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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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Can't remove an artist from my library

PlanPremiumCountryCanada My Question or IssueHello! I have an artist in my library that i want to delete. I unfollowed him but it's stay in my artist list. I don't have any song of him in my playlists nor my song library. I tried followed/unfollowed,...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada     My Question or Issue Hello! I have an artist in my library that i want to delete. I unfollowed him but it's stay in my artist list. I don't have any s...
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Find Friends stuck loading

PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDeviceDell / Surface BookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI don't know if I've ever been able to use the "see what your friends are playing" or "find friends" feature on Spotify. I click find friends and ...

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  • Plan Premium Country  United States Device Dell / Surface Book Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I don't know if I've ever been able to use the "see what your fri...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution 'Go to Playlist radio' not showing up anymore

Hi 'Go to Playlist radio' not showing up. Did it get remove overnight? Premium, Desktop PC with Windows 10

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  •    Hi  'Go to Playlist radio' not showing up. Did it get remove overnight?   Premium, Desktop PC with Windows 10    
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Ma musique ne se lance pas.

Bonjour,J'ai un problème sur mon PC sous window 10, Spotify bug et ne lance pas de musique. j'ai aussi toutes les playliste de spotify qui sont "vide". Quand j'essaye de lancer une chanson, il ne veux pas. Je n'ai pas l'image de l'album, ni le minuta...

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  • Bonjour, J'ai un problème sur mon PC sous window 10, Spotify bug et ne lance pas de musique. j'ai aussi toutes les playliste de spotify qui sont "vide". Quand j'essaye de lancer une chanson, il ne v...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Concerts - "there was an error requesting data"

PlanFreeCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemW10 My Question or IssueBrowse - Concerts does not load, giving the "error requesting data" error, every time. I have tried fresh install and reboot. Is it just that my library is too big to draw data from?

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  • Plan Free Country UK Device PC Operating System W10   My Question or Issue Browse - Concerts does not load, giving the "error requesting data" error, every time. I have tried fresh ins...
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Superuser Contribution Alternative to sorting saved songs by album?

Question for both Desktop and Android versions. So with new changes to Album/Liked song filtering my "Albums" section shrinked to about 20 entries that i saved a long time ago.Those saved albums now contain ALL songs from this album, including those ...

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  • Question for both Desktop and Android versions.   So with new changes to Album/Liked song filtering my "Albums" section shrinked to about 20 entries that i saved a long time ago. Those saved ...
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Can't drag tracks into or within a playlist

PlanUnlimitedCountryUSADeviceDesktop computer, 64-bitOperating SystemWindows 8.1 My Question or IssueI cannot drag songs into or within a playlist; I can only add songs by clicking on the three dots or right-clicking and choosing "add to playlist". A...

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  • ...have tried (based on suggestions from previous similar posts): - Reinstall spotify - Uninstall and reinstall spotify - Restart computer (multiple times) - Turn playlists from private to public (a...
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Solved!! Spotify doesn't play, missing playlists, no device control

The title summerises the experience I have the past week, where out of nowhere I wasn't able to play any music. Then when I tried to do a clean reinstall of Spotify, I see that my playlists are 'completely empty', and I couldn't play any music from m...

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  • The title summerises the experience I have the past week, where out of nowhere I wasn't able to play any music. Then when I tried to do a clean reinstall of Spotify, I see that my playlists are 'comp...
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Problems in my PC

PlanPremiumCountryMexicoDevicePCOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueA few hours ago I tried to play an artist, which was impossible, I thought that uninstalling and reinstalling the problem would be solved, but it turned out worse, all my...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Mexico Device PC Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue A few hours ago I tried to play an artist, which was impossible, I thought that u...
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I though Spotify was a music streaming service

PlanPremiumCountryNot your f businessDeviceWindows 7 My Question or Issue Yo, I though spotify was a music streaming service. Then why the **bleep** does is store so**bleep**. I tried changing the path where spotify saves songs so I dont fill my SSD ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Not your f business Device Windows 7   My Question or Issue   Yo, I though spotify was a music streaming service. Then why the **bleep** does is store so**blee...
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No me deja ver a mis amigos

Hola, desde hace unos dias no puedo ver algunos de mis amigos. Solo aparece uno y los demas no aparecen. Alguna idea de que puede ser?.Aclaro que tengo Windows y la app actualizados.

