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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...

MattSuda
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SaylorDustin
Casual Listener
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-06-26 8:42:18 AM
3 weeks ago
cour10e22
Regular
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-04-28 8:08:45 PM
2023-04-29 10:41:16 PM
MattSuda
Spotify Star
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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...

Goodman
Spotify Legend
2013-09-17 11:47:47 AM
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Can't install Spotify

PlanFreeCountrySpainDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7My Question or IssueI uninstalled Spotify one week ago and now i want to install it again. When i click on the ''SpotifySetup'' it doesn't finish and it shows me this message (Screenshot). I've tri...

Dragommc
Newbie
Plan Free Country Spain Device PC Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue I uninstalled Spotify one week ago and now i want to install it again. When i click on the ''SpotifySetup'' ...
2019-03-23 8:32:09 PM
2019-03-23 10:34:42 PM
OneByBoo
Roadie
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Unable to Play Any Track on Spotify Desktop Player

Plan: FreeCountry: India Device: PCOperating System: Windows 7 (64 bit) My Question or Issue Hello Dev Team and all users, I have just created a brand new Spotify account, installed Spotify for Desktop and tried playing songs but I am unable to play ...

ScottAnderson
Regular
Plan: Free Country: India Device: PC Operating System: Windows 7 (64 bit) My Question or Issue Hello Dev Team and all users, I have just created a bran...
2019-03-10 8:38:42 AM
2019-03-23 9:18:53 PM
Niacin
Casual Listener
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Spotify Desktop Client is extremely laggy

Hello everyone, The windows 10 spotify client. I've been using it for several months now, on both free and premium plans, and the app consistantly sucks. Scrolling is laggy, typed letters take a second or so to show on screen, resizing takes forever....

no_username1
Casual Listener
Hello everyone, The windows 10 spotify client. I've been using it for several months now, on both free and premium plans, and the app consistantly sucks. Scrolling is laggy, typed le...
2019-02-01 7:02:54 AM
2019-03-23 2:13:53 PM
Mousky
Newbie
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5 replies
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favorite album removed from spotify, can't stream it anywhere else

PlanfreeCountryunited statesOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or Issuemy favorite album was removed from spotify and i'm unable to find these songs anywhere else. will it be back soon? included picture

hwallhell
Newbie
Plan free Country united states Operating System windows 10 My Question or Issue my favorite album was removed from spotify and i'm unable to find these songs anywhere else. will it be...
2019-03-23 5:48:49 AM
2019-03-23 1:25:37 PM
xoholo
Composer
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Spotify will not recognize external DAC

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceDesktop with aune DAC (32bit, 384kHz)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIf I have no audio playing on my dac for too long my computer no longer recognizes my DAC and refuses to play. The only solution I've fo...

borehamdaniel
Newbie
Plan Free/Premium Country Device Desktop with aune DAC (32bit, 384kHz) Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue If I have no audio playing on my dac for too long my co...
2019-03-23 7:24:46 AM
2019-03-23 12:35:17 PM
xoholo
Composer
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1 replies
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Solved!! Spotify not playing music at all

PlanPremium for family (roommates in this case)CountryCzech republicDeviceA desktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro (1809 update)Version of Spotify1.1.2.285.ga97985ef My Question or IssueHello everyone,I've been having problems with Spotify on my compu...

ondrej-mahdalik
Casual Listener
Plan Premium for family (roommates in this case) Country Czech republic Device A desktop Operating System Windows 10 Pro (1809 update) Version of Spotify 1.1.2.285.ga97985ef My Ques...
2019-03-20 8:04:37 PM
2019-03-23 6:24:48 AM
fdh
Newbie
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Soundtrack genre shows the same albums from a year ago

PlanPremiumCountryChileDevice(iPhone 5S)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueThis happens both on my phone and my desktop PC. Whenever I navigate to the Movies & TV genre, the same albums show up and I have no way of changing them. What i...

chilean_guy
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Chile Device (iPhone 5S) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue This happens both on my phone and my desktop PC. Whenever I navigate to the Movies &a...
2019-03-22 12:19:19 AM
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I can’t delete playlist

I have an iPhone X and a MacBook Pro and I’m trying to delete my playlist. I’ve deleted it from the desktop and my phone but it still remains as part of a list under my user name. I want to create another list but that list still remains after I’ve d...

user-removed
Visitor
I have an iPhone X and a MacBook Pro and I’m trying to delete my playlist. I’ve deleted it from the desktop and my phone but it still remains as part of a list under my user name. I want to create an...
2019-03-21 11:26:33 PM
2019-03-22 9:47:14 PM
cs812
Music Fan
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Delete Playlist

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Solved!! Spotify free issues

OK.Ive been using Spotify free for a while now on windows 10 in the UK. Last couple of days, I can't get it to work. The songs I want to play are available, I have tried turning off hardware acceleration, cross fade and everything else Ive seen in pe...

