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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
Spotify Star
2024-03-14 3:38:28 PM
Monday
pastasås
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 hours ago
tunaman_jim
Gig Goer
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57363 Views
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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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Old profile picture in Spotify desktop

Plan/PremiumCountry IrelandDevicepcOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or Issue I think I first signed up for Spotify via facebook, when I did Spotify imported a profile picture and has been showing it in " Your Discover Weekly". This picture is p...

aindriu80
Casual Listener
Plan /Premium Country Ireland Device pc Operating System windows 10 My Question or Issue I think I first signed up for Spotify via facebook, when I did Spotif...
2019-01-25 11:09:13 PM
2019-01-26 2:49:20 PM
aindriu80
Casual Listener
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Add a desktop equalizer!

It's been YEARS since mobile was gifted with an equalizer, yet the desktop version still lacks this simple feature for BETTER SOUNDING MUSIC. An equalizer changes the way you hear the music, and can help immensly with cheap/poor headphones to get bet...

ethanoll
Music Fan
It's been YEARS since mobile was gifted with an equalizer, yet the desktop version still lacks this simple feature for BETTER SOUNDING MUSIC. An equalizer changes the way you hear the music, and can ...
2019-01-25 11:32:47 PM
2019-01-26 12:29:45 PM
OneByBoo
Roadie
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1 replies
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388 Views
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Superuser Contribution Spotify desktop version sometimes switched to other device playing and then crashed

PlanPremiumCountrySlovakia DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 Pro 64 My Question or Issue My Spotify Premium desktop sw often switched to play "other" device (I can´t disable this "feature") after manually switching to play back, sw crashed

yardstudio
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Slovakia Device PC Operating System Windows 7 Pro 64 My Question or Issue My Spotify Premium desktop sw often switched to play "other" device (I ca...
2019-01-26 10:50:30 AM
2019-01-26 11:50:26 AM
OneByBoo
Roadie
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1 replies
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Desktop app wont open/web player keeps having error

PlanPremiumCountry USDevicePCOperating System(Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI recently re-install my whole system due to harddrive replacement. I downloaded the desktop app and installed it. But after the installing process, the app would not ...

BERLINKSI94
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System (Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I recently re-install my whole system due to harddrive replacement. I downloaded...
2019-01-25 7:32:07 AM
2019-01-26 11:45:47 AM
OneByBoo
Roadie
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3 replies
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Yet another radio problem

PlanPremiumCountrycruithne Devicelots Operating Systemwindows 10 My Question or IssueAnother day another update another radio problemCan someone please clarify once and for all what on earth is going on with the radio (or lack of)There are posts ever...

unclesilas
Roadie
Plan Premium Country cruithne Device lots Operating System windows 10 My Question or Issue Another day another update another radio problem Can someone please clarif...
2019-01-25 8:18:35 PM
2019-01-25 10:44:32 PM
unclesilas
Roadie
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2 replies
10 likes

1029 Views
2 replies
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Artist radio not working

PremiumCountry USADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWinodws 10 My Question or IssueI primarily use the artist radio function on spotify, couple of days ago i noticed i cannot follow anymore artist radios. I just get sent a random playlist with like 50 son...

Pickles21
Casual Listener
Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Winodws 10 My Question or Issue I primarily use the artist radio function on spotify, couple of days ago i noticed i ...
2019-01-14 2:11:32 AM
2019-01-25 10:23:22 PM
03-ckyvl_ivh5
Roadie
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4 replies
1 likes

3371 Views
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Songs are playing, progress bar moving, but with no sound.

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUK DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue Around two days ago I've had this problem, I've tried to play my music and every time I do the song plays with the prgress bar moving but no sound. My sound drivers are ...

monoracerpilot
Casual Listener
Plan Free/Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Around two days ago I've had this problem, I've tried to play my music and every ti...
2019-01-25 7:12:19 PM
2019-01-25 10:06:45 PM
unclesilas
Roadie
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2 replies
0 likes

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I am having so many problems with spotify on all my computers

Hi, I am running windows 10 64 bit andI am having multible issues.Issues:High CPU usage (worse than chrome)"the application is not responting" ErrorThe application is very slowEtc... I am running spotify free: 1.0.98.78.gb45d2a6bMy specs: 8GB ram, co...

TechKnow
Regular
Hi, I am running windows 10 64 bit andI am having multible issues. Issues: High CPU usage (worse than chrome) "the application is not responting" Error The application is very slow Etc... &nbsp...
2019-01-25 4:57:35 AM
2019-01-25 5:56:46 PM
Biggsy1
Casual Listener
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Desktop Spotify: imposssible to maximize

Win7 64 bit - Desktop Spotify won't MAXIMIZE. it shows up on Taskbar, but no chance to show/use it in a window. uninstall/reinstall/restart the PC didn't help.no error-msg or so. any idea? thx

gsax
Casual Listener
Win7 64 bit - Desktop Spotify won't MAXIMIZE. it shows up on Taskbar, but no chance to show/use it in a window. uninstall/reinstall/restart the PC didn't help. no error-msg or so.&nbs...
2019-01-25 10:39:54 AM
2019-01-25 3:17:41 PM
OneByBoo
Roadie
235 Views
1 replies
0 likes

235 Views
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Spotify client on windows hangs up during audio device changes on system

