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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
2024-09-03 1:50:30 PM
ipanasenko
Newbie
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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
2 weeks ago
rednblu
Roadie
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271 replies
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76234 Views
271 replies
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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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Feel good friday not updating

PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceWindows 10 / Android - Samsung S8 (Oreo) My Question or Issue My Feel good Friday playlist is stuck since 13-12-18. I have unfollowed it, re followed it, unfollowed and restarted... Out of ideas.

Nickbarr
Newbie
Plan Premium Country UK Device Windows 10 / Android - Samsung S8 (Oreo) My Question or Issue My Feel good Friday playlist is stuck since 13-12-18. I have unfollowed it, re fo...
2019-02-05 6:06:34 PM
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Strongly dislike getting all the albums added to my playlist when clicking play on recent one

PlanFree/PremiumOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueI strongly dislike getting all the albums added to my playlist when clicking play on recent one. I.e. if an artist has albums from 1990 - 2010, clickining play in the album list on an albu...

dukhat2259
Regular
Plan Free/Premium Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue I strongly dislike getting all the albums added to my playlist when clicking play on recent one. I.e. if an artist has a...
2019-02-04 10:20:19 AM
2019-02-05 1:52:25 PM
Jollof
Composer
400 Views
5 replies
1 likes

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Entire playlist adds itself to queue on startup

PlanPremiumCountry USDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Anytime I start up Spotify one specific playlist automatically adds itself to my queue so if I want to listen to any music I have to go into the queue and clear it or I will...

JustASloth
Newbie
Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Anytime I start up Spotify one specific playlist automatically adds itself to my queue ...
2019-02-05 1:27:45 AM
2019-02-05 7:18:07 AM
OneByBoo
Roadie
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1 replies
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[HELP] For some people who can't load musics

Okay, so I would like to help some people, because i saw a lot of people in my situation, if you can't play any song (out of some playlists) on your computer BUT you can listen to them on a phone then try that: 1st: Open your notepad as an administra...

Ryou7
Regular
Okay, so I would like to help some people, because i saw a lot of people in my situation, if you can't play any song (out of some playlists) on your computer BUT you can listen to them on a phone the...
2019-02-03 12:39:23 AM
2019-02-04 10:21:09 PM
Jeremy1Brusa
Regular
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4 replies
4 likes

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Spotify mutes itself after changing song

PlanFreeCountry USADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue Spotify will lower its volume after each song. how do I fix this. if i mute and unmute again it will fix itself, but I have to do this after each song.

Dombo_
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Spotify will lower its volume after each song. how do I fix this. if i mute a...
2019-01-31 5:13:21 PM
2019-02-04 6:31:01 PM
Dombo_
Casual Listener
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2 replies
1 likes

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[DESKTOP / PC] Artist Radio like/dislike gone.

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue So recently Spotify's Radio based songs lost its most important features for me: the like/dislike to keep or remove songs on your chosen artist radio.The application now l...

emeraldon
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Norway Device PC Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue So recently Spotify's Radio based songs lost its most important features for me: the lik...
2019-02-04 10:17:50 AM
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0 replies
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Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it

PlanFreeCountryPanama DeviceAspire es1-571 signature editionOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue There are some songs that I can't play and the message above appears, the songs are from different artists and different albums (kanashii uresh...

Sebasneitor
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country Panama Device Aspire es1-571 signature edition Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue There are some songs that I can't play and the message above app...
2019-02-04 9:39:34 AM
2019-02-04 9:49:43 AM
Sebasneitor
Casual Listener
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1 replies
0 likes

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Desktop App Keeps Stopping

PlanPremiumCountry United KingdomDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Every time I use spotify on PC the music will eventually just stop playing and the only way for me to get it working again is to go into task manager, end task, ...

ryandonnelly13
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Every time I use spotify on PC the music will eventually just stop playing ...
2019-01-27 1:01:05 AM
2019-02-04 9:16:58 AM
ryandonnelly13
Casual Listener
550 Views
2 replies
1 likes

550 Views
2 replies
1 likes

Username Not Changing To Real Name

PlanFreeCountry United States of AmericaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHey Staff,Today I tried to display my real name on Spotify by connecting my Facebook account to my Spotify account. However, after I did so, my userna...

tylerwikkerson
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country United States of America Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hey Staff, Today I tried to display my real name on Spotify by conne...
2019-02-03 11:09:25 PM
2019-02-04 7:38:57 AM
OneByBoo
Roadie
269 Views
1 replies
0 likes

269 Views
1 replies
0 likes

Spotify Startup Song

PlanPremiumCountry NetherlandsDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueEvery time I start up my computer and play a song on spotify the song that comes after that is ALWAYS the same song (in this case Ferris wheel from Tory Lanez not tha...

k-2f1_xbedxyq
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Every time I start up my computer and play a song on spotify the song that comes after that ...
2019-02-03 12:55:56 AM
2019-02-04 5:27:05 AM
Jollof
Composer
221 Views
1 replies
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221 Views
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Lofihiphopthot lofi beats lofi hiphop chillhop study beats

Lofihiphopthot a playlist by the lofihiphopthot None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanFree/PremiumCountry Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Q...

lofihiphopthot
Newbie
Lofihiphopthot a playlist by the lofihiphopthot None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Free/Premium Country &n...
2019-01-29 1:58:23 AM
2019-02-03 12:16:42 AM
Ryou7
Regular
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2 replies
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Solved!! No sound after resuming laptop

PlanPremiumDeviceHP EliteBook 840 G3Operating SystemWindows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit My Question or IssueI upgraded to release 1.0.99 but still Spotify does not work correctly after resuming (clicking the "On" button after hibernating or opening the...

