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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...

MattSuda
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2024-03-14 3:38:28 PM
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songcat1
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
2025-04-07 12:28:40 AM
whatintheworldisthis
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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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Desktop--cannot scroll down

Exactly what it says on the tin. I will get to my first page of songs and it will show a loading sign and never complete. This has happened before and it took weeks to fix.

cora_99
Regular
Exactly what it says on the tin. I will get to my first page of songs and it will show a loading sign and never complete. This has happened before and it took weeks to fix.
2018-11-28 1:43:13 AM
2018-11-28 7:14:06 PM
Sebasty
Community Legend
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Local File taking a long time to play

PlanPremiumCountry IsraelDeviceMSI GX63VR-1070Operating SystemWindows 10 1803 My Question or Issue For this one specific mp3 file, Spotify has a hard time playing in a playlist. When I try to play it from the Local Files tab, it plays fine. If it com...

mendel3
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Israel Device MSI GX63VR-1070 Operating System Windows 10 1803 My Question or Issue For this one specific mp3 file, Spotify has a hard time p...
2018-11-24 2:05:31 PM
2018-11-28 6:19:43 PM
mendel3
Casual Listener
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Solved!! Can I print out my Spotify playlists?

A question from a technically challenged person. I set up a number of spotify playlists for my wife's birthday. I want to be able to print the playlists so that I can give her the lists of songs. I can't figure out how to do that. Ctrl/P does not see...

mbjones130
Music Fan
A question from a technically challenged person. I set up a number of spotify playlists for my wife's birthday. I want to be able to print the playlists so that I can give her the lists of songs. I c...
2012-02-27 5:10:16 AM
2018-11-28 1:07:08 PM
JennyL
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183 replies
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Saved Songs Not Showing Up

PlanPremiumCountry The United States of AmericaDeviceHP Notebook (Windows)Operating SystemWindows 8? IssueFor quite a while now (two weeks?) I have been experiencing a bug in which when I click on "Songs" in the "Your Library" category it will show a...

Phantis
Regular
Plan Premium Country The United States of America Device HP Notebook (Windows) Operating System Windows 8? Issue For quite a while now (two weeks?) I have been experienci...
2018-11-28 1:42:57 AM
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application
bug
Windows

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Playlist Not Fully Loading in WebPlayer

I've seen posts with identical issues dating back years but none of the solutions that seemed to work periodically for others have not worked for me. I have a long playlist (about 400 songs) and it won't load fully, only about the first 100 or so son...

MattEmond
Casual Listener
I've seen posts with identical issues dating back years but none of the solutions that seemed to work periodically for others have not worked for me. I have a long playlist (about 400 songs) and it w...
2018-11-27 8:36:41 PM
2018-11-27 8:45:03 PM
Mantisentil
Community Legend
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Solved!! Playlist help!

Hi music lovers! I need help getting back my playlist that I put songs in a very specific order on. I just downloaded the app vs using the browser and was trying to move the date added colum to swap in the song length (way more useful imo) and instea...

heavyish
Casual Listener
Hi music lovers! I need help getting back my playlist that I put songs in a very specific order on. I just downloaded the app vs using the browser and was trying to move the date added colum to ...
2018-11-26 12:18:03 AM
2018-11-27 7:03:53 PM
heavyish
Casual Listener
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Solved!! Spotify on my desktop lags when it is the active window. Why?

Plan Premium Country Australia Device PC (a gaming PC) Operating System Win 10 My Question or Issue This only started very recently, but now when I click on Spotify, making it the active window on my desktop, my computer lags heavily.It is like my re...

TitusPolitus
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Australia Device PC (a gaming PC) Operating System Win 10 My Question or Issue This only started very recently, but now when I click on Spotify, making...
2018-11-26 4:34:29 PM
2018-11-27 4:44:48 PM
TitusPolitus
Casual Listener
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Shuffle Play is Still Horribly Broken

Since 2014 as evidenced by multiple reports, shuffle play has been having issues with replaying the same tracks over and over and over again. What's the point of having a playlist of 200 songs if Spotify only plays 30 of them. I understand that Spoti...

q7r1
Newbie
Since 2014 as evidenced by multiple reports, shuffle play has been having issues with replaying the same tracks over and over and over again. What's the point of having a playlist of 200 songs if Spo...
2018-11-27 4:13:45 PM
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Shuffle Algorithm
Shuffle play

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Every song skips to the next track part way through being played.

PlanPremiumCountryUK DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe last few days, I have had a problem where the songs being played keep skipping to the next track. I can't get through more than about 30 seconds of each song.I've noticed...

moojbarber
Regular
Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The last few days, I have had a problem where the songs being played keep skipping to the n...
2018-11-27 2:05:59 PM
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Error 18

Plan PremiumPaísArgentna DispositivoComputadora de escritorioSistema operativowindows 7 Mi pregunta o problema Hola necesito que me ayuden con un problema. Sin queres se me elimino spotify de la pc y al querer reinstalarlo me salta un error,erro 18 p...

