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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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How to listen to local files on a network drive when PC is off

Hi, I can add local files via my Windows desktop app and create playlists and play then via my android phone. However, this only works while the PC is turned on. Is there a way to specify a source that is a network drive, but is not mapped to a drive...

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  • Hi,   I can add local files via my Windows desktop app and create playlists and play then via my android phone. However, this only works while the PC is turned on. Is there a way to specify a ...
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Podcasts not playing on laptop PC

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceThinkPadOperating SystemWindows 7 Pro My Question or IssueWhen I click 'Play' on podcasts, they show up in the 'Now Playing' section, but never start playing. Only an issue on my laptop.

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device ThinkPad Operating System Windows 7 Pro   My Question or Issue When I click 'Play' on podcasts, they show up in the 'Now Playing' section, but never sta...
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Superuser Contribution Is there a way to revert the way the Spotify library functions?

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI want to revert the way saving songs and albums works to an older version is there a way to do so. The new library method is not very intuitive.

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  • Plan Premium Country United States  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I want to revert the way saving songs and albums works to an older version is there a way to d...
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Superuser Contribution [Win7] Spotify just won't play anything, anyway.(almost)

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDevicePCOperating SystemWin 7 My Question or IssueSo, 3 weeks ago, spotify started to "pause" after playing a few songs, like, completely stops playing anything.Then the issue affected all the songs I downloaded, it would play...

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  • Plan Premium Country France Device PC Operating System Win 7   My Question or Issue So, 3 weeks ago, spotify started to "pause" after playing a few songs, like, completely stops playin...
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Solved!! Quick search not working anymore since the last update

PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDevicePCOperating SystemWin 10 My Question or IssueSo if you, like me have a large playlist you used to be able to search for songs by just typing into the playlist without the search function or ctrl+f and it would take you ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Finland Device PC Operating System Win 10   My Question or Issue So if you, like me have a large playlist you used to be able to search for songs by just t...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify stops playing music after a few seconds (PC)

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueLike the Title says "Spotify stops playing music after a few seconds (PC)" I've got the problem that Spotify stops playing music after a few seconds, and sometimes it wou...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Like the Title says "Spotify stops playing music after a few seconds (PC)" I've got th...
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Songs will not play on desktop

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueI am getting so fed up with this issue and I have tried every solution I could find and it actually made it WORSE. Recently my desktop was not able to play most songs outsi...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue I am getting so fed up with this issue and I have tried every solution I could find and ...
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Music stops playing after 5 seconds

So at first a bunch of songs I added from mobile were missing on Desktop, and it wouldn't play many of them. So I reinstalled and that seemed to work, but only 5 seconds of each song plays before it stops. I Googled this and already deleted all files...

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  • So at first a bunch of songs I added from mobile were missing on Desktop, and it wouldn't play many of them. So I reinstalled and that seemed to work, but only 5 seconds of each song plays before it ...
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Artists that begin with 'The' sort as T and not the first letter of the second word.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSurface Pro Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhy are artists in playlists that begin with 'The' now sort under T? When I sort a playlist by artist, 'The Black Keys' used to be in Bs. Now they are listed as T. ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Surface Pro  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Why are artists in playlists that begin with 'The' now sort under T? When I sort a ...
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Playlist Details Sync

PlanSpotify Premium (Family)CountryUninted KingdomDeviceHP Desktop, HP Laptop, Samsung Galaxy S8Operating SystemWindows 10 Home (PC's), Android 9 (S8) My Question or IssueI believe this is a fairly common issue amongst Spotify users, and I have looke...

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  • Plan Spotify Premium (Family) Country Uninted Kingdom Device HP Desktop, HP Laptop, Samsung Galaxy S8 Operating System Windows 10 Home (PC's), Android 9 (S8)   My Question or Issue I b...
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PC App won't launch, can't uninstall, reinstall doesn't help

I'm premium since 2011, this never happened to me. The PC app is not launching as it always did when I start my pc. I cannot uninstall and I tried to reinstall a lot of times. I deleted all the spotify folders I can find on my pc but it's still not w...

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  • I'm premium since 2011, this never happened to me. The PC app is not launching as it always did when I start my pc. I cannot uninstall and I tried to reinstall a lot of times. I deleted all the spoti...
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Disable Gapless Playback

PlanPremiumCountrySouth AfricaDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHow can i disable gapless playback? The option is not available in Spotify's settings.

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  •   Plan Premium Country South Africa Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue How can i disable gapless playback? The option is not available in Spotify's ...
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Songs wont sync

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDevicePc and Samsung J5 Operating SystemWindowsa 10, Andriod My Question or IssueHiMy songs dont sync berten pc and smartphone. I have to add them again on my pc. On phone everything is fine.

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  • Plan Premium Country Poland Device Pc and Samsung J5  Operating System Windowsa 10, Andriod   My Question or Issue Hi My songs dont sync berten pc and smartphone.  I  h...
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Spotify Desktop not working on Windows 10

PlanPremiumCountrySpain DeviceLenovo YOGA 710-14ISKOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueEvery time I try to play a song on Spotify, it stops after 3-5 seconds and the message "Can't play the current song" appears. I've tried deleting the pr...

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  • Plan Premium Country Spain   Device Lenovo YOGA 710-14ISK Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Every time I try to play a song on Spotify, it stops after 3-5 second...
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I uploaded an album to my spotify and I can't do it again.

Hi, I recently added an album to my Spotify. I know how to do it Preferences>add a local source>local file etc...It was a success, I created a playlist for the album and it was set on my PC then I tried to do the same for my phone so I can also liste...

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  • Hi, I recently added an album to my Spotify. I know how to do it Preferences>add a local source>local file etc... It was a success, I created a playlist for the album and it was set on my PC t...
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Skip button going backwards

Plan:PremiumCountry:United StatesDevice:PCOperating System:Windows 10My Question or Issue:I press the next track button on my keyboard which is the F8 button, but it instead does the function of the previous track button. The previous track button pe...

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  •   Plan: Premium Country: United States Device: PC Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue: I press the next track button on my keyboard which is the F8 button, but it instead...
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Global Media keys

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceHP PavillionOperating SystemWindows 10Spotify Build1.1.5.153.gf614956dMy Question or IssueFollowing the most recent update, the media keys on my keyboard no longer work globally. They worked fine a week or so ago but all of ...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device HP Pavillion Operating System Windows 10 Spotify Build 1.1.5.153.gf614956d My Question or Issue Following the most recent update, the media keys on my keyboa...
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Synchronisation between smartphone and desktop doesn't work

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello everybody, I've noticed that since one month I can't find anymore on the desktop the songs I saved in my smartphone's...

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  • Plan Premium Country Italy Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello everybody, I've noticed that since one mo...
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[Connect] Connection problems

Windows 10BelgiumPremium subscription Hi, for a week or so, I can't connect to Spotify anymore. First, it showed Error 4. I read some advice to check my firewalls and reinstall Spotify, but then I had error 7. I then tried it again and now it says er...

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  • Windows 10 Belgium Premium subscription   Hi, for a week or so, I can't connect to Spotify anymore. First, it showed Error 4. I read some advice to check my firewalls and reinstall Spotify, ...
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