慕容維
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Device HP EliteBook 840 G3 Operating System Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit My Question or Issue I upgraded to release 1.0.99 but still Spotify does not work correctly a...
2019-02-02 6:51:42 AM
2019-02-03 12:13:26 AM
Ryou7
Regular
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3 replies
0 likes
resume
sound
Windows

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Radio Stations Replaced by Unmodifiable Playlists

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue I have been using Spotify mostly for its radio feature. I have noticed that recently my stations have been changed from ones that I have curated to ones that have been made by...

mesosalpinx
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have been using Spotify mostly for its radio feature. I have noticed that recently my stations ha...
2019-02-01 11:41:52 PM
2019-02-03 6:01:15 PM
randomuser3
Regular
565 Views
2 replies
4 likes
Radio

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Solved!! spotify is just not working properly

Okay, so, basically, I've been using spotify for a while. I have Spotify premium, and I'm running it on a custom built Windows 10 computer. On my phone it works perfectly. 1. I somehow can't play songs that are not saved in my music anymore.Screensho...

JeromeAlbert
Casual Listener
Okay, so, basically, I've been using spotify for a while. I have Spotify premium, and I'm running it on a custom built Windows 10 computer. On my phone it works perfectly. 1. I someh...
2019-02-02 12:16:24 AM
2019-02-03 4:58:36 PM
JeromeAlbert
Casual Listener
4315 Views
6 replies
3 likes

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6 replies
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The app will NOT play to "This computer" but will play to spotify connect speakers ..

Plan -PremiumCountry - UKDevice -PCOperating System WIn7My Question or Issue - Suddenly my spotify app will not output sound when I connect to the device: "This computer" (my pc speakers) - have unistalled and reinstalled (twice) - checked my default...

atriptothemoon
Regular
Plan -Premium Country - UK Device -PC Operating System WIn7 My Question or Issue - Suddenly my spotify app will not output sound when I connect to the device: "This computer" (my pc speaker...
2019-02-03 4:18:52 PM
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0 replies
1 likes

157 Views
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Solved!! Song Not Displaying Properly...

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAs of the past few days, I've noticed that in my Daily Mix, there is one spot in the playlist, which is randomly generated - I assume, that doesn't pop up with a song...

user-removed
Visitor
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue As of the past few days, I've noticed that in my Daily Mix, there is one spot in the pla...
2019-02-03 3:26:10 PM
2019-02-03 3:52:36 PM
user-removed
Not applicable
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1 replies
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Solved!! Spotify doesn't play anything.

PlanPremiumCountrySouth AfricaDevice Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Each day Spotify doesn't play anything. I have to uninstall and reinstall the client each and every day. This happens across multiple PC's running different versions...

johnnyreggaecpt
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country South Africa Device Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Each day Spotify doesn't play anything. I have to uninstall and reinstall the c...
2019-02-02 9:52:17 AM
2019-02-03 2:47:04 PM
clearo
Newbie
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3 replies
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Now playing artwork?

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUK Operating System(iOS Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Just recently after resyncing offline playlists my Desktop player doesn't show any artwork at all? Not just the odd song missing art but all of them?

DennyEMufc
Roadie
Plan Free/Premium Country UK Operating System (iOS Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Just recently after resyncing offline playlists my Desktop player doesn't show an...
2019-02-03 8:11:35 AM
2019-02-03 2:25:32 PM
Sebasty
Community Legend
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1 replies
0 likes

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Spotify issues (read below)

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUS My Question or IssueOk so I really love spotify and I have some serious issues with it rn so let me explain it.My problem - I can't get onto the spotify web player anymore. It always says "error connection refused" so I trie...

Avenger333E
Casual Listener
Plan Free/Premium Country US My Question or Issue Ok so I really love spotify and I have some serious issues with it rn so let me explain it. My problem - I can't get onto...
2019-02-03 7:02:40 AM
2019-02-03 2:21:41 PM
Sebasty
Community Legend
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2 replies
0 likes

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Popping Noises when playing downloaded/streaming songs

PlanPremiumCountry AustraliaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 x64 My Question or Issue Popping noises or suttle crackle noises Re-installed spotify on desktop & played spotify off web browserIssue still evident on both players.Streaming high qu...

aznjack26
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Australia Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 x64 My Question or Issue Popping noises or suttle crackle noises Re-installed spotify o...
2019-02-03 5:39:06 AM
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