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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 week ago
James335
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
an hour ago
rednblu
Roadie
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278 replies
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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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[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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Superuser Contribution Discover Weekly and the rest of the playlists are not updating

PlanFreeCountryQatarDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueDiscover section is not updating it is still stuck with the playlists made in May.I tried to logout and login again in both the PC app and the web player to no avail.any help ...

wattman
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country Qatar Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Discover section is not updating it is still stuck with the playlists made in May. I ...
2019-07-10 5:16:46 PM
2019-07-11 7:35:28 PM
wattman
Casual Listener
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Spotify Freezes at ad and won't play.

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceDesktop Computer Operating SystemWindows 10 ProThe ad below causes spotify to freeze. I have had to close and reopen or log out and log back for it to start again. It plays 2 to 3 songs then the ad comes up and nothing.. tried...

dbrooks1979
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country USA Device Desktop Computer Operating System Windows 10 Pro The ad below causes spotify to freeze. I have had to close and reopen or log out and log back for it to sta...
2019-07-11 6:26:56 PM
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0 replies
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Albums suddenly disappeared from my library

PlanFreeCountryRomaniaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueHi, this issue just showed up on my Desktop app. Whenever I go to My Albums, it says I have none, even though I actually do. Going to Favorite Songs will show every...

andreibadea
Newbie
Plan Free Country Romania Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue Hi, this issue just showed up on my Desktop app. Whenever I go to My Albums, it says I h...
2018-11-15 9:12:33 PM
2019-07-11 5:48:56 PM
thedrunk
Casual Listener
760 Views
4 replies
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Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI've restarted my PC, clean uninstall/reinstalled Spotify, deleted local cache's, disabled hardware acceleration, the songs aren't limited to explicit so that settin...

crazysoapbar
Visitor
Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've restarted my PC, clean uninstall/reinstalled Spotify, deleted local cache's, disabled hardw...
2019-07-11 7:40:55 AM
2019-07-11 12:56:55 PM
chrismurray
Composer
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Superuser Contribution Incorrect index returned when finding song in playlist with non default sorting

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceXPSOperating SystemWindows 10 Okay, so this has been a bug for SO long! Essentially, I have some playlists that are fairly long and I sort them by the date they were added and when I'm listening to music, I would like to cli...

slurpwaffle
Regular
Plan Premium Country US Device XPS Operating System Windows 10 Okay, so this has been a bug for SO long! Essentially, I have some playlists that are fairly long...
2019-07-08 4:52:19 PM
2019-07-11 12:44:53 PM
Peter
Spotify Legend
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1 replies
1 likes

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"Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it."

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo I have been getting this error when trying to play music from the Spotify Music App on my desktop. I have followed all of the different advice on each of the previous threads on this topic ...

LKins
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue So I have been getting this error when trying to play music from the Spotify Music App on my desktop. I have followed all of...
2019-07-09 10:11:25 AM
2019-07-11 12:41:18 PM
chrismurray
Composer
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12 replies
1 likes

2075 Views
12 replies
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Superuser Contribution Liked Music and Music Added to Playlist Not Appearing

PlanFreeCountryUSDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 I reinstalled Spotify onto my laptop, and found that none of my songs were in neither my playlists or liked songs. However, when I went to readd my 200+ songs to my liked songs to my annoyance, ...

fablesdreams
Visitor
Plan Free Country US Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 I reinstalled Spotify onto my laptop, and found that none of my songs were in neither my playlists or liked songs. Howev...
2019-07-10 8:20:57 PM
2019-07-11 9:20:28 AM
Jemi
Spotify Legend
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Every single song anywhere shows as saved to my "liked" songs.

Only on the Windows app, not on my iphone or ipad. I obviously did not "like" all these. Anybody know anything about this? Thanks!

pcknshvl
Casual Listener
Only on the Windows app, not on my iphone or ipad. I obviously did not "like" all these. Anybody know anything about this? Thanks!
2019-07-11 1:08:33 AM
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Still at the album limit after the new update

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceAll devicesMy Question or IssueIf I understand the most recent update correctly, saving an album no longer 'likes' all the songs. Hence the limit to songs and albums should now be separate. However this does not apply, for w...

Ben1771
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country UK Device All devices My Question or Issue If I understand the most recent update correctly, saving an album no longer 'likes' all the songs. Hence the limit to songs and ...
2019-07-10 7:49:29 PM
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0 replies
3 likes

539 Views
0 replies
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Cant play music at all

PlanFreeCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueHi, for about a year now (i know i should have come earlier) i have been having many issues with playback on spotify. It started slowly where i would play a song, and about 6 ...

