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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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Spotify Overlay wont work

Plan PremiumCountry Canada Device PCOperating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue: I often like to use the spotify overlay but for some reason it partially stopped working, the image of the album/song stopped showing and it didn't look good and th...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Canada   Device PC Operating System Windows 10     My Question or Issue: I often like to use the spotify overlay but for some reason it pa...
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Spotify on PC doesn't update

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceSamsung Galaxy Note 10+, Desktop PCOperating SystemAndroid 9.0 Pie, Windows 10 My Question or IssueThis has been happening for almost a year now. I don't know what changed, but I will like/save a song on my phone and it wont...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device Samsung Galaxy Note 10+, Desktop PC Operating System Android 9.0 Pie, Windows 10   My Question or Issue This has been happening for almost a year now. I ...
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Deleting music downloaded to spotify from my computer without losing it on the computer

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  
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Connect error multiple devices

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceXiaomi Redmi Note 7Windows 10 DesktopOperating SystemMIUI Global 10 My Question or IssueHello everyone.I've being facing this problem for a while. Before that time everything worked great on all my devices.The problem oc...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Windows 10 Desktop Operating System MIUI Global 10   My Question or Issue Hello everyone. I've being facing this problem for a ...
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No playback and only skips tracks

PlanFreeDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Hi everyone. I have used spotify for years and never encountered this. For some reason whenever I hit play, I get no audio and the tracks continue skipping one track to the next immediately one after...

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  • Plan Free Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   Hi everyone. I have used spotify for years and never encountered this. For some reason whenever I hit play, I get no audio and th...
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Superuser Contribution Synchronisation Problems - issue known since 7 years!

I have a Premium Account based in Switzerland, i use my Android Phone as well as a PC (Win 10) My problem ist, that my Desktop Version never synchronizes with my mobile Version. I know you can go to settings and go offline for 10 min and then it shou...

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  • I have a Premium Account based in Switzerland, i use my Android Phone as well as a PC (Win 10)     My problem ist, that my Desktop Version never synchronizes with my mobile Version. I kn...
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Deleting local file from playlist deletes it everywhere

PlanPremiumCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhenever I remove a local file song from a playlist, it deletes it from my Spotify library completely. The only way I can get it back is by "resetting" my local files by deleting the...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Whenever I remove a local file song from a playlist, it deletes it from my Spotify library completely. The onl...
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Despite Spotify Premium via the app only Shuffle

I recently purchased Spotify Premium, but can still only use shuffle mode on an artist's site and cannot access individual albums or songs via the android app. I have already uninstalled and reinstalled the app. I also deleted the cache and all memor...

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  • I recently purchased Spotify Premium, but can still only use shuffle mode on an artist's site and cannot access individual albums or songs via the android app.   I have already uninstalled and...
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Unexpected change of device to unknown one

For about 3 weeks I'm experiencing strange behavior. I happened 3 times, Spotify out of itself changed selected device on my laptop with Win10. I have 4 devices I could connect but this unexpected change is into some, randomly sounded, like "Jaida". ...

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  • For about 3 weeks I'm experiencing strange behavior. I happened 3 times, Spotify out of itself changed selected device on my laptop with Win10. I have 4 devices I could connect but this unexpected ch...
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Why is the dislike/remove this song/hide this song button gone?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(Windows 7 desktop app) My Question or Issue Why have you removed the ability to hide/remove/dislike songs in Spotify created mixes. You used to be able to remove a song and choose whether you don't want to hear the song an...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device (Windows 7 desktop app)     My Question or Issue   Why have you removed the ability to hide/remove/dislike songs in Spotify created mixes.&nbs...
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Spotify Breaks my WiFi

PlanPremiumCountrySouth AfricaDeviceDell laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIf I run The Spotify App or stream from directly from the site my WiFi stops working, no connectivity, dropped packets on PING. But if I listen on my phone,...

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  • Plan Premium Country South Africa Device Dell laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue If I run The Spotify App or stream from directly from the site my WiFi stops wor...
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Disable volume control

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceNokia (Android 9)Operating SystemWin 10 My Question or IssueI can't find a way to disable the volume control.I use my PC for playing music and though my Spotify App is not started my smartphone sets the volume of the PC...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Nokia (Android 9) Operating System Win 10   My Question or Issue I can't find a way to disable the volume control. I use my PC for playing music an...
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Songs won't sync between devices

Songs I liked on my phone won't show up in the desktop application.I have this issue for several months now. There are workarounds, but what I want is a fix.

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  • Songs I liked on my phone won't show up in the desktop application. I have this issue for several months now. There are workarounds, but what I want is a fix.
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How queueing works

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI don’t understand how queueing is supposed to work in Spotify. Suppose I want to play two albums, X and Y, in succession without my having to start Y manually after X has ended: I thought que...

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  • Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I don’t understand how queueing is supposed to work in Spotify. Suppose I want to play two albums, X and Y, in succession wi...
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Spotify is always going automaticly on pause in my phone and my computer

Hello, all is said in the title. When I'm playing music, spotify always going on pause, in my Samsung s10+ and in my computer. For first, I thinked the problem was on my phone, but this happens on my computer. So can i have a solution because it's no...

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  • Hello, all is said in the title. When I'm playing music, spotify always going on pause, in my Samsung s10+ and in my computer. For first, I thinked the problem was on my phone, but this happens on my...
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Daily Mix Change?

Edit: I didn't mean to post this in the Windows discussion area, newbie mistake. My bad. Plan: Premium FamilyCountry: US Device: iMac Late 2013Operating System: Mojave 10.14.3 Was there a change in how the Daily Mixes are built? Yesterday I had the u...

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  • Edit: I didn't mean to post this in the Windows discussion area, newbie mistake. My bad.   Plan: Premium Family Country: US   Device: iMac Late 2013 Operating System: Mojave 10.1...
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Error Code 17,18 and 53 - Spotifyfullsetup.exe

After the latest automatic update (20181129) spotify can't start. The usual fix didn't solve it either.Usually everytime when spotify doesn't start after an upgrade I run the below script( you can copy below text and open notepad and paste text and s...

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  • After the latest automatic update (20181129) spotify can't start. The usual fix didn't solve it either. Usually  everytime when spotify doesn't start after an upgrade I run the below scrip...
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Desktop title bar detached from app after resume from sleep

Family planPremiumNew Zealand DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10App version 1.1.17.543.geb9254e9 (Microsoft Store version) My Question or IssueWhen Spotify is open and the PC goes to sleep, when it resumes from sleep, the Windows title bar is detache...

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  • Family plan Premium New Zealand   Device PC Operating System Windows 10 App version 1.1.17.543.geb9254e9 (Microsoft Store version)   My Question or Issue When Spotify is open...
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Solved!! Playlist always play in shuffle mode

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWith the Spotify app my playlists always play in shuffle mode even if I change the mode, it remains played randomly, I can not listen to the songs of the same album a...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue With the Spotify app my playlists always play in shuffle mode even if I change the mode, i...
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