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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
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2024-03-14 3:38:28 PM
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SaylorDustin
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 weeks ago
cour10e22
Regular
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67330 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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Windows 10 - Spotify crashes if I unplug a usb headset without headphones in

PlanPremiumCountrySpain DeviceLenovo yoga 510Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have a windows 10 laptop. I often have to go into meetings so plug in USB headset, then come out the meeting, take the usb headset out and THEN plug in hea...

chopperSP
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Spain Device Lenovo yoga 510 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have a windows 10 laptop. I often have to go into meetings ...
2019-01-24 1:47:09 PM
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Songs added to my main playlist no longer show proplerly in the playlist.

I have maintained a playlist of songs i like for the past 7 years or so. Recently i have been adding songs but they do not show in the playlist properly. If i click on the Playlist tab and then on the playlist, the same older version of the playlist ...

PepijnD
Newbie
I have maintained a playlist of songs i like for the past 7 years or so. Recently i have been adding songs but they do not show in the playlist properly. If i click on the Playlist tab and then on th...
2019-01-24 12:25:58 PM
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0 replies
2 likes

164 Views
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Can't play the current song for Local and Official songs

PlanPremiumCountry USADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or Issue When I have my playlist running automatically (Shuffle or Repeat Track) everytime it switches to a Local file song that I added to the playlist it stops playing and say...

boumuuu
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue When I have my playlist running automatically (Shuffle or Repeat Track) everytime it...
2019-01-03 2:25:47 PM
2019-01-24 11:21:30 AM
kyzruk
Newbie
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3 replies
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Spotify desktop app stops playing then uses all system ram causing BSOD

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 build 17134.472Spotify Desktop App Version1.0.96.181.gf6bc1b6b My Question or IssueIn the last few weeks, spotify has been freezing my computer. The symptoms are as follows. Intermittendly,...

cha0sunity
Newbie
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 build 17134.472 Spotify Desktop App Version 1.0.96.181.gf6bc1b6b My Question or Issue In the last few we...
2018-12-29 2:12:32 AM
2019-01-24 8:36:40 AM
user-removed
Not applicable
348 Views
1 replies
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348 Views
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Why Does Spotify Say These Songs Aren't Saved... When They Are?

Seen this on a few other albums as well. I don't want to add them again, because then I'd have two, if I removed them and added them again I'm willing to bet the issue would still occur.

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Starworshipper
Music Fan
Seen this on a few other albums as well. I don't want to add them again, because then I'd have two, if I removed them and added them again I'm willing to bet t...
2019-01-24 3:10:55 AM
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0 replies
1 likes

236 Views
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[PC] Remove songs on a playlist made for my by spotify

PlanFreeCountryUSA DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI like to browse the lists made for my by Spotify. Discover Weekly has no issues, this is regarding the other lists. How do I delete items on the PC? I usually only use Spotify...

dorina23v
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I like to browse the lists made for my by Spotify. Discover Weekly has no issues,...
2019-01-24 2:01:40 AM
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This song is not avaiable

PlanFree/PremiumCountryArgentina Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue:When i want to ear a song appears "This song is not avaible", but i can hear the rest of album.Only this song cant play. Was deleted?The song is: https://open.spotify.com...

VideoBeta
Casual Listener
Plan Free/Premium Country Argentina Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue: When i want to ear a song appears "This song is not avaible", but i can hear the rest of ...
2019-01-23 12:49:44 AM
2019-01-24 1:35:11 AM
Brunelicia
Community Legend
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1 replies
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This song is not avaiable

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Default Shuffle

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or Issue. Windows version has started to default to Shuffle every time I boot the PC. I'm a premium user

daylef
Music Fan
Plan Premium Country Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue. Windows version has started to default to Shuffle every time I boot the P...
2019-01-20 2:24:05 PM
2019-01-23 12:46:15 AM
daylef
Music Fan
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979 Views
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No Recent Activity (Multiple Devices)

PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceiPhone XS, Pixel 2 XL, WindowsOperating SystemiOS 12, Android P, Windows 10 My Question or IssueI've had an issue with my account not showing any 'Recent Activity' for several months now. I've attached screenshots that show...

Smittayy
Newbie
Plan Premium Country US Device iPhone XS, Pixel 2 XL, Windows Operating System iOS 12, Android P, Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've had an issue with my account not showin...
2019-01-23 11:14:36 PM
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0 replies
1 likes
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no activity
no recent activity
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Installer crashes on windows 7 x64 sp1

PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 x64 Sp1 My Question or Issue I set my system up. now i cant install Spotify. in my account i deleted my old sytem that was attached to Spotify.Got ideas?

Bluescreen2801
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 7 x64 Sp1 My Question or Issue I set my system up. now i cant install Spotify. in my account i delet...
2019-01-23 9:47:01 PM
2019-01-23 10:05:22 PM
Bluescreen2801
Casual Listener
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1 replies
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Desktop-Overlay permanently

Is it possible to permanently (or at least while playing) show the overlay that pops up when you use media keys? I really like it, and would like to keep it there permanently.

drebin991
Newbie
Is it possible to permanently (or at least while playing) show the overlay that pops up when you use media keys? I really like it, and would like to keep it there permanently.
2019-01-23 6:21:01 PM
2019-01-23 8:20:54 PM
Brunelicia
Community Legend
898 Views
1 replies
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No applicable app licenses found

Not much else to say about this one, I was listening to music, went to bed, got up , put music back on only spotify refuses to load because of the error message in the title. Ive tried the obvious uninstall reinstall so no need to waste your time typ...