Keeru
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, for about a year now (i know i should have come earlier) i have been having many issues with playback ...
2019-07-08 9:27:47 PM
2019-07-10 6:54:19 PM
Keeru
Casual Listener
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Recent Update removed most important function-- viewing songs you added by artist

[THIS IS A REPOST OF A TOPIC FROM THE ANDROID THREAD. I am angry enough about this that I'm reposting it to the threads for all the devices I use. It's apparently a months old problem but hasn't even been addressed by Spotify at all. I will be cancel...

jviridis
Casual Listener
[THIS IS A REPOST OF A TOPIC FROM THE ANDROID THREAD. I am angry enough about this that I'm reposting it to the threads for all the devices I use. It's apparently a months old problem but hasn'...
2019-07-10 6:48:23 PM
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0 replies
2 likes

539 Views
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Superuser Contribution Webplayer freezes constantly

Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: Dell LaptopOperating System: Windows 10Platform: Webplayer in Browser My IssueWhen using the webplayer in browser I constantly have an issue with freezing. The song I am playing will pause and clicking pause/play does...

kren1
Newbie
Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: Dell Laptop Operating System: Windows 10 Platform: Webplayer in Browser My Issue When using the webplayer in browser I constantly have ...
2019-07-08 10:25:06 PM
2019-07-10 4:01:50 PM
Peter
Spotify Legend
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dell
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How do you find podcasts?

I read that in addition to video Spotify now has podcasts, but where are they on the desktop version?

jckinnick
Roadie
I read that in addition to video Spotify now has podcasts, but where are they on the desktop version?
2015-05-22 2:45:44 AM
2019-07-10 3:32:57 PM
Katerina
Spotify Legend
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93 replies
58 likes
Windows

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Volume changes up and down during all solng

Every time I listen to songs, the volume goes up and down and up and down again.. Anyone know why - and more important, how to fix it? Thanx..Anne

Anne
Newbie
Every time I listen to songs, the volume goes up and down and up and down again.. Anyone know why - and more important, how to fix it? Thanx.. Anne
2012-04-07 2:11:26 AM
2019-07-10 1:29:05 PM
Daisy
Spotify Legend
285096 Views
100 replies
12 likes

285096 Views
100 replies
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Have premium membership, how do I download music?

Hello everyone, New to Spotify and just paid for my premium membership. Could someone tell me how I can download music to my PC? Thanks!

laurien71
Newbie
Hello everyone, New to Spotify and just paid for my premium membership. Could someone tell me how I can download music to my PC? Thanks!
2013-02-11 10:08:00 PM
2019-07-10 1:07:22 PM
Peter
Spotify Legend
618488 Views
129 replies
4 likes

618488 Views
129 replies
4 likes

Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Windows 10 app not functioning, web works fine

PlanFreeCountry Devicelenovo thinkpad t440Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello everyone, My Spotify app, as seen in the image, does not work properly. A while ago, i found out that newer music did not load anymore but the older music ...

camieletje
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country Device lenovo thinkpad t440 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello everyone, My Spotify app, as seen in the image, does not work pro...
2019-07-09 5:05:00 PM
2019-07-10 12:58:55 PM
camieletje
Casual Listener
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2 replies
0 likes

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Remove from startup

Spotify automatically starts up when I turn my computer on. How do I stop that? I am using windows 7 os.

cwolff11
Newbie
Spotify automatically starts up when I turn my computer on. How do I stop that? I am using windows 7 os.
2012-03-05 1:46:22 PM
2019-07-10 12:54:23 PM
Daisy
Spotify Legend
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169 replies
12 likes

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169 replies
12 likes

Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Connect Exploit - Spotiamb 0.2.1. - hijacks user accounts to play songs.

Hi all,Just wanting to draw attention to this. It appears that there is an exploit for Spotify Connect which uses the Spotiamb 0.2.1 extension to hijack user accounts and play a set list of songs. Affected users will see "Spotiamb 0.2.1" appear as an...

colesl4w
Music Fan
Hi all, Just wanting to draw attention to this. It appears that there is an exploit for Spotify Connect which uses the Spotiamb 0.2.1 extension to hijack user accounts and play a set list of songs. ...
2015-07-29 1:11:08 PM
2019-07-10 12:48:03 PM
Peter
Spotify Legend
83554 Views
157 replies
14 likes
Windows

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Connect Not Working At All

Still got premium. It's worked for months, until today it decided to randomly stop working. I can see only the PS4 on both my iPod and Desktop. This is extremely frustrating as i'm paying for this service and i just sorted out all my tech issues. I'v...

Serengeti95
Music Fan
Still got premium. It's worked for months, until today it decided to randomly stop working. I can see only the PS4 on both my iPod and Desktop. This is extremely frustrating as i'm paying for this se...
2015-04-30 11:02:03 PM
2019-07-10 11:06:46 AM
Daisy
Spotify Legend
222996 Views
118 replies
26 likes
Windows

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118 replies
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No Explicit Filter?

So let me see if I've got this straight. You want me to pay for Premium, but you are incapable of coming up with a way for me to block explicit songs? This should take a developer worth his salt about half a day to implement. Its mind boggling that t...

acemiller6
Casual Listener
So let me see if I've got this straight. You want me to pay for Premium, but you are incapable of coming up with a way for me to block explicit songs? This should take a developer worth h...
2018-05-22 10:42:17 PM
2019-07-09 11:49:05 PM
shagreel
Newbie
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2 replies
0 likes

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