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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
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Rim4
Gig Goer
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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
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Nekse
Casual Listener
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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
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2013-09-17 11:47:47 AM
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Spotify stops scrobbling and disconnects after laptop restart

Hi all, so I have this problem with desktop version of Spotify on my laptop. I have last.fm account and use Spotify to scrobble songs, however, my Spotify dekstop stops scrobbling after the computer is restarted. What is more, when I play music on my...

maruch
Casual Listener
Hi all, so I have this problem with desktop version of Spotify on my laptop. I have last.fm account and use Spotify to scrobble songs, however, my Spotify dekstop stops scrobbling after the ...
2019-07-03 10:51:59 AM
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Cannot replay podcast episodes

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceDell LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThis issue has been going on for months and nothing has been resolved. It's impossible to replay a podcast episode, even though none are showing as completely finis...

mlmlml88
Newbie
Plan Premium Country USA Device Dell Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue This issue has been going on for months and nothing has been reso...
2019-07-02 11:40:41 PM
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No Option to Add or Remove Facebook

Hello!I've been having this issue for a week or so, I've been trying to connect my Spotify to my new Facebook account. I had deleted my previous one without unlinking it with Spotify and now Spotify does not give me the option to remove or add Facebo...

muskymellow
Newbie
Hello! I've been having this issue for a week or so, I've been trying to connect my Spotify to my new Facebook account. I had deleted my previous one without unlinking it with Spotify and now Spotif...
2019-07-02 8:18:47 PM
2019-07-02 9:20:18 PM
OneByBoo
Roadie
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Deleted song unintentional

PlanFreeCountry ItalyDeviceXiaomi Mi A1, Asus Zenfone 2Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, i think i had unintentionaly deleted an song to be playable how can i listen it again? it's Sally from Hardwell, it wasn't from a playlist or s...

Scevan
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country Italy Device Xiaomi Mi A1, Asus Zenfone 2 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, i think i had unintentionaly deleted an song to be playable...
2019-07-02 8:11:27 AM
2019-07-02 6:29:41 PM
Sebasty
Community Legend
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Music not showing up after multiple clean installs

I only have like 1.2K songs saved, and on the webapp it shows every single one of them, however when I attempt to run my desktop app it only shows my local files, no matter how many times i've clean installed. Is there a cache I need to delete or smt...

crasyzombie
Casual Listener
I only have like 1.2K songs saved, and on the webapp it shows every single one of them, however when I attempt to run my desktop app it only shows my local files, no matter how many times i've clean ...
2019-06-25 10:56:08 PM
2019-07-02 6:22:41 PM
Sebasty
Community Legend
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Spotify Connect on Windows 10

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDell XPS 15 Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify Connect doesn't work anymore on the desktop versions for Windows 10. It doesn't matter if I'm listening to Spotify through the browser and want to conti...

raed115
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Dell XPS 15 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify Connect doesn't work anymore on the desktop versions for Windows 10. It...
2019-07-02 5:03:54 PM
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Suggestion to make the program less annoying when started with Windows 10

My Question or IssueHi good day. I would like for the next version to improve the program by starting Windows 10 started minimized in the system tray because it does not and it is very annoying to turn on the PC since I always close it. Also, I open ...

hermannG
Casual Listener
My Question or Issue Hi good day. I would like for the next version to improve the program by starting Windows 10 started minimized in the system tray because it does not and it is very annoying to ...
2019-07-02 4:32:05 PM
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[solved] Repeat functionality gone from Windows 10 desktop app [premium account]

As per the title: Desktop app / Windows 10 / Premium account / UKThe repeat button has disappeared, and the playback menu has repeat and shuffle grayed out, see attached screenshot. I sure hope this is not a design choice, I hope it's a bug.

doppioslash
Casual Listener
As per the title: Desktop app / Windows 10 / Premium account / UK The repeat button has disappeared, and the playback menu has repeat and shuffle grayed out, see attached screenshot. I sure...
2019-07-01 6:53:30 PM
2019-07-02 3:43:39 PM
doppioslash
Casual Listener
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Albums blank when offline

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I often use the desktop version of Spotify offline so I don't get distracted while working. I've got premium and been able to listen to my saved music offline fine until toda...

MissCasca
Newbie
Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I often use the desktop version of Spotify offline so I don't get distracted while working....
2019-06-22 9:37:22 PM
2019-07-02 7:30:56 AM
guit-able
Newbie
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How to show Remastered Deluxe Albums with the rest of my albums without saving all of the songs

My Question or IssueWith this new update to how albums are displayed, a lot of my albums aren't put in one place anymore and it is harder to navigate. This is because for a lot of the albums I have saved, they come from deluxe or remastered albums wh...

rjcrocuta
Casual Listener
My Question or Issue With this new update to how albums are displayed, a lot of my albums aren't put in one place anymore and it is harder to navigate. This is because for a lot of the albums I have...
2019-07-01 12:30:40 AM
2019-07-01 12:41:09 AM
rjcrocuta
Casual Listener
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Solved!! Can't upload a playlist... It only shows up as a link now

PlanPremium CountryLiving in Germany and using their data and Wifi but I got Spotify when I was in the United States DeviceLaptop Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When I try to upload my playlist it will not show a list of the songs li...

musicorumgenius
Composer
Plan Premium Country Living in Germany and using their data and Wifi but I got Spotify when I was in the United States Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 ...
2019-06-22 2:42:17 PM
2019-07-01 9:04:56 PM
musicorumgenius
Composer
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3 replies
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Play Change don't work in playlist.

