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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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Rim4
Gig Goer
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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
13 hours ago
Pansauce
Casual Listener
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283 replies
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87486 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
6 likes

6316 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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Spotify's autoplay not working at the end of a playlist, friend activity failed to load.

PlanFreeCountry United StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue The autoplay function on the spotify desktop program doesn't work for me. I've tried restarting spotify, reinstalling it, switching the setting off and back on again...

jimmy9999
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The autoplay function on the spotify desktop program doesn't work for me. I've ...
2018-07-15 12:56:50 AM
2018-07-16 11:28:22 PM
BlaMeese
Gig Goer
1406 Views
6 replies
0 likes

1406 Views
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My discover Weekly isnt working it hasn't changed for over 8 days

My Question or Issue spotify:user:spotify:playlist:37i9dQZEVXcIvJ9HTynpxWMy playlist hasn't changed for over a week and I keep getting absolute junk and brainmash in my playlists

LiLByzo
Newbie
My Question or Issue spotify:user:spotify:playlist:37i9dQZEVXcIvJ9HTynpxW My playlist hasn't changed for over a week and I keep getting absolute junk and brainmash in my playlists
2018-07-16 7:34:11 AM
2018-07-16 10:12:34 PM
daywalk3r
Casual Listener
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1 replies
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Superuser Contribution [Bug] 2 Pixel Gap Between Taskbar and Window on Startup

DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My IssueWindow is created with the wrong size every startup when using the small icons taskbar. Fixable by re-maximizing the window but still annoying.

user-removed
Visitor
Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Issue Window is created with the wrong size every startup when using the small icons taskbar. Fixable by re-maximizing the window but sti...
2018-07-09 4:05:19 AM
2018-07-16 6:55:15 PM
SergioDavid
Roadie
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1 replies
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bug

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Superuser Contribution Local File Album Crashes Spotify After Track Ends

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI downloaded a mixtape to add to my local file section of spotify and it is creating issues. I have added plenty of downloaded music to spotify before and it has always...

freewaypineappl
Newbie
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I downloaded a mixtape to add to my local file section of spotify and it is creating is...
2018-07-14 1:11:52 AM
2018-07-16 6:49:54 PM
SergioDavid
Roadie
278 Views
1 replies
0 likes

278 Views
1 replies
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Solved!! Radio and Daily mixes not working on pc

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 Hey there,it's been about a week that the desktop version of Spotify just doesn't load either radio or daily mixes. I tried to reinstall it, disable the hardware acceleration option ( someone in the community sug...

UnSimbolo
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 Hey there, it's been about a week that the desktop version of Spotify just doesn't load either radio or daily mixes. I tried to...
2018-07-16 5:37:58 PM
2018-07-16 6:34:13 PM
Loxer
Community Legend
951 Views
3 replies
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951 Views
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Superuser Contribution Availability of an album

PlanPremiumCountry FranceDevicePC Lenovo & Asus phone My Question or Issue Hello everyone, it's my first time asking help from the community as I've never had a problem before.I noticed that there is a group (Miss A) where I only have access to their...

lucille_mrgr
Newbie
Plan Premium Country France Device PC Lenovo & Asus phone My Question or Issue Hello everyone, it's my first time asking help from the community as I've never had a pro...
2018-07-14 12:59:32 PM
2018-07-16 5:07:54 PM
SergioDavid
Roadie
526 Views
1 replies
0 likes
availability
Available songs

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Superuser Contribution Herman's Hermits

PlanPremiumCountry USA DevicePC Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOn the Herman's Hermits Overview page, most of the group's biggest hits do not appear on the Popular list. Most of these hits can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/a...

sgall
Newbie
Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue On the Herman's Hermits Overview page, most of the group's biggest hits do n...
2018-07-14 8:10:40 PM
2018-07-16 4:58:23 PM
SergioDavid
Roadie
287 Views
1 replies
0 likes

287 Views
1 replies
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Solved!! Spotify Radio / Song Radio / Friendfeed - all not working

HelloI'm having a bit of a frustrating few days with the spotify desktop app.First off: PlanPremiumCountry BelgiumDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 8.1 My Question or Issue I can't seem to connect to ANY radio station. Nor can I get Song Radio Star...

Captain-Duck
Casual Listener
Hello I'm having a bit of a frustrating few days with the spotify desktop app. First off: Plan Premium Country Belgium Device Laptop Operating System Windows 8.1 My Q...
2018-07-16 2:57:01 PM
2018-07-16 4:04:13 PM
Captain-Duck
Casual Listener
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2 replies
0 likes
Premium

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search for genre or year

PlanPremiumCountryGermanDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueUnfortunately, the genre search does not work for me anymore ... if I genre: country input, then I have zero results. Also, the year-search is no longer ... is that me ... ...

anghy
Gig Goer
Plan Premium Country German Device PC Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Unfortunately, the genre search does not work for me anymore ... if I genre: country input, then...
2018-07-16 1:15:42 PM
2018-07-16 2:54:17 PM
Loxer
Community Legend
320 Views
1 replies
0 likes

320 Views
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Spotify Song Picture disappeared

My Problem is that somehow the picture of the currently played song disappeared one day, i don't know if i simply missclicked or if this is a bug. Every song can still be played and everything, but this just looks kinda empty...

