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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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Quality reduction for playlist covers

Every time I upload a cover image for my playlist then save, the quality of the cover reduces. Does anybody else have this issue? I'm certain that there's nothing wrong with the images I'm uploading, this is a Spotify issue. To make sure, I used the ...

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  • Every time I upload a cover image for my playlist then save, the quality of the cover reduces. Does anybody else have this issue?   I'm certain that there's nothing wrong with the images I'm u...
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tag:new no longer working a valid search query

PlanFreeCountry AustraliaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am no longer able to use the query of "tag:new" to get all of the new releases. When I search tag:new now, it comes up with only a list of about 120 releases. The funct...

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  • Plan Free Country  Australia Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I am no longer able to use the query of "tag:new" to get all of the new releases.  ...
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Solved!! Help needed!

My Question or IssueHiI'm not able to find my 'local files' folder on my windows PC at all...seems to have disappeared. How do I get it back??I wanted to transfer my own music from YouTube to spotify using the local files folder but I couldn't spot i...

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  •     My Question or Issue Hi I'm not able to find my 'local files' folder on my windows PC at all...seems to have disappeared. How do I get it back??I wanted to transfer my own music fro...
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Spotify Doesn't Work

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 (formerly known as Windows 7) My Question or IssueSpotify will not work on my computer at all. About a month ago (or you can pretend it was yesterday, the timeframe doesn't ma...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country United States Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 (formerly known as Windows 7)   My Question or Issue Spotify will not work on my computer at all. Abou...
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No puedo reproducir canciones en mi computador

PlanFreeCountry MX DeviceSamsung S5 - Laptop HPOperating SystemAndroid - Windows 10 My Question or IssueLo que pasa mi cuenta en mi celular está en perfecto estado, escucho las canciones que me plazca y las agrego a las playlist que quiero, hasta bus...

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  •     Plan Free Country MX   Device Samsung S5 - Laptop HP Operating System Android - Windows 10   My Question or Issue Lo que pasa mi cuenta en mi celular está en perfe...
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ayuda no reproduce las canciones

entre a mi playlist y no aparecia ninguna de mis canciones, fui a buscar una cancion y aparecia pero en el momento que la voy a escuchar queda como si no lo ubiese puesto, en el celular si que anda y estan las canciones, pero en la pc no, ya llevo va...

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  • entre a mi playlist y no aparecia ninguna de mis canciones, fui a buscar una cancion y aparecia pero en el momento que la voy a escuchar queda como si no lo ubiese puesto, en el celular si que anda y...
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Solved!! Repeat one song button is gone!!!!!!

For some reason the last week I am unable to repeat one song I am not sure what is wrong but I am a premium member and should not be having these problems. I pay monthly so I have the option and now it is taken away from me and I am not okay with thi...

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  • For some reason the last week I am unable to repeat one song I am not sure what is wrong but I am a premium member and should not be having these problems. I pay monthly so I have the option and now ...
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Spotify Windows 10 problem

Hi, I installed Spotify on my new pc with Windows 10. Everything was fine but once I log in I can't select any song because it won't play. No matter how many times I reinstall it, the problem still there. I tried to log in with another account and th...

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  • Hi, I installed Spotify on my new pc with Windows 10. Everything was fine but once I log in I can't select any song because it won't play. No matter how many times I reinstall it, the problem still t...
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I can't play anything any music

PlanFreeCountryTaiwanDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI tried reinstall spotify and reboot my computer 3 times and it won't worksThere are nothing in my Favorite Songs and whatever I click it shows nothingBut APP on my phone stil...

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  •   Plan Free Country Taiwan Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I tried reinstall spotify and reboot my computer 3 times and it won't works There...
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Discover Tab Hasn't Updated Over A Month!

PlanPremiumCountry USA Operating SystemWindows 10 & Android My Question or Issue One of my favorite features of Spotify, the Discover tab, has not updated it's recommendations in over a month, perhaps longer. I see the new releases change every week ...

