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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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Spotify still uses bandwidth after Offline Mode is turned on

Plan Premium Country Norway Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My IssueMy internet is really bad, so while watching video tutorials with music in the background I didn't want Spotify to use up any bandwidth. So I switched on Offline Mode to o...

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  • Plan Premium Country Norway Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Issue My internet is really bad, so while watching video tutorials with music in...
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Some songs do not work on PC but works on Phone

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceiPhone XSOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI can not play some songs on my PC but works fine on my Phone (my friend have the same problem) Example On PC:I see the new Album an artist posted and I press play ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Norway Device iPhone XS Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I can not play some songs on my PC but works fine on my Phone (my friend have the same p...
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Can no longer play music on Windows 10 :(

I get 2 different errors when I try to play a song. Mostly I get "Spotify canot play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." but sometimes it jumps from song to song to song too fast for them to begin playing (not ev...

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  • I get 2 different errors when I try to play a song. Mostly I get "Spotify canot play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." but sometimes it jumps from song to song...
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Spotify GUI stuttering

PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro, version 1809NVIDIA Display driver version: 419.17Spotify client version: 1.1.0.237.g378f6f25 My Question or Issue The Spotify client window, when moved, stutters and moves in a blocky f...

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  • Plan Premium Country Finland Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro, version 1809 NVIDIA Display driver version: 419.17 Spotify client version: 1.1.0.237.g378f6f25   My Questi...
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spotify no me reproduce algunas canciones en windows (NaN)

tengo cuenta premium, en la aplicacion del telefono no tengo ningun problema, en la pc hay canciones que no se reproducen, les doy play a es como si no existieran en la lista de reproduccion aparaece el simbolo "NaN" en la parte del tiempo de duracio...

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  • tengo cuenta premium, en la aplicacion del telefono no tengo ningun problema, en la pc hay canciones que no se reproducen, les doy play a es como si no existieran en la lista de reproduccion aparaece...
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Lost all my song

Hey so i star my computer opened spotify and all my song and song in my playlist are gone but i can see the playlist name etc. On my phone i have all my song and everything works fine.I tried uninstallig spotify and reinstalling it and it didnt work....

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  • Hey so i star my computer opened spotify and all my song and song in my playlist are gone but i can see the playlist name etc. On my phone i have all my song and everything works fine. I tried unins...
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Can't play particular song.

Country DenmarkDeviceSpotify apps across all platforms. PC/Mobile etc. My Question or Issue I haven't been able to play "Vicetone - Walk Thru Fire" for the last couple of months. It displays the error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If yo...

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  • Country  Denmark Device Spotify apps across all platforms. PC/Mobile etc.     My Question or Issue  I haven't been able to play "Vicetone - Walk Thru Fire" for the last cou...
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Solved!! Desktop Spotify can't play any songs (mobile works)

Plan - Premium Country - US Devices - iPhone 10s (works perfectly fine, has all songs) and Windows (doesn't work)Operating Systems - (iOS 12.1.4, Windows 10,) My Issue - The desktop version of my Spotify randomly stopped working, I can't play any mus...

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  • Plan - Premium   Country - US   Devices - iPhone 10s (works perfectly fine, has all songs) and Windows (doesn't work) Operating Systems - (iOS 12.1.4, Windows 10,) ...
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No songs in playlist

Hi, my spotify started by not playing any songs that weren't in my playlist and wouldn't add songs that I would add to my playlists on my PC but would add on my phone. A few days ago, no songs would show up in any playlist I would open. I have tried ...

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  • Hi, my spotify started by not playing any songs that weren't in my playlist and wouldn't add songs that I would add to my playlists on my PC but would add on my phone. A few days ago, no songs would ...
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Solved!! Nothing loads or plays

PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDevicePCOperating System Windows 10My Question or Issue I have been having this issue for a while but its been getting really annoying, It started off a couple months ago when i first got premium anything added to my p...

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  •   Plan Premium Country  United States Device PC Operating System   Windows 10 My Question or Issue  I have been having this issue for a while but its been getting reall...
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Songs wont load at all and wont play

PlanFreeCountry IsraelDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy issue is simple, spotify wont play any songs, buffers all of the time before displaying this. AND always shows this on pc. How ever i tried playing it on mutliple other n...

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  • Plan Free Country  Israel Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My issue is simple, spotify wont play any songs, buffers all of the time before displaying t...
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Solved!! Not playing any song.

Hi! I use the free version of Spotify on a Windows 10 Pro PC. Whenever I tryed to play some songs nothing happened and they had no title or artist, as shown in the pic below. Now it happens on every song that I play, after reinstalling Spotify.

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  •   Hi! I use the free version of Spotify on a Windows 10 Pro PC. Whenever I tryed to play some songs nothing happened and they had no title or artist, as shown in the pic below. Now it happens o...
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Solved!! Not playing songs, Going from bad to worse

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceBrand new Windows 10 PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOriginally my windows spotify app was randomly not playing certain songs, after doing some google fu i tried a few troubleshooting suggestions. I did ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Canada Device Brand new Windows 10 PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Originally my windows spotify app was randomly not playing certain...
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Solved!! Spotify Opening at Start Up...

PlanPremium CountryCanada DeviceMacBook Pro Mid-2012Operating SystemWindows 10 via BootCamp My Question or Issue Starting yesterday (Feb 22, 2019), Spotify has been opening on it's own when I start my computer even though I have it set to not open an...

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  • Plan Premium   Country Canada   Device MacBook Pro Mid-2012 Operating System Windows 10 via BootCamp   My Question or Issue  Starting yesterday (Feb 22, 2019), Spotify...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Discover weekly empty

Hey guys, so it's been the third week with this issue, I though it could be a problem with spotify so I let it go, but I'm guessing it's my account only. My discover weekly it's empty, and I tried to logout and login again and I tried to unfollow and...

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  • Hey guys, so it's been the third week with this issue, I though it could be a problem with spotify so I let it go, but I'm guessing it's my account only.   My discover weekly it's empty, and I...
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Superuser Contribution SpotifyMigrator.exe Help

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceASUS LabtopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When I try opening up spotify it gives me this error.Does anyone know how to fix this? I've tried deleting all the Spotify files and restarting my computer and it ...

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Solved!! My Music is gone :(

PlanFreeCountryGermany DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue For some time now I have had the problem that my music is not updated anymore, so I logged out once and logged in again and all my music was gone. I've already reinstalled...

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  •   Plan Free Country Germany   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   For some time now I have had the problem that my music is not updated any...
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Spotify Desktop Completely Unusable

This issue began a couple weeks ago and is getting worse. It is completely unpredictable. I will be listening to music and suddenly it will go silent because the next song won't play. Sometimes it happens with every other song in an album, sometimes ...

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  • This issue began a couple weeks ago and is getting worse. It is completely unpredictable. I will be listening to music and suddenly it will go silent because the next song won't play. Sometimes it ha...
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High CPU usage

Im using windows 10 and every time i want to hear music, spotify uses 50% of my CPU. I already tried with un-/reinstall but it did not help. I also shut down some settings.

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  •   Im using windows 10 and every time i want to hear music, spotify uses 50% of my CPU. I already tried with un-/reinstall but it did not help. I also shut down some settings.
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Spotify isn't showing any songs

PlanFreeCountry UKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have multiple playlists that i have created with lots of songs in each on however all of a sudden the Spotify app on my pc isn't showing any songs in any playlists. This is n...

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  • Plan Free Country  UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I have multiple playlists that i have created with lots of songs in each on however a...
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