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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
2024-09-03 1:50:30 PM
ipanasenko
Newbie
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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
2 weeks ago
rednblu
Roadie
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271 replies
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75781 Views
271 replies
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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...

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
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5308 Views
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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...

Goodman
Spotify Legend
2013-09-17 11:47:47 AM
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Memory leak - High RAM usage on Windows 7

DeviceLenovo Thinkpad P50Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueHey,I'm using spotify at work and it takes a lot of my RAM.Here on the screenshot you can see that it takes almost 1.5 Go of RAM !I'm keeping it open for long period of time so I ...

Matthieu42
Casual Listener
Device Lenovo Thinkpad P50 Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Hey, I'm using spotify at work and it takes a lot of my RAM. Here on the screenshot you can see that it tak...
2019-08-29 9:16:51 AM
2019-09-23 11:21:11 AM
Matthieu42
Casual Listener
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2 replies
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memory leak
Ram
Windows 7

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LIKED SONGS ADDED FROM PHONE NOT SHOWING UP ON PC AND ALSO WON'T PLAY

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSongs I've added since like 15 days ago aren't going onto my liked playlist on my PC and when I play them on my phone they don't play on my PC. I can't refresh my playlist...

DHoffmann18
Visitor
Plan Premium Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Songs I've added since like 15 days ago aren't going onto my liked playlist on my PC and when I...
2019-09-23 4:43:43 AM
2019-09-23 9:27:47 AM
Emilia_8
Community Legend
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1 replies
1 likes

3345 Views
1 replies
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Can't play songs from laptop.

Tonight I attempted to play spotify and it just started skipping through playlists without starting any of the songs. I occationally get the error message "Spotify can't play this right now, if you have the song on your computer you can import it."I ...

frankearl91
Casual Listener
Tonight I attempted to play spotify and it just started skipping through playlists without starting any of the songs. I occationally get the error message "Spotify can't play this right now, i...
2019-09-23 6:53:08 AM
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Playlists Double-Playing Artists While on Shuffle

Recently something odd has been happening with all of my playlists. Even though I keep them all on shuffle, if I have 2 or more of an artist's songs in the playlist, they always play back-to-back songs from that atist before moving on to the next son...

firebuff101
Roadie
Recently something odd has been happening with all of my playlists. Even though I keep them all on shuffle, if I have 2 or more of an artist's songs in the playlist, they always play back-to-back son...
2019-09-23 2:34:06 AM
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Memory Leak adding Local Files on Windows 10

Hello! I just installed Spotify for the first time. One of the reasons I'm interested in it is the support for Local Files. But I tried to add a large number of .mp3 (23K) and within after a few minutes it had eaten all available memory and the app w...

GregMe
Newbie
Hello! I just installed Spotify for the first time. One of the reasons I'm interested in it is the support for Local Files. But I tried to add a large number of .mp3 (23K) a...
2018-08-27 1:26:58 AM
2019-09-22 5:51:06 PM
user-removed
Not applicable
778 Views
4 replies
2 likes

778 Views
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Spotify prevent laptop from sleeping when i close the lid

When i close my laptop and Spotify is running on the foreground, the music keep playing, it juts lock the PC without sleeping. If i play a video on Chrome or use the Netflix app and close the lid, the laptop goes on stand by correctly.Windows 10 - As...

MrGikho
Casual Listener
When i close my laptop and Spotify is running on the foreground, the music keep playing, it juts lock the PC without sleeping. If i play a video on Chrome or use the Netflix app and close the lid, th...
2019-01-26 4:35:54 PM
2019-09-22 5:38:30 PM
luispe000
Visitor
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Songs don't play in correct order when ordering them

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I order my liked songs and I play one of them, the next song is wrong, because the app is playing the next song like there is no order.I tried reinstalling the app, an...

Scienziatogm
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Italy Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I order my liked songs and I play one of them, the next song is wrong, because the ...
2019-09-22 10:53:43 AM
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Songs Wrongly Marked As explicit but explicit ones are not marked

PlanFreeCountryNew ZealandOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueQuite a few songs are either wrongly marked or not marked. for reference, I've had to modify host file in hosts/etc/drivers/system32/windows or something to even use Spotify. I'...

Jetgamz
Regular
Plan Free Country New Zealand Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Quite a few songs are either wrongly marked or not marked. for reference, I've had to modify host...
2019-09-21 9:37:08 AM
2019-09-21 11:38:49 PM
Jetgamz
Regular
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2 replies
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449 Views
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Control and Shift Keys

PlanFreeCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueI need to remove an entire album from a playlist and it contains about 30+ tracks. I tried using the Control and Shift keys to do this but it does not work. Is there another...

dklsierisasdfas
Music Fan
Plan Free Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue I need to remove an entire album from a playlist and it contains about 30+ tracks. I tried using ...
2019-09-21 6:56:35 PM
2019-09-21 8:02:29 PM
Shuidong
Roadie
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3 replies
0 likes

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Won't Stay in Playlist

Hello All, New Spotify user here and I've searched for an answer to this problem but can't find it. When I play a playlist, one song plays from the playlist then it plays songs outside the playlist, specifically modern pop songs. I'll try to explain ...

