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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...

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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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Stream Counter is not working

Country Germany Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, I have my own music on spotify. The "Spotiy for Artists" app shows me, that I had streams the last 3 days, but the counter doesn't count anything. The number 19,499 isn't changing. N...

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  • Country  Germany   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Hi,   I have my own music on spotify. The "Spotiy for Artists" app shows me, that I had stre...
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Why was the follow button removed from artist and album pages?

Country England (UK)DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Why was the "Follow" button removed on artist and album pages? It seems odd that features people are used to and use frequently get removed; the same thing happened a few yea...

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  •   Country  England (UK) Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Why was the "Follow" button removed on artist and album pages? It seems odd that fea...
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Superuser Contribution [BUG] Desktop client unable to play next song after playing local file

PlanPremiumCountry AustraliaDeviceDesktop PC running 1.0.85.257.g0f8531bd (Windows Store version)Operating SystemWindows 10 Version 10.0.17134 Build 1713 My Question or Issue Recently I've been having an issue (past one or two months) where Spotify i...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Australia Device Desktop PC running 1.0.85.257.g0f8531bd (Windows Store version) Operating System Windows 10 Version 10.0.17134 Build 1713   My Question ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Disable Explicit Songs?

Is it possible to tell spotify not to play any songs with explicit lyrics? I like to play random playlists or spotify's top lists sometimes but don't like songs with explicit lyrics. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Jonathan

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  • Is it possible to tell spotify not to play any songs with explicit lyrics?  I like to play random playlists or spotify's top lists sometimes but don't like songs with explicit lyrics.  &nb...
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Auto-play not working

Auto-play is enabled, but Spotify won't play anything after the playlist ends!EDIT: Tried reinstalling Spotify, it didn't work. OS: Windows 10Spotify Free Version: 1.0.86.337.ga8d5cef9

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  • Auto-play is enabled, but Spotify won't play anything after the playlist ends! EDIT: Tried reinstalling Spotify, it didn't work.   OS: Windows 10 Spotify Free Version: 1.0.86.337.ga8d5c...
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No sound for playing music

PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDesktopWindows 10 My Question or Issue I just bought a PC yesterday, and I’ve been trying to listen to music, but everytime I play something the sound doesn’t work, and I know there is a ton of forums for this topic, b...

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  •   Plan Premium Country  United States Desktop Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I just bought a PC yesterday, and I’ve been trying to listen to music, but everytime I pl...
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After updating windows 10 1803, spotify only show blank fragmant with nothing

PlanPremiumDeviceNew Surface ProOperating SystemWindows 10 1803 updateMy Question or Issue I updated windows 10 1803 this afternoon. Before this spotify works fine on my surface. After the update, I am not able to see the content when opening spotify...

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  • Plan Premium Device New Surface Pro Operating System Windows 10 1803 update My Question or Issue  I updated windows 10 1803 this afternoon. Before this spotify works fine on my surface. A...
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Shuffle Not Working

PlanPremiumCountry USADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue On desktop, while looking at my Songs, i click the shuffle button and it turns green, but songs play by artist order. When I go to view the Queue, it's all in order by Arti...

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  • Plan Premium Country  USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   On desktop, while looking at my Songs, i click the shuffle button and it turns green...
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Disabled playing local files but app still plays from local files -- and refuses to stream original

Premium, United States. Windows 10 64 bit, desktop computer. I initially had the "Local Files" preferenced turned on, so that Spotify could play my local files. However, I eventually turned this off. Over a year later, there are at least two songs th...

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  •   Premium, United States.   Windows 10 64 bit, desktop computer.   I initially had the "Local Files" preferenced turned on, so that Spotify could play my local files. However, I e...
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Mixtapes and heart are gone

PlanFrom free to premiumCountryGermanyDeviceNexus 5x and DesktopOperating SystemAndroid Oreo and Windows 10My Question or IssueHey there!I joined spotify as a free user and tested it out a bit and really liked it! I had some mixtapes ready after addi...

