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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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PlanFree/PremiumCountryMéxico DeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueEn spotify de pc mas especifico en windows 7 en la sección de canciones que te gustan no me aparece nada de mis canciones que tengo solo me aparece (Aquí aparecer...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country México   Device Laptop Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue En spotify de pc mas especifico en windows 7 en la sección de canciones que te ...
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Superuser Contribution Ops, errors have occurred. refresh

Hi, i have a problem with web version and PC app, when i search any songs it give me a red alert with an error "ops, errors have occurred. refresh ". fine i've try to delete cookie, cache, nothing... the same error on all the browsers, like opera, ch...

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  • Hi, i have a problem with web version and PC app, when i search any songs it give me a red alert with an error "ops, errors have occurred. refresh ". fine i've try to delete cookie, cache, nothing......
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Bring back the dislike button

Where did the dislike button go? It is missing from the Android App and from Windows desktop. All playlists are completely messed up and playing music I dislike. BRING IT BACK.or I'll be cancelling my premium membership.

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  • Where did the dislike button go? It is missing from the Android App and from Windows desktop. All playlists are completely messed up and playing music I dislike. BRING IT BACK. or I'll be cancelling...
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Spotify Free tier fails to play ads and then resume music on Windows 10 app

Spotify Free tier fails to play ads and then resume music on Windows 10 app. It doesn't happen every time, but the ad wont play so music wont continue, and then you have to close out the app and reopen it to get it to play then resume music. PlanFree...

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  • Spotify Free tier fails to play ads and then resume music on Windows 10 app. It doesn't happen every time, but the ad wont play so music wont continue, and then you have to close out the app and reop...
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Is there still no way to download podcasts on desktop windows?

I've been using Spotify premium for years and I like listening to podcasts as well as music, but while there is a way to download music for offline listening, I've not found a way to download podcasts so I can listen to them offline. It should be the...

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  • I've been using Spotify premium for years and I like listening to podcasts as well as music, but while there is a way to download music for offline listening, I've not found a way to download podcast...
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Solved!! No sound from desktop app

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI get no sound from the desktop app, sometimes when I have recently started the app I get a millisecond of sound when I play a song, but then it goes silent. It then ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I get no sound from the desktop app, sometimes when I have recently started the app I get ...
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Friend Activity Not Showing Non-Facebook Users

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 and mac My Question or IssueThis was working a few weeks ago, but it seems like all my friends who don't have a Facebook account are no longer showing up in my Friend Feed. Those who are sy...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 and mac   My Question or Issue This was working a few weeks ago, but it seems like all my friends who don't ...
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Sound gets boosted to max suddenly

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceAndroidOperating SystemWin10 My Question or IssueBecause my phone randomly connects with spotify, the sound gets boosted to max on my pc randomly. Does anyone know how to fix this?

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Android Operating System Win10   My Question or Issue Because my phone randomly connects with spotify, the sound gets boosted to max on my pc ra...
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Message "Spotify can't play this right now" for ALL the songs in the catalog.

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIn the last days I can't listen either through the desktop app or through the web player ANY songs in the catalog. When I click the play button I get this message: "Sp...

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  • Plan Premium Country Italy Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue In the last days I can't listen either through the desktop app or through the web play...
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Spotify crashing my computer

PlanFreeDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10Version1.1.17.543.geb9254e9 (Microsoft Store)My Question or IssueSpotify crashes my computer, when spotify has been idle in the background for a longer time or when I try to close it, CPU/RAM usage of the app...

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  • Plan Free Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Version 1.1.17.543.geb9254e9 (Microsoft Store) My Question or Issue Spotify crashes my computer, when spotify has been idle in the background ...
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Spotify freezes my PC

PlanFreeCountryLithuaniaDeviceIntel(R) Celeron(R) CPU G1620 @ 2.70GHz, 2700 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 ProMy Question or IssueWith both the Spotify program or app on, my PC often completely freezes my P...

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  •   Plan Free Country Lithuania Device Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU G1620 @ 2.70GHz, 2700 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s) Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue ...
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Spotify keeps crashing my computer.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have tried to uninstall and reinstall Spotify through both the direct EXE and the Windows store about 15 times, every time I have used programs like Revo ...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have tried to uninstall and reinstall Spotify through both the direct EXE and ...
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Minimize/maximize and close Bar

PlanPremiumCountrySaudi ArabiaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My IssueMinimize/maximize and close bar is not in the correct order in Spotify Arabic Ver. I'm hoping it will get fixed in future update.

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  • Plan Premium Country Saudi Arabia Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Issue Minimize/maximize and close bar is not in the correct order in Spotify Arabic Ver.    ...
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Netflix app and Spotify desktop not working together

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWindows 10 Laptop (Dell)My Question or IssueWhen opening the netflix app downloaded from the windows store spotify stops working. Specifically the songs stop playing and quickly cycle to the next song. To fix the problem I ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Windows 10 Laptop (Dell) My Question or Issue When opening the netflix app downloaded from the windows store spotify stops working. Specifically the songs stop ...
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no es posible reproducir esto hasta que permite la reproduccion de esta cancion en la aplicacion de

PlanPremiumCountryColombiaDeviceWindows/Huawei P20 liteOperating System(Windows/Android) Hola, tengo una playlist con muchas canciones y algunas me arrojan ese mensaje cuando intento reproducirlas "No es posible reproducir esto hasta que permite la r...

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  • Plan Premium Country Colombia Device Windows/Huawei P20 lite Operating System (Windows/Android)   Hola, tengo una playlist con muchas canciones y algunas me arrojan ese mensaje cuando i...
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Volume randomly dropping to mute while playing

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceDell Latitude 5480Operating SystemWindows 7 Pro My Question or IssueWhile listening to music, the volume will drop from my set level to completely muted/off randomly

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  • Plan Premium Country United States   Device Dell Latitude 5480 Operating System Windows 7 Pro   My Question or Issue While listening to music, the volume will drop from my set le...
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friend activity does not show all of my friends

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have a problem with my friend activity feed, as stated above. First of all, I have already checked every setting on my end and on my friends end. All of our social sett...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have a problem with my friend activity feed, as stated above. First of all, I have already c...
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Is it too much to ask to not have sexually graphic art displayed?

PlanFamily PremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe album art for "I Need to Smoke" by Young Gil is showing up in my desktop application home screen for some reason. This art features a clearly naked woman, str...

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  • Plan Family Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The album art for "I Need to Smoke" by Young Gil is showing up in my desktop applicati...
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My music in my playlists are gone

I hopped on to spotify and all the music in my playlists were gone. I tried using the recover playlist option but nothing appeared. Please someone help.

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  • I hopped on to spotify and all the music in my playlists were gone. I tried using the recover playlist option but nothing appeared. Please someone help.  
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Veränderung der Lautstärke WÄHREND dem Lied

Hi, ich habe folgendes Problem: Auf meinen Amazon Echo Geräten und auf allen Desktops auf denen ich Spotify bisher genutzt habe verändert sich die Lautstärke immer wieder VON SELBST und zwar MITTEN IM LIED. D.h. der Lautstärkeregler im Spotify Fenste...

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  • Hi, ich habe folgendes Problem: Auf meinen Amazon Echo Geräten und auf allen Desktops auf denen ich Spotify bisher genutzt habe verändert sich die Lautstärke immer wieder VON SELBST und zwar MITTEN I...
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