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Solved!! 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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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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Can't play any song in Spotify app and spotify webplayer homepage wont even load

PlanFreeCountryGermanyDeviceComputerOperating SystemWindwos 10 My Question or IssueIf I try to listen to a song in the windows app it stops after few seconds and tells me it cant play the song. If I try to open the webplayer (open.spotify.com) it tel...

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  • Plan Free Country Germany Device Computer Operating System Windwos 10   My Question or Issue If I try to listen to a song in the windows app it stops after few seconds and tells me it ...
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Radio generates a regular playlist

I have a Premium subscription, and am trying to play radio on the PC Desktop version. The problem is that for whatever reason, the radio option generates a playlist that contains approximately 50 songs... and then doesn't load any more. The interface...

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  • I have a Premium subscription, and am trying to play radio on the PC Desktop version. The problem is that for whatever reason, the radio option generates a playlist that contains approximately 50 son...
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Solved!! Desktop shortcut without icon

Plan: FreeCountry: CataloniaDevice: Desktop PCOperating System: Windows 10 Pro 1809 My Question or Issue:After dragging and dropping the Spotify icon from the Start Menu to the Desktop, the proper shortcut is created but with no icon. It is shown wit...

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  • Plan: Free Country: Catalonia Device: Desktop PC Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 1809   My Question or Issue: After dragging and dropping the Spotify icon from the Start Menu to the Deskt...
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Browser and Desktop App Favorites not synching

PlanPremium Family CountryGermany DevicePC Operating SystemWin10 1803 x64 My Question or IssueI listen to Spotify at work and occasionly add songs that I like to my library.They show up in every other browser but not in my Desktop App at home.If I wa...

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  • Plan Premium Family   Country Germany   Device PC   Operating System Win10 1803 x64   My Question or Issue I listen to Spotify at work and occasionly add songs that I...
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Cannot play Offline songs on Laptop

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevice(Intel Core, i5-3320M CPU 2,6 Ghz, 4 Gb RAM, Lenovo)Operating System(Windows 7, 64-bit system) My Question or IssueMy Lenovo laptop cannot play offline songs. I have re-installed and re-downloaded all the songs (less tha...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Device (Intel Core, i5-3320M CPU 2,6 Ghz, 4 Gb RAM, Lenovo) Operating System (Windows 7, 64-bit system)   My Question or Issue My Lenovo laptop cannot play ...
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Re: Spotify keeps opening on startup [Windows 10]

This is not a spotify issue, it's a Windows 10 bug that was supposed to act like a "feature": Old behavior:When you shut down your PC, all apps are closedAfter reboot/restart, you have to re-open any app you'd like to useNew behavior:When shutting do...

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  • This is not a spotify issue, it's a Windows 10 bug that was supposed to act like a "feature":   Old behavior: When you shut down your PC, all apps are closed After reboot/restart, y...
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Microsoft phone and whenever i search no matter what it is it comes up with no results founds

None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and helpPlanUnsure my older brother controls my accountCountryEnglandDevice(Some microsoft windows its old)Operating System(iOS 10, Android O...

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  • None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help Plan Unsure my older brother controls my account Country England Device (So...
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Windows app not updating songs playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceLG v35, windows 10 desktopOperating SystemAndroid Oreo, Windows 10 My Question or IssueHello, I'm having an issue where my songs playlist will not update on my windows computer. I listen 50/50 on my phone and on my PC, so w...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device LG v35, windows 10 desktop Operating System Android Oreo, Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello, I'm having an issue where my songs playlist will...
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trouble downloading playlists

PlanPremium DeviceASUS R540LOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to download my playlist on my computer, it says "waiting or connexion" and nothing happens. Whereas spotify uses the internet connexion to play / find the music of ...

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  • Plan Premium   Device ASUS R540L Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I try to download my playlist on my computer, it says "waiting or connexion" and nothing ha...
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Spotify won't play anything for me

PlanFreeCountryCanadaDeviceAsus ROG laptop(don't know exact model)Operating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueWhenever I try to play any song it says "Spotify can't play this right now. if you have the file on your computer you can import it." When...

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  •   Plan Free Country Canada Device Asus ROG laptop(don't know exact model) Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Whenever I try to play any song it says "Spotify can't play t...
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Spotify crashing on login on Windows 10

Every time I attempt to log in to Spotify on Windows 10, the whole app crashes. I've tried reinstalling, performing a "full clean install" by uninstalling and clearing AppData of any Spotify folders and installing again. I've tried uninstalling that,...

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  • Every time I attempt to log in to Spotify on Windows 10, the whole app crashes. I've tried reinstalling, performing a "full clean install" by uninstalling and clearing AppData of any Spotify folders ...
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Import iTunes / AppleMusic

I use Apple Music / iTunes and wanted to give Spotify a try. But there is no option to import iTunes-Playlists, or is there any?A heavy tool on iTunes is option of creating a smart playlist by individual aspects based on rating, metadata, date of imp...

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  • I use Apple Music / iTunes and wanted to give Spotify a try. But there is no option to import iTunes-Playlists, or is there any? A heavy tool on iTunes is option of creating a smart playlist by indi...
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