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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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SaylorDustin
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
3 weeks ago
cour10e22
Regular
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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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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
324 Views
1 replies
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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
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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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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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5 replies
0 likes

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Spotify cant play this right now

PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I am getting the Spotify cant play this right now message I have already tried Deleting all my local filesTurning off the hardware accelerationRemoving all offlin...

Rewt127
Newbie
Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am getting the Spotify cant play this right now message I have a...
2018-09-03 6:36:59 AM
441 Views
0 replies
1 likes

441 Views
0 replies
1 likes

Wrong song played in playlist

PlanFreeCountryUSA (VPN)DeviceBuilt PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThis started happening about 2 weeks ago, but I thought it's going to be fixed, It didn'tSo now I'm stuck here with, for ex. three Titles (and other meta) but differ...

robert712002
Newbie
Plan Free Country USA (VPN) Device Built PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue This started happening about 2 weeks ago, but I thought it's going to be fixed, It didn't...
2018-09-02 11:04:41 PM
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How to add music to a playlist you do not own

PlanFreeCountry Argentina Device(Samsung Galaxy 7 and Alienware R15)Operating System(Android Oreo and Windows 10) My Question or Issue I am not a Spotify user (old mp3 carrying type user) but was kinda obliged as my Spinning teacher uses it to arrang...

mephisto1982
Newbie
Plan Free Country Argentina Device (Samsung Galaxy 7 and Alienware R15) Operating System (Android Oreo and Windows 10) My Question or Issue I am not a Spotify use...
2018-09-02 6:05:15 PM
2018-09-02 8:26:39 PM
Jose_M
Spotify Star
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1 replies
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Secret Playlist = Secret Listening?

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceMoto G5Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI just got married and have started using Spotify for **bleep** music. I know that I can do a private session where no one can see what I'm listening to, but I'm also wond...

sweetsoprano144
Newbie
Plan Premium Country USA Device Moto G5 Operating System Android My Question or Issue I just got married and have started using Spotify for **bleep** music. I know that I can d...
2018-09-02 5:38:30 AM
2018-09-02 7:33:27 PM
yeezyyeezy
Casual Listener
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1 replies
0 likes
private listening
Secret playlist

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Songs have no sound and some songs have the wrong audio file

So I'm using the Spotify desktop app on Windows 10 and noticed that some songs like Eminem's "The Ringer" has no sound and the song "Greatest" has the audio of "Kamikaze".I have tried reinstalling Spotify 3 times but nothing changed. I also changed a...

grmaltezos7
Newbie
So I'm using the Spotify desktop app on Windows 10 and noticed that some songs like Eminem's "The Ringer" has no sound and the song "Greatest" has the audio of "Kamikaze".I have tri...
2018-09-02 5:01:42 PM
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[Desktop][Android] Crossfade even its disabled

Operating SystemWindows, Android 7.1 My Question or IssueCrossfade is a cool feature, what so ever I want to disable it from time to time. The problem is that, even its disabled, it still fades the songs. I have searched the internet for possible sol...

Sese_90746
Newbie
Operating System Windows, Android 7.1 My Question or Issue Crossfade is a cool feature, what so ever I want to disable it from time to time. The problem is that, even its disabled, it stil...
2018-09-02 3:26:58 PM
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0 replies
1 likes

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1 likes

Probleme mit dem Support von Medientasten

PlanPremiumCountryDeutschland DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Ich nutze zum schnelleren Wechslen der Lieder s.g. Funktionstasten von meiner Tastatur (Roccat Isku+ ), welche unter normalen Umständen auch ganz normal die Lieder ...

Horror_LP
Regular
Plan Premium Country Deutschland Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Ich nutze zum schnelleren Wechslen der Lieder s.g. Funktionstasten von meiner ...
2018-09-02 11:40:39 AM
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Playlist 'Make Secret' and 'Make Public' confusion

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop ComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI recently noticed a really annoying problem regarding making playlists secret. When I'm on the desktop client and choose the "Make Secret" option for...

Tyracia
Newbie
...ecret. When I'm on the desktop client and choose the "Make Secret" option for my playlists, it seems to actually make them public. Whereas when I'm in the android mobile app on m...
2018-09-02 1:03:46 AM
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Superuser Contribution No puedo escuchar ninguna radio ni ver el feed de amigos.

Tengo el plan premium, pero en la PC no me deja escuchar ninguna radio ni ver el feed de amigos, solo en la PC me pasa estoy ya reinstale, borre, repare, borre la carpeta entera y nada.

Dabney_99
Casual Listener
Tengo el plan premium, pero en la PC no me deja escuchar ninguna radio ni ver el feed de amigos, solo en la PC me pasa estoy ya reinstale, borre, repare, borre la carpeta entera y nada. &nbs...
2018-07-19 2:02:07 AM
2018-09-01 9:32:30 PM
Sean029
Newbie
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3 replies
2 likes
Actividad de amigos.
Radio

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I have identical playlists on 2 computers running windows. 1 repeatedly doesnt play specific songs

PlanPremiumCountry South AfricaDeviceDell LaptopOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue I am running spotify off two laptops. They have identifcal playlists and I can play these off either computer. But I notice one device will not play specif...

CathyEG
Newbie
Plan Premium Country South Africa Device Dell Laptop Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue I am running spotify off two laptops. They have identifcal play...
2018-09-01 8:14:06 PM
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