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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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Local Files do not lock / sync with corresponding Spotify files

I have attempted to post this but was marked as spam. Here is the issue in full detail: https://justpaste.it/2g0r9 Ultimately, the issue is: Synced local files are working fine on my Desktop AND Phone in some cases, but in other cases they are ONLY w...

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  • I have attempted to post this but was marked as spam. Here is the issue in full detail:   https://justpaste.it/2g0r9   Ultimately, the issue is:   Synced local files are working ...
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Spotify Premium stops playing at random.

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceDell i7 LaptopOperating SystemWindows 8.1 My Question or Issue My Spotify randomly stops playing music. The progress bar continues as if it is playing but there is no sound. If I attempt to change tracks it starts giving m...

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  • Plan Premium Country  USA Device Dell i7 Laptop Operating System Windows 8.1   My Question or Issue  My Spotify randomly stops playing music. The progress bar continues as if...
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Spotify won't launch

Hello. I've been trying to turn Spotify on, and all I got was a black screen with few buttons on top but nothing more, I've got no downloads in the background, and no running apps. I've got Spotify premium. been waiting for 10 minutes, still nothing.

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  • Hello. I've been trying to turn Spotify on, and all I got was a black screen with few buttons on top but nothing more, I've got no downloads in the background, and no running apps. I've got Spotify p...
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Spotify freezes after pc suspend or when default playback device changed

PlanPremiumCountry PolandDeviceDell Latitute 7440Operating System Windows 7 Ent SP1 64-bit My Question or IssueI have been using Spotify for years, but recently it started to misbehave. Each time something is changed in audio devices e.g. I connect a...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Poland Device Dell Latitute 7440 Operating System   Windows 7  Ent SP1 64-bit  My Question or Issue I have been using Spotify for years, but r...
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Not Importing Certain Album

PlanPremiumCountryUSA.DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Home Edition My Question or IssueSpotify for my desktop seems to have "forgotten" my local files. I re-uploaded them/re-synced them, and all was fine. But, now, I cannot play one artists a...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA. Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Home Edition   My Question or Issue Spotify for my desktop seems to have "forgotten" my local files. I re-uploaded ...
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Awful bass overwhelming listening Spotify open

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceWorkstationOperating SystemW7 My Question or IssueTerribly basses ovewhelming with Plantronics Brackbeat Pro 2 listening to Spotify web with cord (no BT).Any resolution ?

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Workstation Operating System W7   My Question or Issue Terribly basses ovewhelming with Plantronics Brackbeat Pro 2 listening to Spotify web wit...
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Solved!! Can't play music anymore

Hello everyone, a few days ago I realised having issues with my spotify web player and program on my Windows 10 pc.As you can see I am clicked on the play button of the playlist but there is no music playing and no title of the song is showed. First ...

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  • Hello everyone, a few days ago I realised having issues with my spotify web player and program on my Windows 10 pc. As you can see I am clicked on the play button of the playlist but there is no mus...
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Thumbs up and down missing?

Has the Thumbs Up and Down icons and associated capability been removed from Spotify? I no longer have them for followed Radio playlists on both the Spotify Desktop program and the iOS app. Edit: It appears if I create a new Radio playlist and am not...

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  • Has the Thumbs Up and Down icons and associated capability been removed from Spotify? I no longer have them for followed Radio playlists on both the Spotify Desktop program and the iOS app.   ...
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Local Files do not lock / sync with corresponding Spotify files

Not all of my Local Files are syncing / locking to the corresponding Spotify file. I fully understand the process required to add local files, and I've successfully added 1000+ local MP3s to Spotify synced / locked them to the corresponding Spotify f...

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  • Not all of my Local Files are syncing / locking to the corresponding Spotify file.   I fully understand the process required to add local files, and I've successfully added 1000+ local MP3s to...
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[Windows] Open Spotify automatically after you log into windows (set to Minimised) does not work

VersionLatest Windows Desktop App Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIf I open the Desktop Spotify App, and go to my Settings. Then scroll to the botom and choose Advanced Settings, there is an Option under the Startup and Windows Behavio...

