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Solved!! 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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I blocked an artist on Daily Mix, but they still play.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePC and Samsung Note 9Operating SystemWindows 10, latest Android OS My Question or IssueThere is an artist that keeps popping up in my Daily Mix and I liked them at first, but now they play far too often and I'm si...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device PC and Samsung Note 9 Operating System Windows 10, latest Android OS   My Question or Issue There is an artist that keeps popping up in my Dai...
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Blocking artist

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhy is it impossible to block artists? I have noticed some times when I'm playing radio, I get an option to block a song. If I'm lucky I even get to block artist, but in 90% of t...

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  • Plan Premium Country Denmark Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Why is it impossible to block artists? I have noticed some times when I'm playing radio, I get an option t...
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Faulty volume control

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceLaptop Clevo NH870HK1Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe volume slider for the windows version doesnt work according to expectationsExpectation:Slider is at max, have max volumeReality:Volume is lower...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Laptop Clevo NH870HK1 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The volume slider for the windows version doesnt work according...
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Album covers doesn't show up.

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello.About a week ago i've discovered that, when i play the song the album cover (in the left corner just above the artist and title) doesn't show up. I've tried to searc...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Poland Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello. About a week ago i've discovered that, when i play the song the album cover (in...
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The same song continues to play when switching devices (not related to "connect to a device")

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceLaptop / Android phoneOperating SystemWindows 10 / Android Nougat / Spotify latest versions. My Question or IssueHello,Since yesterday, my "setup" is not working. Let me explain. I listen to different playlists every day....

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  • Plan Premium Country Spain Device Laptop / Android phone Operating System Windows 10 / Android Nougat / Spotify latest versions.   My Question or Issue Hello, Since yesterday, my "set...
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Spotify won't start

Hello! I can't start my spotify, when I run the program it just says "app won't start" . I tried to reinstall the program but for some reason I need to start the app before I delete it. Please help!Sachin Khanna

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  • Hello!   I can't start my spotify, when I run the program it just says "app won't start" . I tried to reinstall the program but for some reason I need to start the app before I delete it. &nb...
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Specific Song not showing in local files

I'm on premium and I have been since I created this account. I had this issue previously on my Windows 7 PC, and it seems to still be an issue on my Windows 10 PC. No matter what I do, I cannot get a certain mp3 file to show up in Local Files. It's t...

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  • I'm on premium and I have been since I created this account. I had this issue previously on my Windows 7 PC, and it seems to still be an issue on my Windows 10 PC.    No matter what I do,...
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Browsing followed artist showing non-liked songs

PlanPremiumCountryNew ZealandDeviceSamsung Galaxy 9, Microsoft Surface Book 2Operating SystemAndriod Pie, Windows 10 My Question or IssueWhen browsing artists that you follow that you also have liked songs from, some artists show a list of songs, inc...

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  • Plan Premium Country New Zealand Device Samsung Galaxy 9,  Microsoft Surface Book 2 Operating System Andriod Pie, Windows 10   My Question or Issue When browsing artists that you ...
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Playback does not start

PlanFreeCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 1809 My Question or Issue We have two spotify users in our household (separate accounts). A few days we notified the desktop app does not play any songs anymore. I've tried a few things:use the...

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  • Plan Free Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10 1809   My Question or Issue   We have two spotify users in our household (separate accounts). A few days we notifi...
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Made For You Content Not Updating

PlanFreeCountryAustraliaDeviceHuaweiOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI have came back after a few years of using other services and I've found that my discover weekly is not updating and is still stuck on the playlist from 2 years ago. I a...

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  • Plan Free Country Australia Device Huawei Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I have came back after a few years of using other services and I've found that my discover wee...
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Podcasts Updated List

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceAllOperating SystemAll My Question or IssueIt would be great to have the option to organise your podcasts in one giant list with them sorted as "most recently updated" so you have the most recently released podcast fr...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device All Operating System All   My Question or Issue It would be great to have the option to organise your podcasts in one giant list with them sorted ...
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Local Files Greying Out

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePC, Laptop, SmartphoneOperating SystemWindows 8 For some reason after I made playlists with local files and download them on my PC, everything works. But after I downloaded the playlists on my Laptop which operates on Wi...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device PC, Laptop, Smartphone Operating System Windows 8    For some reason after I made playlists with local files and download them on my PC, everythi...
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Some Songs Don't Play

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDell Inspiron 5558Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSome songs I try to play don't seem to play and this has been happening for months now. I've reinstalled from spotify.com and from the Windows Store to no ava...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Dell Inspiron 5558 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Some songs I try to play don't seem to play and this has been happening for months...
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Fix Navigating to Current Song

When a song is playing, you can click on the album art to immediately navigate to the song and playlist where you're listening to it from.I've noticed that this often takes me to a different song in the same playlist, and highlighting it instead.Atta...

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  • When a song is playing, you can click on the album art to immediately navigate to the song and playlist where you're listening to it from. I've noticed that this often takes me to a different song i...
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Mark Podcast Played

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAllow the ability to mark a podcast episode played from the desktop like you have on mobile devices.

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Allow the ability to mark a podcast episode played from the desktop like you have on mobile ...
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Spotify won't start

Hello! I can't start my spotify, when I run the program it just says "app won't start" . I tried to reinstall the program but for some reason I need to start the app before I delete it. Please help!

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  • Hello!   I can't start my spotify, when I run the program it just says "app won't start" . I tried to reinstall the program but for some reason I need to start the app before I delete it. &nb...
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Pressing the side button of the mouse to go back will scroll you to the bottom of the album page

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueGo to any artist with a lot of releases (Moby is a really good example). Go to their about page and scroll to the bottom of it (has to be the very bottom). Then press the sidebutton on your mouse to go b...

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  • Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Go to any artist with a lot of releases (Moby is a really good example). Go to their about page and scroll to the bottom of it (has to be t...
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How to dislike track

PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm new to Spotify, coming from Google Play Music. There, I could dislike a track, something I'd like to do here too. I'm using the windows desktop app to start track/playlist radios b...

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  • Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm new to Spotify, coming from Google Play Music. There, I could dislike a track, something I'd like to do here...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify can't play this right now.... (Then when?)

PlanFreeCountryItalyDevice/OSWindows 10 My Question or IssueIn many of my playlists many songs are slowly turning grey and unplayable ("Spotify can't play this right now..."), this is happening since 2-3 days ago, I am not sure. I have already tried ...

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  • Plan Free Country Italy Device/OS Windows 10   My Question or Issue In many of my playlists many songs are slowly turning grey and unplayable ("Spotify can't play this right now...")...
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How come the same songs repeat instead of the rest of the 915 liked songs that I have?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung S6 Active and PCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueSo I have about 915 songs that I've liked. How come I find my songs playing in the same loop, even though I have it set to shuffle with repeat off? There...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung S6 Active and PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue So I have about 915 songs that I've liked.  How come I find my songs pl...
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