PlanFreeCountryNieuwegein DeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello,I wanted to change the image and description of my playlist. I press save, everything works. I close Spotify, I come back and the changes do not work. The o...

user-removed
Visitor
Plan Free Country Nieuwegein Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello, I wanted to change the image and description of my playlist. I ...
2019-07-01 8:28:30 PM
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Liked songs vs Liked from Radio

Hello all,I noticed a weird issue I am having regarding my Spotify playlists.I have premium and listen on an Android 8 phone and Windows 10 PC. On the phone I have a playlist called "Liked Songs" that has 1250 or so tracks on it. I also have "Liked f...

ndlsjk
Casual Listener
Hello all, I noticed a weird issue I am having regarding my Spotify playlists. I have premium and listen on an Android 8 phone and Windows 10 PC. On the phone I have a playlist called "Liked Songs"...
2019-06-27 8:14:15 PM
2019-07-01 5:54:07 PM
ndlsjk
Casual Listener
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2 replies
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Solved!! All local files grayed out

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceBuilt PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy local files are grayed-out no matter what I do. I've unistalled Spotfiy and downloaded the version from the Windows store, unistalled my antivirus (which I was plann...

scotrone
Newbie
Plan Premium Country USA Device Built PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My local files are grayed-out no matter what I do. I've unistalled Spotfiy and downloaded th...
2019-06-30 4:23:08 AM
2019-07-01 5:20:56 PM
Sebasty
Community Legend
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1 replies
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Windows 10 App Buggy

For a long time the app was fine, and then about 6 or maybe even more months ago, this app started getting really buggy. I assumed that eventually there would be updates that would improve the performance of this app, but it was never fixed. I though...

Marc_Urban
Newbie
For a long time the app was fine, and then about 6 or maybe even more months ago, this app started getting really buggy. I assumed that eventually there would be updates that would improve the perfor...
2019-06-29 9:08:04 PM
2019-07-01 4:49:43 PM
Sebasty
Community Legend
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1 replies
2 likes
Desktop

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Mr Chillax "Tropical Ocean Waves" Interruption

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI randomly am getting interrupted by a song by Mr Chillax "Tropical Ocean Waves". Is this hap...

kimichanga
Casual Listener
Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I rando...
2019-06-27 11:17:38 PM
2019-07-01 4:30:37 PM
knbrooks71
Newbie
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Daily Mix Lists Not Populating

Operating Spotify via Apple device and Windows OS -- Why are my "Daily Mix" playlists not showing up? I addded nearly 80 different groups when I signed up, I received 6 "Daily Mix" playlists, which were all quite excellent (props to the algorithm). H...

cbjfan2009
Newbie
Operating Spotify via Apple device and Windows OS -- Why are my "Daily Mix" playlists not showing up? I addded nearly 80 different groups when I signed up, I received 6 "Daily Mix" playlists, w...
2019-07-01 3:34:42 PM
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Spotify PC, Android and Web Player don't play the same song

PlanPremiumCountryIndonesiaDeviceMoto Z PlayOperating SystemWindows 8 My Question or IssueSpotify for PC, Android and Web Player doesn't play the same song when i click on a song. I've reinstalled Spotify for Android and PC, already cleared the cache...

satriyoatmojo
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Indonesia Device Moto Z Play Operating System Windows 8 My Question or Issue Spotify for PC, Android and Web Player doesn't play the same song when i click on a ...
2019-07-01 10:16:24 AM
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0 replies
1 likes

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Podcasts Not Playing

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceGalaxy S10Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHia, so I have been having a problem for a long time where whenever I go to play a podcast, nothing plays. Furthermore, whenever I try to go and view the episodes of a p...

WaterBubblez
Newbie
Plan Free Country USA Device Galaxy S10 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hia, so I have been having a problem for a long time where whenever I go to play a podcast, n...
2019-07-01 9:56:33 AM
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[Desktop][Connect] Spotify doesn't open

So since i reinstalled windows on my pc spotify simply doesn't open anymore, i already reinstalled, done a clean installation, done a safe boot start, reinstalled with restarting the computer and still nothing, honestly i tried everthing that i saw o...

jonyraider
Casual Listener
So since i reinstalled windows on my pc spotify simply doesn't open anymore, i already reinstalled, done a clean installation, done a safe boot start, reinstalled with restarting the computer and sti...
2019-07-01 4:13:08 AM
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