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  • Version Latest Windows Desktop App   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue If I open the Desktop Spotify App, and go to my Settings. Then scroll to the botom and choose ...
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Can't remove an artist from my library

PlanPremiumCountryCanada My Question or IssueHello! I have an artist in my library that i want to delete. I unfollowed him but it's stay in my artist list. I don't have any song of him in my playlists nor my song library. I tried followed/unfollowed,...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada     My Question or Issue Hello! I have an artist in my library that i want to delete. I unfollowed him but it's stay in my artist list. I don't have any s...
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Find Friends stuck loading

PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDeviceDell / Surface BookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI don't know if I've ever been able to use the "see what your friends are playing" or "find friends" feature on Spotify. I click find friends and ...

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  • Plan Premium Country  United States Device Dell / Surface Book Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I don't know if I've ever been able to use the "see what your fri...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution 'Go to Playlist radio' not showing up anymore

Hi 'Go to Playlist radio' not showing up. Did it get remove overnight? Premium, Desktop PC with Windows 10

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  •    Hi  'Go to Playlist radio' not showing up. Did it get remove overnight?   Premium, Desktop PC with Windows 10    
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Ma musique ne se lance pas.

Bonjour,J'ai un problème sur mon PC sous window 10, Spotify bug et ne lance pas de musique. j'ai aussi toutes les playliste de spotify qui sont "vide". Quand j'essaye de lancer une chanson, il ne veux pas. Je n'ai pas l'image de l'album, ni le minuta...

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  • Bonjour, J'ai un problème sur mon PC sous window 10, Spotify bug et ne lance pas de musique. j'ai aussi toutes les playliste de spotify qui sont "vide". Quand j'essaye de lancer une chanson, il ne v...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Concerts - "there was an error requesting data"

PlanFreeCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemW10 My Question or IssueBrowse - Concerts does not load, giving the "error requesting data" error, every time. I have tried fresh install and reboot. Is it just that my library is too big to draw data from?

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  • Plan Free Country UK Device PC Operating System W10   My Question or Issue Browse - Concerts does not load, giving the "error requesting data" error, every time. I have tried fresh ins...
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Superuser Contribution Alternative to sorting saved songs by album?

Question for both Desktop and Android versions. So with new changes to Album/Liked song filtering my "Albums" section shrinked to about 20 entries that i saved a long time ago.Those saved albums now contain ALL songs from this album, including those ...

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  • Question for both Desktop and Android versions.   So with new changes to Album/Liked song filtering my "Albums" section shrinked to about 20 entries that i saved a long time ago. Those saved ...
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Can't drag tracks into or within a playlist

PlanUnlimitedCountryUSADeviceDesktop computer, 64-bitOperating SystemWindows 8.1 My Question or IssueI cannot drag songs into or within a playlist; I can only add songs by clicking on the three dots or right-clicking and choosing "add to playlist". A...

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  • Plan Unlimited Country USA Device Desktop computer, 64-bit Operating System Windows 8.1   My Question or Issue I cannot drag songs into or within a playlist; I can only add songs by cl...
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Solved!! Spotify doesn't play, missing playlists, no device control

The title summerises the experience I have the past week, where out of nowhere I wasn't able to play any music. Then when I tried to do a clean reinstall of Spotify, I see that my playlists are 'completely empty', and I couldn't play any music from m...

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  • The title summerises the experience I have the past week, where out of nowhere I wasn't able to play any music. Then when I tried to do a clean reinstall of Spotify, I see that my playlists are 'comp...
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Superuser Contribution Problems in my PC

PlanPremiumCountryMexicoDevicePCOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueA few hours ago I tried to play an artist, which was impossible, I thought that uninstalling and reinstalling the problem would be solved, but it turned out worse, all my...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Mexico Device PC Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue A few hours ago I tried to play an artist, which was impossible, I thought that u...
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I though Spotify was a music streaming service

PlanPremiumCountryNot your f businessDeviceWindows 7 My Question or Issue Yo, I though spotify was a music streaming service. Then why the **bleep** does is store so**bleep**. I tried changing the path where spotify saves songs so I dont fill my SSD ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Not your f business Device Windows 7   My Question or Issue   Yo, I though spotify was a music streaming service. Then why the **bleep** does is store so**blee...
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