GenoS1
Regular
Hello All, New Spotify user here and I've searched for an answer to this problem but can't find it. When I play a playlist, one song plays from the playlist then it play...
2019-09-21 7:00:28 PM
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0 replies
1 likes

348 Views
0 replies
1 likes

Download quality on desktop

Hello, on the desktop spotify client there seems to be only an option called streaming quality. I have that set to normal. However on my phone I do have the downloading quality set to very high. As far as downloading on the desktop client since there...

Francesco10
Music Fan
Hello, on the desktop spotify client there seems to be only an option called streaming quality. I have that set to normal. However on my phone I do have the downloading quality set to very high. As f...
2019-09-21 4:26:34 PM
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Unable to view friend activity on Windows 10 laptop after switching from MacBook?

I used to be able to view friend activity on my Macbook, but after having the fully updated version on my Windows 10 laptop, am unable to see it (even with it turned on in settings).

jing345
Casual Listener
I used to be able to view friend activity on my Macbook, but after having the fully updated version on my Windows 10 laptop, am unable to see it (even with it turned on in settings). &...
2019-04-17 2:21:30 AM
2019-09-21 4:01:54 PM
Katerina
Spotify Legend
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3 replies
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Spotify immediately shuts down

Spotfiy keeps crashing, just after I launch the program. Operating system: windows 8.1, 64-bits spotifuggle version: 0.9.7.16.g4b197456 I already did a clean reinstallation of Spotify and then rebooted my computer.

pnanning
Casual Listener
Spotfiy keeps crashing, just after I launch the program. Operating system: windows 8.1, 64-bits spotifuggle version: 0.9.7.16.g4b197456 I already did a clean reinstallation of Spotify and then ...
2014-03-04 2:17:19 PM
2019-09-21 3:24:31 PM
scander1005
Newbie
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11 replies
0 likes

6970 Views
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Stop recommending me this one song.

Operating System(Android, Windows 10) My Question or IssueSo I'm quite fond of the normal songs that Spotify recommends to me. HOWEVER! within this lists there are 2 or 3 songs that I absolutely hate and have to skip past every time. Which is especia...

heart2handle
Casual Listener
Operating System (Android, Windows 10) My Question or Issue So I'm quite fond of the normal songs that Spotify recommends to me. HOWEVER! within this lists there are 2 or 3 songs that I ab...
2019-09-19 1:37:31 PM
2019-09-21 2:29:43 PM
heart2handle
Casual Listener
5053 Views
2 replies
2 likes

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Re: Playlists appear empty on desktop app

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceLaptop (HP)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI just noticed today that my entire Spotify on my computer has empty library and playlists! Even playlists from other people are empty! I had the Windows 10 app, and...

Evilynn
Visitor
Plan Premium Country USA Device Laptop (HP) Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I just noticed today that my entire Spotify on my computer has empty library and playlist...
2019-09-19 9:22:25 AM
2019-09-21 1:33:32 PM
OneByBoo
Roadie
428 Views
1 replies
0 likes

428 Views
1 replies
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Friend Feed Not Updating

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy friends feed isn't updating. It was working yesterday, but today when I log on, my friend feed has reverted back to what everyone was listening to 3 days ago even though I ...

dll062387
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country USA Device Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My friends feed isn't updating. It was working yesterday, but today when I log on, my friend f...
2019-09-19 3:34:03 PM
2019-09-21 11:08:18 AM
OneByBoo
Roadie
390 Views
1 replies
1 likes

390 Views
1 replies
1 likes

Let me configure media keys in spotify settings to control volume/play pause/etc

I've been trying to post this suggestion in these forums and I got directed here. I still do not know if this is the correct place to post it, these forums are really confusing. Anyway Spotify has a major inconvenience explained below: A very importa...

Jamiboy
Casual Listener
I've been trying to post this suggestion in these forums and I got directed here. I still do not know if this is the correct place to post it, these forums are really confusing. Anyway Spoti...
2019-09-20 8:06:55 AM
2019-09-21 11:01:01 AM
OneByBoo
Roadie
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1 replies
0 likes

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[Desktop] "Something went wrong, try again later" error when disliking songs/artists

PlanPremium CountryUSA DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueWhen I try to dislike songs or artists in my Discover Weekly or Release Radar, I always get the error "something went wrong, try again later" and the same songs/arti...

Luzenshade
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue When I try to dislike songs or artists in my Discover Weekly or Release...
2019-09-21 1:22:38 AM
2019-09-21 10:57:11 AM
OneByBoo
Roadie
615 Views
1 replies
0 likes

615 Views
1 replies
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Cant sort some playlists

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenOperating SystemWindows 10, installed app, not web app.My Question or IssueI like sorting playlists by recently added. I am able to do that on all of my own and other users playlits. But I have narrowed it down to Spotifys own...

bobinush
Regular
Plan Premium Country Sweden Operating System Windows 10, installed app, not web app. My Question or Issue I like sorting playlists by recently added. I am able to do that on all of my own and ...
2019-09-21 8:23:01 AM
2019-09-21 10:44:30 AM
Emilia_8
Community Legend
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1 replies
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Windows 7 Blue Screen When Song Ends

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 7 Home Premium My Question or IssueSpotify causes my computer to crash with a BSOD at the end of a song. This problem is intermittent, but when it occurs, it will continue to occur. As far ...

prb1222
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium My Question or Issue Spotify causes my computer to crash with a BSOD at the end of a song. This pro...
2019-08-05 8:07:51 AM
2019-09-21 4:38:02 AM
prb1222
Casual Listener
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2 replies
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