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  • Hola, desde hace unos dias no puedo ver algunos de mis amigos. Solo aparece uno y los demas no aparecen. Alguna idea de que puede ser?. Aclaro que tengo Windows y la app actualizados.
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Volume does not turn up or down

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceHP PavilionOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I use the Windows buttons to turn the volume up or down, the volume doesn't change. That happens in any program as soon as I open Spotify. Spotify's own volum...

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  • Plan Premium Country Spain Device HP Pavilion Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I use the Windows buttons to turn the volume up or down, the volume doesn't change...
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Superuser Contribution publicité

PlanFreeCountry canadaDevice Operating SWindows 10, la musique arrête et lorsque je veux la remettre ça me dit qu'elle va repartir après la pub ....mais il n'y a jamais de pub . Sur mon cell android tout est ok mais pas sur mon ordi

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  • Plan Free Country  canada Device   Operating S Windows 10,   la musique arrête et lorsque je veux la remettre ça me dit qu'elle va repartir après la pub ....mais il n'y a jama...
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Superuser Contribution SPOTIFY BLACK SCREEN WINDOWS 7 ??

I TRIED ALL THE SOLUTIONS I FOUND ON THE COMMUNITY BUT IT DOSEN T WORKIDK WHY CAN U HELP ME GUYS??

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  • I TRIED ALL THE SOLUTIONS I FOUND ON THE COMMUNITY BUT IT DOSEN T WORK IDK WHY CAN U HELP ME GUYS??
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Superuser Contribution Local Data PC to Phone

PlanPremiumCountryGERDeviceSamsung Galaxy s7///Pc win10My Question or IssueI have a question, i have some songs on my desktop and they are in the local data, i put them into a Playlist and i cant hear them on my Phone! im in the same WIFI and i let s...

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  • Plan Premium Country GER Device Samsung Galaxy s7///Pc win10 My Question or Issue I have a question, i have some songs on my desktop and they are in the local data, i put them into a Playlist ...
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Superuser Contribution Volume level bug

PlanFreeCountryLithuaniaDevicemsi gl62m 7rex laptopOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or IssueThe volume level is bugged. EIther maximum sound or mute only.

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  • Plan Free Country Lithuania Device msi gl62m 7rex laptop Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue The volume level is bugged. EIther maximum sound or mute only.
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STILL doesn't allow explicit playback

Why have you guys STILL not addressed the bug that people have been reporting since 2017 where you cannot enable/disable explicit playback on desktop. I had it off on my phone now I cannot listen to certain tracks on the desktop and the desktop app h...

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  •    Why have you guys STILL not addressed the bug that people have been reporting since 2017 where you cannot enable/disable explicit playback on desktop. I had it off on my phone now I can...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Oops, something went wrong

PlanFreeCountrySlovakiaOperating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueProbably one hour ago when I turn on Spotify on Mozzilla I saw Oops, something went wrong error. Reload. I tried to find solution but I don't know if servers are only down or som...

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  • Plan Free Country Slovakia Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Probably one hour ago when I turn on Spotify on Mozzilla I saw Oops, something went wrong error. Reload. ...
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Solved!! Spotify wont work on Win10

I have problems with playing any song under Win 10. I am a Free User and have the following symptomps:Nothing happens if i click on any song. The progress bar doesent move and no exception message appears. (see attachment) I tried following: restarti...

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  • I have problems with playing any song under Win 10. I am a Free User and have the following symptomps: Nothing happens if i click on any song. The progress bar doesent move and no exception message ...
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Spotify app doesn't launch when triggered with Bluetooth earphone "play" button

Mobile:Huawei Y6 Pro 2019 Earphone:Plantronics BackBeat GO 3 Operating SystemAndroid Pie My Question or Issue:When I'm connected with my Bluetooth earphone then click the "play" button in the earphone controller it doesn't start and play the Spotify ...

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  • Mobile: Huawei Y6 Pro 2019   Earphone: Plantronics BackBeat GO 3   Operating System Android Pie   My Question or Issue: When I'm connected with my Bluetooth earphone the...
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