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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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Superuser Contribution Spotify Suche geht NICHT!!

Die Suche geht in Spotify nicht mehr seit 10 Tagen !! Desktop - Win 8.1 - Suche geht NICHT!!

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  • Die Suche geht in Spotify nicht mehr seit 10 Tagen !! Desktop - Win 8.1 - Suche geht NICHT!!
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Superuser Contribution Added songs do not appear in playlist or Favorite Songs

Using PC version on Windows 10 I've made a playlist and want to build it out. After searching for a song I rightclick on it and add it to my playlist and also my favorite songs. I then go to the playlist and/or my favorite songs and the song does not...

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  •   Using PC version on Windows 10   I've made a playlist and want to build it out. After searching for a song I rightclick on it and add it to my playlist and also my favorite s...
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Spotify Won't play some songs on PC or does not show any music in playlists.

PlanPremiumCountry TurkeyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMost songs can't played on desktop app. Also some of the spotify playlist's has no song in them even tho I can play them on Mobile. I can see the songs on Web browsers bu...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Turkey Device PC Operating System Windows 10  My Question or Issue Most songs can't played on desktop app. Also some of the spotify playlist's has no song in ...
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Unrelated playlists and artists

PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDevicePC + MobileOperating SystemWindows 10 + Android Pie My Question or Issue I am usually listening to metal artists, like Amon Amarth, Rammstein, Iced Earth, Dimmu Borgir, Behemoth, etc but totally unrelated playlists kee...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Germany Device PC + Mobile Operating System Windows 10 + Android Pie   My Question or Issue  I am usually listening to metal artists, like Amon Amarth, ...
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Solved!! No songs are loading/playing on my spotify app

PlanFreeOperating SystemWindows 10 I cant load ANYTHING. It gives me a "go to browse" option if I look into my songs, no songs even appear whenever I open a playlist, and whenever I try to play a song from my daily mixes, it will not load. I have tri...

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  •   Plan Free Operating System Windows 10   I cant load ANYTHING. It gives me a "go to browse" option if I look into my songs, no songs even appear whenever I open a playlist, and whene...
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Radio feature not working properly

PlanPremiumCountry Czech RepublicDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I've read on the help site to click on Radio and then Create New Station, but when i click on Radio either on windows or andriod all i see there is "Recommended ...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Czech Republic Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I've read on the help site to click on Radio and then Create New Station, b...
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Unable to play Slenderbodies' music

PlanPremiumCountry AustraliaDevicePC, Samsung S8 PlusOperating SystemWindows 10 "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it."Hey there!So about two days ago my account got hacked, but thats a different ...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Australia Device PC, Samsung S8 Plus Operating System Windows 10   "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it...
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Song Radio not working properly

Hi,so recently the song radio feature has stopped working for me.The option "go to song radio" (I use the German version, so I don't know if this is the exact translation of the menu entry) is still there in the little pop-up menu when I right-click ...

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  •   Hi, so recently the song radio feature has stopped working for me. The option "go to song radio" (I use the German version, so I don't know if this is the exact translation of the menu entr...
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Videos won't play

PlanFree/PremiumCountry United StatesDeviceDesktop (Custom PC)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Is anyone else having the issue where the videos won't play on the spotify desktop app or web player? The videos seem to work fine on phones...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country  United States Device Desktop (Custom PC) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Is anyone else having the issue where the videos won't...
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Can't play anything.

PlanPremiumCountryThe United States.DevicePersonal computerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When I try to play any song I get the error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it...

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  • Plan Premium Country The United States. Device Personal computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  When I try to play any song I get the error message "Spotify c...
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Solved!! spotify on desktop won't work

PlanFreeCountry United statesDevicehp pavillion g6Operating Systemwindows 7 My Question or Issue Spotify works across all my devices except for my laptop. It won't show me my favorite songs, won't play any music. I have done a clean reinstall and res...

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  • Plan Free Country  United states Device hp pavillion g6 Operating System windows 7   My Question or Issue  Spotify works across all my devices except for my laptop. It won't ...
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I can't play any music!

PlanFreeCountryPolandDeviceLenovo ideapad 510Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue The moment I turned on my Spotify app today I've seen that all my playlist were empty. I've tried to find a non-empty one, but all were. I've restarted the a...

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  • Plan Free Country Poland Device Lenovo ideapad 510 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  The moment I turned on my Spotify app today I've seen that all my playlist w...
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[BUGS] Playlist folders in sidebar

PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDeviceDesktop PC x86 Operating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueThe following behaviour regarding playlist folders is new, persistent (couple of weeks) and I am on the latest version: 1) The content of playlist folde...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Germany Device Desktop PC x86  Operating System Windows 10 Pro  My Question or Issue The following behaviour regarding playlist folders is new, pers...
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Solved!! Multiple issues with Spotify desktop

1. I cannot save any new albums. Clicking the save button on an album doesn't add the album to my albums page, and the icons next to the songs do not change to ticks to indicate that they have been saved. I have no issues with hitting the limit; I've...

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  • 1. I cannot save any new albums. Clicking the save button on an album doesn't add the album to my albums page, and the icons next to the songs do not change to ticks to indicate that they have been s...
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Queuing single pod track queues all episodes

When listening to my own set of tracks, I some times want to listen to the latest news from P3 Nyheter på en minut or Ekot (and only the latest news) so I want to be able to queue a single news pod, but queueing a single pod episode will queue ALL po...

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  • When listening to my own set of tracks, I some times want to listen to the latest news from P3 Nyheter på en minut or Ekot (and only the latest news) so I want to be able to queue a single news pod, ...
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Multiple spotify.exe tasks continue to open

Hi there - I have been experiencing a really strange issue BOTH when trying to launch Spotify on my PC and now when trying to uninstall it (I was hoping that would fix the problem). When running the application, it opens spotify.exe in the task manag...

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  • Hi there - I have been experiencing a really strange issue BOTH when trying to launch Spotify on my PC and now when trying to uninstall it (I was hoping that would fix the problem).   When run...
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Discord Listen Along Not Working??

PlanFree 30 day Trial Premium Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo I got premium to be able to listen along with my discord friends on spotify. But for some reason everytime I click 'Listen Along' it would allow me to join but the song w...

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  • Plan Free 30 day Trial Premium   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue So I got premium to be able to listen along with my discord friends on spotify. But for some rea...
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Account got Hacked

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceWindows 10 PC and Samsung S8 PlusOperating SystemWindows 10 This is somewhat solved, I justed wanted to put this here... I guess. But two days ago my Spotify account got hacked. Reason why I think this is because I wa...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device Windows 10 PC and Samsung S8 Plus Operating System Windows 10   This is somewhat solved, I justed wanted to put this here... I guess. But two days ...
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