Schwannick
Newbie
My Problem is that somehow the picture of the currently played song disappeared one day, i don't know if i simply missclicked or if this is a bug. Every song can still be played and everything, but t...
2018-07-16 12:38:53 PM
2018-07-16 2:44:16 PM
Loxer
Community Legend
481 Views
1 replies
1 likes

481 Views
1 replies
1 likes

Superuser Contribution Thumbnails are messed up and tracks are disappearing

Last night I noticed that the new update went live. However, after the update went live I noticed some errors here and there. The first problem I encountered was that the thumbnails got updated with the wrong images. As you can see here, the first fe...

MauriceMV
Spotify Star
Last night I noticed that the new update went live. However, after the update went live I noticed some errors here and there. The first problem I encountered was that the thumbnai...
2018-07-05 4:53:54 PM
2018-07-16 2:36:10 PM
MauriceMV
Spotify Star
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2 replies
0 likes

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Solved!! Recovering all tracks accidentally deleted from Songs section of library

Hi all, Hoping an admin can help me out here. I accidentally managed to delete all of my music library (went to delete a duplicate track in the Songs section of my library in the Windows app and “ctrl + A” must have been pressed because all tracks we...

Laz91
Casual Listener
Hi all, Hoping an admin can help me out here. I accidentally managed to delete all of my music library (went to delete a duplicate track in the Songs section of my library in t...
2018-07-13 3:39:16 PM
2018-07-16 2:35:51 PM
Loxer
Community Legend
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3 replies
0 likes
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recover
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songs
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Certain songs causing spotify to crash

PlanFreeCountryAustralia Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue I have been experiencing a glitch since yesterday where certain songs will freeze at the very end and Spotify will crash on my PC.I have noticed when some songs are queued the "<...

AC1996
Regular
Plan Free Country Australia Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue I have been experiencing a glitch since yesterday where certain songs will freeze at the very ...
2018-07-13 5:22:12 PM
2018-07-16 2:22:05 PM
AC1996
Regular
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8 replies
0 likes

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Solved!! Song's tab is not appearing on the library

PlanFree/PremiumCountry BrazilDevicePC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue: In The library, where it shows the tabs Artists, Albuns, Favorite songs, Podcasts.. ETC... It used to have a tab for Songs or Music, now It is gone, I see all th...

MRxxROBOT
Casual Listener
Plan Free/Premium Country Brazil Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue: In The library, where it shows the tabs Artists, Albuns, Favo...
2018-07-16 1:57:21 AM
2018-07-16 12:44:27 PM
MRxxROBOT
Casual Listener
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2 replies
0 likes

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Can you download a single song on the computer?

I have a premium account and I like how I can download my favorite albums, but for certain artists/albums I would mostly like one or two songs. I have them saved but I don't know how to download them individually. Is that just not a feature yet or am...

Nakiechu
Newbie
I have a premium account and I like how I can download my favorite albums, but for certain artists/albums I would mostly like one or two songs. I have them saved but I don't know how to downl...
2018-07-13 12:23:20 AM
2018-07-16 7:57:02 AM
DennyEMufc
Roadie
3161 Views
2 replies
1 likes
Help
songs

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2 replies
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spotify keeps redownloading songs

PlanPremiumCountryNorway DevicepcOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuespotify keeps redownloading songs.It's not all my songs only like 20/40 songs every time i restart spotify it wants to download them over again, I didnt have this problem...

eXtreme332
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Norway Device pc Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue spotify keeps redownloading songs. It's not all my songs only like 20/40 songs...
2018-07-15 5:15:56 PM
2018-07-16 7:43:38 AM
DennyEMufc
Roadie
644 Views
1 replies
1 likes

644 Views
1 replies
1 likes

Superuser Contribution Folder and Playlist Naming

Stop delete and change features in Spotify. Instead add new ones!!!!What the point to change the order o the Folder and Playlist's naming!?It always have been Artist - Album Name, now out of the sudden is the inverse Album Name - Artist, which does n...

sergioro
Regular
Stop delete and change features in Spotify. Instead add new ones!!!! What the point to change the order o the Folder and Playlist's naming!? It always have been Artist - Album Name, now out of the ...
2018-06-25 11:35:39 AM
2018-07-16 5:56:51 AM
polite_society
Music Fan
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2 replies
2 likes

832 Views
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Bring back old playlist naming

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI noticed that playlist that are created by dragging an album to a playlist folder are now named [Album title - Artist]. It used to be [Artist - Album title]. This...

mhult
Regular
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I noticed that playlist that are created by dragging an album to a playlist folder are ...
2018-06-14 12:21:17 PM
2018-07-16 5:54:50 AM
polite_society
Music Fan
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1 replies
2 likes

581 Views
1 replies
2 likes

Solved!!Superuser Contribution Deleting radio stations

I can't delete some radio stations. They keep coming back.

Plover
Regular
I can't delete some radio stations. They keep coming back.
2018-06-06 7:22:47 PM
2018-07-16 2:44:29 AM
Alfredo
Roadie
3390 Views
10 replies
1 likes

3390 Views
10 replies
1 likes

Solved!! Black Screen + spotify.exe missing

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I've already reinstalled a thousand times (clean manual unistall/register removal), i've tried like a million solutions, but it keeps happen. My screen gets black, while the app is running (if i dont cl...

FillipeOliver
Regular
Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've already reinstalled a thousand times (clean manual unistall/register removal), i've tried like a million solutio...
2018-07-11 6:41:57 PM
2018-07-16 1:13:43 AM
FillipeOliver
Regular
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