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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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Windows 8.1. SpotifySetup.exe does not launch

Operating SystemWindows 8.1, 64bit My Question or IssueSpotifySetup.exe does not launch. After clicking it, the process immediately shuts down, as observed by me several times. No window opens. No process launches subsequently. I already tried : - la...

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  • Operating System Windows 8.1, 64bit   My Question or Issue SpotifySetup.exe does not launch. After clicking it, the process immediately shuts down, as observed by me several times. No window...
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Black screen

PlanPremiumCountry UK DeviceDell LaptopOperating SystemWin 7 Home Premium My Question or Issue After years of successfully running Spotify on this laptop running WinXP when I received notifications that XP was no longer going to be supported by Spoti...

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  • Plan Premium Country  UK   Device Dell Laptop Operating System Win 7 Home Premium  My Question or Issue  After years of successfully running Spotify on this laptop runnin...
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Spotify not working on windows

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhenever I try to login to my spotify account using the application it gives me the error: Service is temporarily unavailable, please try again later. (Error code: 2...

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  • Plan Premium Country  USA Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Whenever I try to login to my spotify account using the application it gives me the ...
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Desktop Windows display options

Windows 10 Desktop:Is there a way to further change/modify the display options?...view/width/positioning/location/size of each section columns within Spotify? And also select which sections we want to include in the view? It looks like we have very l...

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  • Windows 10 Desktop: Is there a way to further change/modify the display options?...view/width/positioning/location/size of each section columns within Spotify? And also select which sections we want...
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Spotify won't scrobble to Last.fm

I'm encountering an issue where Spotify will not scrobble to Last.fm. Currently, the only way to fix this is to reinstall Spotify, but I have to do so every day as it stops working when I restart my computer. I have been reinstalling Spotify every da...

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  • I'm encountering an issue where Spotify will not scrobble to Last.fm. Currently, the only way to fix this is to reinstall Spotify, but I have to do so every day as it stops working when I restart my ...
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Nothing happens after opening installer

PlanPremiumCountry TurkeyOperating System(Windows 10) When I open installer, nothing happens. When i drag the installer to C:\Program Files (x86) it works, downloads spotify but does not install it. I know the link that installs an old looking spotif...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Turkey Operating System (Windows 10)    When I open installer, nothing happens. When i drag the installer to C:\Program Files (x86) it works, downloads spot...
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Music Stops a little before it ends and says cant play this song on the top

I am on a windows 10 using the Program and every time this happens i have to manually skip and it's annoying so any help is appreciated.

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  •   I am on a windows 10 using the Program and every time this happens i have to manually skip and it's annoying so any help is appreciated.
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify installer doesn't even open!

PlanPremium DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue Suddenly after a windows update spotify.exe wont open, so I uninstalled it and tried to install it back.Now that I double tap the installer nothing happens! even in the task manager t...

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  • Plan Premium   Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue  Suddenly after a windows update spotify.exe wont open, so I uninstalled it and tried to install it back. ...
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Spotify cant play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it.

PlanpremiumCountry USDeviceNew Dell LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I just installed spotify on my new laptop, but the message "Spotify cant play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it" comes up ...

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  •   Plan premium Country  US Device New Dell Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I just installed spotify on my new laptop, but the message "Spotif...
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Add radion station function not visible

I'm unable to add radio stations. I've followed guides on how to but in the radio menu there is no option called "Add radio station". Even when I open Spotify on my moblie device, I don't even have a radio menu at all. So is being able to add and lis...

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  • I'm unable to add radio stations. I've followed guides on how to but in the radio menu there is no option called "Add radio station". Even when I open Spotify on my moblie device, I don't even have a...
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Solved!! "Cannot play this right now..."

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify suddenly keeps saying "Cannot play this right now". Additionally, it keeps skipping songs automatically until there is none left and then gives same error ag...

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Spotify suddenly keeps saying "Cannot play this right now". Additionally, it keeps s...
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Spotify Artist website and App doesn't show streams.

So I just released a track on spotify, and I know for a fact that people have listend to it, but it doesn't show on neither the artist website, the artist app nor the normal soptify app and website. Here's the link to the track: https://open.spotify....

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  • So I just released a track on spotify, and I know for a fact that people have listend to it, but it doesn't show on neither the artist website, the artist app nor the normal soptify app and website. ...
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spotify appcrash

PlanPremiumCountry BrazilDeviceWindows 7 UltimateOperating SystemWindows 7 Ultimate My Question or Issue I've tried to install spotify but the installation app doesn't work, just an image with an error appears.

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  •   Plan Premium Country  Brazil Device Windows 7 Ultimate Operating System Windows 7 Ultimate  My Question or Issue  I've tried to install spotify but the installation ap...
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Solved!! Songs starting at seemingly random times throughout each track within only one playlist

PlanPremiumDeviceWindows 10 PC and Xperia Z2Operating SystemWindows 10 and Anrdoid My Question or IssueI have just started following spotify's 'Enter The Jungle' playlist and everytime I click to skip the song, the next one does not start at the begi...

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  • Plan Premium Device Windows 10 PC and Xperia Z2 Operating System Windows 10 and Anrdoid   My Question or Issue I have just started following spotify's 'Enter The Jungle' playlist and eve...
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Weird glitch where text cursor seem to input text backwards

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceMacbook pro 15 inch late 2018Operating Systemmacos mojave v10.14.1 My Question or Issue Here is issue, when I search for a song/artist/album, sometimes the text cursor does this (backwards). In the attached file, you'll ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device Macbook pro 15 inch late 2018 Operating System macos mojave v10.14.1   My Question or Issue  Here is issue, when I search for a song/artist...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution SpotifyInstaller has stopped working

PlanFreeCountry BrazilDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueWhen I open SpotifyInstaller.exe, nothing but a error appears saying "SpotifyInstaller has stopped working". I never had this problem before, but after the new update, I...

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  • Plan Free Country  Brazil Device Desktop Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue When I open SpotifyInstaller.exe, nothing but a error appears saying "SpotifyInstaller h...
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Spotify won't play some songs that play fine on mobile

PlanPremiumCountryAustralia DeviceDesktop, Samsung Galaxy S8Operating SystemWindos 10, Android My Question or IssueSongs that play with no issue on mobile won't play on desktop. I recieved a message saying "spotify can't play this right now. If you h...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia  Device Desktop, Samsung Galaxy S8 Operating System Windos 10, Android   My Question or Issue Songs that play with no issue on mobile won't play on ...
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Solved!! When removing auxcable from computer, Spotify keeps repeating the same part of a track and wont stop

PlanPremium (student)Country SwedenDeviceComputer, HP Pavillion dv6 NotebookOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue I have my computer connected with the speaker through an auxcable. As soon as the auxcable gets removed or when I put it in, Sp...

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  • Plan Premium (student) Country  Sweden Device Computer, HP Pavillion dv6 Notebook Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue  I have my computer connected wi...
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Solved!! Spotify setup wont open

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenOperating SystemWindows 10 64bit For a couple of weeks I have been getting an error message when I start my spotify. The error message says something about "updater wasn't able to start properly" so I uninstalled spotify and d...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Operating System Windows 10 64bit   For a couple of weeks I have been getting an error message when I start my spotify. The error message says something about ...
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Obscure issue with spotify connect

So I've found an issue where if you transfer between playing the music on android to PC then the song currently being played will always start at the timestamp at which the changover occured. I'm using the spotify desktop application for windows. (in...

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  • So I've found an issue where if you transfer between playing the music on android to PC then the song currently being played will always start at the timestamp at which the changover occured.  ...
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