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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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pastasås
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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
yesterday
Edwardont
Casual Listener
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58201 Views
251 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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My spotify won't play in offline mode PC

I Have an HP Spectre laptop with spotify installed. I can download songs fine and play them when im online but I have a premium account and whenever I go onto "offline mode" all my songs show as unavailable. Like theyre faded out and i can't play the...

Paris2609
Newbie
I Have an HP Spectre laptop with spotify installed. I can download songs fine and play them when im online but I have a premium account and whenever I go onto "offline mode" all my songs show as unav...
2017-10-24 10:55:37 PM
2018-09-04 10:02:31 PM
Luke
Spotify Star
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Facebook friends not showing

PlanPremiumCountry TurkeyDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi. I was linked my Facebook account to my spotify account once and then i unlinked it. Now i've linked them again. But this time , no friends shown in "FIND FRI...

momoo
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Turkey Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi. I was linked my Facebook account to my spotify account once and...
2018-09-04 7:41:41 PM
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Can't stream music

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device Operating SystemWindos 7 Professional My Question or IssueI can't stream music anymore. It was always fine but now every song will be skipped and can't be played. Pleas fix that. The info at the top was : ¨Spotify can n...

ShokZxTeCHnO
Newbie
Plan Free/Premium Country Device Operating System Windos 7 Professional My Question or Issue I can't stream music anymore. It was always fine but now every song will be...
2018-09-04 4:24:39 PM
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0 replies
1 likes

454 Views
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Blank Now Playing Window

PlanPremium Operating System Windows My Question or Issue Is there a way to clear the now playing window (leave it blank) until you play something new? Do u have to clear a cache or something? If I try to clear it it always finds something to play, e...

DennyEMufc
Roadie
Plan Premium Operating System Windows My Question or Issue Is there a way to clear the now playing window (leave it blank) until you play something new? Do u have to ...
2018-09-04 4:03:14 PM
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Whats the last build before the new design?

PremiumCountry My Question or Issue Anyone know the last build number before it changed to the current design please?

DennyEMufc
Roadie
Premium Country My Question or Issue Anyone know the last build number before it changed to the current design please?
2018-09-04 3:58:19 PM
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Delete Play Que/ History?

My Question or Issue If you just want a clean start, can we manually clear the play Que and play history? When you highlight it you don't get the options to delete it?

DennyEMufc
Roadie
My Question or Issue If you just want a clean start, can we manually clear the play Que and play history? When you highlight it you don't get the options to delete it?
2018-09-04 3:54:13 PM
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Desktop app crashes

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceDell XPS 13Operating SystemWindows 10 Ver 1803/ 17134.228Spotify Ver 1.0.88.353.g15c26ea1 My Question or IssueProblem occurs from time to time. Sometimes there is no problem during 2-3 days. sometimes it happens every 30 m...

Veniamin_Shuler
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country USA Device Dell XPS 13 Operating System Windows 10 Ver 1803/ 17134.228 Spotify Ver 1.0.88.353.g15c26ea1 My Question or Issue Problem occurs f...
2018-09-04 3:34:39 PM
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0 replies
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250 Views
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Maps not displayed

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands DeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssusIf there is a map in a map the right side is not showing up. It is completly blank. This is a isseu sind a comple of months before it worked correctly. Can this ...

Jeroen13
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issus If there is a map in a map the right side is not showing up. It is completly...
2018-09-02 8:28:14 PM
2018-09-04 1:30:22 PM
colake
Regular
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6 replies
1 likes

453 Views
6 replies
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Old playlist as default on startup

PlanFree/PremiumCountry NetherlandsDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When I startup my PC, Spotify starts up automatically. When I press the play button on my keyboard it starts with a playlist of which I deleted a lot of songs ...

Harlequin420
Newbie
Plan Free/Premium Country Netherlands Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I startup my PC, Spotify starts up automatically. When I press the p...
2018-09-04 11:58:40 AM
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How to disable videos?

Hello, Doesn't matter what I do, after 1 or 2 songs in my loved Hot Country playlist(and various more playlists), music stops because it hits a video that "we're not able to play this video in your current location" Not only that, I can't copy the wh...

Kirill6
Casual Listener
Hello, Doesn't matter what I do, after 1 or 2 songs in my loved Hot Country playlist(and various more playlists), music stops because it hits a video that "we're not able to play this video ...
2018-09-04 9:06:37 AM
2018-09-04 10:44:32 AM
Loxer
Community Legend
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1 replies
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can't turn off publishing my activity in spotify permanently

PlanPremiumCountry HungaryOperating SystemWindows 10Spotify version: 1.0.88.353 (Windows Store Version)My Question or Issue Spotify keeps turning on the "publishing my activity on Spotify" feature in the most recent version of Spotify on Windows 10, ...

