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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 Is there a way to log in on PC using Samsung account?

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceGalaxy Tab S8 Ultra, Galaxy S21 UltraOperating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueI have attached some screenshots of two accounts; the one on top is the one I am trying to use on PC - the username is a bunch o...

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  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra, Galaxy S21 Ultra Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue I have attached some screenshots of two accounts; th...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify recommended only shows one song

It won't refresh at all. After I added the song, the recommended section was completely removed.The playlist has about 450 songs.The find more button is also completely useless, it doesn't show anything except a search button.Country: NetherlandsDevi...

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  • It won't refresh at all. After I added the song, the recommended section was completely removed.The playlist has about 450 songs. The find more button is also completely useless, it doesn't show...
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Superuser Contribution api-ms-win-core-console-l3-2-0.dll is missing

Updated Spotify on Win10 and get this message when I try to run it or to uninstall it. Not able to do anything with it. What could I do?

  • Casual Listener
  • Updated Spotify on Win10 and get this message when I try to run it or to uninstall it. Not able to do anything with it. What could I do?  
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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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Superuser Contribution i cannot remove a song from my queue

when I click on the three dots and on the queue symbol, there is not an option to remove a song. I'd like to remove War of the Roses, Love trap shows from my account, I like to not see them at all.

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  • when I click on the three dots and on the queue symbol, there is not an option to remove a song. I'd like to remove War of the Roses, Love trap shows from my account, I like to not see them at all.
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Superuser Contribution No playback after restarting router

I have just restarted my router and since then Spotify won't playback any songs, show my playlists and takes ages to even load the starting page.I have the same issue with my PC as well as my phone, but when I change to mobile data, Spotify works as ...

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  • I have just restarted my router and since then Spotify won't playback any songs, show my playlists and takes ages to even load the starting page. I have the same issue with my PC as well as my phone...
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why cant we get lyrics in free

it doesnot shows lyrics and tells to upgrade to premiere

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  • it doesnot shows lyrics and tells to upgrade to premiere
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Desktop app not playing any music

I keep getting the error whenever I open the app on my desktop. I can play music fine through the website and on my mobile devices but the Microsoft app doesn't play any songs even the ones that it shows on my computer. I have deleted then reinstalle...

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  • I keep getting the error whenever I open the app on my desktop.  I can play music fine through the website and on my mobile devices but the Microsoft app doesn't play any songs even the ones tha...
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Superuser Contribution My Spotify is (almost) Completely broken.

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceSelf made Computer & Samsung Galaxy A51Operating SystemWindows 11 & Android 13 My Issue:I'm just gonna do this timeline wise.So about a week and a half ago i noticed my mobile app and desktop app stopped syncing. comple...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Self made Computer & Samsung Galaxy A51 Operating System Windows 11 & Android 13   My Issue: I'm just gonna do this timeline wise. So a...
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    idk what this is help
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Superuser Contribution Hide song not working

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I today was accessing the radio of one of my playlists consisting of exclusively Mongolian artists, I quickly noticed that pretty much every song in there that was s...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I today was accessing the radio of one of my playlists consisting of exclusively Mongolia...
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Superuser Contribution Strange bar at the top

Hello how can I restore the old look of spotify, I recently had to reinstall spotify from scratch and I have this weird bar at the top. Is there any way to restore the tiles on the left side of the window? It looked more aesthetically pleasing and wa...

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  • Hello how can I restore the old look of spotify, I recently had to reinstall spotify from scratch and I have this weird bar at the top. Is there any way to restore the tiles on the left side of the w...
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web login stuck

PlanPremiumCountryIndonesiaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuejust a few days ago, my dekstop spotify just loged out it self, and when i start the spotify app, it told me to login and in the web, it told me to enter my email and p...

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  • Plan Premium Country Indonesia Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue just a few days ago, my dekstop spotify just loged out it self, and when i start the spotify...
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spotify can't play this right now

Spotify can't play this right now if you have the file on your computer you can import itdon't know how to fix on PC

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  • Spotify can't play this right now if you have the file on your computer you can import it don't know how to fix on PC
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Superuser Contribution Offline Error while Using Spotify Desktop App

PlanPremium BasicCountrySouth KoreaDeviceGalaxy Book 4 15.6"Operating SystemWindows 11 23H2 64x , Driver updates are all up to date My Question or IssueI was going to listen to music on Spotify, but it's offline. Check your Internet connection." When...

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  • Plan Premium Basic Country South Korea Device Galaxy Book 4 15.6" Operating System Windows 11 23H2 64x , Driver updates are all up to date   My Question or Issue I was going to li...
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Superuser Contribution Podcasts unplayable

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDell laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuepodcasts are unplayable. this problem has occurred in the past but is marked as resolved (which it currently is not) I am unable to play podcasts on mobile and deskt...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Dell laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue podcasts are unplayable. this problem has occurred in the past but is marked as res...
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Superuser Contribution Re: [BUG] Spotify Home Page no loading

This issue is still apparent on 1.2.37.701.ge66eb7bc - my PC still wakes up from sleep randomly and it's caused by spotify.exe according to Windows Diagnostics power requests. Can someone please advise?

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  • This issue is still apparent on 1.2.37.701.ge66eb7bc - my PC still wakes up from sleep randomly and it's caused by spotify.exe according to Windows Diagnostics power requests. Can someone please advi...
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Superuser Contribution No warning shown for duplicate songs

PlanFreeCountry DeviceAsus LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 22H2 / Spotiy version: Windows (64 bit) Spotify1.2.37.701.ge66eb7bc My Question or IssueI reported this error about 2 years ago and the problem still persists. Spotify won't warn you if you ...

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  • Plan Free Country   Device Asus Laptop Operating System Windows 10 22H2 / Spotiy version: Windows (64 bit) Spotify 1.2.37.701.ge66eb7bc   My Question or Issue I reported this err...
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Superuser Contribution Windows volume up/down keys do not work when spotify has focus

On Win7 Pro 64-bit. They don't affect neither the Spotify volume nor the global Windows volume. (I'd prefer the latter, plz.)

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  • On Win7 Pro 64-bit.   They don't affect neither the Spotify volume nor the global Windows volume. (I'd prefer the latter, plz.)
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Solved!! No songs in any playlists (including public playlists)

PlanpremiumCountry UKDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue I am unable to play any songs in any playlist as they are simply not there. I've reinstalled, logged in and out countless times. I cannot play any songs in public pla...

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  • ...'ve reinstalled, logged in and out countless times. I cannot play any songs in public playlists and all my songs in my private playlists are gone (the only thing that shows up in my playlists are local f...
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