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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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ScreenPad Spotify Works Now!

I tried to post that it's live now, installs, and works, but it seems the moderators closed the thread as not fixable. See here. https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/ASUS-ScreenPad-Spotify-App-Missing/idi-p/4589372 There's your install lin...

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  • I tried to post that it's live now, installs, and works, but it seems the moderators closed the thread as not fixable.  See here.     https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Is...
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Superuser Contribution Friend Feed isn't showing on my computer anymore

PlanFree/PremiumCountrySweden DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue:My friend feed isn't showing up anymore on my computer, it's working on other devices if I log in on there but on the desktop im using the friend feed won't...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country Sweden  Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10    My Question or Issue: My friend feed isn't showing up anymore on my computer, it's working ...
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Can't install Spotify

PlanFreeCountry PortugalDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I'm having some problems with Spotify lately. First, everytime my PC turned on Spotify tried to update but said that an error have ocurred beacuse Spotify was running. Th...

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  • Plan Free Country  Portugal Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I'm having some problems with Spotify lately. First, everytime my PC turned on Spoti...
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Superuser Contribution Losing connection to phone when pausing from desktop app

PlanPremiumDeviceXiaomi Mi A1Operating SystemAndroid 8.1.0 My Issue I am listenning from my phone using Windows 10 App to control playback.When I pause I lose connection to my phone, the device changes from phone to desktop and to get the connection ...

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  • Plan Premium Device Xiaomi Mi A1 Operating System Android 8.1.0   My Issue  I am listenning from my phone using Windows 10 App to control playback. When I pause I lose connection t...
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Spotify won't open after update

PlanPremiumCountry USDeviceHP EliteBookOperating SystemWindows 7 Professional My Question or Issue I updated yesterday after a computer restart the application opens but the song will not play and I cannot go into any other screens/playlists. If I cl...

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  • Plan Premium Country  US Device HP EliteBook Operating System Windows 7 Professional   My Question or Issue  I updated yesterday after a computer restart the application open...
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Superuser Contribution "Aktivität deiner Freunde" laden nicht

Im Aktivität deiner Freunde Tab steht, das die Liste deiner Freunde nicht geladen werden kann. Was kann ich dagegen tun?

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  • Im Aktivität deiner Freunde Tab steht, das die Liste deiner Freunde nicht geladen werden kann. Was kann ich dagegen tun?
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Spotify plays songs that is not on my playlist

PlanPremiumCountry DenmarkDeviceOmen laptopOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or Issue Okay so i just deleted a couple of songs on my downloaded playlist... then when i use shuffle the songs i deleted start playing? Help please?

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  •   Plan Premium Country  Denmark Device Omen laptop Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue  Okay so i just deleted a couple of songs on my downloaded playlis...
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Superuser Contribution Fix playlist rendering issues

It seems that Spotify Windows has an rendering issues showing the playlists. Many are not displayed, only the playlist creator is shown, if mouse hovers over

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  • It seems that Spotify Windows has an rendering issues showing the playlists. Many are not displayed, only the playlist creator is shown, if mouse hovers over  
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"Show desktop overlay when using media keys" on Windows still showing after being disabled

Hello Everyone, when i'm creating multiple desktops on windows the function for disabling the desktop overlay when using media keys is not working properly.In order to make it work i have to got to the setting page switch it on and then off.Can you f...

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  • Hello Everyone,   when i'm creating multiple desktops on windows the function for disabling the desktop overlay when using media keys is not working properly. In order to make it wo...
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Song list (full) disappeared

Plan FreeCountry UKDevice desktop pcOperating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue:Within library my full song list has disappeared.It seems to have been replaced with favourite songs.My problem with this is that 'my songs' contained hundreds more ...

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  • Plan Free Country UK Device desktop pc Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue: Within library my full song list has disappeared. It seems to have been replaced with favou...
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Viewing Albums

PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueOriginally raised back in Feb, no reply and now it's locked as old, so re-posting...---Some of us who grew up listening to CDs like to listen to full albums. I've in fact ...

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  • Plan Premium Country  UK Device Laptop Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue Originally raised back in Feb, no reply and now it's locked as old, so re-posting... --- ...
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Sort playlist alphabetically

Hi. Since 2012 people have asked to implement this SIMPLE basic function, i.e. being able to sort playlists alphabetically. Nothing happened and this is getting very annoying. I have a premium subscription and using the desktop client on linux and wi...

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  • Hi. Since 2012 people have asked to implement this SIMPLE basic function, i.e. being able to sort playlists alphabetically. Nothing happened and this is getting very annoying. I have a premium subscr...
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Deleted All Songs

PlanPremiumCountry NZDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I accidentally deleted all my Songs under my library. Luckily they are a playlist. I was wondering how I would transfer the songs from my playlist to my library. copy/paste ...

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  • Plan Premium Country  NZ Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I accidentally deleted all my Songs under my library. Luckily they are a playlist. I wa...
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Unable to Delete Local Files

Plan PremiumCountry UKDevice Macbook Pro 2011Operating System OS X El Capitain My Question or Issue**Sighs*** I have read so many solutions to this and for me NONE have worked. I'm using the Spotify Desktop App and I cannot ......CANNOT remove any lo...

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  • Plan Premium Country  UK Device Macbook Pro 2011 Operating System OS X El Capitain    My Question or Issue **Sighs***   I have read so many solutions to thi...
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Problems with Windows 7?

I've seen multiple user's having complications using Windows 7. Anyone else running spotify on Windows 7 having issues at all?

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  • I've seen multiple user's having complications using Windows 7. Anyone else running spotify on Windows 7 having issues at all?
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Spotify won't download

PlanPremiumCountryCzechiaDeviceDesktop ComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've been using Spotify for over a half of a year now. Recently, everytime I boot my computer, and start Spotify it tells me that updater had problems start...

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  • Plan Premium Country Czechia Device Desktop Computer Operating System Windows 10  My Question or Issue I've been using Spotify for over a half of a year now. Recently, everytime I boot ...
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Why isn't "Popular" sorted by popularity????

This has stumped me from the beginning of Spotify, and yet still remains an obvious question years later. On each artist page there is a "Popular" section, listing (presumably) the most popular/streamed songs by the artist. It's in some random order,...

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  •   This has stumped me from the beginning of Spotify, and yet still remains an obvious question years later.   On each artist page there is a "Popular" section, listing (presumably) the m...
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iTunes library to Spotify

Hi Guys, I have just signed up to Spotify after being a iTunes user for many years. I have over 10,000 song in iTunes which I wish to transfer over to Spotify but when going to local files nothing copies over... Please help as i am not sure where i a...

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  • Hi Guys,   I have just signed up to Spotify after being a iTunes user for many years.   I have over 10,000 song in iTunes which I wish to transfer over to Spotify but when going to loca...
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Unknown Error (Error Code 24) on Win7

Hello, My Question or IssueI've small problem Problem with the app on my PC. On my PC are two accounts, admin and guest without admin rights. Normally I use the last one.Since a week or so I get the Error Code 24 when I try to start the program, and ...

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  • Hello,   My Question or Issue I've small problem Problem with the app on my PC. On my PC are two accounts, admin and guest without admin rights. Normally I use the last one. Since a week or ...
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Start on windows, always starting with the SAME song.

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have set that Spotify starts with windows. However it always starts up with the SAME song in the queue. On my phone (Android Samsung S9) for example, if I pa...

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands   Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I have set that Spotify starts with windows. However it always starts u...
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