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  • Plan From free to premium Country Germany Device Nexus 5x and Desktop Operating System Android Oreo and Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hey there! I joined spotify as a free user and t...
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Superuser Contribution I shared a song link with my friend; now he is controlling my Spotify desktop

I shared a song link with my friend. He's now able to control all my music on my PC from his Surface laptop running windows 10, although he can't hear it. He can pause, play, change the current song, and . It's kind of funny but also a little freaky....

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  • I shared a song link with my friend. He's now able to control all my music on my PC from his Surface laptop running windows 10, although he can't hear it. He can pause, play, change the current song,...
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Superuser Contribution Echo Show Song (Track) Title lags by ONE song

Anyone else have this issue?The song listed on the Echo Show is always one song behind what is actually playing... PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceEcho Show My Question or Issue

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  • Anyone else have this issue? The song listed on the Echo Show is always one song behind what is actually playing...     Plan Premium Country  USA Device Echo Show   &...
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Superuser Contribution Is there any ideas for distortion free playback?

Hello Spotify Team & Community, first let me start with what I generally want from an operating system: I want NO mixer. I want to listen to Skype conversation OR Spotify music OR web-based videos, but NEVER mix those streams. I really wonder why all...

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  •   Hello Spotify Team & Community,   first let me start with what I generally want from an operating system: I want NO mixer. I want to listen to Skype conversation OR Spotify music O...
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Song duplicated in queue

PlanPremiumCountry AmericaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue My issue is a wierd one. When I listen to a playlist, the queue will automatically add the current song to the playlist. The issue here is that it is always placed at t...

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  • Plan Premium Country  America Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  My issue is a wierd one. When I listen to a playlist, the queue will automatically...
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Friend feed not showing

I am using spotify version 1.0.86.337.ga8d5cef9 for my desktop running Windows 10-64 bit Pro. I am not able to get friend feed. What should I do? This problem started occuring in 1.0.85 too. I was using earlier 1.0.83 I guess and everything was fine.

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  • I am using spotify version 1.0.86.337.ga8d5cef9 for my desktop running Windows 10-64 bit Pro. I am not able to get friend feed. What should I do? This problem started occuring in 1.0.85 too. I was us...
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Queue confusion

What I REALLY want to do is play one song. That's it. Choose a song and play it. Too much to ask? A bizarre request? Well, not to me.Someone advised right-clicking to "Add to Queue". Ok - then what? Where is this "Queue"?For a world-conquering outfit...

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  • What I REALLY want to do is play one song. That's it. Choose a song and play it. Too much to ask? A bizarre request? Well, not to me. Someone advised right-clicking to "Add to Queue". Ok - then what...
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Can't connect with Facebook

PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10, latest Update My Question or IssueSo, I never connected Spotify with my Facebook account, just didn't see the use for it. But lately I wanted to give it a try but whenever I click "Co...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Germany Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10, latest Update   My Question or Issue So, I never connected Spotify with my Facebook account, just didn't ...
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Solved!! Songs fading in and out regularly

Plan - PremiumCountry - UKDevice - Windows 10 laptop My Question or IssueRecently I've been regularly having a problem with songs constantly fading in and out. The reduction in volume is very brief, less than a second, and occurs dozens of times with...

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  • Plan - Premium Country - UK Device - Windows 10 laptop     My Question or Issue Recently I've been regularly having a problem with songs constantly fading in and out.  The r...
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Is there a way to save your place in a playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUK DevicePC DesktopOperating SystemWindows 7) My Question or Issue I like to create large master playlists as I go along and then listen to the songs in order as and when I have the time. If I stop after a certain number of songs th...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK   Device PC Desktop Operating System Windows 7)   My Question or Issue  I like to create large master playlists as I go along and then listen to the ...
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Explicit songs on WIndows App

Hey guys, I am a spotify premium User on the Windows 10 App. And since 1 day I can not listen to explicit songs anymore. My WIndows app doesnt show me button to activate it like my iphone app

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  •  Hey guys,   I am a spotify premium User on the Windows 10 App. And since 1 day I can not listen to explicit songs anymore. My WIndows app doesnt show me button to activate it like my iph...
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