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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
ipanasenko
Newbie
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77 replies
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77 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
Friday
rednblu
Roadie
75154 Views
271 replies
21 likes

75154 Views
271 replies
21 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

5272 Views
1 replies
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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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0 replies
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Mac
Windows

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Solved!! 5.1 Effect how to disable (5.1 Upmix disable)

Hi on the desktop app spofify seems to be expanding the sound to my center speaker and then reducing the sound in my left and right speaker. I want to use the Very High setting but have spofity only play in stereo and not apply any effects which soun...

x9sim9
Regular
Hi on the desktop app spofify seems to be expanding the sound to my center speaker and then reducing the sound in my left and right speaker. I want to use the Very High setting but have spofity only ...
2019-08-27 12:44:30 AM
2019-08-30 9:22:36 AM
nielrio
Gig Goer
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3 replies
0 likes
5.1

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Do local files count towards the end of year Spotify Wrapped "minutes streamed" counter?

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceiPhone 8 and Windows PCOperating SystemiOS 12, Windows 10 My Question or IssueSo, my family and I have a little bit of a compitetion every december to see who streamed the most music and I find it very interesting. But s...

jpegmafia
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Canada Device iPhone 8 and Windows PC Operating System iOS 12, Windows 10 My Question or Issue So, my family and I have a little bit of a compitetion eve...
2019-08-30 4:56:25 AM
2019-08-30 8:59:19 AM
OneByBoo
Roadie
3813 Views
1 replies
2 likes

3813 Views
1 replies
2 likes

Superuser Contribution ERROR: Can't Post Playlist

Has anyone got this error before? It won't let me submit without pasting the link, but won't accept the link for some reason...? Please help if you can! From the screenshot below you can see it's clearly a Spotify link:

eventhestarsdie
Gig Goer
Has anyone got this error before? It won't let me submit without pasting the link, but won't accept the link for some reason...? Please help if you can! 🙂 From the screenshot...
2018-09-13 10:44:56 PM
2019-08-30 8:04:43 AM
Katerina
Spotify Legend
1072 Views
8 replies
0 likes

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8 replies
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Unable to search offline on windows 8.1

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceHP Laptop Operating SystemWindows 8.1 My Question or IssueI am unable to search for songs when I am offline. I have several playlists downloaded for offline use, and they playback ok offline, however when I try and seach...

MasterofTime
Visitor
Plan Premium Country Canada Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 8.1 My Question or Issue I am unable to search for songs when I am offline. I have several playlists dow...
2019-08-30 5:23:25 AM
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0 replies
0 likes

170 Views
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Cant remove one of the song from "Liked songs" playlist

PlanPremiumCountryPolandOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueCant remove one of the songs from "Liked songs" playlist.When I click the cross next to the song, nothing happens

Darkmoner
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Poland Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Cant remove one of the songs from "Liked songs" playlist. When I click the cross next to the song, nothing...
2019-08-28 6:19:12 PM
2019-08-29 8:15:21 PM
Darkmoner
Casual Listener
267 Views
2 replies
0 likes

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2 replies
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Artists not shown in Desktop version

Operating System: Windows 7 My Question or IssueHey! When updating to the latest version spotify stopped displaying the artists and just offers to switch to "browse artists". When clicking on "albums" my collection is still visible and on my android ...

Dr_Schnepp
Newbie
Operating System: Windows 7 My Question or Issue Hey! When updating to the latest version spotify stopped displaying the artists and just offers to switch to "browse artists". When clicking...
2019-08-29 7:05:06 PM
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0 replies
0 likes

233 Views
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Will not play entire song

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently Spotify will not play songs in their entirety. They all stop early. The queue lists the length of each song, but when I play it, it cuts off early. Th...

Snomojo23
Casual Listener
Plan Free/Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Recently Spotify will not play songs in their entirety. They all stop early. The qu...
2019-08-29 4:50:01 PM
2019-08-29 4:53:30 PM
Snomojo23
Casual Listener
262 Views
1 replies
1 likes

262 Views
1 replies
1 likes

Windows 10 Desktop App, Songs Not Loading

FreeUnited StatesCustom Built PCWindows 10 I seem to be having issue with the Spotify Desktop App on my Windows 10 PC.For some reason, song aren't loading at all after clicking them to play. Maybe you'll be lucky to get one out of several to play, an...

jsims1
Newbie
Free United States Custom Built PC Windows 10 I seem to be having issue with the Spotify Desktop App on my Windows 10 PC. For some reason, song aren't loading at all after clicking them ...
2019-08-29 2:28:22 PM
2019-08-29 4:09:10 PM
lcllng
Visitor
287 Views
1 replies
1 likes

287 Views
1 replies
1 likes

All songs in Playlist got duplicated

PlanPremiumCountryAustria DeviceAcer LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAll songs in my playlist got duplicated. Howa can i solve this? I don't wanna go through 1000 songs and deleting every second.(The Playlist is made out of songs...

fduj
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Austria Device Acer Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue All songs in my playlist got duplicated. Howa can i solve this? I don...
2019-08-29 12:06:09 PM
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0 replies
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209 Views
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Daily mix not expanding after switch to Android and back (after a few songs)

PlanPremiumCountryPoland IssueDaily mix playlist not expanding after switch to Android and back (after a few songs) Steps for reproduce bug1. Start Daily Mix playlist2. Switch to listen on Android (Spotify on PC still works)3. Listen songs to grayed ...