PlanPremiumCountryPoland DevicePCsOperating SystemWindows 7 and Windows 10 My Question or Issue This bug appeared in one of the recent updates, before there was not a problem.The situation is, when spotify is launched on windows, any change to audio ...

cheaterenator
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Poland Device PCs Operating System Windows 7 and Windows 10 My Question or Issue This bug appeared in one of the recent updates, before there was not...
2019-01-25 11:26:40 AM
2019-01-25 2:47:54 PM
mcr9191
Newbie
383 Views
1 replies
1 likes

383 Views
1 replies
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Crackling issue

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWindows AppOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I can't get rid of the crackling issue on the windows app. I've read tons of posts on the issue that seems to go back as far as 2016 or more. I've tried all the sol...

nuggular
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country USA Device Windows App Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I can't get rid of the crackling issue on the windows app. I've read tons of posts ...
2019-01-21 11:50:39 PM
2019-01-25 1:00:42 PM
Sebasty
Spotify Star
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Temporary Workaround Solution for Missing Playlist Radio

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Please share this solution with as many people/threads as possible. Many people are upset about the removal of Playlist Radio, and I've discovered a workaround that ex...

angelx644
Music Fan
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Please share this solution with as many people/threads as possible. Many people...
2019-01-18 12:26:09 AM
2019-01-25 12:50:13 PM
darkcubix
Newbie
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1 replies
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spotify setup not working

I downloaded the setup file to install spotify on my computer, but the computer is not responding when I run the setup file.Note: I tried to run it as an administrator, I turned off antivirus programs and windows defender, still no reactionos: window...

Caglarsoylutfi
Newbie
I downloaded the setup file to install spotify on my computer, but the computer is not responding when I run the setup file. Note: I tried to run it as an administrator, I turned off antivirus progr...
2019-01-21 5:23:11 PM
2019-01-25 10:59:02 AM
JoãoZão
Casual Listener
710 Views
5 replies
2 likes

710 Views
5 replies
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[Desktop] ATTN ADMINS - Spam/Malicious Links in Windows Store Spotify

I can't explain what is causing this... and my virus/malware scanner (BitDefender) isn't picking up anything... but if i click anywhere in the Spotify App (windows store version), it pops open two new tabs on my browser which are obviously spam/malic...

Haeiz
Newbie
I can't explain what is causing this... and my virus/malware scanner (BitDefender) isn't picking up anything... but if i click anywhere in the Spotify App (windows store version), it pops open two ne...
2019-01-25 9:09:39 AM
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Desktop

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REMOVE THE GREEN "DOWNLOADED" TICK FROM END OF PLAYLIST NAMES

Please remove the ugly green tick that was added in the recent update. Clicking into a playlist to see if it was downloaded was perfectly fine and was no problem. Now I have all these green ticks beside playlist names.At least give us the option to k...

user-removed
Visitor
Please remove the ugly green tick that was added in the recent update. Clicking into a playlist to see if it was downloaded was perfectly fine and was no problem. Now I have all these green t...
2019-01-24 7:11:28 PM
2019-01-25 5:37:55 AM
DennyEMufc
Roadie
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2 replies
2 likes

1253 Views
2 replies
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Chevolume not working with Spotify

PlanPremiumCountry CanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I recently got a sound card on my computer and wanted to do some sound mixing to different devices around my house, and I heard that CheVolume is a good software to...

vanamdavid
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I recently got a sound card on my computer and wanted to do some sound mixing ...
2019-01-24 6:33:02 AM
2019-01-25 1:11:22 AM
vanamdavid
Casual Listener
636 Views
2 replies
1 likes

636 Views
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Radio Windows 10

PlanFreeCountryUSA My Question or Issue Did Spotify remove the Radio? It was literally working a second ago while I was on Spotify. Now it only shows previous stations I’ve listened to. Music genres don’t show up either.

ChemicalRed
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country USA My Question or Issue Did Spotify remove the Radio? It was literally working a second ago while I was on Spotify. Now it only shows previous stations I’ve li...
2019-01-24 11:47:33 PM
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Solved!! Spotify installer won’t open - W10

PlanPremiumCountry SlovakiaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, i wanted to reinstall Spotify app because of some update errors when start. First i uninstalled Spotify throught Control panel, then downloaded installer from...

crucinal1
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Slovakia Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, i wanted to reinstall Spotify app because of some update errors when s...
2019-01-05 12:59:08 AM
2019-01-24 9:07:13 PM
Herfinnur
Regular
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Videos play in background while another song is playing

PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue If I click the "Previous" button many times (~ 2 clicks per second) and if there is a video that it passes, the video sometimes plays and remains playing (in the backgro...

neemaali123
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country US Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue If I click the "Previous" button many times (~ 2 clicks per second) and if there is...
2019-01-23 4:12:10 AM
2019-01-24 8:04:59 PM
neemaali123
Casual Listener
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[Windows] Troubleshooting Spotify

PlanFreeCountryLatvia DeviceHP 225Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHelp please sometimes Spotify lost internet connetion with happens only with Spotify. What can I do??

edzons15
Newbie
Plan Free Country Latvia Device HP 225 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Help please sometimes Spotify lost internet connetion with happens only with S...
2019-01-24 4:44:56 PM
2019-01-24 4:56:02 PM
Kosakewich
Casual Listener
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