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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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FAQ: Spotify for Windows 10 app

Hey folks, we've outlined some of the common questions you might have about the Windows 10 app now available. Please post in this board if you have any other questions. Q: Why can’t I see Spotify in the Windows 10 store? A: Spotify for Windows store ...

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Feature Request: Synchronize currently playing music between devices

Hi, one of my daily use cases is the following:I am driving to work, using spotify on android to listen to music in my carI am sitting in the office, using the windows desktop application to listen to musicI am driving home, again using the android a...

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  • Hi,   one of my daily use cases is the following: I am driving to work, using spotify on android to listen to music in my car I am sitting in the office, using the windows desktop applicati...
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Desktop app not working with Discord, or showing up on my iPhone.

 PlanPremium CountryUnited States DeviceiPhone SE 2nd Generation, Custom Desktop (Ryzen 5 3600, GeForce GTX 1660 ti) Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueMy computer does not show up as a device on my Wi-Fi network, and I am unable to contr...

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  •   Plan Premium   Country United States   Device iPhone SE 2nd Generation, Custom Desktop (Ryzen 5 3600, GeForce GTX 1660 ti)   Operating System Windows 11   My Questi...
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I do not want the programm starts automatically on my desktop.How can I change this?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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  • I do not want the programm starts automatically on my desktop. How can I change this? Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating Sys...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How I can activate the new design in beta ?

I would like to see again the design, I've got a 'preview' at the end of 2022. He is very nice ! But now, I've got the actual design (2021)

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  • I would like to see again the design, I've got a 'preview' at the end of 2022. He is very nice ! But now, I've got the actual design (2021)
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Black bar obscuring app player, occuring on spotify app

PlanFreeOperating SystemWindows 11(use the spotify app) My Question or IssueHii A black bar obscures the bottom part of the Spotify app it so annoying and it's not showing the songs column fully also the lyrics shows not fully as the older version th...

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  • Plan Free Operating System Windows 11(use the spotify app)  My Question or Issue Hii A black bar obscures the bottom part of the Spotify app it so annoying and it's not showing th...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution spotify cannot load anything or play any songs

PlanPremiumCountryEnglandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuei can open the app and access settings, but that's literally about it. i can't play songs, i can't open playlists, i can't check my profile and i cannot even see my playl...

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  • Plan Premium Country England Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue i can open the app and access settings, but that's literally about it. i can't play songs, i c...
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Your Library] Liked songs sorted by genre

Hello!If you're like me, you "Like" to listen to various genres, but sometimes don't want to mix them all. Now I know this is similar to a post from 2014, but I'm wondering if the contents of the "Liked" songs can be sorted into genres. I would prefe...

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  • Hello! If you're like me, you "Like" to listen to various genres, but sometimes don't want to mix them all. Now I know this is similar to a post from 2014, but I'm wondering if the contents of the...
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Superuser Contribution Music randomly stops sound but still says its playing

PlanFreeOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueThe music sound just stops playing but it says the musics is playing but there is no sound. It says its playing from broswer which is correct and don't have this issue with youtube when the sound...

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  • Plan Free Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue The music sound just stops playing but it says the musics is playing but there is no sound. It says its playing from broswer wh...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify crashing on startup without an error message (Windows 10).

I'm not sure why, but Spotify keeps crashing on me as I try to run it on my PC. There are no error messages to tell me what the problem is, so I have no idea what to do to fix it. I've tried clearing my temporary files in Windows 10's settings, but t...

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  • I'm not sure why, but Spotify keeps crashing on me as I try to run it on my PC.  There are no error messages to tell me what the problem is, so I have no idea what to do to fix it.  I've tr...
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Superuser Contribution Where to find total playlist length on desktop

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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Add to Queue button Missing now

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI recently have seen that I can no longer add songs to my queue. It works on mobile still but I do not know how to add them to queue any more. The button is not in the ri...

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  •   Plan Premium Country US Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I recently have seen that I can no longer add songs to my queue. It works on mobile st...
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Superuser Contribution how to add friends to spotify without facebook and username

I have tried to search up spotify:user:username however, all i can do is follow that person. i don't get the "add person" button. i want to know what the person is listening to, and i can only do that by adding them to my friends list. i have done it...

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  • I have tried to search up spotify:user:username however, all i can do is follow that person. i don't get the "add person" button. i want to know what the person is listening to, and i can only do tha...
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Superuser Contribution Won't sign in or pair to Xbox

PlanPremiumCountryEnglandDeviceDesktop (windows)Xbox series SOperating SystemWindows 11VersionDesktop (199.878.0)Xbox (2.26.35.70)My Question or IssueToday at 5:10am on 28/11/22 Spotify randomly starting giving my the "we can't play this right now" m...

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  • Plan Premium Country England Device Desktop (windows) Xbox series S Operating System Windows 11 Version Desktop (199.878.0) Xbox (2.26.35.70) My Question or Issue Today at 5:10am on 28/1...
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Desktop app and web player

My dear friends at Spotify, I've been a devoted Spotify user for more than a decade, from the days of invitation-only access, and it remains, in my view, the finest music streaming service available. However, I'd like to share some (hopefully) constr...

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  • My dear friends at Spotify,   I've been a devoted Spotify user for more than a decade, from the days of invitation-only access, and it remains, in my view, the finest music streaming service a...
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Superuser Contribution Audio cutting out midplay

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceDell Laptop / ASUS LaptopOperating SystemWindows 7 / Windows 10 My Question or IssueI've been running into an issue where suddenly the audio for Spotify just seems to cut-out. No warning, no indication, no specific time-laps...

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  •   Plan Premium Country US Device Dell Laptop / ASUS Laptop Operating System Windows 7 / Windows 10   My Question or Issue I've been running into an issue where suddenly the audio...
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Superuser Contribution move songs from iphone to PC

I have songs in an iPhone downloaded library. I want them to appear in my PC library, too. How do I accomplish this?Thanks

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  • I have songs in an iPhone downloaded library. I want them to appear in my PC library, too. How do I accomplish this? Thanks  
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Superuser Contribution disabling keyboard shortcuts?

PlanPremiumCountryusDevicepcOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or Issueeverytime i hit control or shift, it skips the song im currently on to shuffle the playlist. is there a way to disable the keyboard shortvuts on desktop

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  •   Plan Premium Country us Device pc Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue everytime i hit control or shift, it skips the song im currently on to shuffle the playlist...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Back button on an album needs two clicks to work

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktop, Web UIOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen navigating to any album for instance from artist page, clicking the "go back" button won't work on the first time (it does nothing). It only works when presse...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Desktop, Web UI Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When navigating to any album for instance from artist page, clicking the "go back"...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify crashes after 1-2 songs

PlanPremiumCountryRussiaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI use Spotify almost a year and it worked great. But 3 days ago when I play any song with "repeat one track " after 1-2 repeats it crashes without any error.I tried:reinst...

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  • Plan Premium Country Russia Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I use Spotify almost a year and it worked great. But 3 days ago when I play any song with "repe...
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