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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!! Follow Playlist

PlanFreeCountry BrazilDeviceHP Pavilion Entertainment PCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue Isn't possible anymore to follow playlists? All I can do now is Save on My Library , but not just follow. The others playlists that I Followed alre...

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  • Plan Free Country  Brazil Device HP Pavilion Entertainment PC Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue  Isn't possible anymore to follow playlists? All I can do now ...
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Solved!! Crossfade

OS: Windows 10 Crossfade isn't working correctly - for some songs, crossfade will work as intended. For others, there is no crossfade. Restarting Spotify, turning on/off crossfade does nothing.

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  •   OS: Windows 10   Crossfade isn't working correctly - for some songs, crossfade will work as intended. For others, there is no crossfade. Restarting Spotify, turning on/off crossfade do...
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Last Gold School Playlist 6/5/18

I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but does anyone have the list of songs that was on the last Gold School playlist? Today is 6/5/18. It was DMX-centric. The current list is Lil Wayne. It's random but it was the perfect playlist for work...

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  • I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but does anyone have the list of songs that was on the last Gold School playlist? Today is 6/5/18. It was DMX-centric. The current list is Lil Wayne. I...
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This radio station cannot be started

I have recently come into the problem that my spotify radio and stations is no longer working whatsoever i cannot find my old stations or create new ones as i keep getting the same error messege I have looked around and tried every solution to no ave...

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  • I have recently come into the problem that my spotify radio and stations is no longer working whatsoever i cannot find my old stations or create new ones as i keep getting the same error messege I ha...
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Superuser Contribution Saved songs do not show up on Artist pages

I saves songs to the my library. They can be displayed in "Artist" or "Songs" under My Music. If I go to an artist page or an album page for one of the songs I have saved, the song does not have the check by it to show that it is in the saved song li...

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  • I saves songs to the my library.  They can be displayed in "Artist" or "Songs" under My Music.   If I go to an artist page or an album page for one of the songs I h...
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Solved!! Windows 10 Desktop never opening after installing

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueToday, I tried to install Spotify on a new (to me) desktop at work. First, I used the download exe file. Once it was downloaded, it would open, but only show a faint frame, ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA  Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Today, I tried to install Spotify on a new (to me) desktop at work.  First, I used the ...
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Solved!! Genres

Sorry, i don't know where is the right place to post,Where's the RAP genre ? there's a lot of nonsense genres and there's others genres missing here...

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  • Sorry, i don't know where is the right place to post, Where's the RAP genre ? there's a lot of nonsense genres and there's others genres missing here...
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"Something Went Wrong" message when trying to access artist's page

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceDell Windows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When I click on most artist's pages, I get a message saying, "Something went wrong," then underneath it says, "artist-error-message-TypeError: Cannot read prop...

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  • Plan Premium Country  USA Device Dell Windows PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  When I click on most artist's pages, I get a message saying, "Something w...
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Clearing queue

PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 7 64BitSpotify version 1.0.85.259.g4ab01679 My Question or IssueOnce ive listened to my playlist I usually delete the playlist and clear the queue, but now it keeps the last song ive played...

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  • Plan Premium Country  UK Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 7 64Bit Spotify version 1.0.85.259.g4ab01679   My Question or Issue Once ive listened to my playlist I us...
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Web Player won't play

PlanPremiumCountry USA Operating SystemWindows 10 Chrome 67.0.3396.99 My Question or Issue I'll start by saying I am using a work laptop and I cannot install the app. I am having a similar problem to Choconatillas https://community.spotify.com/t5/Oth...

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  •   Plan Premium Country  USA   Operating System Windows 10 Chrome 67.0.3396.99   My Question or Issue   I'll start by saying I am using a work laptop and I can...
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Problems on windows!

PremiumIsraelDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My IssueIm using the software on my pc and I get instant random crashes at least once a week, usually when I have queue so it deletes it, that's upsetting. Another issue is the more you put songs to your...

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  •  Premium Israel Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Issue Im using the software on my pc and I get instant random crashes at least once a week, usually when I have queue so it delete...
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Solved!! add margin between two buttons inside the "Duplicate songs"-Dialog

PlanPremiumCountry GERDeviceThinkPad LaptopOperating SystemWin10 My Question or IssueSorry, but it hurts my eyes every time (see attached pic)

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  • Plan Premium Country  GER Device ThinkPad Laptop Operating System Win10   My Question or Issue Sorry, but it hurts my eyes every time 😉 (see attached pic)
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Terrible shuffle

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceiPhone 7, iPad, PCOperating SystemiOS 11, Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have a list of more than thousand songs and still I always get the same songs from the same artists. There are a lot of songs I never heard from the ...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device iPhone 7, iPad, PC Operating System iOS 11, Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I have a list of more than thousand songs and still I always get ...
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Superuser Contribution Queue and history lost on upgrade

Hi, still wondering, why after windows desktop client upgrade both queue and history are lost? Quite annoying.

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  • Hi,   still wondering, why after windows desktop client upgrade both queue and history are lost? Quite annoying.  
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daily mix is gone, search & Radio doesnt work

Plan Premium Country Israel Device One plus 2 (where it all works) Operating System Windows 7Several weeks ago my Daily Mixes disapeared.They do not apear in the Windows app but they do appear on my mobile app.On top of that, when i am trying to acti...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Israel  Device One plus 2 (where it all works) Operating System Windows 7 Several weeks ago my Daily Mixes disapeared. They do...
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Superuser Contribution Unable to Connect to Facebook using Spotify client on Windows 10

My Spotify was previously connected to my Facebook account, but when I tried to disconnect and reconnect, I ran into a problem. The 'Log in to Facebook' window appears in the Alt-Tab and Win-Tab menus, but clicking it does nothing. Additionally, on t...

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  • My Spotify was previously connected to my Facebook account, but when I tried to disconnect and reconnect, I ran into a problem. The 'Log in to Facebook' window appears in the Alt-Tab and Win-Tab menu...
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Staying in Repeat Track mode after Next Track?

Is there a way to keep Spotify on Repeat Track mode even after I use my media hotkeys to go to next song? What I'd like to do is to put my songs library on shuffle play but keep shuffling to the next song (by using the media hotkeys while I'm working...

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  • Is there a way to keep Spotify on Repeat Track mode even after I use my media hotkeys to go to next song?   What I'd like to do is to put my songs library on shuffle play but keep shuffling to...
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Solved!! [Desktop] Page Hanging Issues

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePC/DesktopOperating SystemWindows 7Internet Connection Speed130-144Mbps My Question or IssueEvery page hangs after opening; from the dashboard to my playlists to friends pages. After a couple of minutes it seems to get most...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device PC/Desktop Operating System Windows 7 Internet Connection Speed 130-144Mbps   My Question or Issue Every page hangs after opening; from the dashboard ...
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Solved!! Spotify client on windows 7 #soud cut after few second#

PlanFreeCountryThailand Device(Computer)Operating System Windows 7 Sp1 up to date.) My Question or IssueI have some troubles after few second of play normaly , the sound cut non stop is impossible to read any song normaly. I try to restart , computer...

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  • Plan Free Country Thailand   Device (Computer) Operating System  Windows 7 Sp1 up to date.)   My Question or Issue I have some troubles after few second of play normaly , th...
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Solved!! How can ı get older version?

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue How can ı go back an another version of spotify? I didn't like the new one (updated 2 weeks ago). There was a music picture on bottom left and it removed. When you left clicked it . it was showing you t...

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  •   Operating System Windows 10  My Question or Issue  How can ı go back an another version of spotify? I didn't like the new one (updated 2 weeks ago). There was a music picture on ...
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