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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 Error - Failed to Load

My Spotify Windows 10 app won't load the radio anymore. It just randomly stopped. I have tried disabling and enabling Hardware Acceleration like one post suggested, but does not help, I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling, doesn't help. Thinking...

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  •   My Spotify Windows 10 app won't load the radio anymore. It just randomly stopped. I have tried disabling and enabling Hardware Acceleration like one post suggested, but does not help, I have ...
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Solved!! Radio will not play

PlanPremiumCountry United States of AmericaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue So:I've logged in and out, reinstalled, restarted my computer, and after experimenting, I realized that radio won't work spefically for my account on m...

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  •   Plan Premium Country  United States of America Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  So: I've logged in and out, reinstalled, restarted my ...
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Facebook

I am having the biggest issue connecting my facebook account to my spotify account so I can see my friends playlist. Can somebody please help me ASAP with this problem.

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  • I am having the biggest issue connecting my facebook account to my spotify account so I can see my friends playlist. Can somebody please help me ASAP with this problem.    
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Superuser Contribution COLLABORATIVE PLAYLIST

PlanFreeCountry ParaguayDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I create a collaborative playlist with my free Spotify account but none of my friends can access to the playlist to add, erase o modify the playlist. Please I need some h...

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  • Plan Free Country  Paraguay Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I create a collaborative playlist with my free Spotify account but none of my friend...
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Solved!! Windows bugs

PlanPremiumCountry IsraelDevice(PC)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issue Hey guys here's the deal, I know you've gotten posts about no friends feed and no daily mixes, my problem is that I don't have either of them + I can't use any type ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country  Israel Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue  Hey guys here's the deal, I know you've gotten posts about no friends f...
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Superuser Contribution Music stops plying after a while and doesn't continue until Computer restart

Hi there I have a problem with Spotify on my work computer. I have installed Spotify as it should and start listening in the morning. After usually 10-15 minutes of listening It stops and provides a blue bar at the bar saying 'Can't play the current ...

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  • Hi there   I have a problem with Spotify on my work computer.    I have installed Spotify as it should and start listening in the morning. After usually 10-15 minutes of ...
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Terrific sound quality for my spotify premium pro subscription

PlanPremiumCountryHungaryDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy spotify premium pro subscription is very dirty about this sound system:Genius 5.1 SW-HF5.1 4600sound blaster audigy rxWin10 64bitI've tried all the software settings, ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Hungary Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My spotify premium pro subscription is very dirty about this sound system: Genius 5.1 SW-HF5....
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Superuser Contribution The Spotify app keeps crashing on my PC each time I press "play."

Every time I try to play music on my PC from my Spotify app, it automatically closes down. Once I hit the "play" button, seconds later the app shuts down. I can still listen on Web Player though. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling to no avail...

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  • Every time I try to play music on my PC from my Spotify app, it automatically closes down. Once I hit the "play" button, seconds later the app shuts down. I can still listen on Web Player though. I h...
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Unable to use the search bar

So the search bar doesn't work on my windows 10 computer but it works for my android phone. Ive tried re installing spotify but it didn't help at all. Any suggestions?

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  • So the search bar doesn't work on my windows 10 computer but it works for my android phone. Ive tried re installing spotify but it didn't help at all. Any suggestions?    
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Recently played doesn't work after opening spotify for a second time after reinstall

So a couple of weeks ago my recently played page on the Spotify app stopped showing the artists/albums, rather than showing them it waits a couple of seconds to tell me "Nothing here yet. Music will appear as you listen.". So I reinstalled spotify an...

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  • So a couple of weeks ago my recently played page on the Spotify app stopped showing the artists/albums, rather than showing them it waits a couple of seconds to tell me "Nothing here yet. Music will ...
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Newly added songs won't download

PlanPremiumCountry NZDeviceHP 850 laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have a large number of playlists, and songs. Whenever I add new songs to my playlists now, they don't download, the download toggle change to "waiting" and newly...

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  • Plan Premium Country  NZ Device HP 850 laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have a large number of playlists, and songs. Whenever I add new songs to my play...
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Last.fm scrobble not working anymore

Since last night, last.fm scrobbling is not scrobbling the music I listen to anymore. Is anyone else experiencing this? I was going to see if maybe my Spotify account somehow got disconnected from Last.fm, but I went into preferences and could not fi...

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  • Since last night, last.fm scrobbling is not scrobbling the music I listen to anymore. Is anyone else experiencing this?   I was going to see if maybe my Spotify account somehow got disconnecte...
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Autoplay doesn't work

PlanFreeCountryBrazil Operating SystemWindows 10 (Spotify Installed via Web) My Question or IssueAutoplay is no longer randomizing similar songs. what I need to do?

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  • Plan Free Country Brazil   Operating System Windows 10 (Spotify Installed via Web)   My Question or Issue Autoplay is no longer randomizing similar songs. what I need to do?
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Discover Weekly not updating once again

PlanFreeCountry ItalyDeviceSamsung Galaxy A5 2016Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueHi once again my Discover Weekly is not updating on monday. Last week i finally get the update (but then again on tuesday i got another update that changed...

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  • Plan Free Country  Italy Device Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue Hi once again my Discover Weekly is not updating on monday. Last week i ...
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Superuser Contribution MMDEVAPI popup

Last night my Spotify stopped working....it kept giving me an error that if I had the song locally on my computer I could listen to it....then just started to skip to a next song in a playlist repeatedly without playing anything. Then it started givi...

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  • Last night my Spotify stopped working....it kept giving me an error that if I had the song locally on my computer I could listen to it....then just started to skip to a next song in a playlist repeat...
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Solved!! Friend feed fails to load

PlanFreeCountry RomaniaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue Around a month ago I started seeing "Hmm, the Friend Feed failed to load." where my fiend feed was supposed to be. There is a useless "Try again" button that does nothing. ...

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  • Plan Free Country  Romania Device PC Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue  Around a month ago I started seeing "Hmm, the Friend Feed failed to load." where my fi...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution WILL NOT PLAY ANY MUSIC

PlanFree/PremiumCountry U.S.A.Device- TOSHIBA LAPTOP COMPUTER Operating System- WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM My Question or Issue- Problem just started today. I did not make any changes to computer before problem started. I cannot get anything to come up o...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country  U.S.A. Device- TOSHIBA LAPTOP COMPUTER   Operating System- WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM     My Question or Issue- Problem just started today.&nbs...
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Spotify stopped working after Win 10 update

PlanFreeCountry GermanyDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I've been unable to login to my Spotify account for some time now. It was working fine and at some point the app stopped logging in. The only thing that has changed w...

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  • Plan Free Country  Germany Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I've been unable to login to my Spotify account for some time now. It was workin...
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Solved!! Album Cover is not showing

PlanPremiumCountry AustriaDeviceDesktop/LabtopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue The Album Cover Art of the Songs is not shown on the bottom left where it has been used to in the past. I have this problem since 8 days now and tried every...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Austria Device Desktop/Labtop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   The Album Cover Art of the Songs is not shown on the bottom lef...
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