Shelecktra
Newbie
Not much else to say about this one, I was listening to music, went to bed, got up , put music back on only spotify refuses to load because of the error message in the title. Ive tried the o...
2019-01-23 12:37:17 PM
2019-01-23 7:05:30 PM
Brunelicia
Community Legend
8618 Views
1 replies
1 likes

8618 Views
1 replies
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Solved!! SpotifyInstaller has stopped working

Hello, I've been unable to install Spotify for Windows 7 for 2 months. Everytime I launched Spotify it said an update is avaliable, so I clicked yes, update. And each time it said: SpotifyInstaller has stopped working, so I just closed the window and...

Atesz
Regular
Hello, I've been unable to install Spotify for Windows 7 for 2 months. Everytime I launched Spotify it said an update is avaliable, so I clicked yes, update. And each time it said: SpotifyInstaller h...
2019-01-22 7:15:33 PM
2019-01-23 2:05:57 PM
Atesz
Regular
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2 replies
0 likes

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Superuser Contribution Spotify podcasts wont play on laptop

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDell laptop - 5510 Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue When I try to play a podcast on my laptop the timer does not move and the podcast does not play. This has happened over multiple podcasts now. I do not have th...

ScottyD_
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Device Dell laptop - 5510 Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue When I try to play a podcast on my laptop the timer does not mov...
2018-11-29 9:10:00 AM
2019-01-23 1:47:40 PM
Peter
Spotify Legend
5757 Views
11 replies
4 likes

5757 Views
11 replies
4 likes

Windows 8.1 Spotify Yüklenmiyor

Selamlar, Başlıkta da belirttiğim üzere Spotify'ı bilgisayarıma yükleyemiyorum sorunu Windows 8.1 İşletim sisteminde kullanıyorum bütün programlarım güncel.

user-removed
Visitor
Selamlar, Başlıkta da belirttiğim üzere Spotify'ı bilgisayarıma yükleyemiyorum sorunu Windows 8.1 İşletim sisteminde kullanıyorum bütün programlarım güncel.
2019-01-21 12:01:14 AM
2019-01-23 11:53:33 AM
Mantisentil
Community Legend
729 Views
1 replies
1 likes

729 Views
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Unable to see songs in Collaborative Playlist/Not Updating songs in Collab Playlist

So recently I made a new collaborative playlist so my friends in my band could add songs that we want to do play in the band, and for a little while it worked fine. However, after a while it stopped updating so I thought one of the guys had simply st...

casin0r0yale7
Newbie
So recently I made a new collaborative playlist so my friends in my band could add songs that we want to do play in the band, and for a little while it worked fine. However, after a while it ...
2019-01-23 8:32:48 AM
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0 replies
2 likes

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Offline Sync (Downloads) Doesn't work

PlanPremium My Question or Issue Hello, On my windows desktop my songs won't download (It only says "Waiting" next to the green bar), and neither will my playlists, even though there is an active internet connection. I've recently reinstalled the app...

247yukon
Casual Listener
Plan Premium My Question or Issue Hello, On my windows desktop my songs won't download (It only says "Waiting" next to the green bar), and neither will my playlists, even th...
2019-01-14 7:45:05 AM
2019-01-23 5:28:36 AM
M-arahuyo
Newbie
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1 replies
0 likes

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BUG: "Songs" list on Windows is days out of date behind actual library

PlanPremium DeviceiPhone X, Windows 10Operating SystemiOS, Windows 10 My Question or IssueI've added may songs to my library in the past several days from my iPhone. On Spotify on Windows, they don't show up in my library, and the most recently added...

DrewGottlieb
Regular
Plan Premium Device iPhone X, Windows 10 Operating System iOS, Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've added may songs to my library in the past several days from my iPhone. On Spot...
2019-01-23 2:40:13 AM
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0 replies
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Windows

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Spotify won't open. I double click the desktop app and it does nothing.

I installed Spotify and it won't open. It doesn't show up in the task manager either (not for a second). When I double click it the only thing that happens is my mouse cursor goes "loading" for a split second. I tried changing compatibility mode, run...

backdown1
Casual Listener
I installed Spotify and it won't open. It doesn't show up in the task manager either (not for a second). When I double click it the only thing that happens is my mouse cursor goes "loading" for a spl...
2019-01-17 11:50:58 PM
2019-01-22 11:02:58 PM
backdown1
Casual Listener
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3 replies
0 likes

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Solved!! Spotify wont scrobble downloaded songs to Last.FM anymore and they dont show up as my Discord status

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAs said in the title, for probably a week now Spotify hasn't been scrobbling downloaded songs to Last.FM and downloaded songs don't show up as my Discord status anymo...

Kahnichiwa
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue As said in the title, for probably a week now Spotify hasn't been scrobbling downloaded so...
2019-01-20 8:17:17 AM
2019-01-22 7:26:08 PM
Sebasty
Community Legend
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3 replies
1 likes

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