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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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Interesting Bug

TL;DR When listening to "broken" by lovelytheband on my google home mini it skips to the next song at EXATLY 1:13. Every singe time. I have run into a rather odd bug on my spotify. Every time I play the song "broken" by lovelytheband at EXATLY 1:13 i...

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  • TL;DR When listening to "broken" by lovelytheband on my google home mini it skips to the next song at EXATLY 1:13. Every singe time.   I have run into a rather odd bug on my spotify. Every tim...
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Unwanted songs added to my playlist - ANYONE ELSE?!

I would never add a Kanye West song, (or whatever dross those two songs were) to my playlist (I deleted them immediately). If this is a new direction that Spotify is taking by promoting artists by adding songs to your playlist without permission or n...

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  • I would never add a Kanye West song, (or whatever dross those two songs were) to my playlist (I deleted them immediately).   If this is a new direction that Spotify is taking by promoting ar...
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Second Monitor Issue

When I play a game or something fullscreen on my main monitor I usually have spotify fullscreen on the second monitor. But once the fullscreen thing is running on screen 1 the spotify window acts like it's minimised, so i'll click it nothing will hap...

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  • When I play a game or something fullscreen on my main monitor I usually have spotify fullscreen on the second monitor. But once the fullscreen thing is running on screen 1 the spotify window acts lik...
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Can't see the activity feed of the people I follow

I used to be able to see what the friends I follow were listening to.Now I have this "see what your friends are playing" bar on the right and can't see what my friends are listening to anymore.Can anyone help?

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  • I used to be able to see what the friends I follow were listening to. Now I have this "see what your friends are playing" bar on the right and can't see what my friends are listening to anymore. Ca...
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Solved!! Spotify just do not start (even after new installation)

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceNotebook Toshiba Satellite Pro 50Operatin SystemWindows 10 Hi everybody, when i lunch Spotify i see the icon in the task bar but Spotify just do not start and evrything start to run slow. (See pics)I installed it new, che...

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  • Plan Premium Country Spain Device Notebook Toshiba Satellite Pro 50 Operatin System Windows 10     Hi everybody,   when i lunch Spotify i see the icon in the task bar ...
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Album picture preview

PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueA picture preview of the album cover used to be featured in the lower left of the Spotify desktop app where the song and artist names are listed. I currently hav...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Germany Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue A picture preview of the album cover used to be featured in the lower left of th...
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Search history

When I look at my search history I do not see my previous search queries. Only the prevoius matches I have clicked on are visible. On any other search function i.e. Google I can see my previous queries.

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  • When I look at my search history I do not see my previous search queries. Only the prevoius matches I have clicked on are visible. On any other search function i.e. Google I can see my...
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Local Files still appear in Library

PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have deleted local files from my spotify but they are still listed in my library. I have uninstalled/reinstalled and deleted the local-files.bnk file but still they are listed and greyed ou...

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  • Plan Premium   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have deleted local files from my spotify but they are still listed in my library. I have uninstalled/reinstalled a...
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Log in with Facebook in Windows Store version

PlanStudentCountryBelgium Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello,I can't use Spotify since I reinstalled a fresh version of Windows 10 on my PC. When I want to install the app, I get a message that I need to uninstall the Windows Store ...

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  • Plan Student Country Belgium    Operating System Windows 10  My Question or Issue Hello, I can't use Spotify since I reinstalled a fresh version of Windows 10 on my PC. When I...
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[Win10] Desktop app ignores multi display taskbar settings

Since the most recent update (yesterday, I believe) the desktop app ignores my taskbar settings. I've set the taskbar to display programs only on the taskbar of the screen they are opened on. Spotify stopped adhering to that yesterday and is shown on...

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  • Since the most recent update (yesterday, I believe) the desktop app ignores my taskbar settings. I've set the taskbar to display programs only on the taskbar of the screen they are opened on. Spotify...
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Web player hasn't worked for days

Hi, I use web player in chrome. I have logged out of my devices, checked my settings, logged back in, restarted, and followed every help guide task. It simply won't play anything. What is going on? I'm a premium member I'd really like to get this fix...

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  • Hi,   I use web player in chrome. I have logged out of my devices, checked my settings, logged back in, restarted, and followed every help guide task. It simply won't play anything.  &nb...
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discover weekly not updating

Hello all, Till today, I hadn't any problem with my Discover Weekly. But today, I looked up my Discover Weekly and saw, it wasn't updated. What is wrong with that? Can someone help? Thanks

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  • Hello all,    Till today, I hadn't any problem with my Discover Weekly. But today, I looked up my Discover Weekly and saw,  it wasn't updated. What is wrong with that? Can someone he...
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Solved!! Spotify Weekly Not Giving Me relevant Songs

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue For the past three couple of months, my Spotify weekly has given me songs from a genre that I only listened to months ago. Since I used to listen to that genre, I've l...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  For the past three couple of months, my Spotify weekly has given me songs from a ...
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Many, many, small and big problems

PlanPremium (since 2012)CountryGermany DeviceDeskop Operating SystemWindows 7 Hello everybody, The last update of the desktop client is causing a lot of problems for me (Windows 7): The new search is often very, very slow and brings partly irrelvante...

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  • Plan Premium (since 2012) Country Germany  Device Deskop  Operating System Windows 7   Hello everybody,   The last update of the desktop client is causing a lot of prob...
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Xbox one playback volume low

When playing the app on the background the music is low still with the volume all the way up

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  • When playing the app on the background the music is low still with the volume all the way up 
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Solved!! I am running on WIndows 10, the spotify for windows doesn't work, it won't start the application

I am running on WIndows 10, the spotify for windows doesn't work at all, it won't start the application. Look as I attached.

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  • I am running on WIndows 10, the spotify for windows doesn't work at all, it won't start the application. Look as I attached.
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Solved!! Normal volume for 0,5 second and much lower volume after that

PlanPremiumCountryFI DeviceDell business laptopOperating SystemWin 10 My Question or Issue Music starts at normal volume for 0,5 seconds. After that it turns down to significantly lower volume. Normal volume used to be 17, now 50 gives approximately ...

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  • Plan Premium Country FI  Device Dell business laptop Operating System Win 10   My Question or Issue  Music starts at normal volume for 0,5 seconds. After that it turns down t...
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Solved!! Album Cover for Current Song

My Question or Issue The album art work of the song that was currently playing used to appear with the song information in the bottom left corner of my desktop app and now it is only showing the song and the artist. How do I get the album artwork to ...

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  •   My Question or Issue  The album art work of the song that was currently playing used to appear with the song information in the bottom left corner of my desktop app and now it is only s...
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Superuser Contribution Music Playing Something Else

PlanFreeCountry United StatesDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI use Spotify every day, and I listen to BTS. On their "Dark & Wild" album is a song called "Hip Hop Phile," but instead of playing the song they play a reaction ...

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  • Plan Free Country  United States Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I use Spotify every day, and I listen to BTS. On their "Dark & Wild" album is...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Mutes All Programs

Hello The problem is that when i start spotify app and have for example a youtube video in the background playing and then turns on a song i can hear everything fine, but as soon as i pause spotify all the sound from my apps just gets muted (games, y...

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  • Hello   The problem is that when i start spotify app and have for example a youtube video in the background playing and then turns on a song i can hear everything fine, but as soon as i pause ...
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