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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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FAQ: Spotify for Windows 10 app

Hey folks, we've outlined some of the common questions you might have about the Windows 10 app now available. Please post in this board if you have any other questions. Q: Why can’t I see Spotify in the Windows 10 store? A: Spotify for Windows store ...

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My Spotfy was playing disgusting musics by itself

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI got Spotify in my PC, sometimes I was listening some music, or my pc is at standby and it change the playing music or start to play some musics by itself. I've already d...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brazil Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I got Spotify in my PC, sometimes I was listening some music, or my pc is at standby and it...
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Spotify wont lauch

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueI am trying to lauch Spotify on my windows desktop like I do everyday and it wont start. I tried to troubleshoot and the message I get is "Spotify is incompatib...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue I am trying to lauch Spotify on my windows desktop like I do everyday and it wont st...
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"Can't play current song" error for all songs on only my account on this PC

PlanFreeCountryUSA DeviceWin 10 PCSpotify: 1.1.4.197.g92d52c4f (Windows Store version) My Question or IssueEvery song loads then stops after 5-7 seconds with the "can't play current song" error. I have switched to a different account (#2) on this PC ...

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  • Plan Free Country USA   Device Win 10 PC Spotify: 1.1.4.197.g92d52c4f (Windows Store version)   My Question or Issue Every song loads then stops after 5-7 seconds with the "can't ...
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Error 117 - Windows

PlanFreeCountryBrazilDeviceNotebook Dell Inspiron 15Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo i've been trying to make the Spotify work on my Notebook, but it always end up in a error 117 - 'Maybe the firewall is blocking spotify...' i have a...

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  •   Plan Free Country Brazil Device Notebook Dell Inspiron 15 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue So i've been trying to make the Spotify work on my Notebook, but it...
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Windows 7 Spotify April 18th 2019 No Response

Over a dozen users in three seperate locations using seperate accounts - none of us can open or uninstall Spotify. Have deleted all files as won't uninstall and re-installed but no change.Spinny circle for 2 seconds then nothing.Using the web player ...

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  • Over a dozen users in three seperate locations using seperate accounts - none of us can open or uninstall Spotify. Have deleted all files as won't uninstall and re-installed but no change. Spinny ci...
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Solved!! Can't see my friends acitivty and can't add friends from facebook

CountrySpainOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi, this has been going on for a few weeks or even months. I don't know why it just stopped working suddenly. My friend's feed doesn't appear, as if I didn't have any friends. But I do follow...

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  • Country Spain Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi, this has been going on for a few weeks or even months. I don't know why it just stopped working suddenly. My friend's f...
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Downloaded songs

PlanPremiumCountry Device(Desktop)Operating System(Windows 10.) My Question or Issue Hi I downloaded all my songs from my library on my desktop, but the songs are gone when I’m offline instead I get Your favorite songs will appear here ??

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  •   Plan Premium Country   Device (Desktop) Operating System (Windows 10.)   My Question or Issue  Hi I downloaded all my songs from my library on my desktop, but the son...
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Problems when spotify automatically updates

PlanPremiumCountrySpain DeviceLaptop Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Enterprise (10.0.14393 Build 14393) My Question or IssueI had problems when installing Spotify on the computer, I did the workarround of installing with windows in safe mode an...

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  • Plan Premium Country Spain  Device Laptop  Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise (10.0.14393 Build 14393)   My Question or Issue I had problems when installing Spo...
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[All Platforms][Playlists] Deleted songs from a playlist keep reappearing in that playlist

I have deleted some songs from one of my playlists but these deleted songs keep reappearing in that playlist. How do i prevent this from happening or what can i do to stop this?

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  • I have deleted some songs from one of my playlists but these deleted songs keep reappearing in that playlist. How do i prevent this from happening or what can i do to stop this?
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No se reporduce ninguna cancion Premium

PlanPremiumPaísMexicoDispositivoPCSistema operativoWindows 10 Mi pregunta o problemaCuento con Spotify Premium y al darle play a cualquier canción en mi pc (sea en lista de reproduccion, busqueda, link, etc.) me manda un mensaje diciendo: "no es posi...