BartSG
Visitor
Plan Premium Country Poland Issue Daily mix playlist not expanding after switch to Android and back (after a few songs) Steps for reproduce bug 1. Start Daily Mix playlist 2. ...
2019-08-29 10:18:27 AM
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0 replies
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220 Views
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Spotify Will crash when trying to play a song

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceWindows DesktopOperating SystemWindwos 10Whenever i try to play a song the client on windows 10 for spotify crashes, i have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the client as well as getting the app from the window...

Eminem1275
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country United States Device Windows Desktop Operating System Windwos 10 Whenever i try to play a song the client on windows 10 for spotify crashes, i have tried uninstalling and...
2019-08-29 3:15:29 AM
2019-08-29 9:30:32 AM
OneByBoo
Roadie
474 Views
3 replies
0 likes

474 Views
3 replies
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How do i fix the "spotify can't play this right now"

Curious how i can fix this issue. where it just cycles through songs over and over won't play anything. NO it has nothing to do with my pc, no settings have changed nothing has changed so im hoping for an actual fix. both my pc and phone do the same ...

pattvega86
Newbie
Curious how i can fix this issue. where it just cycles through songs over and over won't play anything. NO it has nothing to do with my pc, no settings have changed nothing has changed so im hoping f...
2019-08-28 8:59:38 PM
2019-08-29 7:22:53 AM
OneByBoo
Roadie
357 Views
1 replies
0 likes

357 Views
1 replies
0 likes

Spotify added songs from my followed playlists to my own playlist.

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently, I found that spotify keeps adding songs from the playlists I follow to my own playlist, it seems to do it when I play the song from the followed playlist, then I gp ...

MrTrolyMoly
Newbie
Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Recently, I found that spotify keeps adding songs from the playlists I follow to my own playlist, i...
2019-08-29 1:39:53 AM
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0 replies
1 likes
Technical Issues

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Your Daily Mix app isn't working

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceIphone XR and Windows computerOperating SystemiOS 10 and Windows 10 My Question or IssueI am a long time user of Spotify and I have grown to be pretty dependent on the Daily Mix feature. When I logged on today, al...

cfleeting1
Visitor
Plan Premium Country United States Device Iphone XR and Windows computer Operating System iOS 10 and Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am a long time user of Spotify and I have grown...
2019-08-28 10:24:20 PM
350 Views
0 replies
1 likes
Daily mix issues

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Can't add songs to playlists in either the app or the web player unless they're from the recommended

Hello, I'm a blind user who has been enjoying Spotify for over two years. However, I've been unable to really do anything with Playlists in all this time. The other day, I decided to see if using the web player would make the process easier, as I had...

the_imaginatrix
Music Fan
Hello, I'm a blind user who has been enjoying Spotify for over two years. However, I've been unable to really do anything with Playlists in all this time. The other day, I decided to see if ...
2019-03-19 4:46:01 AM
2019-08-28 8:18:10 PM
the_imaginatrix
Music Fan
354 Views
1 replies
0 likes

354 Views
1 replies
0 likes

Can't Rearrange Tracks inside a Playlist

PlanFree/PremiumCountryMéxicoDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have a Playlist that can't rearrange, i can in others, but not in that in particular.

SrDV
Visitor
Plan Free/Premium Country México Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have a Playlist that can't rearrange, i can in others, but not in that in particular...
2019-08-28 7:16:26 PM
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0 replies
0 likes

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Download list of my hearted songs

I'd like to download a list of all of my favorited songs, albums, and artists. Any metadata I can get might be useful, since I'm not sure exactly what I'm going to do with the information yet, but my priorities are:1) It needs to be JUST stuff I've f...

abcdefg
Casual Listener
I'd like to download a list of all of my favorited songs, albums, and artists. Any metadata I can get might be useful, since I'm not sure exactly what I'm going to do with the information yet, but my...
2019-08-28 7:02:52 PM
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0 replies
0 likes

186 Views
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Certain songs do not play

Good Afternoon all, It's interesting how I cannot play most of the songs on Spotify, while connected to a certain Hotspost, which is hosted by a Laptop, instead of a router. This only happens, when I am connected to that network. Let's say I use choo...

DonMitev
Visitor
...ave done? 1. Reinstalled the app. 2. Reinstalled Windows 10 3. Edited file "Hosts" & deleted it. 4. Blocked/Unblocked firewall settings 5. Went from Public to Private Network 6. U...
2019-08-28 5:57:17 PM
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0 replies
0 likes

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Superuser Contribution No music avaliable to play

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have this issue that my spotify on my pc will not detect any music at all. I have reinstalled and uninstalled numerous times but my 500 liked songs do not show up on deskto...

dawsonrudis
Newbie
Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have this issue that my spotify on my pc will not detect any music at all. I have reinst...
2019-07-04 4:12:17 AM
2019-08-28 3:34:23 PM
Katerina
Spotify Legend
416 Views
2 replies
2 likes

416 Views
2 replies
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Solved!! Song won't play for a few seconds

For the past week my spotify songs didn't start playing for a few seconds, it will still play the song, but it will wait a few seconds before actually playing it, would I have to reinstall spotify for windows or what? Thanks in advanced

Vickez
Casual Listener
For the past week my spotify songs didn't start playing for a few seconds, it will still play the song, but it will wait a few seconds before actually playing it, would I have to reinstall spotify fo...
2019-08-28 11:07:27 AM
2019-08-28 2:39:48 PM
OneByBoo
Roadie
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3 replies
0 likes

447 Views
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