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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...

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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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So, if I was living in Madagascar, then my Home page was going to be filled with Saoela & Jaojo?

PremiumCountry ?!!?!!?!!!!!!!!!!!! Windows 10 My Question or Issue What kind of prejudice idea is to promote music and artists according to Spotify account owner's name and geographical presence? So if I was living Madagascar, my Home page would be f...

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  • Premium Country ?!!?!!?!!!!!!!!!!!!   Windows 10   My Question or Issue  What kind of prejudice idea is to promote music and artists according to Spotify account owner's nam...
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Not all files show up in Local Files

So I've been looking for a solution to this problem for a while now. I am a Premium Spotify member, but using Spotify for years. The problem I'm having is occurring on my desktop. I mainly use playlists with a mix of songs on Spotify and songs with l...

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  • So I've been looking for a solution to this problem for a while now. I am a Premium Spotify member, but using Spotify for years. The problem I'm having is occurring on my desktop. I mainly use playli...
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Spotify isnt finding Songs

PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue Good afternoon,I got a very unusual problem with my Spotify and I could use some help.The problem is that all Songs arent found by Spotify. Here is a little example:If I...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue  Good afternoon, I got a very unusual problem with my Spotify and I could use some help. ...
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Playlist Leer nach neu installation.

Ich kann keinen Song hören und meine Playlists sind auch alle leer. Ich habe schon alle mir mögliche ausprobiert. Auf anderen Geräten läuft alles.PlanFree/PremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue

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  • Ich kann keinen Song hören und meine Playlists sind auch alle leer. Ich habe schon alle mir mögliche ausprobiert. Auf anderen Geräten läuft alles. Plan Free/Premium Country Germany Device PC ...
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Solved!! App won't play any music I've not played previously now.

Spotify free, United States, Windows 10. Spotify is refusing to play any muisc that I've not previously played before at some point, and shows on albums the speaker with music (indicating that song is playing) yet shows only a blank album cover space...

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  • Spotify free, United States, Windows 10.   Spotify is refusing to play any muisc that I've not previously played before at some point, and shows on albums the speaker with music (indicating th...
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Spotify não está reproduzindo as músicas!

Meu software instalado está atualizado e ao tentar escutar músicas antigas e lançamentos o mesmo não os reproduz, porém, em meu app no celular as músicas rodam normalmente.

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  •    Meu software instalado está atualizado e ao tentar escutar músicas antigas e lançamentos o mesmo não os reproduz, porém, em meu app no celular as músicas rodam normalmente.
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Solved!! Several problems with Spotify

PlanFreeCountry ItalyOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi there. My spotify does not work as it should. Initially it worked fine but I could not play only the tracks of new album, so I tried to reinstall it and after that it did not work...

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  • Plan Free Country  Italy Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi there. My spotify does not work as it should. Initially it worked fine but I could not play only the t...
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spotify is completely broken

PlanFreeCountry Czech republic Operating SystemWindows 7 Ultimate 64 bit My Question or Issue I cannot play anything, still not fixed after multiple reinstalls and resets.

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  •   Plan Free Country  Czech republic  Operating System Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit   My Question or Issue  I cannot play anything, still not fixed after multiple reinst...
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After new installation: cant hear songs, no songs in playlist!!! please help

PlanFree/PremiumCountry GermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWin 7 My Question or Issue I cant hear any song, my playlists are empty on my 2. PC. After 5 reinstallations the same problem. I hope anyone can help me.

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country  Germany Device PC Operating System Win 7   My Question or Issue  I cant hear any song, my playlists are empty on my 2. PC. After 5 reinstallations ...
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Recently added date is gone

PlanFreeCountrySweden DevicePC DesktopOperating SystemWindows My Question or Issue With the new Spotify update on PC recently added date is gone, when i added a song with earlier versions it said "added one day ago" so i could sort after that. attach...

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  • Plan Free Country Sweden   Device PC Desktop Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue   With the new Spotify update on PC recently added date is gone, when i added a...
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Solved!! Can't play any song and every playlist is empty

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueHello,As I said above, I can only play songs which are already on my computer. Also every playlist, not only made by me, is completely empty for me. I tried using Spot...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Computer Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Hello, As I said above, I can only play songs which are already on my computer. Also every...
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All saved songs are gone

PlanFreeCountry USADeviceDesktop ComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I was having an issue with followed friends' music history not showing up in the side-bar, so I was doing trouble-shooting things like uninstall/reinstall, and u...

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  • Plan Free Country  USA Device Desktop Computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I was having an issue with followed friends' music history not showing up i...
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Solved!! No Form of Spotify is working on my pc

PlanPremiumCountryUK Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify is not working on my pc at all I have uninstalled and re-installed twice already and it is currently uninstalled. However, the web player is not working either. I have no Ide...

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  •   Plan Premium Country UK    Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify is not working on my pc at all I have uninstalled and re-installed twice already ...
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Sorting in Search Results

PlanUnlimited.Country USADevice(PC Computer)Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Why is the sort (by title/artist/album/time, etc.) within searches no longer working? Also, what about filtering results...? It worked yesterday - then a new...

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  • Plan Unlimited. Country  USA Device (PC Computer) Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Why is the sort (by title/artist/album/time, etc.) within search...
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Solved!! My playlists on my phone is now more up to date that the one on my two pc's.

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue my playlist only has a couple of songs in it after i reinstalled spotify on my computer! Somehow i only have a couple of songs on my other computer as well even though i ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Norway Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  my playlist only has a couple of songs in it after i reinstalled spotify on my computer! ...
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[Windows] Universal App for Windows 10 (UWP)

Hello i have problem with my spotify Yesterday i was listening music and suddenly when i restarted my PC for a reason my songs doesn't appear in Favorite songs neither they were playing.It happens only on my PC app when im in my IOS App on Iphone 6 i...

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  • Hello i have problem with my spotify  Yesterday i was listening music and suddenly when i restarted my PC for a reason my songs doesn't appear in Favorite songs neither they were playing.It hap...
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spotify lag

PremiumCountry CanadaDeviceDesktopOperating Systemwindows 7 My Question or Issuei dont know why but my spotify is looping every random 3 seconds of any song Plan

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  •   Premium Country  Canada Device Desktop Operating System windows 7   My Question or Issue i dont know why but my spotify is looping every random 3 seconds of any s...
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Spotify song list on the PC fails to update when new favourite songs are added via the Spotify Web P

When I fave a song on the Spotify Web Player it doesn't update my favorite songs list of Spotify on PC.

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  • When I fave a song on the Spotify Web Player it doesn't update my favorite songs list of Spotify on PC.
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"Favorite Songs" disappeared

Hello, All of my "Favorite songs" playlist disappeared, along with the possibility of "loving" specific songs in Spotify, after an update.Is there a way to recover those features? Now I can only "add" songs but it's not as intuitive as before. PlanPr...

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  • Hello,   All of my "Favorite songs" playlist disappeared, along with the possibility of "loving" specific songs in Spotify, after an update. Is there a way to recover those features? Now I ca...
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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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