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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
Spotify Star
2024-03-14 3:38:28 PM
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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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265 replies
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67308 Views
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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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1 replies
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4703 Views
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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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Superuser Contribution Win10 No connection to Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceSelf-built PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have used Spotify without any problems on my PC for a year now, but a few days ago, Spotify always said it would be offline. After checking the firewall, I t...

p_ccqwvb-jf7d
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Self-built PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have used Spotify without any problems on my PC for a year now, but a few days ag...
2018-06-17 8:22:52 PM
2018-07-08 2:38:53 AM
Alfredo
Roadie
591 Views
4 replies
1 likes

591 Views
4 replies
1 likes

Slow app? It takes forever to run it

PlanPremiumCountry ArgentinaDeviceWindows 8.1 PC, 12 GB ram, 3.8 4 core cpu, etc.Question or Issue Whenever I run the app for the first time, it takes like 3 or 4 minutes to actually start, and take another 2-3 min to connect to my mobile phone and a...

Faculegarralde
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Argentina Device Windows 8.1 PC, 12 GB ram, 3.8 4 core cpu, etc. Question or Issue Whenever I run the app for the first time, it takes like 3 or 4 minutes to a...
2018-07-06 4:08:57 PM
2018-07-07 12:42:19 AM
Faculegarralde
Casual Listener
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3 replies
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Solved!! windows app not syncing favorite songs

Primume, win 10.when adding a new favorite song from my S9, it doesn't add it to the pc spotify app althou it's added to the chrome online spotify player.I tried re-lunching spotify but the same problem.In the photo, the right window is the windows a...

Amer_
Regular
Primume, win 10. when adding a new favorite song from my S9, it doesn't add it to the pc spotify app althou it's added to the chrome online spotify player. I tried re-lunching spotify but the same ...
2018-07-04 8:51:51 PM
2018-07-07 5:43:53 PM
Loxer
Community Legend
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The same song is always "up next" on launch and I don't want it to happen

Hello,One day I decided on a whim to listen to an album that was listed as new release. In this case, it was a certan Bene Rexha. Not that it really matters, but I did not listen to this for more than a few minutes before skipping through and returnt...

thelonious
Casual Listener
Hello, One day I decided on a whim to listen to an album that was listed as new release. In this case, it was a certan Bene Rexha. Not that it really matters, but I did not listen ...
2018-07-07 3:16:39 AM
2018-07-07 4:47:38 PM
thelonious
Casual Listener
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1 replies
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Songs Tab (Desktop)

PlanPremiumCountryUK Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe songs tab has gone missing from My library.I used this all the time on shuffle to listen to all the music ive saved on spotify!Why has this gone and anyway around it? I left spot...

almostgfx
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country UK Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The songs tab has gone missing from My library. I used this all the time on shuffle to...
2018-07-05 10:59:31 PM
2018-07-07 4:44:05 PM
Krobe_Air
Newbie
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7 replies
3 likes

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Dayly mix completely disappeared

PlanFreeCountry NetherlandsDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue Around a week or so ago, the "Dayly Mix" tab in my library disappeared. In addition, the friends feed fails to load as well.Uninstalling & reinstalling spotify fixes th...

debries
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country Netherlands Device PC Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Around a week or so ago, the "Dayly Mix" tab in my library disappeared. In addition,...
2018-06-27 9:18:26 PM
2018-07-07 11:47:21 AM
debries
Casual Listener
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Pic of the day

PlanFree/PremiumCountry GermanyDeviceSony VaioOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueToday i found on an old backup an old version of spotify....Good old times, easy to use, no big Letters, Covers, Pictures and those stuff, no waiting Just sim...

Gil
Music Fan
Plan Free/Premium Country Germany Device Sony Vaio Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Today i found on an old backup an old version of spotify.... Good old time...
2018-07-06 1:26:31 PM
2018-07-07 10:17:20 AM
Loxer
Community Legend
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1 replies
1 likes

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Download Playlists

I have downloaded playlists to my Lenovo computer. I believe the files are physically downoaded to the harddrive? When I play from my Samsung the same playlist which is marked downloaded;Are the files downloaded to my Samsung mobile hard drive. If so...

kstrid
Gig Goer
I have downloaded playlists to my Lenovo computer. I believe the files are physically downoaded to the harddrive? When I play from my Samsung the same playlist which is marked downlo...
2018-07-07 9:11:59 AM
2018-07-07 10:13:52 AM
Loxer
Community Legend
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1 replies
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320 Views
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Remove from favorites

PlanPremiumCountry NorwayDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI cannot remove some songs from my favorites, i have noticed they are all local files, but i cannot remove them from the favorites tab

breaker_97
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Norway Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I cannot remove some songs from my favorites, i have noticed they are all local file...
2018-07-05 1:13:25 PM
2018-07-07 10:11:59 AM
Loxer
Community Legend
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5 replies
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Advanced search doesn't work

PlanPremiumCountry FranceDevicePCOperating SystemW7 My Question or IssueI can not performed an advanced search ! Always "no result"....Any ideas ?

Sisamouth
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country France Device PC Operating System W7 My Question or Issue I can not performed an advanced search ! Always "no result".... Any ideas ?
2018-07-03 12:04:54 PM
2018-07-07 10:11:28 AM
Panfranek
Newbie
1019 Views
7 replies
4 likes

1019 Views
7 replies
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Solved!! how to install spotify in windows without using the spotify installer ?

