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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2024-03-14 3:38:28 PM
2 weeks ago
ipanasenko
Newbie
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77 replies
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77 replies
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-06-26 8:42:18 AM
4 weeks ago
cour10e22
Regular
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268 replies
21 likes

73385 Views
268 replies
21 likes

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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-04-28 8:08:45 PM
2023-04-29 10:41:16 PM
MattSuda
Spotify Star
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1 replies
6 likes

5146 Views
1 replies
6 likes

[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...

Goodman
Spotify Legend
2013-09-17 11:47:47 AM
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0 replies
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Is there a way to revert to an older spotify version in which the library functions the old way?

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueThe new way the library functions is extremely obnoxious and counter intuitive. I have tried to install older versions of spotify to revert the way the library functions but...

aransnara
Regular
Plan Premium Country United States Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The new way the library functions is extremely obnoxious and counter intuitive. I have tried to install olde...
2019-04-23 5:37:11 AM
2019-10-11 5:22:35 PM
FizzXD
Casual Listener
2295 Views
2 replies
15 likes

2295 Views
2 replies
15 likes

Shuffle just doesn't work.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceGalaxy 10 Plus, WindowsOperating SystemAndroid 9.0, Windows 10 Pro My Question or IssueThe algorithm that Spotify employs to "shuffle" songs is a complete and utter joke. My library onspotify contains over 2,500 songs and y...

ThaWizard16
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country USA Device Galaxy 10 Plus, Windows Operating System Android 9.0, Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue The algorithm that Spotify employs to "shuffle" songs is a c...
2019-08-16 3:34:04 AM
2019-10-11 6:21:59 AM
xiacom
Newbie
1982 Views
4 replies
8 likes

1982 Views
4 replies
8 likes

Liked from Radio vs. Liked songs? No thumbs up or down

When I play a radio from a song or artist on my windows, and I like the song (little heart) it goes to Liked Songs, but not Liked from Radio. I don't see a "like" button anywhere, only a heart, and the option to "save song" which also selects the hea...

mkscherder
Casual Listener
When I play a radio from a song or artist on my windows, and I like the song (little heart) it goes to Liked Songs, but not Liked from Radio. I don't see a "like" button anywhere, only a heart, and t...
2019-10-10 11:51:50 PM
784 Views
0 replies
1 likes

784 Views
0 replies
1 likes

Playlist Sorting Resets Every Restart

PlanPremium (trial) CountryUK Operating SystemFirst noticed on Windows 10 non-Store application version 1.1.16.522.g55a4b852. Just switched over to Store version and it does the same. My Question or IssueI tend to listen to my Liked Songs playlist an...

UKMatt2000
Casual Listener
Plan Premium (trial) Country UK Operating System First noticed on Windows 10 non-Store application version 1.1.16.522.g55a4b852. Just switched over to Store version and it d...
2019-10-05 12:39:43 AM
2019-10-10 10:20:36 PM
UKMatt2000
Casual Listener
602 Views
1 replies
1 likes

602 Views
1 replies
1 likes

Album don't show on artist page but is avible through link

PlanFree and PremiumCountryPolandDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAlbum "The Answer" isn't displaying on artist pageArtist page: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6GWciujSDoDzAAEcDp48spAlbum: https://open.spotify.com/album...

Drago_Nero
Casual Listener
Plan Free and Premium Country Poland Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Album "The Answer" isn't displaying on artist page Artist page: https://...
2019-10-08 12:35:53 PM
2019-10-10 3:53:39 PM
OneByBoo
Roadie
555 Views
1 replies
0 likes

555 Views
1 replies
0 likes

Cannot play any songs

Hi PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHiI cannot play any songs on Spotify, On the desktop app, i get the message "Spotify cannot play this right now". I have searched for a solution but have not found anything ...

sambylett
Visitor
Hi Plan Premium Country Australia Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi I cannot play any songs on Spotify, On the desktop app, i get the message "Spotify canno...
2019-10-10 11:08:31 AM
2019-10-10 3:49:55 PM
OneByBoo
Roadie
551 Views
1 replies
0 likes

551 Views
1 replies
0 likes

Solved!! Unable to play any songs in Spotify Desktop App

PlanPremiumCountryMalaysiaDeviceAcer Aspire V15 NitroOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Spotify app cannot play any song. It just gives an error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can ...

rotibakar
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Malaysia Device Acer Aspire V15 Nitro Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My Spotify app cannot play any song. It just gives an error message "Spoti...
2019-10-09 4:54:13 AM
2019-10-10 3:38:15 PM
OneByBoo
Roadie
1879 Views
4 replies
1 likes

1879 Views
4 replies
1 likes

[BUG] Spotify auto starts with windows, though I disabled this feature

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSince the Last update spotify chsnged my settings and starts automatically everytime windows boots. That makes windows slower on start witch is not desired.

sotos2004
Regular
Plan Premium Country Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Since the Last update spotify chsnged my settings and starts automatically everytime windo...
2019-10-10 7:17:29 AM
2019-10-10 12:34:29 PM
user-removed
Not applicable
395 Views
1 replies
1 likes

395 Views
1 replies
1 likes

Solved!! Next song starts at random time. Crossfade is OFF.

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDevicePC Lenovo Early 2015Operating SystemW10 My Question or IssueJust discovered this in a playlist i just started following. The next song that is coming up starts at random times. When manually playing next track it starts ...

Limitedh11111
Regular
Plan Premium Country Norway Device PC Lenovo Early 2015 Operating System W10 My Question or Issue Just discovered this in a playlist i just started following. The next song that is c...
2019-10-05 10:17:00 PM
2019-10-09 12:14:26 AM
Limitedh11111
Regular
938 Views
2 replies
0 likes

938 Views
2 replies
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Cannot see songs in my playlists

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI cannot see songs in any playlists on the windows app be it to be Today's top hits or RapCaviar, etc. However, I can see them when I am using a web player. I tried re-i...

