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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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  • MattSuda
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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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Liked Songs are playing out of order, when sorted by title

Hello there, good evening.It's been a few days since I noticed my software is not playing my songs in correct order anymore. Every time I try to play them sorted by title, the program simply jumps to other songs randomly after 2 or 3 songs, and it al...

  • Visitor
  • Hello there, good evening. It's been a few days since I noticed my software is not playing my songs in correct order anymore. Every time I try to play them sorted by title, the program simply ju...
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Entire Spotify Library missing (except for 5 albums)

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 7, PCOperating Systemlatest iOS, Windows 10 My Question or IssueHi everyone - I migrated from Groove to Spotify and it worked great. 500+ albums and 10 playlists matched and showed up in Spotify across all platforms....

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 7, PC Operating System latest iOS, Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi everyone - I migrated from Groove to Spotify and it worked great.  &...
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Problems with large playlists/song libraries

My Question or IssueI realize that this is somewhat of an issue of how I approach using spotify, but this has somewhat caused me some nuisance. I currently have a pretty large playlist (~3K songs and growing). I usually Like new songs and add them to...

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  • My Question or Issue I realize that this is somewhat of an issue of how I approach using spotify, but this has somewhat caused me some nuisance. I currently have a pretty large playlist (~3K songs a...
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[Windows] The Playlist Förfest! have the wrong songs.

The Playlist Förfest! have the wrong songs. If I click on one song, let's say Darin - Hög. It gives me a completley other song. (Wahlstedt, Vanillaz - Time to Shine)It's the same with all the other songs in that playlist. PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevi...

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  • The Playlist Förfest! have the wrong songs. If I click on one song, let's say Darin - Hög. It gives me a completley other song. (Wahlstedt, Vanillaz - Time to Shine) It's the same with all the other...
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Solved!! Playlist Exchange not allowing Spotify Link

Hi, Spotify community - trying to submit a playlist on the Spotify playlist exchange and I get an error- I am a curator/DJ/artist just starting on Spotify. I have claimed my artist's account (dropped a couple of originals) - I try to copy/paste the p...

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  • Hi, Spotify community - trying to submit a playlist on the Spotify playlist exchange and I get an error- I am a curator/DJ/artist just starting on Spotify. I have claimed my artist's account (dropped...
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Solved!! Issues while playing certain artists on desktop

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDeviceDesktop, Galaxy S10Operating SystemWindows 10, Android Pie My Question or IssueAs title says, I'm experiecing issues while playing only certain artists (While with some others are viable) on desktop, both app or web playe...

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  • Plan Premium Country Italy Device Desktop, Galaxy S10 Operating System Windows 10, Android Pie   My Question or Issue As title says, I'm experiecing issues while playing only certain a...
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"Don't play this song" option repeatedly disappearing from daily mixes

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceDeskop, AndroidOperating SystemAndroid, Windows 10 My Question or IssueIt's a daily gamble if the option to dislike Daily Mix songs is there and a couple of mine have been playing garbage that I don't want to hear. Using the...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device Deskop, Android Operating System Android, Windows 10   My Question or Issue It's a daily gamble if the option to dislike Daily Mix songs is there and a c...
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Play Button not working

DeviceAcer Aspire E15 Notebook Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Whenever I hit "Share" on my recent track or copy the song URI and paste into a Play Button, if I try to make a post with the link on any social media (Facebook, Twitter.....

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  •  Device Acer Aspire E15 Notebook   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Whenever I hit "Share" on my recent track or copy the song URI and paste into a Play ...
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Solved!! Can´t see spotify its invisible.

PlanFreeCountrySlovakia DeviceWindowsOperating SystemWindows 7 Ultimate My Question or IssueWhen i launch spotify the spotify turn on but i cant see the spotify, its invisible so i cant change tracks .. i just cant see (right now its black) . some ph...

