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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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FAQ: Spotify for Windows 10 app

Hey folks, we've outlined some of the common questions you might have about the Windows 10 app now available. Please post in this board if you have any other questions. Q: Why can’t I see Spotify in the Windows 10 store? A: Spotify for Windows store ...

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Spotify continues to have friends feed failing to load

No matter how many times I reinstall, reboot, resign in, sign in on a new device, or anything it still won't update. The only thing that fixed it was being on an old spotify version, but I had to update to the most recent for some features I need. Wh...

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  • No matter how many times I reinstall, reboot, resign in, sign in on a new device, or anything it still won't update. The only thing that fixed it was being on an old spotify version, but I had to upd...
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friends from facebook won't appear on find friends

PlanPremiumCountry IsraelDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue Hello,I have a strange bug in spotify, whenever I click find friends (below the friends list) it only shows one person, when before there were around 200 or more from my ...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Israel Device PC Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue  Hello, I have a strange bug in spotify, whenever I click find friends (below the fr...
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Song keeps restarting whenever I type "gre" in order in quick succession

Whenever I type the letters "gre" in order within milliseconds of eachother, it seems that the song that I'm currently listening to restarts/starts playing from the start. Is there any way to make it so that this doesn't happen? I'm on the free plan,...

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  • Whenever I type the letters "gre" in order within milliseconds of eachother, it seems that the song that I'm currently listening to restarts/starts playing from the start. Is there any way to make it...
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Solved!! Spotify can't play this right now

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceWindows 10 DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Latest Update My Question or Issue I have had this message pop up after a fresh install of Windows 10, it's working in the web player but not the desktop app. I've tried turning...

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  • Plan Premium Country  USA Device Windows 10 Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Latest Update   My Question or Issue  I have had this message pop up after a fresh install of ...
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Shuffle only working on part of Playlist

I am playing a 434 song playlist on a Windows Vista desktop, but operating from a Win10 Laptop.I have long felt that shuffle is not very random, but in the last few days I have noticed something specific and cannot find reference to it on the communi...

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  • I am playing a 434 song playlist on a Windows Vista desktop, but operating from a Win10 Laptop. I have long felt that shuffle is not very random, but in the last few days I have noticed something sp...
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Spotify error on launch (error number 0x1ae0191)

PlanPremiumCountry UKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Desktop My Question or IssueWhen I launch Spotify I am presented with an error:An internal exception occurred (Address: 0x1ae0191).

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  • Plan Premium Country  UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Desktop   My Question or Issue When I launch Spotify I am presented with an error: An internal exception occurred (...
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Using Windows 10 to click on a playlist now brings up the "delete playlist?" prompt.

I have to click on the "cancel" option for this to disappear. Then when I click on a track, it gets deleted. I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling spotify and windows 10.

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  • I have to click on the "cancel" option for this to disappear. Then when  I click on a track, it gets deleted. I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling spotify and windows 10.
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Solved!! Alphabetizing Playlist

Can the playlist be sorted alphabetized?

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Superuser Contribution Recommended songs is stuck on certain songs.

I have a playlist that I like to add songs to. One time I decided to add some songs from the television show "Steven Universe". Even though I only added 7 songs in total, (compared to the total of 384 songs in the playlist), the recommended songs see...

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  • I have a playlist that I like to add songs to. One time I decided to add some songs from the television show "Steven Universe". Even though I only added 7 songs in total, (compared to the total of 38...
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Superuser Contribution Macros/Hotkeys not working

PlanFreeCountry DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I am trying to use an external macro program to use the shortcut keys to just be a simple button to press, but they do not work in spotify. Such as the minimize button works...

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  • Plan Free Country   Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I am trying to use an external macro program to use the shortcut keys to just be a simp...
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Solved!! Spotify Friend Activity

Hello dear Spotify users , i have a question , it's been two months since my Friend Activity on Desktop don't show up , do you guys have the same problem ? i'm gonna upload a image so you can see

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  •   Hello dear Spotify users , i have a question , it's been two months since my Friend Activity on Desktop don't show up , do you guys have the same problem ? i'm gonna upload a image so you can...
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Spotify on Windows seems to kill the Wifi connection

PlanFree CountryUK DeviceLenovo Yoga 11sOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify on Windows seems to kill the Wifi connection on my PC. Other Wifi connected devices in my house aren't affected. Seems to happen after a longer period of p...

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  • Plan Free   Country UK   Device Lenovo Yoga 11s Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify on Windows seems to kill the Wifi connection on my PC. Other Wifi...
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Spotify keeps stopping ... so frustrating

PlanFree/PremiumCountry CanadaDeviceHp pro bookOperating SystemWindows My Question or Issue For months now whenever I play Spotify, it stops after 10 or 15 minutes and I have to come back and restart the feed on the computer...very frustrating esp du...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country  Canada Device Hp pro book Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue  For months now whenever I play Spotify, it stops after 10 or 15 minutes ...
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Solved!! Favorite Songs Disappear

PlanFreeCountryUSA Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy songs that I've favorited don't appear under the "Favorite Songs" sometimes. As a result, I have to manually search for the song, and then my Favorite Songs will be loaded. I have t...

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  • Plan Free Country USA    Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My songs that I've favorited don't appear under the "Favorite Songs" sometimes. As a result, I have...
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Superuser Contribution Quickly play all local files and liked songs together

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceLG V30Operating SystemWindows 10/Android My Question or Issue I'm sure this has been asked before, but I couldn't find it using google or the search here. Is there a way to quickly play all of my local files and all of my ...

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  • Plan Premium Country  USA Device LG V30 Operating System Windows 10/Android   My Question or Issue  I'm sure this has been asked before, but I couldn't find it using google o...
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Solved!! Adding songs to a playlist by song ID

PlanFreeCountryUnited States DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have a text file with the song IDs of about 300 songs that I would like to add to a playlist. Is there a way to add all of them at the same time?

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  • Plan Free Country United States  Device PC Operating System Windows 10  My Question or Issue  I have a text file with the song IDs of about 300 songs that I would like to add ...
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Superuser Contribution Windows 10 won't let me log in!

PlanPremium (family)Country UKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hey all,When I start the PC desktop app and click "login with FaceBook" (as that's how my account was registered) a big grey box with what looks like an old interne...

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  • Plan Premium (family) Country  UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Hey all, When I start the PC desktop app and click "login with FaceBook" (as ...
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Superuser Contribution Wondering if there are plans to implement an equalizer for PC?

I was just wondering whether there are plans to implement an equalizer on the PC version of spotify? I really enjoy using it on my iphone to tweak the sund to my liking, but I find it a little annoying that a PC, which is a stronger/a device with mor...

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  •   I was just wondering whether there are plans to implement an equalizer on the PC version of spotify? I really enjoy using it on my iphone to tweak the sund to my liking, but I find it a littl...
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"This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it"

I have been a Premium user for the last couple of years, and over the last couple of months I have had trouble streaming music from my laptop. I keep getting the error message "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can...

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  • I have been a Premium user for the last couple of years, and over the last couple of months I have had trouble streaming music from my laptop. I keep getting the error message "This song is not ...
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Adding local folder, does not show all files

Premium DevicesWindows Desktop, Macbook and android phoneOperating System( Android Oreo, Windows 10) My Question or IssueHi, I added my local muisc folder to spotify and many songs now appear.but not all of them, is it possible that it does not scan ...

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  •   Premium     Devices Windows Desktop, Macbook and android phone Operating System ( Android Oreo, Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Hi,  I added my local mui...
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