Theriss
Newbie
Plan Premium País Argentna Dispositivo Computadora de escritorio Sistema operativo windows 7 Mi pregunta o problema Hola necesito que me ayuden con un problema. S...
2018-11-25 7:44:35 PM
2018-11-27 2:04:15 PM
Sebasty
Community Legend
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"Discovered On" section on artists profiles gone again..

Discovered On section on artists profiles gone again.. What's going on Spotify? They keep doing this periodilcally. I don't see how this is not intentional.

virtuaxe
Roadie
Discovered On section on artists profiles gone again.. What's going on Spotify? They keep doing this periodilcally. I don't see how this is not intentional.
2018-11-26 9:20:37 PM
2018-11-27 1:54:10 PM
Sebasty
Community Legend
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Multiple Error Messages and Crashing with Spotify Free (Windows 7)

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 I am running Spotify Free on a Desktop PC with Windows 7. About a month ago, I began getting error messages, along with other problems with always require re-starting the Spotify app. Incl...

andy992
Regular
Plan Free Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 7 I am running Spotify Free on a Desktop PC with Windows 7. About a month ago, I began getting error messages,...
2018-11-21 3:49:01 PM
2018-11-27 11:59:34 AM
Sebasty
Community Legend
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11 replies
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Solved!! Spotify adding songs without authority?

PlanFree/PremiumOperating System(Android/Windows,etc.) My Question or Issue I recently added just a few tracks to a new playlist to take a listen to later. The next time I went to it Spotify had decided to randomly add about 20 songs without my say s...

DennyEMufc
Roadie
Plan Free/Premium Operating System (Android/Windows,etc.) My Question or Issue I recently added just a few tracks to a new playlist to take a listen to later. The next time I went ...
2018-11-23 3:51:08 PM
2018-11-27 11:30:08 AM
Sebasty
Community Legend
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One Track suddenly stopped then the Spotify App didn't run

PlanFreeCountry PhilippinesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueWhen I played my playlist and then this track "RESET (feat. Jinsil) - Tiger TK, Jinsil" comes next and is being played, after 3seconds the song stopped and the app/...

tenshi_sakura
Newbie
Plan Free Country Philippines Device Desktop Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue When I played my playlist and then this track "RESET (feat. Jinsil) - Tiger TK, Jin...
2018-11-27 7:10:35 AM
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Desktop will not sync to mobile

I've had this issue for many months and have read about others experiencing this with little success. Spotify desktop and mobile simply do not reflect the same song likes. I'll like a track on my mobile and it will not be reflected on desktop until s...

louiepotsnpans
Newbie
I've had this issue for many months and have read about others experiencing this with little success. Spotify desktop and mobile simply do not reflect the same song likes. I'll like a track ...
2018-11-27 1:46:03 AM
2018-11-27 6:38:09 AM
MichaelJerzak
Composer
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"Shuffle" plays small portion of songs, in the same order every time

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have shuffle enabled on my library of a few hundred songs. The result is the same 15-20 songs played in the exact same order every time. I tried re-installing the app: same ...

Mazzy
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have shuffle enabled on my library of a few hundred songs. The result is the same 15-20 songs pla...
2018-11-26 10:31:17 PM
2018-11-27 6:23:34 AM
Mantisentil
Community Legend
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Solved!! Media overlay keys not disabled after app restart

Premium, Windows x64 Windows 10 Installed through Windows Store and Installed through installer - tried both ways. I know this topic is well known but not enough tested. I'm still having this issue on 1.0.93.244.g1e3a05e7 (Windows Store version)https...

gladykov
Casual Listener
Premium, Windows x64 Windows 10 Installed through Windows Store and Installed through installer - tried both ways. I know this topic is well known but not enough tested. I'm still h...
2018-11-26 1:42:00 PM
2018-11-26 11:23:22 PM
Mantisentil
Community Legend
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2 replies
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Playing songs not in playlist?

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDevicedesktop Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue My playlist is playing songs that I removed from my playlist.

snarkk
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country United States Device desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My playlist is playing songs that I removed from my playlist.
2018-11-26 10:22:07 PM
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Remove all songs without a check mark

I want to remove all the songs in my "Liked From Radio" that don't have a check mark. But, I can't sort by checked/unchecked so I can't highlight a large group all at once and delete. I also don't want to spend hours going through there and doing it ...

rbrisseyii
Casual Listener
I want to remove all the songs in my "Liked From Radio" that don't have a check mark. But, I can't sort by checked/unchecked so I can't highlight a large group all at once and delete. I also don't wa...
2018-11-26 9:33:30 PM
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Local Files Duplicate in Spotify

Premium AccountUSALenovo X1 ThinkpadWindows 10 Hi. Some have had a similar issue, but reinstalling Spotify doesn't help mine. Some local files show up as duplicates. There's only one copy on my local storage, all flashram. No idea why this happening....

metaskeptik
Newbie
Premium Account USA Lenovo X1 Thinkpad Windows 10 Hi. Some have had a similar issue, but reinstalling Spotify doesn't help mine. Some local files show up as duplicates. There'...
2018-11-26 2:57:35 AM
2018-11-26 9:27:56 PM
Sebasty
Community Legend
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