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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...

MattSuda
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notworking117
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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
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2023-06-26 8:42:18 AM
3 weeks ago
whatintheworldisthis
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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
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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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I can't find my playlist in the search tool by name

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceHP Computer and Xiaomi MI 8Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSince two weeks I try to search my playlists exactly by the name of the list of an artist and it appears all Spotify World lists except mine ones.B...

JarlJarl69
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Spain Device HP Computer and Xiaomi MI 8 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Since two weeks I try to search my playlists exactly by the name of the...
2019-03-25 11:56:13 AM
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Computer won't download files from other computer

PlanStudent PremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have songs on a laptop that I uploaded to spotify. I managed to get them to my iphone (which was stupidly complex by the way) but I want to listen to them whil...

navyassassin
Newbie
Plan Student Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have songs on a laptop that I uploaded to spotify. I managed to get them to my ipho...
2019-03-25 4:45:00 AM
2019-03-25 10:42:50 AM
jsannn
Community Legend
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Shuffle feature is not effective

PlanPremiumCountryNew ZealandDeviceWindows 10 PCOperating SystemWindows 10 1809 My Question or IssueThe Shuffle function of a playlist has favourites and refuses to play anything that is not a favourite. See this in action in the attached video

pdoolz
Newbie
Plan Premium Country New Zealand Device Windows 10 PC Operating System Windows 10 1809 My Question or Issue The Shuffle function of a playlist has favourites and refuses to play anyt...
2019-03-25 7:33:16 AM
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music disappeared from spotify library on desktop application

PlanFreeCountry DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue I have been using the desktop spotify free app for over a year. The recent updates have caused all of my saved music to disappear when viewing in the artist, album, favorite ...

yolnantiger
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country Device Desktop Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue I have been using the desktop spotify free app for over a year. The recent updates have ...
2019-03-03 9:18:52 AM
2019-03-24 11:38:40 PM
yolnantiger
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how to disable "next up" ?

Hi,my "Next up" section is always the same album after queued songs end. Whenever I finish listening to the queued songs in my play queue, Spotify always starts playing automatically every song of another artist I listened to some days ago. I have to...

j975
Casual Listener
Hi, my "Next up" section is always the same album after queued songs end. Whenever I finish listening to the queued songs in my play queue, Spotify always starts playing automatically every song of ...
2019-03-24 8:25:55 PM
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Spotify for Windows doesn't save music progress and volume after shutdown

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10Edit: this also happens the Linux version. My Question or Issue Steps to reproduce:1. Open Spotify2. Play a song and/or change the volume in app3. Shutdown/restart the computer (or close it from task manager) whil...

vladtz
Newbie
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 Edit: this also happens the Linux version. My Question or Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Open Spotify 2. Play a song and/or change the vol...
2019-02-10 2:39:24 PM
2019-03-24 5:41:11 PM
Thomi556
Newbie
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DrawdeZiur
Newbie
I want to know why that happens
2019-03-22 4:36:45 PM
2019-03-24 5:23:06 PM
Billy-J
Spotify Star
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Desktop Application not responding

PlanFreeCountryCanadaDeviceLaptop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Spotify application is set to launch whenever I start up my laptop. The problem is that whenever it does, I get this notification that states that the application i...

BurndSparow
Newbie
Plan Free Country Canada Device Laptop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My Spotify application is set to launch whenever I start up my laptop. The problem is that ...
2019-03-24 5:02:34 PM
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Impossible to delete/Hear music from "Songs"

PlanPremiumCountryIsrael DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10This. My Question or IssueI am jsut hear a music from Local Files in pc and i log in the phone to spotify and add the musics to Songs [I press the +] but now the songs disappeared from the Lo...

Yonka2019
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Israel Device PC Operating System Windows 10 This. My Question or Issue I am jsut hear a music from Local Files in pc and i log in the phone to spotif...
2019-03-24 4:43:58 PM
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How do I "Like" or "Favourite" a song - latest spotify premium

PlanFamily Premium (Owner)CountryUKDeviceWindows Desktop, Samsung Galaxy S7Operating System(Windows 10, Android Oreo) My Question or IssueIf I like a song I am listening to, how do I indicate that I Like it, or that it is one of my favourites? In a p...

acousticvillage
Casual Listener
Plan Family Premium (Owner) Country UK Device Windows Desktop, Samsung Galaxy S7 Operating System (Windows 10, Android Oreo) My Question or Issue If I like a song I am listening to, ...
2019-03-23 11:51:31 PM
2019-03-24 1:15:48 PM
acousticvillage
Casual Listener
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Spotify not loading last state on start

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceDesktop/LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 Version 10.0.17134 Build 17134 My Question or IssueWhenever I start Spotify it always starts with a blank state so I can't resume my last played playlist. The only situation ...

timelog
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Desktop/Laptop Operating System Windows 10 Version 10.0.17134 Build 17134 My Question or Issue Whenever I start Spotify it always starts with ...
2019-03-24 12:43:38 PM
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Wrong track lenght

PlanPremium FamilyCountryPolandDeviceDell/Lenovo laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe lenght of the tracks on some playlists is wrong. Look at the screen shot.Check the track's lenghtAll tracks change their lengths in the player a...

tomashu007
Regular
Plan Premium Family Country Poland Device Dell/Lenovo laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The lenght of the tracks on some playlists is wrong. Look at the screen ...
2019-03-22 3:14:02 PM
2019-03-24 11:35:46 AM
tomashu007
Regular
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Meu spotify nao aparece nenhuma musica nem album

Ola estou tentando usar meu spotify porem NO COMPUTADOR nao aparece nenhuma musica nem album esta tudo indisponivel, tanto no aplicativo do spotify quanto no wev player por favor me ajude...

M4tBr_
Newbie
Ola estou tentando usar meu spotify porem NO COMPUTADOR nao aparece nenhuma musica nem album esta tudo indisponivel, tanto no aplicativo do spotify quanto no wev player por favor me ajude...
2019-03-23 10:05:39 PM
2019-03-24 2:33:18 AM
Brunelicia
Community Legend
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Random Pausing of Songs

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo recently my Spotify has started to pause songs randomly while I am playing games, however while I am outside of the game it seems perfectly fine. It's only started happenin...

DouthyDuck
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue So recently my Spotify has started to pause songs randomly while I am playing games, however while ...
2019-03-23 12:03:14 AM
2019-03-23 12:21:26 AM
DouthyDuck
Casual Listener
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random pausing

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Problem with images of songs

PlanPremiumCountryMexicoOSWindows 10 My Question or IssueI want to know if you know how to fix thisIt keeps happeningThe images doesn't load I already reinstalled and it doesn't fix anything Please Help ;(

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siempremayinzo
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Mexico OS Windows 10 My Question or Issue I want to know if you know how to fix this It keeps happening The images doesn't load I alre...
2019-03-22 1:08:45 AM
2019-03-23 11:05:43 PM
JimCrackCornIdc
Casual Listener
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FAMILY USERS OF SAME ACCOUNT

Hi there, I have a question: I downloud the app to listen music in my desktop computer but I have a family account. How do we change users? I want to listen to my music, but I can't find a buttom to change my daughters playlists to mine.Can anyone he...

9tbqarr4zmao8t8
Newbie
Hi there, I have a question: I downloud the app to listen music in my desktop computer but I have a family account. How do we change users? I want to listen to my music, but I can't find a buttom to ...
2019-03-23 3:04:40 AM
2019-03-23 10:38:27 PM
OneByBoo
Roadie
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1 replies
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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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1 replies
0 likes

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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
8 likes

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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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