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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
2024-06-19 12:45:23 PM
SaylorDustin
Casual Listener
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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
3 weeks ago
cour10e22
Regular
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265 replies
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67306 Views
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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...

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
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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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Mac
Windows

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Unable to Rearrange Songs (Windows Desktop)

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceSurfaceOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueUnable to drag and drop songs within playlist. No headers/ columns have been selected. Affecting all self created playlists.

josh1138-us
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country US Device Surface Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Unable to drag and drop songs within playlist. No headers/ columns have been selected....
2019-07-19 8:08:10 PM
2019-07-19 8:21:33 PM
josh1138-us
Casual Listener
561 Views
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Clicking on Artsit plays all the songs, not just ones I saved to my library

PlanPremiumDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or Issue: So in the past, I've been able to click on "Artist" under "Your library" and click Play on an artist and it would play ONLY songs I added to my library. Like if I clicked th...

Voison
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue: So in the past, I've been able to click on "Artist" under "Your library" and click Play on a...
2019-02-22 2:07:05 AM
2019-07-19 6:29:12 PM
MikkelJuulØstbe
Newbie
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2 replies
1 likes

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Spotify cracking a lot in windows

Guys I have a problem with my Spotify he’s cracking a lot in stopping my computer, So I need to restart every time but I have a good computer with a x64 windows 10 and 6GB of RAM,I use it have some years on and just now it’s happening this I think th...

guii1402
Regular
Guys I have a problem with my Spotify he’s cracking a lot in stopping my computer, So I need to restart every time but I have a good computer with a x64 windows 10 and 6GB of RAM,I use it have ...
2019-07-19 5:26:23 PM
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Spotify keeps switching to other device playing same song.

PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDeviceDesktop & laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 (both devices My Question or IssuePlaying songs on laptop. After a random amount of time playing it jumps back to the same song that is supposedly playing on my desktop. (Green...

Flazje
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Belgium Device Desktop & laptop Operating System Windows 10 (both devices My Question or Issue Playing songs on laptop. After a random amount of time playing...
2019-07-19 11:34:17 AM
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Automatic play bug

PlanPremiumCountryCosta Rica DeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I play the song Lalala by Y2K and bbno$ it plays normaly, but it doesn't play anything else automatically, with every song played after Lalala you can't hit ...

ale_calvo03
Visitor
Plan Premium Country Costa Rica Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I play the song Lalala by Y2K and bbno$ it plays normaly, but it doesn't p...
2019-07-19 11:32:20 AM
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Desktop app not working correctly

PlanFamily PremiumCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 Pro My Question or IssueSince the start of the week, everytime I go on the app to play music from a playlist or something that I searched, the player get really laggy. I click "Pause", ...

Magnum_01_
Casual Listener
Plan Family Premium Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 7 Pro My Question or Issue Since the start of the week, everytime I go on the app to play music from a playlist ...
2019-07-18 6:14:37 AM
2019-07-19 4:35:54 AM
Magnum_01_
Casual Listener
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Lag
PC

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Impossible to sort list of ARTIST

What an unusefull type of ordering.I want to order my Artist list. I pay for your service (premium account) and I want to ordr my lists as I want.Correct immediatly this stupid order method

roby1121
Casual Listener
What an unusefull type of ordering. I want to order my Artist list. I pay for your service (premium account) and I want to ordr my lists as I want. Correct immediatly this stupid order m...
2019-07-18 3:24:40 PM
2019-07-18 12:38:56 AM
bhare
Regular
575 Views
1 replies
2 likes

575 Views
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Computador congelando

Olá, eu uso spotify free e quando aparece algum anuncio no computador (windows 7) ele trava totalmente (mais especificamente o HD), quais serão as possiveis causas disso?Obs: no celular funciona normalmente...

Swro
Visitor
Olá, eu uso spotify free e quando aparece algum anuncio no computador (windows 7) ele trava totalmente (mais especificamente o HD), quais serão as possiveis causas disso? Obs: no celular funcion...
2019-07-18 12:38:05 AM
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Não consigo ouvir nada pelo desktop

Não consigo ouvir nada pelo aplicativo de desktop, a não ser as musicas dos arquivos locais, ja tentei sair da conta, reinstalar mas nada resolve.

JessicaJung
Visitor
Não consigo ouvir nada pelo aplicativo de desktop, a não ser as musicas dos arquivos locais, ja tentei sair da conta, reinstalar mas nada resolve.
2019-07-17 7:03:16 PM
2019-07-18 11:51:14 PM
Bittencourt
Spotify Star
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Solved!! Summer 2019 Update Breaks Keyboard Play/Pause/Skip

I have a Microsoft 3050 Wireless Keyboard which has media hotkeys at the top. Without any configuration, the Skip Fwd, Skip Back, and Play/Pause keys always controlled whatever player was currently playing on my system. However, I noticed after this ...

sarahfelldown
Gig Goer
I have a Microsoft 3050 Wireless Keyboard which has media hotkeys at the top. Without any configuration, the Skip Fwd, Skip Back, and Play/Pause keys always controlled whatever player was currently p...
2019-07-16 10:33:14 PM
2019-07-18 11:44:51 PM
badumtss
Composer
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keyboard
Shortcut

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Removed all offline devices but still have access

I recently removed all my devices and changed my password on my spotify account, but I have still been able to access my account without logging again on both my desktop app and phone. I thought changing your password and removing all the approved de...

patb3
Visitor
I recently removed all my devices and changed my password on my spotify account, but I have still been able to access my account without logging again on both my desktop app and phone. ...
2019-07-18 9:40:58 AM
2019-07-18 11:23:55 PM
badumtss
Composer
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1 replies
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Is there a way to play the next playlist in a folder when the current playlist is finished?

