recently removed all my devices and changed my password on my spotify account, but I have still been able to access my account without logging again on both my desktop app and phone.    ...
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Is there a way to play the next playlist in a folder when the current playlist is finished?

I assumed the next playlist in a my playlist flder would start when the current playlist was finished. That is not the case. Is there a way to automatically play the next playlist when the current playlist is finihed?

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  • I assumed the next playlist in a my playlist flder would start when the current playlist was finished. That is not the case.  Is there a way to automatically play the next playlist when the curr...
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Playlist All EMPTY

All the playlists in the Spotify program are empty on my Desktop application. I've tried at least 10 different playlists and none of them will play because it says it is empty. Just started today was working fine yesterday. Tried uninstalling and re-...

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  • All the playlists in the Spotify program are empty on my Desktop application.  I've tried at least 10 different playlists and none of them will play because it says it is empty.  Just start...
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Wrong Music File - "Because I Love" by Majority One

Hello. I am in Brazil and I run Spotify Free on Windows 10 and on Android 5.1.1 for Asus ZenFone.My issue is that I have discovered that the Song "Because I Love", by Majority One in the Album Rainbow Rockin' Chair actually plays a wrong audio file. ...

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  • Hello.   I am in Brazil and I run Spotify Free on Windows 10 and on Android 5.1.1 for Asus ZenFone. My issue is that I have discovered that the Song "Because I Love", by Majority One in the...
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Playlist sort filter in Windows app ... like Android app

Plan: FreeCountry: 'mericaDevice: LG V20Operating System: Android 8My Question or Issue Would like to see the Windows app have a filter, like in Android, to sort playlists by name, recently played, recently added, etc f1v3h0l3

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  • Plan: Free Country: 'merica Device: LG V20 Operating System: Android 8 My Question or Issue   Would like to see the Windows app have a filter, like in Android, to sort playlists by name, r...
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Private Playlist Followers

Hello! I turned my playlist private, but there were people following it prior to me turning it. It still says there are some people following it even after I turned it into a private playlist. Can they still see it even though I turned it on private?

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  • Hello!   I turned my playlist private, but there were people following it prior to me turning it. It still says there are some people following it even after I turned it into a priva...
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