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  • Plan Premium Country  USA   Operating System Windows 10 & Android   My Question or Issue  One of my favorite features of Spotify, the Discover tab, has not updated it...
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Error 18

Everytime Spotify updates itself and attempts to reinstall the update I get error 18. This has happened 10 times. I've had to completely reinstall and install it again 10 times. I don't want to deal with this anymore. I've seen posts on here about er...

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  • Everytime Spotify updates itself and attempts to reinstall the update I get error 18. This has happened 10 times. I've had to completely reinstall and install it again 10 times. I don't want to deal ...
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Harmon Kardon speaker no longer plays the correct song after upgrading to premium

PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceHarmon Kardon speakerOperating System My Question or IssueI have a Harmon kardon speaker I play spotify with via voice commands. It has always worked perfectly until today after I upgraded to premium. Now it will not play a...

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  • Plan Premium Country US   Device Harmon Kardon speaker Operating System   My Question or Issue I have a Harmon kardon speaker I play spotify with via voice commands. It has always...
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Delete entire library

When i started using spotify, i didnt realize i had as many songs as i did. I planned on moing my apple music library over, but while apple allows 100,000 songs...spotify only allows 10,000. Because of this, i cant like songs anymore because i added ...

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  • When i started using spotify, i didnt realize i had as many songs as i did. I planned on moing my apple music library over, but while apple allows 100,000 songs...spotify only allows 10,000. Because ...
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Solved!! All songs gone from Spotify. I mean ALL of them.

Country USADevice Alienware 17 R3Operating SystemWindows 10 So basically there is no songs whatsoever on my app.I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling, restarting my device, powering it all the way off and all the way back on, and this has been going...

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  • Country  USA Device  Alienware 17 R3 Operating System Windows 10   So basically there is no songs whatsoever on my app. I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling, restarting my de...
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I cant play any song on spotify ,not even on spotify browser

PlanFreeCountry RomaniaDevicePcOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I cant play any somg on spotify , when I try to play it , it dousent work ,my favorite song is not there , but on my phone I can see it and play it , but on pc I cant ,I c...

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  • Plan Free Country  Romania Device Pc Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I cant play any somg on spotify , when I try to play it , it dousent work ,my favorit...
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All of my saved albums now have every song in them saved rather than just the ones I picked .

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueWith the recent update every single one of my albums now have the entire album saved. But when I click view full album it only shows the songs that I saved. Did this happen with anyone else?

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  • Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue With the recent update every single one of my albums now have the entire album saved. But when I click view full album it only shows...
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Friend Feed Still Not Working

PlanPreimiumCountry USADeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I am still having issues with not being able to see my friend's activity even though people are saying it is fixed. I have tried reinstalling the app but it is still n...

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  • Plan Preimium Country  USA Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I am still having issues with not being able to see my friend's activity even tho...
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Ideas to make collaborations on Spotify better for everyone!

PlanFree... rn ;-;Country DeviceIphone 6Operating SystemiOS (always updating) My Idea! There are major issues with the collab playlists!This is a NEEDED update, Playlists will be destroyed by others doing this. This also opens a window for trolls to ...

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  •   Plan Free... rn ;-; Country   Device Iphone 6 Operating System iOS (always updating)   My Idea!   There are major issues with the collab playlists! This is a&n...
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Unable to remove "grayed out" local files in "Songs"

Operating SystemWin10 My Question or Issue:With the recent update allowing you to add your own local files alongside content that is hosted by spotify's servers, I've been adding local files to my "Songs" library. If I want to change the title of the...

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  •   Operating System Win10   My Question or Issue: With the recent update allowing you to add your own local files alongside content that is hosted by spotify's servers, I've been adding...
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Collab Playlists are abused, This artist continues to paste his songs into our playlist

PlanPremiumCountry USA My Question or Issue This is the second time this has happened: An artist continues to post his songs into several of myself, and many other people's playlists. we removed it twice from this playlist: https://open.spotify.com/u...

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  •   Plan Premium Country  USA  My Question or Issue  This is the second time this has happened: An artist continues to post his songs into several of myself, and many other pe...
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