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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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Popular Playlists not appearing on web player

PlanPremiumCountry CanadaDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue Logged in to the web player on windows desktop today. Normally I go to the Genre/Moods tab and when I select the genre i want the first options are the "Popular P...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Canada Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue  Logged in to the web player on windows desktop today. Normally I go to the G...
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Superuser Contribution RickGroeneweg98

Hi, I'm getting errors when playing local files in a playlist. I've manually added some .MP3 files in my 'C:\users\music' directory and imported this from Spotify. The .MP3 files work (encoded properly, not corrupt). These tracks won't play in a play...

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  • Hi,   I'm getting errors when playing local files in a playlist. I've manually added some .MP3 files in my 'C:\users\music' directory and imported this from Spotify. The .MP3 files work (encod...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution NEW RELEASES don't update

Hello, i suscribe for few weeks and i see that new release section not update for new music, why it that?(check in desktop and anodrd and web player)

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  • Hello, i suscribe for few weeks and i see that new release section not update for new music, why it that? (check in desktop and anodrd and web player)
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Solved!! Spotify does not show up in Windows Volume Mixer!

After formatting my PC (Windows 10 64bit) Spotify no longer shows up in the volume mixer (see picture). I use PCPanel to control sound via volume mixer, so I need Spotify there for it to work. Has anyone had a similar issue, or maybe know about a fix...

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  •   After formatting my PC (Windows 10 64bit) Spotify no longer shows up in the volume mixer (see picture).   I use PCPanel to control sound via volume mixer, so I need Spotify there for i...
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Maybe fix your algorithms?

I started a radio based on the artist Colin Hay. Spotify seems to think this means I like music by random guys named Colin. Surely this must be a mistake?Please fix this because it sucks.

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  • I started a radio based on the artist Colin Hay. Spotify seems to think this means I like music by random guys named Colin. Surely this must be a mistake? Please fix this because it...
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Spotify doesn't work after windows 10 update

Hello Everyone, I have a issue about new windows10 update. After this update spotify doesn't work. It's starting like normal but the application doesn't give any view so I can't do anything. Trying to find a solution this problem I have installed the...

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  • Hello Everyone,   I have a issue about new windows10 update. After this update spotify doesn't work. It's starting like normal but the application doesn't give any view so I can't do anything....
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Lokale Dateien werden nicht synchronisiert

Hallo liebe Spotify CommunityIch habe nun schon seit einigen Tagen das Problem, dass meine lokalen Dateien nicht richtig synchronisiert werden. Handy und Web Player zeigen sie nur ausgegraut an und ich kann sie nicht herunterladen.Natürlich hab ich m...

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  • Hallo liebe Spotify Community Ich habe nun schon seit einigen Tagen das Problem, dass meine lokalen Dateien nicht richtig synchronisiert werden. Handy und Web Player zeigen sie nur ausgegraut an und...
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Toolbar Icon Stuck Loading

Hi there, The Spotify toolbar icon in Windows 7 seems to be stuck loading (little green bar on the left). It remains like this even after restarting my computer. It does not seem to affect performance in other ways but may be indicative of a bug and ...

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  • Hi there,   The Spotify toolbar icon in Windows 7 seems to be stuck loading (little green bar on the left). It remains like this even after restarting my computer. It does not seem to affect p...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify merkt sich Einstellungen nicht

Hallo! Ich nutze Spotify Premium auf Windows 10. Leider merkt sich die App nicht mehr die Einstellung für die Lautstärke und den zuletzt gespielten Song. Früher habe ich einmal die Lautstärke für die Spotify App direkt in der App eingestellt. Wenn ic...

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  • Hallo!   Ich nutze Spotify Premium auf Windows 10. Leider merkt sich die App nicht mehr die Einstellung für die Lautstärke und den zuletzt gespielten Song. Früher habe ich einmal die Lautstärk...
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UX Suggestion - Jump to Song

Use case: I am a user who had a song play that they no longer like in one of their playlists and wants to delete that song before the next song plays.PlanPremiumCountryU.S. DeviceSamsung Galaxy S7Operating SystemI do UX for a living so I have access ...

