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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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Saving songs without saving the whole album and more...

Hello there,Why Spotify changed the way to save albums and songs ?It seems that it's now impossible to just save few songs of an album without having all of them in the album tab of the library...This... this... is super super anoying If i like only ...

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  • Hello there, Why Spotify changed the way to save albums and songs ? It seems that it's now impossible to just save few songs of an album without having all of them in the album tab of the library.....
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Spotify is Playing Songs I Do Not Have Saved

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DevicePC / Galaxy S9Operating SystemAndroid version 9 / Windows 10 My Question or IssueLike the title says: Spotify is playing songs I don't have saved. Is there a guaranteed way to stop certain songs from playing? Som...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States   Device PC / Galaxy S9 Operating System Android version 9 / Windows 10   My Question or Issue Like the title says: Spotify is playing songs I ...
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Library not fully showing

PlanFreeCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Issue:I recently restarted my spotify and my entire spotify library has been cut down to 15 albums, i bug i keep getting on my Ipad and now it's on my PC. It says i have all my music saved howeve...

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  • Plan Free Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Issue: I recently restarted my spotify and my entire spotify library has been cut down to 15 albums, i bug i keep gettin...
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My Spotify won't "Work"

PlanI am right now, on free but I was thinking about switching to Premium.CountryDenmarkDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy playlist seems to be "unavailable" or "deleted" but I haven't done anything, and it's only on my de...

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  • Plan I am right now, on free but I was thinking about switching to Premium. Country Denmark Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My playlist seems to be ...
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Songs are gone from the desktop app

PlanFreeCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi! My problem is that my songs (from my libraries) are gone in the desktop app. In the webplayer, everything is where it should be. I just did a clean install, and all my songs, ...

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  • Plan Free Country    Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi! My problem is that my songs (from my libraries) are gone in the desktop app. In the webp...
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Superuser Contribution PONOWNA instalacja spotify

Witam ma problem . Spotify sie instaluje za każdym razem jak włączę komputerpo czym wywala błąd ze instalacja nie powiodla sie a ja anulujac ją moge przejsc dalej i otworzyc spotify normalnie .

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  • Witam ma problem .   Spotify sie instaluje za każdym razem jak włączę komputer po czym wywala błąd ze instalacja nie powiodla sie a ja anulujac  ją moge przejsc dalej i otworzyc spoti...
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[Bug] Sorting and selecting song is bugged

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSorting my playlist by anything other than added/descending(the standard sort) will screw upp selecting the current song by clicking the album portrait in the bottom left corner. Wrong song is selected. ...

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  • Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Sorting my playlist by anything other than added/descending(the standard sort) will screw upp selecting the current song by clicking the al...
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Let us use older versions of spotify

With local files being completely broken for a month, but working with an older client, it would be great to not be forced to update to a broken client.0.9 was the most feature rich client, with the ability to add playlists to queue and much more. Pl...

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  • With local files being completely broken for a month, but working with an older client, it would be great to not be forced to update to a broken client. 0.9 was the most feature rich client, with th...
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Play folder plays songs not even in my library

PlanPremium FamilyCountryIreland DevicePCOperating SystemWin7 My Question or IssuePlay Folder plays songs that are in the folder AND songs which aren't even part of my library.I have a folder, Electronic, filled with various playlists, subfolders wit...

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  • Plan Premium Family Country Ireland   Device PC Operating System Win7   My Question or Issue Play Folder plays songs that are in the folder AND songs which aren't even part of my...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify status not showing up on discord

My spotify status does not show up on discord. I have to everything including restarting discord, reinstalling discord, using the canary version, logging out of both spotify and discord and logging back in, reconnecting my spotify connection. However...

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  • My spotify status does not show up on discord. I have to everything including restarting discord, reinstalling discord, using the canary version, logging out of both spotify and discord and logging b...
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[no sound]No switch to headphones when plugged in for Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDeviceHP Elitebook 840 G4Operating Systemwindows 10 Audio driver?Conexant ISST audio My Question or IssueWhen I plug in my headphones, spotify does not play through them, no sound whatsoever. Other apps like you tube do play ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Belgium Device HP Elitebook 840 G4 Operating System windows 10  Audio driver? Conexant ISST audio       My Question or Issue When I plug...
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Superuser Contribution [Bug][Windows] Hebrew interface wrong order of Close and Minimize buttons

The move to a UI in hebrew is a blessing, but the Close and Minimize upper buttons are ordered the wrong way. They should be switched. The Close button should always be in the outer side of the window. In the attachment you can see the spotify hebrew...

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  • The move to a UI in hebrew is a blessing, but the Close and Minimize upper buttons are ordered the wrong way. They should be switched. The Close button should always be in the outer side of the windo...
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Spotify is no longer functional in offline mode.

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceWindows ComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFollowing the most recent Spotify update, putting the spotify desktop client in offline mode is completely useless! The entire album section no longer functi...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device Windows Computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Following the most recent Spotify update, putting the spotify desktop client in o...
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Dislike button broken on Android and completely missing from Windows

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceSamsung Note 8, Windows 10 PCOperating SystemBoth latest build My Question or IssueTracks are not being improved. Hitting the do not play button does not skip to the next track. The same songs are being played despite bein...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   Device Samsung Note 8, Windows 10 PC Operating System Both latest build   My Question or Issue Tracks are not being improved. Hitting the do not play b...
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Local files not showing up in folder

PlanpremiumCountryUKDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 the problem is i have been trying to add songs to my Local Files on the desktop spotify but they wont show up in the folder no matter what i do I have tried uninstalling and re installing spo...

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  •   Plan premium Country UK Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10   the problem is i have been trying to add songs to my Local Files on the desktop spotify but they wont show up...
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New Releases: limited in most recent update

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceLenovo ThinkPad Operating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueI've always known that Spotify limits the amount of new releases posted under Browse > New Releases, however I can only see 100 of the latest albums added t...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Lenovo ThinkPad  Operating System Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue I've always known that Spotify limits the amount of new releases posted und...
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New Spotify update

PlanPremiumCountryNorway Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueBefore the update, Home Browse and Radio used to scroll with your playlists, but now they dont. This results in me not being able to see more than 2 of my playlists at once and i...

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  • Plan Premium Country Norway   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Before the update, Home Browse and Radio used to scroll with your playlists, but now they dont. Thi...
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Spotify flicker with inbeded video clips

PlanPremiumOperating System Windows 7My Question or Issue: my native 144hz monitor that wich is powerd by a nvidia card, starts to flicker, in fullscreen mode!(shortcut key to toggle playback screen-size in spotify?) my only choice is to hit alt+F4, ...

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  • Plan Premium Operating System  Windows 7 My Question or Issue:   my native 144hz monitor that wich is powerd by a nvidia card, starts to flicker, in fullscreen mode! ...
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Local files not playing

PlanPremiumCountryEstoniaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am able to add local files and i can see all of them. The issue is that when i try to press play then it doesn't do anything. Anyone else having the same kind of i...

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  • Plan Premium Country Estonia Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I am able to add local files and i can see all of them. The issue is that when i try to p...
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Playlist description problem

PlanPremiumCountrySweden Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello,There was a client update this morning. When I am going to update my playlist description, the links I have in there are all messed up..

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello, There was a client update this morning. When I am going to update my playlist description...
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