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  •   Plan Free Country Slovakia   Device Windows Operating System Windows 7 Ultimate   My Question or Issue When i launch spotify the spotify turn on but i cant see the spotif...
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Clicking on album cover links to wrong song in playlist

PlanPremium DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 - 64 bit 1903 - 18362.418spotify 1.1.17.545.g74ed9ff1 My Question or IssueWhen clicking on the album cover it links to the wrong song in a playlist.See photo.

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  • Plan Premium   Device PC Operating System Windows 10 - 64 bit 1903 - 18362.418 spotify 1.1.17.545.g74ed9ff1   My Question or Issue When clicking on the album cover it links to the...
  • eltoch
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BUG REPORT! Fix it!

PlanPremium DevicePC within office Wi-Fi networkOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFirst of all, I am extremely sorry that Spotify wastes my time once again. But who cares? Since your developers have proved themselves again to not be able...

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  • Plan Premium   Device PC within office Wi-Fi network Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue First of all, I am extremely sorry that Spotify wastes my time once again. B...
  • Carole101
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Ads won't Play

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSAOperating SystemWindowsMy Question or IssueWhenever an ad comes on, it doesn't play and I have to close out of Spotify and reopen it for it to play or for the music to come back.

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country USA Operating System Windows My Question or Issue Whenever an ad comes on, it doesn't play and I have to close out of Spotify and reopen it for it to play or for the ...
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Show ALL SONGS by an Artist

This problem exists in Windows 10, Premium Version. Problem: 1) Search for an artist (e.g. Ray Charles)2) There's no way to view ALL SONGS by that artist. You can however search based on album, but there's no way in Spotify (that I can see) to show a...

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  • This problem exists in Windows 10, Premium Version.   Problem:   1) Search for an artist (e.g. Ray Charles) 2) There's no way to view ALL SONGS by that artist.   You can however...
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Some local files missing.

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue My spotify don't load some local files. I add all in settings, and they are mp3 files. (Sorry for my english.)

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  • Plan Premium Country Spain Device PC Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue   My spotify don't load some local files. I add all in settings, and they are mp3 files.&nb...
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Search results have incorrect popularity values (always 100% popular)

PlanPremiumCountryJapanDeviceBasic LaptopOperating SystemWin10 My Question or IssueWhenever I search anything, all the results have 100% popularity values, I cannot distinguish which is more popular. Check the attached image...This is the case for al...

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  • Plan Premium Country Japan Device Basic Laptop Operating System Win10   My Question or Issue Whenever I search anything, all the results have 100% popularity values, I cannot distingui...
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Superuser Contribution Hey Spotify developers : Great July update ! Keep up the good work !

I've been loving the July Windows update so far, keep up the good work, you have all my support ! Sincerely A spotify user.

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  • I've been loving the July Windows update so far, keep up the good work, you have all my support !   Sincerely   A spotify user.
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Adding a recommended song to a playlist problem

Go to a playlist and scroll to the recommended songs. Add one of them to the playlist using the contextual menu that shows upon right-clicking on the selected song with the mouse. You can notice that the song does not disappear from the list of recom...

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  • Go to a playlist and scroll to the recommended songs. Add one of them to the playlist using the contextual menu that shows upon right-clicking on the selected song with the mouse. You can notice that...
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Two songs of Johnny Vazquez have swapped names or content

Hello, Spotify. The following two songs of Johnny Vazquez have swapped content:Como Quien Pierde una Estrella and Baila Rumbero from his Baila Rumbero album. Either names or content have been swapped. Here are the correct name and content pairs:https...

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  • Hello, Spotify.   The following two songs of Johnny Vazquez have swapped content: Como Quien Pierde una Estrella   and   Baila Rumbero   from his Baila Rumbero album. Eit...
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Solved!! Spotify desktop says I'm offline when all other websites (including spotify web) works

Operating SystemUbuntu 16.04My Question or Issue Same problem as https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/I-have-full-internet-connection-but-it-says-I-m-offline/td-p/42499 but none of the existing issues resolve it. I resolved it so I'll be ...

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  • Operating System Ubuntu 16.04 My Question or Issue   Same problem as https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/I-have-full-internet-connection-but-it-says-I-m-offline/td-p/42499 but n...
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