PlanSingle PremiumCountry IrelandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHow to install spotify in windows without using the spotify installer ? As seems the Spotify installer will download Spotify itself, but in my working place its v...

emanueol
Casual Listener
Plan Single Premium Country Ireland Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue How to install spotify in windows without using the spotify installer ? As seems ...
2018-07-06 10:23:42 PM
2018-07-06 10:59:43 PM
emanueol
Casual Listener
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2 replies
4 likes

85628 Views
2 replies
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Solved!! SpotifyMigrator has stopped working

DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify seemed to have migrated itself over to the windows store app without asking me first, I have the windows store disabled for privacy reasons on my device. I uninstalled the windows s...

zongrash
Casual Listener
Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify seemed to have migrated itself over to the windows store app without asking me first, I have the w...
2018-07-06 2:18:24 AM
2018-07-06 10:24:26 PM
Loxer
Community Legend
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5 replies
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Local files not showing up under Artists, Albums, Music

PlanPremiumCountry USDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Microsoft is forcing me to switch from Groove to Spotify. I have 32,000 purchased songs on my local drive. They show up under Local Files, but only a few are showing up under Artists, Album...

-_5xu23w2itr4
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country US Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Microsoft is forcing me to switch from Groove to Spotify. I have 32,000 purchased songs on my local driv...
2018-06-29 8:38:41 PM
2018-07-06 9:59:06 PM
-_5xu23w2itr4
Casual Listener
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3 replies
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Solved!! automatically skips the songs never play one

PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDevicepackard bell laptopOperating Systemwindows 7 My Question or Issue i am using spotify on my laptop for 2 days.When i decided to listen to music this morning spotify started to skip every song,i could not listen to one of ...

kladenstein
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Turkey Device packard bell laptop Operating System windows 7 My Question or Issue i am using spotify on my laptop for 2 days.When i decided to listen to mu...
2018-07-04 6:28:22 PM
2018-07-06 9:01:12 PM
kladenstein
Casual Listener
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[Desktop][Music] Typing "hue" rewinds the current song

Look, i'm mexican, and most of the time we text "a huevo" but this is annoying me cus everytime i type "hue" (maybe too fast on windows 10) spotify ALWAYS rewind my darn current song, please somebody tell me how to skip this thing cus is making me cr...

AsvidB
Casual Listener
Look, i'm mexican, and most of the time we text "a huevo" but this is annoying me cus everytime i type "hue" (maybe too fast on windows 10) spotify ALWAYS rewind my darn current song, please somebody...
2018-07-01 8:49:59 AM
2018-07-06 8:59:25 PM
AsvidB
Casual Listener
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music

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Trouble downloading

PlanPremiumCountryU.S. DeviceDesktop ComputerOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue When I try to download a playlist, Spotify stalls and I get the message "Waiting for connection". However, I'm connected to the internet.

Zealot897
Newbie
Plan Premium Country U.S. Device Desktop Computer Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue When I try to download a playlist, Spotify stalls and I get the messag...
2018-07-06 7:24:13 PM
2018-07-06 8:12:30 PM
Loxer
Community Legend
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335 Views
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Can't play songs - problems with version 1.84.344.0?

PlanPremiumCountryNorway DeviceWindows 10 DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue After 1.84.344.0 was automatically installed I can no longer play any songs. When I click to play a song there is a delay of about 2 - 4 seconds before a...

kurtig
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Norway Device Windows 10 Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue After 1.84.344.0 was automatically installed I can no longer p...
2018-07-05 6:56:06 PM
2018-07-06 7:42:54 PM
Loxer
Community Legend
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Clear Play and Search history

PlanPremiumCountry UKDevice(Android)Operating System(Android) My Question or Issue My account was recently hacked.some AWFUL music was listened to (obviously in my opinion)This has now polluted my Daily Mix and is in my search history.An "account rol...

AndyBiker
Newbie
Plan Premium Country UK Device (Android) Operating System (Android) My Question or Issue My account was recently hacked. some AWFUL music was listened to (obviously in m...
2018-07-06 11:00:39 AM
2018-07-06 4:00:47 PM
Loxer
Community Legend
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1 replies
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A firewall may be blocking Spotify message.

A firewall may be blocking Spotify. Please, update your firewall to allow Spotify. Additionally, you could try changing the currently used proxy settings. That is the message I get when I start a Spotify client on my desktop machine. I turned the fir...

Samson-91
Gig Goer
A firewall may be blocking Spotify. Please, update your firewall to allow Spotify. Additionally, you could try changing the currently used proxy settings. That is the ...
2018-07-06 1:30:31 PM
2018-07-06 2:27:10 PM
Loxer
Community Legend
44787 Views
1 replies
1 likes

44787 Views
1 replies
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audio effects

Hi, there used to be the "audio effects" that could change the "distance" of the music, how far it sounded, my favourite one was the club mode, it was the furthest and didn't disturb my game audio.I've been trying to find an app or plugin that does i...

user-removed
Visitor
Hi, there used to be the "audio effects" that could change the "distance" of the music, how far it sounded, my favourite one was the club mode, it was the furthest and didn't disturb my game audio. ...
2018-07-05 7:04:48 PM
2018-07-06 2:24:02 PM
Loxer
Community Legend
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