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  • Use case: I am a user who had a song play that they no longer like in one of their playlists and wants to delete that song before the next song plays. Plan Premium Country U.S.  Device...
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Normalize volume setting is present twice in the settings

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands Operating SystemWindows 10 Build 1803My Question or IssueBug: The "normalize volume" setting is present twice in the settings. (see attachments)

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands   Operating System Windows 10 Build 1803 My Question or Issue Bug: The "normalize volume" setting is present twice in the settings. (see attachments)
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Spotify skipping tracks while I browse the web

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIs there a way to stop Spotify from skipping to the next or previous track when I press my mouse's forward/back buttons to navigate websites in a browser? To avoid this I have to left-click the forward/b...

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  • Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Is there a way to stop Spotify from skipping to the next or previous track when I press my mouse's forward/back buttons to navigate website...
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Macros for spotify

PlanFreeCountry Windows 10 My Question or Issue Is there a way to configure a macro or a hotkey for controlling the volume only on spotify on a logitech g mouse? (g 502)

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  •   Plan Free Country   Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Is there a way to configure a macro or a hotkey for controlling the volume only on spotify on a logitech g mouse? ...
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[Discover Weekly] Track length missing for past few months

Every other playlist I manually create or follow seems to have track length as the right hand column, but Discover Weekly doesn't. This seems to have changed during an app update, I think. Is there any way to bring that column back for Discover Weekl...

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  • Every other playlist I manually create or follow seems to have track length as the right hand column, but Discover Weekly doesn't. This seems to have changed during an app update, I think. Is there a...
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Why High quality has a bad quality (senhaiser pcx550)

HI, i activate high quality, but sound still has a really bad quality. PlanPremiumCountryChile DeviceNotebook/bluetooth/senhaiser pcx550Operating SystemWindows 10

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  • HI, i activate high quality, but sound still has a really bad quality.   Plan Premium Country Chile  Device Notebook/bluetooth/senhaiser pcx550 Operating System Windows 10   ...
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Solved!! Buzzing dragging noise plays during the song!!!! PLEASE HELP

I use spotify everyday and for the last week or so whenever I am listening to music on there the song parts of the song will start making a buzzing, dragging noise as if the song is warped. It does it to almost every song like my spotify is not strea...

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  • I use spotify everyday and for the last week or so whenever I am listening to music on there the song parts of the song will start making a buzzing, dragging noise as if the song is warped. It does i...
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Solved!! uninstalling spotify

Hi. I have just read how to use Windows Control Pannel - Uninstall Program function to uninstall spotify but even though spotify is installed as it boots up every time I start my computer, it is NOT listed as an installed program to UNINSTALL. Can an...

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  • Hi.  I have just read how to use Windows Control Pannel - Uninstall Program function to uninstall spotify but even though spotify is installed as it boots up every time I start my computer, it i...
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Recent song is not changing

PlanFamily PremiumCountry USADeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows My Question or Issue The last played song is appearing as the same song, even if I play another song. It is also a song I dont want to be associated with! I dont know what elso to do!

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  •   Plan Family Premium Country  USA Device Laptop Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue  The last played song is appearing as the same song, even if I play ano...
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Solved!! Collaborative Playlist - After Sharing, friend adds songs but they are greyed out and I cannot play?

PlanFamily PremiumCountry U.S.DeviceDesktop, Google PixelOperating SystemWindows 10, Android My Question or Issue I created a collaborative playlist and shared it with a friend. They are able to add songs to it. I am able to see the songs, but they a...

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  •   Plan Family Premium Country  U.S. Device Desktop, Google Pixel Operating System Windows 10, Android   My Question or Issue  I created a collaborative playlist an...
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Categories - Windows

First of all, I don't think this community is clarifying. And also not intuïtive. And I guess too many Apple users are working on Spotify. Here is what I am missing in the genres section. (I would wanna choose between genres and moods). If I have cho...

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  • ...big list. So I need some filtering options. Get me the list please.    Filter on: Genre Publication date Rating Many times listened to etc. etc.    So come on S...
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