Caotico1988
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Hungary Operating System Windows 10 Spotify version: 1.0.88.353 (Windows Store Version) My Question or Issue Spotify keeps turning on the "publishing m...
2018-09-03 9:12:43 PM
2018-09-04 10:34:40 AM
Soundofus
Spotify Star
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1 replies
1 likes

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Recently Played is blank in Spotify's desktop application

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI've started to have problems where Spotify says "Nothing here yet Music will appear as you listen". However, I've look up an album and play it yet nothing shows up. Also, m...

user-removed
Visitor
Plan Premium Country United States Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've started to have problems where Spotify says "Nothing here yet Music will appear as you listen". However...
2018-09-03 5:38:21 AM
2018-09-04 10:30:14 AM
Loxer
Community Legend
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3 replies
1 likes

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Turn playlist into a podcast or mixtape

Hello Spotify friends, I was wondering if it is possible to turn a well-curated playlist into a podcast/mixtape. I am planning to do a monthly podcast of the best ambient/drone tracks that I found. This podcast could then be uploaded to Spotify, iTun...

Crow74
Roadie
Hello Spotify friends, I was wondering if it is possible to turn a well-curated playlist into a podcast/mixtape. I am planning to do a monthly podcast of the best ambient/drone tracks that I...
2018-09-02 10:51:03 PM
2018-09-04 8:36:17 AM
Crow74
Roadie
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4 replies
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Podcasts

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Memory Leak Inside Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceDesktop ComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When I start playing music it will be fine until after maybe 2-3 songs it will stop at the end of the current song and the program will freeze, it s...

EnderGaming
Newbie
Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop Computer Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I start playing music it will be fine until after maybe 2...
2018-09-04 5:15:48 AM
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bug
memory leak

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Friend Activity not updating

PlanPremiumCountry SwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, my friend feed/activity is not updating correctly. When my friend starts playing a new song the friend feed shows that he is playing a song he actually played like 3...

YeahRight
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, my friend feed/activity is not updating correctly. When my friend start...
2018-09-03 9:32:47 PM
2018-09-03 10:18:00 PM
rutger9800
Regular
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Error code 8 or error code 2...Can't use Spotify anyway!

PlanPremiumCountryMéxicoDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have been trying to use Spotify on my job's PC for about a week now. Everytime I try to access my account through the program or the app, Spotify displays either error 8...

myrkase
Newbie
Plan Premium Country México Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have been trying to use Spotify on my job's PC for about a week now. Everytime I try to acces...
2018-07-30 8:40:20 PM
2018-09-03 4:07:11 PM
lizettess
Casual Listener
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2 replies
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error code 2
Error code 8

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Superuser Contribution Web Player Not Working

I currently use Spotify for free and I always use the Web Player but for the past week it hasn't been working. I've tried restarting my laptop many times, logging out, and even trying some of the things on the community page. When I go to click on a ...

user-removed
Visitor
I currently use Spotify for free and I always use the Web Player but for the past week it hasn't been working. I've tried restarting my laptop many times, logging out, and even trying some of the thi...
2018-08-29 10:36:33 AM
2018-09-03 3:48:40 PM
TomLegend
Spotify Legend
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Certain local files won't play

Plan PremiumCountry United StatesDeviceDell Inspiron 7567Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have many local files in a playlist and all of them work except for my 4:44 download. These songs worked in the past and I have them downloaded...

liamdonovan
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country United States Device Dell Inspiron 7567 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have many local files in a playlist and all of them ...
2018-09-03 2:59:18 AM
2018-09-03 2:45:10 PM
liamdonovan
Casual Listener
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How to delet recommendations?

-Premium-All Platforms I use Spotify on Problem:Since the start Spotify recommendet stupid boring german songs that sound like I am banging my head against a wall.I never heard 1 single song like that willingly over spotify in my whole life.Also my p...

Tiberius1OOO
Newbie
-Premium -All Platforms I use Spotify on Problem: Since the start Spotify recommendet stupid boring german songs that sound like I am banging my head against a wall. I nev...
2018-09-03 1:57:06 PM
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Superuser Contribution spotify:track uri functionality broken

PlanFreeCountry UKDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 x64 build 1803 My Question or IssueUntil this latest version of the Windows 10 Desktop spotify 1.0.88.353.g15c26ea1a web browser link of the form: spotify:track:1aICPClDGoZGvxAv8g5lmS#00.00...

hedleyclemo
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country UK Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 x64 build 1803 My Question or Issue Until this latest version of the Windows 10 Desktop spotify 1.0.8...
2018-08-28 6:47:04 PM
2018-09-03 11:20:17 AM
Daisy
Spotify Legend
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