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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...

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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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Playlist description box doesn't change after editing

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI change the content of the desciption box of my playlist once a month. I'm changing the date of the playlist update or other small changes. When i change th...

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands   Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I change the content of the desciption box of my playlist once a month. I'...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Trojan found in Spotify folder

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevice(Samsung Galaxy S6, PC)Operating System(Android 7, Windows 10) My Question or IssueHello! My Windows Defender flagged the following file C:\Users\AppData\Local\Spotify\Data\e9\e9595c535c54b2ad17449a5343777019434fa4f4.fil...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Device (Samsung Galaxy S6, PC) Operating System (Android 7, Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Hello!   My Windows Defender flagged the following fil...
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randomly shuts down

PlanPremiumCanada Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue why the fack does spotify premium automatically shut down?

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  • Plan Premium Canada   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue why the fack d...
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No thumbs down will cost you a premium subscriber

PlanPremium CountryUSA DevicePC Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueDo what you want for free customer but if I'm paying I want to be able to mark an artist or song with a thumbs down, minus sign or whatever you like. I am SICK of hearing ...

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  • Plan Premium   Country USA   Device PC   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Do what you want for free customer but if I'm paying I want to be able to ...
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Solved!! spotify won't play music AT ALL

there are speakers connected to my computer, so at first I thought that the speakers were the problem. but, when I go on youtube or Netflix and watch something, the sound works fine. I downloaded spotify on my computer, but no sound comes from the sp...

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  • there are speakers connected to my computer, so at first I thought that the speakers were the problem. but, when I go on youtube or Netflix and watch something, the sound works fine. I downloaded spo...
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Spotify Desktop doesn't recognise headphones

PremiumItalyWindows 10Spotify keeps reproducing music using the computer's speakers even if the headphones are plugged in. It's the only application that does that.

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  • Premium Italy Windows 10 Spotify keeps reproducing music using the computer's speakers even if the headphones are plugged in. It's the only application that does that. 
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Spotify is randomly pausing music

Spotify is randomly pausing music. I've noticed it's more likely to happen when I play videogames like Overwatch or League of Legends. It may pause randomly after 30 seconds of playing or play full 10 mins before it pauses. It doesn't matter if the s...

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  • Spotify is randomly pausing music. I've noticed it's more likely to happen when I play videogames like Overwatch or League of Legends. It may pause randomly after 30 seconds of playing or play full 1...
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Continual Error "Spotify can't play this right now."

Spotify PremiumAustraliaDevice: Dell CORE i7 8th GenOperating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue:I have been getting the attached error for weeks now. I have re-installed mutiple times and cleared my cache etc. removed all passwords....Spotify P...

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  • Spotify Premium Australia Device: Dell CORE i7 8th Gen Operating System: Windows 10   My Question or Issue: I have been getting the attached error for weeks now. I have re-installed m...
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Spotify starts automatically on desktop, in spite of being set NOT to. Recent problem

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWIN10My Question or IssueTwo days ago, Spotify began loading automatically on startup of my desktop. None of the settings on Spotify have been changed. The option for " "Open Spotify automatically....

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Desktop Operating System WIN10 My Question or Issue Two days ago, Spotify began loading automatically on startup of my desktop. None of the settings o...
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Albums disappearing from "Albums" tab

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceSamsung S9/PCOperating SystemAndroid orea/windows 10/web player My Question or IssueFor some reason the a lot of my albums have been removed from my library. They haven't bee removed from Spotify, just my library. This is a ...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Samsung S9/PC Operating System Android orea/windows 10/web player   My Question or Issue For some reason the a lot of my albums have been removed from my...
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Spotify crashes when I try to edit a playlist cover

PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDevice(Lenovo Yoga 710)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueWhen I click to edit the cover of a playlist the whole app closes. I tried reinstalling but it didn't fix the issue.

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  •   Plan Premium Country Finland Device (Lenovo Yoga 710) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue When I click to edit the cover of a playlist the whole app closes. I ...
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missing podcasts on desktop

PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDevicepcOperating Systemwin 10 My Question or IssueSome episodes of a podcast I'm listening are missing on desktop... the podcast is Distorsion and I have everything until december 2018, after that nothing...when I search for...

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  • Plan Premium Country Belgium Device pc Operating System win 10   My Question or Issue Some episodes of a podcast I'm listening are missing on desktop... the podcast is Distorsion and I...
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Can't Add a New Source

SORTEDPremiumCountryUKDeviceHP Pavilion 2012/2013/2014?Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI can't find how to add sources for music that I have downloaded on my computer.

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  • SORTED Premium Country UK Device HP Pavilion 2012/2013/2014? Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I can't find how to add sources for music that I have downloaded on my c...
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Superuser Contribution Playlist filter broken

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayOperating System(Two Windows 7 64bit computers and One Windows 10 64bit computer) My Question or IssueFor quite a while now (about some weeks/a month/several updates) the playlist filter function has been broken. Before when y...

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  • Plan Premium Country Norway Operating System (Two Windows 7 64bit computers and One Windows 10 64bit computer)   My Question or Issue For quite a while now (about some weeks/a month/seve...
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Songs are both added and not added to library

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceiPhone 6sOperating SystemWindows 10MacOS Mojave (10.14) My Question or IssueI have songs that I have added into my library on the desktop previously, and then when searching the song or if it appears in suggested, it shows...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   Device iPhone 6s Operating System Windows 10 MacOS Mojave (10.14)   My Question or Issue I have songs that I have added into my library on the desktop...
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Local Files - Folders

Hello, I use spotify on windows 10. The problem is that when i try to add my local files spotify decides to make a new folderpath wich does not excist on my computer. My folderpath goes like this: F:\Musikk\2017 etc But when i try to add my r&b folde...

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  • Hello,   I use spotify on windows 10.   The problem is that when i try to add my local files spotify decides to make a new folderpath wich does not excist on my computer.   My fo...
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Solved!! Can't play song/ Unavailable

PlanFree/PremiumCountryPH DeviceComputer(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating SystemWindows(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I want to play the song Kimi ni Todoke by Tomofumi Tanizawa, I searched and...

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  • Plan Free/Premium CountryPH   DeviceComputer (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating SystemWindows (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question ...
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Search Bubble gone

The search bubble for Spotify on desktop is gone on the app and I have bold text. I have to scroll all the way up and press the search button to find a song which is just a waste of time where I have to go off my whole playlist. I have reinstalled Sp...

  • Casual Listener
  •  The search bubble for Spotify on desktop is gone on the app and I have bold text. I have to scroll all the way up and press the search button to find a song which is just a waste of time where ...
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Solved!! Windows 10 App CPU Usage

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWIndows 10 DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify app eats the CPU on a speedy new desktop machine. How do I reduce this? Spotify works fine on my little Android phone. Why is the Windows version such...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device WIndows 10 Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify app eats the CPU on a speedy new desktop machine.   How do I red...
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