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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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Solved!! Radio and Daily mixes not working on pc

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 Hey there,it's been about a week that the desktop version of Spotify just doesn't load either radio or daily mixes. I tried to reinstall it, disable the hardware acceleration option ( someone in the community sug...

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  •   Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10   Hey there, it's been about a week that the desktop version of Spotify just doesn't load either radio or daily mixes.  I tried to...
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Superuser Contribution Availability of an album

PlanPremiumCountry FranceDevicePC Lenovo & Asus phone My Question or Issue Hello everyone, it's my first time asking help from the community as I've never had a problem before.I noticed that there is a group (Miss A) where I only have access to their...

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  • Plan Premium Country  France Device PC Lenovo & Asus phone   My Question or Issue  Hello everyone, it's my first time asking help from the community as I've never had a pro...
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Superuser Contribution Herman's Hermits

PlanPremiumCountry USA DevicePC Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOn the Herman's Hermits Overview page, most of the group's biggest hits do not appear on the Popular list. Most of these hits can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/a...

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  • Plan Premium Country  USA   Device PC   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue On the Herman's Hermits Overview page, most of the group's biggest hits do n...
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Solved!! Spotify Radio / Song Radio / Friendfeed - all not working

HelloI'm having a bit of a frustrating few days with the spotify desktop app.First off: PlanPremiumCountry BelgiumDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 8.1 My Question or Issue I can't seem to connect to ANY radio station. Nor can I get Song Radio Star...

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  • Hello I'm having a bit of a frustrating few days with the spotify desktop app. First off:   Plan Premium Country  Belgium Device Laptop Operating System Windows 8.1   My Q...
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search for genre or year

PlanPremiumCountryGermanDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueUnfortunately, the genre search does not work for me anymore ... if I genre: country input, then I have zero results. Also, the year-search is no longer ... is that me ... ...

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  • Plan Premium Country German Device PC Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue Unfortunately, the genre search does not work for me anymore ... if I genre: country input, then...
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Spotify Song Picture disappeared

My Problem is that somehow the picture of the currently played song disappeared one day, i don't know if i simply missclicked or if this is a bug. Every song can still be played and everything, but this just looks kinda empty...

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  • My Problem is that somehow the picture of the currently played song disappeared one day, i don't know if i simply missclicked or if this is a bug. Every song can still be played and everything, but t...
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Superuser Contribution Thumbnails are messed up and tracks are disappearing

Last night I noticed that the new update went live. However, after the update went live I noticed some errors here and there. The first problem I encountered was that the thumbnails got updated with the wrong images. As you can see here, the first fe...

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  • Last night I noticed that the new update went live. However, after the update went live I noticed some errors here and there.    The first problem I encountered was that the thumbnai...
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Solved!! Recovering all tracks accidentally deleted from Songs section of library

Hi all, Hoping an admin can help me out here. I accidentally managed to delete all of my music library (went to delete a duplicate track in the Songs section of my library in the Windows app and “ctrl + A” must have been pressed because all tracks we...

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  • Hi all,   Hoping an admin can help me out here.   I accidentally managed to delete all of my music library (went to delete a duplicate track in the Songs section of my library in t...
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Certain songs causing spotify to crash

PlanFreeCountryAustralia Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue I have been experiencing a glitch since yesterday where certain songs will freeze at the very end and Spotify will crash on my PC.I have noticed when some songs are queued the "<...

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  • Plan Free Country Australia   Operating System Windows 7  My Question or Issue   I have been experiencing a glitch since yesterday where certain songs will freeze at the very ...
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Solved!! Song's tab is not appearing on the library

PlanFree/PremiumCountry BrazilDevicePC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue: In The library, where it shows the tabs Artists, Albuns, Favorite songs, Podcasts.. ETC... It used to have a tab for Songs or Music, now It is gone, I see all th...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country  Brazil Device PC  Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue:  In The library, where it shows the tabs Artists, Albuns, Favo...
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Can you download a single song on the computer?

I have a premium account and I like how I can download my favorite albums, but for certain artists/albums I would mostly like one or two songs. I have them saved but I don't know how to download them individually. Is that just not a feature yet or am...

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  •   I have a premium account and I like how I can download my favorite albums, but for certain artists/albums I would mostly like one or two songs. I have them saved but I don't know how to downl...
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spotify keeps redownloading songs

PlanPremiumCountryNorway DevicepcOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuespotify keeps redownloading songs.It's not all my songs only like 20/40 songs every time i restart spotify it wants to download them over again, I didnt have this problem...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Norway   Device pc Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue spotify keeps redownloading songs. It's not all my songs only like 20/40 songs...
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Superuser Contribution Folder and Playlist Naming

Stop delete and change features in Spotify. Instead add new ones!!!!What the point to change the order o the Folder and Playlist's naming!?It always have been Artist - Album Name, now out of the sudden is the inverse Album Name - Artist, which does n...

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  • Stop delete and change features in Spotify. Instead add new ones!!!! What the point to change the order o the Folder and Playlist's naming!? It always have been Artist - Album Name, now out of the ...
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Bring back old playlist naming

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI noticed that playlist that are created by dragging an album to a playlist folder are now named [Album title - Artist]. It used to be [Artist - Album title]. This...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I noticed that playlist that are created by dragging an album to a playlist folder are ...
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Solved!! Black Screen + spotify.exe missing

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I've already reinstalled a thousand times (clean manual unistall/register removal), i've tried like a million solutions, but it keeps happen. My screen gets black, while the app is running (if i dont cl...

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  •     Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I've already reinstalled a thousand times (clean manual unistall/register removal), i've tried like a million solutio...
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Wrong song playing

Removed songs from my own playlist. Playing that playlist on shuffle, it always plays the same sequence of songs and it plays songs in the playlist that I have deleted from the playlist.PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceDell laptopOperating SystemWindows 1...

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  • Removed songs from my own playlist. Playing that playlist on shuffle, it always plays the same sequence of songs and it plays songs in the playlist that I have deleted from the playlist. Plan Premi...
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Attention To All Members: How To Update Desktop App!!

The following screen shots shows the correct way to upgrade! When an update is available, you'll see a blue dot on the right side of your profile name. Click on the drop down menu and select "Restart Now." Spotify will then install and configure your...

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  • The following screen shots shows the correct way to upgrade! When an update is available, you'll see a blue dot on the right side of your profile name. Click on the drop down menu and select "Restart...
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Can't login to Spotify App on Windows 10

PlanFreeCountry United States of America DeviceHP Probook 440 G2 Operating SystemWindows 10 1803 My Question or Issue So whenever I try to login to Spotify on Windows 10, I get an error 17 which says A firewall may be blocking Spotify. Please update ...

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  • Plan Free Country  United States of America   Device HP Probook 440 G2   Operating System Windows 10 1803   My Question or Issue  So whenever I try to login to Sp...
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Superuser Contribution Daily Mix - Missing from Left Panel

I believe there was a recent update to Spotify on Windows and now the Daily Mix does not appear on the left panel under "Your Library". I can still find it if I search Daily Mix but this is an additional inconvenient step. Is there a way to put it ba...

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  • I believe there was a recent update to Spotify on Windows and now the Daily Mix does not appear on the left panel under "Your Library". I can still find it if I search Daily Mix but this is an a...
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