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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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Unusually long loading time

When viewing the "About" tab on an Artist's page, if you press the "Go Back" button twice, the presses the "Go forward" button to return to the previous screen, you will be presented with a blank screen and will take an usually large amount of time t...

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  • When viewing the "About" tab on an Artist's page, if you press the "Go Back" button twice, the presses the "Go forward" button to return to the previous screen, you will be presented with a blank scr...
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Superuser Contribution League of Legends lags very badly when spotify is playing (even in offline mode)

PlanPremiumCountry U.S.AOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When I play League, I love to listen to music. However, recently when I have tried to play spotify even in offline mode when I'm in game, I first get heavy fps lag, then soon aft...

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  • Plan Premium Country  U.S.A Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  When I play League, I love to listen to music. However, recently when I have tried to play spoti...
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Spotify Freezing Windows 10

PlanFree/PremiumCountrySouth AfricaDevice(Lenovo Laptop)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueThe Spotify app freezes 95% of the time you open it, theres no way around it except by using the Webplayer The Windows App is pathetic My PC has ...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country South Africa Device (Lenovo Laptop) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue The Spotify app freezes 95% of the time you open it, theres no way ar...
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Browser is way faster than the app! How can this be possible...?!

My Question or IssueBrowser takes about 2-4 seconds to load all my saved songs and playlist while the app (which is supposed to be faster) takes about 3-4 minutes to just load the menu screen! Songs and playlists more 9-10 minutes to load. This happe...

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  • My Question or Issue Browser takes about 2-4 seconds to load all my saved songs and playlist while the app (which is supposed to be faster) takes about 3-4 minutes to just load the menu screen! Song...
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[Podcasts] Hide "featured podcasts" and "you might also like"

1. I want to be able to hide "Featured Podcasts" at the bottom of the Podcasts page since I'm really not interested in them. 2. I want the mobile app to NOT show "you might also like" for every single episode. I know what I like and don't really need...

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  • 1. I want to be able to hide "Featured Podcasts" at the bottom of the Podcasts page since I'm really not interested in them.   2. I want the mobile app to NOT show "you might also like" for ev...
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Delete

Please delete - I've resolved my issue.

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Spotify app crashes after pressing "play"

Hi! I saw a thread discussing the issue I am having, but it is locked. However, the issue still persists for me. PlanFreeCountryWest-Europe (rather not specify)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueEvery time I open the Spotify desktop app, ...

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  • Hi! I saw a thread discussing the issue I am having, but it is locked. However, the issue still persists for me.   Plan Free Country West-Europe (rather not specify) Operating System Wind...
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Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it!

Does anyone know why I get the below error on my Spotify Windows app?OS: Windows 10 pro version - 1093.

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  • Does anyone know why I get the below error on my Spotify Windows app? OS: Windows 10 pro version - 1093.
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[All Platforms][Podcasts] Mark all as played

I'd like to send a feature request: Enable "mark all as played" for podcasts, which has been mentioned in the comments of the following post. https://community.spotify.com/t5/Implemented-Ideas/Podcast-Mark-Podcasts-as-Played/idi-p/1757080 https://com...

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  • I'd like to send a feature request:   Enable "mark all as played" for podcasts, which has been mentioned in the comments of the following post.   https://community.spotify.com/t5/Implem...
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[German/Deutsch] Problem mit lokalen Dateien

Moin, ich habe mir gestern ein paar lokale Dateien hinzugefügt und wie die Anleitung auch in eine Playlist gefügt und heruntergeladen. Das selbe habe ich auf meinem iPhone gemacht, aber erst wurde überhaupt nicht runtergeladen und dann auf einmal nur...

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  • Moin,   ich habe mir gestern ein paar lokale Dateien hinzugefügt und wie die Anleitung auch in eine Playlist gefügt und heruntergeladen. Das selbe habe ich auf meinem iPhone gemacht, aber erst...
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USB Party Mix sound device skipping tracks...

