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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
a month ago
Rim4
Gig Goer
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79 replies
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68340 Views
79 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
2 weeks ago
ReclaimerNo
Casual Listener
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279 replies
22 likes

86337 Views
279 replies
22 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

6241 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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Windows

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Superuser Contribution CAN'T PLAY THE CURRENT SONG

PlanFreeCountrySlovenia- but VPN (Poland)DevicePC- windows 10Operating SystemWindows 10 home My Question or IssueI'm getting this issue: can't play the current song. I try all i found in forum, like turning off hardware aceleration, or cleaning cache...

lukahrovat
Regular
Plan Free Country Slovenia- but VPN (Poland) Device PC- windows 10 Operating System Windows 10 home My Question or Issue I'm getting this issue: can't play the current song. I try al...
2019-05-15 9:09:09 PM
2019-10-13 11:28:12 AM
lukahrovat
Regular
1613 Views
9 replies
1 likes

1613 Views
9 replies
1 likes

''Hide this song'' button does not work and has no UI effect

PlanPremium FamilyCountrySwitzerlandDevice(Windows Client, Android App)Operating System(Windows 10, Android 9) My Question or IssueThe ''Hide this song'' button (also just bring back the dislike button please) in Playlist based Radios does nothing on...

noanit12
Visitor
Plan Premium Family Country Switzerland Device (Windows Client, Android App) Operating System (Windows 10, Android 9) My Question or Issue The ''Hide this song'' button (also just br...
2019-10-13 1:28:02 AM
2019-10-13 8:27:45 AM
OneByBoo
Roadie
1158 Views
1 replies
3 likes

1158 Views
1 replies
3 likes

Solved!! 'Made for you' page appears cut (only half visible, can't scroll) see attached screenshot

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceLenovo T480Operating SystemWindows 10 x64(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHard to put into words, but only the first few playlists in the 'made for you' section are visible, and the last visible...

preethem
Newbie
Plan Premium Country India Device Lenovo T480 Operating System Windows 10 x64 (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Hard to put into words, but only the ...
2019-10-12 7:23:18 PM
2019-10-12 7:35:29 PM
eltoch
Composer
1965 Views
1 replies
0 likes

1965 Views
1 replies
0 likes

How to clear all liked songs from library?

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSA DeviceWindows Surface Pro TabletOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I need to clear all the songs from the "liked songs" section of my library. Previous posts on this site mention that I can navigate to the like...

coryhansen
Newbie
Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device Windows Surface Pro Tablet Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I need to clear all the songs from the "liked songs" sect...
2019-10-11 9:34:42 PM
2019-10-12 5:08:30 AM
CesarCedeno
Casual Listener
1472 Views
1 replies
2 likes

1472 Views
1 replies
2 likes

Why Cant I Play My Playlist Out of Order on Desktop?

PlanFreeCountryAustraliaDeviceLeveno Thinkpad x390Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI know on phone, you have limted amount of skips and only can either play your playlist on shuffle or in order, but on desktop, on your playlist there wa...

hey5
Visitor
Plan Free Country Australia Device Leveno Thinkpad x390 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I know on phone, you have limted amount of skips and only can either play you...
2019-10-10 2:07:36 PM
2019-10-11 10:03:20 PM
Emilia_8
Community Legend
625 Views
1 replies
1 likes

625 Views
1 replies
1 likes

How yto create my own Radio

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceAllOperating SystemAll My Question or IssueHow to create my own Radio station ?look like it is not possible ... why ? Thank youGregory

nimpooo
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country France Device All Operating System All My Question or Issue How to create my own Radio station ? look like it is not possible ... why ? Tha...
2019-10-11 1:06:34 PM
2019-10-11 10:00:40 PM
Emilia_8
Community Legend
707 Views
1 replies
0 likes

707 Views
1 replies
0 likes

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
2316 Views
2 replies
15 likes

2316 Views
2 replies
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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
2020 Views
4 replies
8 likes

2020 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
826 Views
0 replies
1 likes

826 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
627 Views
1 replies
1 likes

627 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
566 Views
1 replies
0 likes

566 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
569 Views
1 replies
0 likes

569 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
1948 Views
4 replies
1 likes

1948 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
419 Views
1 replies
1 likes

419 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
964 Views
2 replies
0 likes

964 Views
2 replies
0 likes

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
419 Views
1 replies
0 likes

419 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
413 Views
0 replies
1 likes
Desktop
Playlists

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0 replies
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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
297 Views
0 replies
0 likes

297 Views
0 replies
0 likes

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
1860 Views
4 replies
1 likes

1860 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
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1 replies
0 likes

912 Views
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