G_Gupta05
Visitor
Plan Premium Country India Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I cannot see songs in any playlists on the windows app be it to be Today's top hits or RapCaviar, et...
2019-10-09 4:15:27 AM
2019-10-09 6:21:05 PM
OneByBoo
Roadie
400 Views
1 replies
0 likes

400 Views
1 replies
0 likes

Betterfy

Ok so here's something that's been on my mind lately; Spotify is an amazing tool that has elevated the music industry into the future as well as evolved how we listen to music in general. But at the same time, it severely lacks basic almost 'common s...

nysteve
Roadie
Ok so here's something that's been on my mind lately; Spotify is an amazing tool that has elevated the music industry into the future as well as evolved how we listen to music in general. But at the ...
2019-10-09 5:32:19 PM
389 Views
0 replies
1 likes
Desktop
Playlists

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Folder Redirections.... seriously?

How on earth is it that this software still doesn't support folder redirections, or the option to forcefully install locally without always attempting to store stuff in the Roaming folder?

stugster
Casual Listener
How on earth is it that this software still doesn't support folder redirections, or the option to forcefully install locally without always attempting to store stuff in the Roaming folder?
2019-10-09 4:38:54 PM
285 Views
0 replies
0 likes

285 Views
0 replies
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Proxy Auto Detect not working when changing networks

PlanPremiumCountryUS DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueBetween the home network and work, the proxy setting has to be changed. I have a powershell script that updates proxy settings before putting the PC to sleep to travel to or ...

gt2847c
Regular
Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Between the home network and work, the proxy setting has to be changed. I have a powers...
2018-08-04 7:28:25 PM
2019-10-09 3:42:09 PM
foxontherock
Casual Listener
1763 Views
4 replies
1 likes

1763 Views
4 replies
1 likes

Spotify Not Responding on Windows

For the past 3 days I haven't been able to open the spotify app on my computer. A message pops up saying "The Spotify application is not responding". 3 days ago, I was on Spotify and then it just stopped working, said no internet connection even thou...

minecraftpro169
Casual Listener
For the past 3 days I haven't been able to open the spotify app on my computer. A message pops up saying "The Spotify application is not responding". 3 days ago, I was on Spotify and then it just sto...
2019-10-08 11:36:13 PM
2019-10-09 3:17:21 PM
Jollof
Composer
899 Views
1 replies
0 likes

899 Views
1 replies
0 likes

Full screen breaks program and no option to change profile picture after update

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceCustom desktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro x64 My Question or IssueSince I received an update a few days ago, hitting the fullscreen player button displays a fullscreen black image. The cursor is visible, but nothing else...

Windows10
Newbie
Plan Premium Country USA Device Custom desktop Operating System Windows 10 Pro x64 My Question or Issue Since I received an update a few days ago, hitting the fullscreen player butto...
2019-10-09 5:18:57 AM
2019-10-09 9:55:18 AM
OneByBoo
Roadie
612 Views
1 replies
0 likes
bug
fullscreen
profile picture

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When copying a playlist several songs are lost

I copied a playlist, but I think that a previous version of the playlist was copied, and now I have lost many songs on that playlist. It has happened many times. I try to copy a certain playlist, but after looking at the copied playlist a moment late...

AlexandraHawes
Visitor
I copied a playlist, but I think that a previous version of the playlist was copied, and now I have lost many songs on that playlist. It has happened many times. I try to copy a certain playlist, but...
2019-10-08 8:02:01 PM
2019-10-09 6:05:37 AM
osornios
Spotify Star
670 Views
1 replies
0 likes
Desktop
Playlists

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1 replies
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Can no longer see how many Liked Songs I have

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueUntil recently I could Select All of my Liked Songs and when I dragged it would show how many I currently have in that list (8000+). Now, although I still have that amount it o...

Bramish
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Until recently I could Select All of my Liked Songs and when I dragged it would show how many I curr...
2019-10-08 1:54:57 PM
2019-10-08 5:50:57 PM
Sebasty
Community Legend
1461 Views
1 replies
0 likes

1461 Views
1 replies
0 likes

Spotify peer to peer

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDevice(Dell)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueI cannot access Spotify from my work network. As per IT Spotify uses peer to peer networks which are banned at work. Is this the case? Does Spotify really use p...

NewBeats
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device (Dell) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue I cannot access Spotify from my work network. As per IT Spotify uses peer to peer ne...
2019-10-07 1:46:51 PM
2019-10-08 4:05:58 PM
Sebasty
Community Legend
9578 Views
3 replies
0 likes

9578 Views
3 replies
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Superuser Contribution Spotify completely died

PlanFreeCountryEnglandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueYesterday I reinstalled Spotify for no reason, after I installed it, all my song from my playlist were gone and when I attempted at playing any song nothing worked, the song...

Maxinity
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country England Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Yesterday I reinstalled Spotify for no reason, after I installed it, all my song from my playlist...
2019-09-28 12:41:53 PM
2019-10-08 1:08:54 PM
Petya
Community Legend
990 Views
3 replies
0 likes

990 Views
3 replies
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Improve discover weekly. This is what it looks like now

Discover Weekly doesn't do a good job suggesting music: it's only suggesting **bleep** that doesn't match the music I usually listen to.

jaspoid-0934
Roadie
Discover Weekly doesn't do a good job suggesting music: it's only suggesting **bleep** that doesn't match the music I usually listen to.
2019-03-01 4:14:32 PM
2019-10-08 1:04:52 PM
Pep
Casual Listener
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2 replies
0 likes

630 Views
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