Feenix2
Casual Listener
OK. Ive been using Spotify free for a while now on windows 10 in the UK. Last couple of days, I can't get it to work. The songs I want to play are available, I have tried turning off h...
2019-03-20 1:33:14 PM
2019-03-22 4:45:25 PM
Feenix2
Casual Listener
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Solved!! Pop-up Virus

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceHP EliteBook 8560wOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueHi there. Recently, for no apparent reason (I have not downloaded any suspicious files), my Spotify has been showing pop-ups for suspicious websites separate fr...

Vigilanter
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country UK Device HP EliteBook 8560w Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Hi there. Recently, for no apparent reason (I have not downloaded any suspicious fil...
2019-03-17 5:35:03 PM
2019-03-22 4:38:18 PM
Vigilanter
Casual Listener
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The desktop application for Spotify is not working! (Win 7 x64)

PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDevice(PC)Operating System(Windows 7 x64.) My Question or IssueThe application does not start at all, it does not show up on the task manager either even when I start it. At first, I thought it could be an update forced in but...

oguztuzgen
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Turkey Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 7 x64.) My Question or Issue The application does not start at all, it does not show up on the task manager either e...
2019-03-22 2:32:22 PM
2019-03-22 4:16:59 PM
Nico
Community Legend
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Is there a way to see every song an artist is credited for, not just every song on their profile?

Title, pretty simple.

NortonAB
Newbie
Title, pretty simple.
2019-03-22 12:58:08 PM
2019-03-22 4:15:06 PM
Nico
Community Legend
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Share songs with friends over Spotify???

Why can I not simply share songs over Spotify with friends WHO HAVE SPOTIFY? It wants me to use facebook or some other crappy social media platform. Am I doing something wrong? I feel like I must be doing something wrong, because this would be ridicu...

Stymeist
Casual Listener
Why can I not simply share songs over Spotify with friends WHO HAVE SPOTIFY? It wants me to use facebook or some other crappy social media platform. Am I doing something wrong? I feel like I must be ...
2019-03-22 4:13:09 AM
2019-03-22 3:47:07 PM
Stymeist
Casual Listener
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sharing

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Songs, podcasts, they all skip constantly

PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSince Spotify updated to the latest version (1.1.2.285.ga97985ef), whenever I try to listen to anything it just skips every time, i've searched for various fixes for this...

HideNGeek
Newbie
Plan Premium Country UK Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Since Spotify updated to the latest version (1.1.2.285.ga97985ef), whenever I try to li...
2019-03-22 8:39:59 AM
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What is up with Images?

PremiumWindows 10 So, I've already linked a post here regarding broken playlist images. Now, I can't create a playlist with any image at all, as shown in exhibit A, where I tried multiple times both re-uploading and simply retrying the process.

gemj
Regular
Premium Windows 10 So, I've already linked a post here regarding broken playlist images. Now, I can't create a playlist with any image at all, as shown in exhibit A, where I tried multiple ...
2019-03-22 8:01:14 AM
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Local files won’t show any songs

PlanPremiumCountry Device(Lenovo Laptop + iPhone XR)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueSo I’ve downloaded a video from YouTube onto my laptop via an MP4 converter so I could download it to my Spotify. It downloaded to my documents and I...

Stuartjoshua1
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Device (Lenovo Laptop + iPhone XR) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue So I’ve downloaded a video from YouTube onto my laptop via a...
2019-03-21 12:34:51 AM
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Spotify just playing static noise

so I Installed Spotify for win 10 recently and wanted to put on some music. however no sound was playing at all i looked for a solution online wich only told me to check my audio mixer and drivers. The weird thing is, the audio mixer is showing audio...

Pelto
Newbie
so I Installed Spotify for win 10 recently and wanted to put on some music. however no sound was playing at all i looked for a solution online wich only told me to check my audio mixer and drivers. T...
2019-03-21 10:35:35 PM
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Bring back the feature that play unplayable songs with the matching local song file.

Bring back the feature that play unplayable songs with the matching local song file. In October 2018, this feature was removed without any explanation, why do you remove something that works perfectly? This worked great not only on the desktop but al...

fromthedark
Music Fan
Bring back the feature that play unplayable songs with the matching local song file. In October 2018, this feature was removed without any explanation, why do you remove something that works perfectl...
2019-03-21 4:22:16 PM
2019-03-21 6:51:55 PM
marcaevans
Composer
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Always same song at start of the program.

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueEverytime my PC starts and Spotify opens it is paused on the same song.For example: I listen to Drake in the evening and then turn off my PC. In the next morning the window opens ...

aronrie
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Germany Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Everytime my PC starts and Spotify opens it is paused on the same song. For example: I listen to Drake in the eve...
2019-03-21 5:30:02 PM
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Macros no longer working

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have just recently noticed that my Play/Pause multimedia key is being hijacked by something. I have seen other threads here talking about google music stealing it but...

Applefury
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have just recently noticed that my Play/Pause multimedia key is being hijacke...
2019-03-17 12:46:17 AM
2019-03-21 4:34:20 PM
Applefury
Casual Listener
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