I have Spotify Free... Every sound from Windows 10 to youtube and every other app works... But from spotify it just skips tracks... I set Numark party mix to be default audio device... didn't work... Spotify only works on computers high definition au...

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  •   I have Spotify Free... Every sound from Windows 10 to youtube and every other app works... But from spotify it just skips tracks... I set Numark party mix to be default audio device... didn't...
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Songs keep pausing at random intervals

PlanFamily Plan PremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceLG G7 Thinq, ASUS Laptop, Windows 10 DesktopOperating SystemAndroid Oreo, Windows 10, Windows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify keeps pausing at random intervals on any device I use. I found a temporary s...

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  • Plan Family Plan Premium Country United States Device LG G7 Thinq, ASUS Laptop, Windows 10 Desktop Operating System Android Oreo, Windows 10, Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify ...
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Spotify play the song only 6 second

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyOperating SystemWindows 10 Hey i have a littel problem.When I try to play a song, he plays this song only 6 seconds or even sometimes ganicht and says only: "This song is currently not available" I've already tried to reinsta...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Germany Operating System Windows 10   Hey i have a littel problem. When I try to play a song, he plays this song only 6 seconds or even sometimes ganicht and...
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Solved!! 'Liked Songs' doesn't sync with phone app.

PlanPremiumCountryIsraelDeviceSamsung Galaxy Note8, Windows 10 PCOperating SystemAndroid Pie, Windows 10 My Question or IssueOk so this has been a bug since the app itself has been released in the Windows 10 Store, basically when I like a song on spo...

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  • Plan Premium Country Israel Device Samsung Galaxy Note8, Windows 10 PC Operating System Android Pie, Windows 10   My Question or Issue Ok so this has been a bug since the app itse...
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Failed to export some materials

PlanPremiumCountryPoland DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Windows 10 spotify appHello, recently everytime i open spotify im getting notification that"failed to export some data"no idea how to fix (unistaling=nothing happens) an...

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  • Plan Premium Country Poland   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Windows 10 spotify app Hello, recently everytime i open spotify im getting notif...
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music cuts out partually though track plays artist that im not liking/following

Planfamily (other ppl on the plan rarely use it)CountryaustraliaDevicePC (desktop) and on samsung galaxy S9+Operating System(windows 10 64bit spotify app from windows store) and android phone My Question or Issueit only just started happening (about ...

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  • Plan family (other ppl on the plan rarely use it) Country australia Device PC (desktop) and on samsung galaxy S9+ Operating System (windows 10 64bit spotify app from windows store) and android...
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Tried literally everything - "Spotify can't play this right now."

PlanFreeCountryUSADevicePC - not using Windows Store versionOperating SystemWindows 10 version 1809 My Question or IssueSpotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it. That's all I see whenever I try to pla...

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  • Plan Free Country USA Device PC - not using Windows Store version Operating System Windows 10 version 1809   My Question or Issue Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the fil...
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Spotify jumps back to another playlist

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I pause the currently playing song, the Spotify app jumps back to a playlist that I had listened to some hours ago. And when I click on "play" again, the son...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I pause the currently playing song, the Spotify app jumps back to a playlist that...
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Automatic Syncing Between Devices, Even When Devices Are Off

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePC / iPhone XOperating SystemWindows 10 / iOS 12.3.1 My Question or IssueFor the past few days now I have been having a very annoying issue with Spotify, but it's sort of difficult to explain. Basically, I only use Spotify o...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device PC / iPhone X Operating System Windows 10 / iOS 12.3.1   My Question or Issue For the past few days now I have been having a very annoying issue with Spo...
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no option for set the quality of download songs

PlanPremiumCountry Device(PC)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issue I have spotify on my pc and my android phone and when i check the space of songs in my phone it says 4.13 GB but same songs in my pc is 2.9GB. when i check download qualit...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue   I have spotify on my pc and my android phone and when i check the space of songs in...
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