I assumed the next playlist in a my playlist flder would start when the current playlist was finished. That is not the case. Is there a way to automatically play the next playlist when the current playlist is finihed?

Rom828
Visitor
I assumed the next playlist in a my playlist flder would start when the current playlist was finished. That is not the case. Is there a way to automatically play the next playlist when the curr...
2019-07-18 5:56:14 PM
2019-07-18 9:11:00 PM
Arikabeth
Roadie
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1 replies
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Desktop

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Playlist All EMPTY

All the playlists in the Spotify program are empty on my Desktop application. I've tried at least 10 different playlists and none of them will play because it says it is empty. Just started today was working fine yesterday. Tried uninstalling and re-...

chareet
Casual Listener
All the playlists in the Spotify program are empty on my Desktop application. I've tried at least 10 different playlists and none of them will play because it says it is empty. Just start...
2019-07-16 11:50:59 PM
2019-07-18 4:51:19 PM
Billy-J
Spotify Star
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Wrong Music File - "Because I Love" by Majority One

Hello. I am in Brazil and I run Spotify Free on Windows 10 and on Android 5.1.1 for Asus ZenFone.My issue is that I have discovered that the Song "Because I Love", by Majority One in the Album Rainbow Rockin' Chair actually plays a wrong audio file. ...

Jul35FM
Visitor
Hello. I am in Brazil and I run Spotify Free on Windows 10 and on Android 5.1.1 for Asus ZenFone. My issue is that I have discovered that the Song "Because I Love", by Majority One in the...
2019-07-18 1:18:46 AM
482 Views
0 replies
1 likes

482 Views
0 replies
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Playlist sort filter in Windows app ... like Android app

Plan: FreeCountry: 'mericaDevice: LG V20Operating System: Android 8My Question or Issue Would like to see the Windows app have a filter, like in Android, to sort playlists by name, recently played, recently added, etc f1v3h0l3

f1v3h0l3
Newbie
Plan: Free Country: 'merica Device: LG V20 Operating System: Android 8 My Question or Issue Would like to see the Windows app have a filter, like in Android, to sort playlists by name, r...
2019-07-17 6:55:10 PM
2019-07-17 11:58:08 PM
Narpas
Regular
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1 replies
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Private Playlist Followers

Hello! I turned my playlist private, but there were people following it prior to me turning it. It still says there are some people following it even after I turned it into a private playlist. Can they still see it even though I turned it on private?

haidyn17
Newbie
Hello! I turned my playlist private, but there were people following it prior to me turning it. It still says there are some people following it even after I turned it into a priva...
2018-02-25 10:34:19 PM
2019-07-17 10:26:10 PM
user-removed
Not applicable
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(artist radio) hide a previously favorited song

PlanfreeCountryusaDevicehp notebookOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or IssueHi! I was listening to an artist (Dodie) radio and accidently clicked the "like song" button rather than clicking the "hide song" button. I noticed this a few minutes l...

merin_n
Visitor
Plan free Country usa Device hp notebook Operating System windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi! I was listening to an artist (Dodie) radio and accidently clicked the "like song" button...
2019-07-17 9:24:00 PM
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Artist Radio
Favorite Songs
like dislike buttons

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Solved!! Win 10 - can't play my Playlist.

I press play and just keeps skipping all music's from all Playlists (mine or others)I reinstalled the app and tryed the "host" archive solution and nothing happens. On the phone works perfectly. The **bleep** is happening? PlanPremiumCountryPortugalD...

TheMightyBullet
Casual Listener
I press play and just keeps skipping all music's from all Playlists (mine or others) I reinstalled the app and tryed the "host" archive solution and nothing happens. On the phone works perfectly. Th...
2019-07-16 9:40:01 PM
2019-07-17 8:02:43 PM
TheMightyBullet
Casual Listener
1058 Views
4 replies
1 likes

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After NVIDIA GPU Driver Update, Win7 Spotify App Crashes After Initial Login =

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDell Precision M6800 w/NVIDIA Quadro K3100M Operating SystemWindows 7 Pro My Question or IssueAfter updating the display driver for my NVIDIA QUadro K3100M to version 389.08, the Spotify PC application crashes immediately u...

wmuncaster
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country USA Device Dell Precision M6800 w/NVIDIA Quadro K3100M Operating System Windows 7 Pro My Question or Issue After updating the display driver for my NVIDIA ...
2019-07-17 3:14:12 PM
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Controlling iPhone queue from PC application no longer works...

PlanPremiumCountry USADevicePC + iPhone 6Operating SystemWindows 10 + iOS My Question or Issue For years now I have used Spotify at work, placing my phone on a dock speaker, and controlling all of the queue from my desktop PC.Today, that seems to no ...

FrogLantern
Regular
Plan Premium Country USA Device PC + iPhone 6 Operating System Windows 10 + iOS My Question or Issue For years now I have used Spotify at work, placing my ...
2018-08-23 9:56:31 PM
2019-07-17 2:48:15 PM
Hexride
Regular
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3 replies
1 likes

715 Views
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