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  • Plan Premium País Mexico Dispositivo PC Sistema operativo Windows 10   Mi pregunta o problema Cuento con Spotify Premium y al darle play a cualquier canción en mi pc (sea en lista de r...
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Unable to reinstall spotify

PlanFree/PremiumCountryCanadaDeviceHP Elitebook 840 G1Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am trying to remove the spotify files manually from appdata to re install but it gives me a "File is already in use " error. I have made sure there...

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  •   Plan Free/Premium Country Canada Device HP Elitebook 840 G1 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I am trying to remove the spotify files manually from appdata to ...
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Songs randomly pause

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueWhile listening to music on spotify on my computer, all my songs randomly pause after around 6 seconds. This does not happen when I listen to it on my phone. I have...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Computer Operating System Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue While listening to music on spotify on my computer, all my songs randomly pause after ar...
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Player skips songs after 1 second. Podcasts only thing to play.

PlanPremiumCountryUSOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueWeb player works, other PC works, phone works. I have done ALL of the following:- uninstalled using windows, then reinstalled- uninstalled using Revo and deleted all leftover files, re...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Web player works, other PC works, phone works. I have done ALL of the following: - uninstalled using windows, then rei...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify no reproduce ninguna canción

Hola Uso Windows 7 32 bits, le doy clic a una canción y simplemente no la reproduce. Cual sea la canción o pista, no funciona. ¿Alguien sabe qué sucede? Agradezco cualquier ayuda.

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  • Hola   Uso Windows 7 32 bits, le doy clic a una canción y simplemente no la reproduce. Cual sea la canción o pista, no funciona. ¿Alguien sabe qué sucede? Agradezco cualquier ayuda.
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Scroll bars visible in announcement section

PlanPremiumCountryRomania DeviceLenovo Y700-15iskOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAnnouncements section has vertical and horizontal scroll bars.http://prntscr.com/ndhyivThe problem is present even if I fully maximized the window.I tried...

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  • Plan Premium Country Romania   Device Lenovo Y700-15isk Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Announcements section has vertical and horizontal scroll bars. http://...
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Can't add a specific local file to my phone

I've never had this problem before until now, but for some reason Spotify has added all but one of my local files. It's the same file format just like all the other local files on my phone.

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  • I've never had this problem before until now, but for some reason Spotify has added all but one of my local files. It's the same file format just like all the other local files on my phone.  
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Latest version of Spotify will not load

PlanPremiumCountryNew ZealandDevicePC Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueSpotify has been running fine until the last update. Which installs automatically - now Spotify refuses to load. Clicking Spotify does literally nothing. It doesn't e...

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  • Plan Premium Country New Zealand Device PC  Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue Spotify has been running fine until the last update. Which installs automatically - n...
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Friend Activity - not showing friend

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDevicePC Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi guys, I joined yesterday, version 1.1.4.197.g92d52c4f; and am having trouble with the Friend Activity. I have friend who is also a premium user, same version as I;...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device PC  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Hi guys, I joined yesterday,  version 1.1.4.197.g92d52c4f; and am having ...
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Solved!! song not loading

PlanFreeCountrycanadaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue there is a lot of chinese song that i cant play. The color of the name of the song is grey instead of white and the song would never load and most of the song in my daily mix are li...

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  • Plan Free Country canada Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  there is a lot of chinese song that i cant play. The color of the name of the song is grey instead of wh...
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Spotify keeps deleting my downloaded music

I have a premium account for 2 or 3 years now and I'm using it on my phone and Windows 10 pc (same one from the beginning). Since last month I guess I repeatedly download my offline music to my pc but Spotify keeps resetting all of them. This is the ...

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  • I have a premium account for 2 or 3 years now and I'm using it on my phone and Windows 10 pc (same one from the beginning). Since last month I guess I repeatedly download my offline music to my pc bu...
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