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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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Re-add the ability to sort local files according to date added.

Could you please re-add the ability sort local files by date added on the desktop app. I know this feature used to be in the older version clients, since I've been using an older version (0.9.7.16) for a long time and only recently updated to the lat...

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  • Could you please re-add the ability sort local files by date added on the desktop app. I know this feature used to be in the older version clients, since I've been using an older version (0.9.7.16) f...
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Solved!! Search function not working

After the latest update of Spotify (1-2 weeks ago) the search function only works from time to time. Works on iPhone but not on laptop with Win 7. What to do?

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  • After the latest update of Spotify (1-2 weeks ago) the search function only works from time to time. Works on iPhone but not on laptop with Win 7. What to do?  
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Song not playing or not uploaded.

Hi, It's been a couple of artists that I don't find on Spotify app but if I search on google about this artist on spotify, it says that there is an album. However, the songs won't start on the internet browser. For example, I wanted to listen to Clau...

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  • Hi,    It's been a couple of artists that I don't find on Spotify app but if I search on google about this artist on spotify, it says that there is an album. However, the songs won't star...
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Unwanted device, how to stop it?

There are different unwanted devices connecting to my acount, and I'm pretty annoyedI have used "log out everywhere", "remove devices", changed password, both on spotify and facebook... the devices then disappear for a while, just to connect againwha...

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  • There are different unwanted devices connecting to my acount, and I'm pretty annoyed I have used "log out everywhere", "remove devices", changed password, both on spotify and facebook... the devices...
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Spotify Website won't load & App is offline

For some reason, whenever I'm at work, my Spotify will completely stop working. The Desktop app thinks that I'm offline and I can't even access www.spotify.com in any of my browsers (Chrome, IE, Edge, Firefox). In Chrome, it would say "This site can’...

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  • For some reason, whenever I'm at work, my Spotify will completely stop working. The Desktop app thinks that I'm offline and I can't even access www.spotify.com in any of my browsers (Chrome, IE, Edge...
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Selective collaboration for playlist

How can I make my collaborative playlists selectively accessible to ONLY my friends and not everyone?This will prevent some random person from messing with my collaborative playlist.

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  • How can I make my collaborative playlists selectively accessible to ONLY my friends and not everyone? This will prevent some random person from messing with my collaborative playlist.
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Click New Playlist in the menu on the left.

Just joined. Want to make a playist on my desktop. It says in the directions to Click New Playlist in the menu on the left.Nothing on the left says that. Don't see anythign under any of the topics. Am I missing something? What to do? Thanks.

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  • Just joined. Want to make a playist on my desktop. It says in the directions to  Click New Playlist in the menu on the left. Nothing on the left says that. Don't see anythign under...
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Solved!! List of people who follow artist - gone

Hi, Before I was able to go to an artists page and see which of my facebook friends follow the artist. This was shown above the related artists list. It is not showing for me anymore on my windwos desktop version of Spotify. Does anyone know how to g...

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  • Hi,   Before I was able to go to an artists page and see which of my facebook friends follow the artist. This was shown above the related artists list. It is not showing for me anymore on my w...
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Moving playlists OUT of folders

Hi, I accidentally managed to put a playlist in the wrong folder and now I'm unable to move it back to the "playlists"-tab. I do this on a laptop and what I had to do in order to get the playlist out of the folder was to drag the name of the playlist...

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  • Hi, I accidentally managed to put a playlist in the wrong folder and now I'm unable to move it back to the "playlists"-tab. I do this on a laptop and what I had to do in order to get the playlist out...
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All songs in personal playlists greyed out & unavailable

Spotify is working fine and connected to the internet and can play playlists created by others with no problem. For playlists that I imported from iTunes a long time ago, however, every song in every playlists is greyed out and marked as 'not availab...

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  • Spotify is working fine and connected to the internet and can play playlists created by others with no problem. For playlists that I imported from iTunes a long time ago, however, every song in every...
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Add a artist to a playlist description

Hey Guys!I was wondering how I could add a artist to a playlist description example: Thanks,

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  • Hey Guys! I was wondering how I could add a artist to a playlist description example:    Thanks,    
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Bandwidth / Usage and Lag Qustion

Hi All, So recently I decided to create a huuuge playlist for myself and friends to listen to while driving. My question is this: Will having more than 2000 / 3000 songs in my playlist cause any additional costs in bandwidth on the mobile version? Ob...

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  • Hi All,   So recently I decided to create a huuuge playlist for myself and friends to listen to while driving. My question is this:   Will having more than 2000 / 3000 songs in my playl...
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Superuser Contribution Media keys not working

Hello, unfortuanlly the media keys of my Dell laptop are ignored by Spotify-Desktop.The keys do work with other applications.Spotify also doesn't react, when there is no other media Player (oder Google Chrome) running and even, when Spotify is in the...

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  • Hello,   unfortuanlly the media keys of my Dell laptop are ignored by Spotify-Desktop. The keys do work with other applications. Spotify also doesn't react, when there is no other media Play...
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Reduce the window to a panel with a playlist

Hello, how in spotify reduce the window to the panel with a playlist? Example in the photo

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  • Hello, how in spotify reduce the window to the panel with a playlist?  Example in the photo
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KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS KIDNAPPED BY SPOTIFY

I'm soooo tired of companies chosing the way we MUST use our devices/information/accounts! I'm very, very tired! Instagram won't let me see the feed in chronological order, Google thinks it knows the kind of answers I'm looking for, Facebook shoves m...

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  • I'm soooo tired of companies chosing the way we MUST use our devices/information/accounts! I'm very, very tired! 😞   Instagram won't let me see the feed in chronological order, Google thinks ...
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friend feed not working right

Having this issue over the past couple weeks. I follow 170 people and it only shows activity from 20ish of them, and not even the ones whose taste in music is closest to mine windows 10 latest version of the desktop app I believe

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  • Having this issue over the past couple weeks.  I follow 170 people and it only shows activity from 20ish of them, and not even the ones whose taste in music is closest to mine 😛 windows 10 late...
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RECENTLY PLAYED ARTIST NOT UPDATING

Hi,I have been looking and i have found that my recently played artist is not updating.I also went to my friend page and saw it was not updating for them. This has been here for nearly a month and it is annyoing me.since i pay for spotify i need a fi...

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  • Hi, I have been looking and i have found that my recently played artist is not updating. I also went to my friend page and saw it was not updating for them.  This has been here for nearly a m...
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I can't see friends feed correctly

I can't see my friends feed correctly, it looks like it's scrolled up and I can only see one friend at a time.

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  • I can't see my friends feed correctly, it looks like it's scrolled up and I can only see one friend at a time.
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Discovery Weekly is not working properly

I am having problem with my discovery weekly playlist, instead of giving me one playlist for a week, it's give me more than one, for some reason every sunday its giving me a playlist that last just one day, because on monday i receive another playlis...

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  • I am having problem with my discovery weekly playlist, instead of giving me one playlist for a week, it's give me more than one, for some reason every sunday its giving me a playlist that last just o...
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Friend's playlists don't update when new songs are added.

So I've been following a friend of mine's playlists since last year, but the playlists don't update with the new songs they've added to them. The only reason anyone can tell there are new songs on the playlists is because it shows up on their feed as...

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  • So I've been following a friend of mine's playlists since last year, but the playlists don't update with the new songs they've added to them. The only reason anyone can tell there are new songs on th...
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