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Solved!! 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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liliabern

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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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whatintheworldisthis

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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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MattSuda

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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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Superuser Contribution Some local files not playing on desktop

PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueFor some reason, when I add some songs via local file to spotify, it will be unavailable on desktop, but it will play and download on the android app. The message I get is "This song is...

Music Fan

Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue For some reason, when I add some songs via local file to spotify, it will be unavailable on desktop, but it will play an...

SergioDavid

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Control Volume with keyboard

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceDesktop / NotebookOperating SystemWindows / Mac My Question or Issue The system Volume is controlable by the keyboard Hot Key. How can you change the volume for Spotify app, if it is connected to WLAN Speaker using the s...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Desktop / Notebook Operating System Windows / Mac   My Question or Issue  The system Volume is controlable by the keyboard Hot Key. How can...

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Spotify doesn’t work with my mixer

PlanPremium Country Uk Device(MacBook Pro)Operating System(Both OS X and windows 10) My Question or Issue I have a usb mixer (American Audio 14MXR). The sound card works fine for all programs on my computer, except Spotify. I get an error saying “the...

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Plan Premium  Country  Uk  Device (MacBook Pro) Operating System (Both OS X and windows 10)   My Question or Issue  I have a usb mixer (American Audio 14MXR). The s...

Loxer

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Solved!! Radio's don't start

PlanFreeCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhenever I restart my PC, or sometimes in the middle of a song radio, it stops playing and the radio apparently disappears. The radio is no longer there, and the friend's list go...

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Plan Free Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Whenever I restart my PC, or sometimes in the middle of a song radio, it stops playing and the radio a...

Sir_Haris

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Friend feed and radio not working

PlanFreeCountryThe Netherlands DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSince a week or something there are some issues with my Spotify for desktop. My friend feed is not showing ("Hmm, the Friend Feed failed to load" it says), I cannot...

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Plan Free Country The Netherlands   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Since a week or something there are some issues with my Spotify for desktop. My f...

Loxer

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Foreign language ads

PlanFree/PremiumCountry IndonesiaDeviceNotebookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Starting from today, the premium advertising plays in a foreign language (I didn't know what it is).

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Plan Free/Premium Country  Indonesia Device Notebook Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Starting from today, the premium advertising plays in a foreign lan...

Loxer

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Windows 10 - Spotify stops playing when Screen turns dark

Hi there, I've recently got a new ultrabook with Windows 10. Unfortunately, Spotify stops playing immediately when the screen turns dark to safe energy - in battery mode after 3 minutes. the ultrabook is still active and spotify appears on the locksc...

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Hi there,   I've recently got a new ultrabook with Windows 10.  Unfortunately, Spotify stops playing immediately when the screen turns dark to safe energy - in battery mode after 3 minut...

djvj

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Solved!! Media keys no longer work

Description My media keys used to work to play, pause, skip forward/backward, etc. in Spotify, and other applications when Spotify is running. Suddenly, my media keys have no effect. A more detailed description, using numbered steps 1. Open Spotify 2...

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Description My media keys used to work to play, pause, skip forward/backward, etc. in Spotify, and other applications when Spotify is running. Suddenly, my media keys have no effect.   A m...

psturla

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Superuser Contribution Audiobooks

Wonder (and tried to): want to listen audiobooks with my spotify premium in my local files.But, Is it possible to upload the book immediately in his own playlist? Now I upload, search al the individual chapters one by one and put it in the right play...

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Wonder (and tried to): want to listen audiobooks with my spotify premium in my local files. But, Is it possible to upload the book immediately in his own playlist? Now I upload, search al the indivi...

Alfredo

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Solved!! Downloading Nothing

I've been using Spotify, but just today downloaded the PC software. On the task bar, it shows a green progress bar as if it were downloading something, but it never changes from the minimum, and no songs are set to be downloaded, nor are any currentl...

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I've been using Spotify, but just today downloaded the PC software. On the task bar, it shows a green progress bar as if it were downloading something, but it never changes from the minimum, and no s...

Masonjar13

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Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps defaulting to one song

Every time I boot up my computer and Spotify loads up, it loads into the same song paused at the same spot, regardless of what I listened to last on my computer or phone/other devices. I uninstalled and reinstalled Spotify, which fixed the problem fo...

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Every time I boot up my computer and Spotify loads up, it loads into the same song paused at the same spot, regardless of what I listened to last on my computer or phone/other devices. I uninstalled ...

Alfredo

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Solved!! i have full connection yet spotify says i am offline, please help. i am on pc

i have full connection to the internet but spotify says i am offline, please help. i am on pc

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i have full connection to the internet but spotify says i am offline, please help. i am on pc  

Xxxtentacion101

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Superuser Contribution Cannot finish any song from the last Daft Punk album when using Spotify on W10

IssueSpotify interrupts playback or crashes when playing the latest album from Daft Punk.Original post: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Can-t-play-Daft-Punk-on-PC/m-p/2579797 PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceLenovo ThinkpadOperating System...

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Issue Spotify interrupts playback or crashes when playing the latest album from Daft Punk. Original post: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Can-t-play-Daft-Punk-on-PC/m-p/257979...

SergioDavid

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Local files sync to iPhone

PlanPremium DeviceiPhone 6s and pc with windows 10Operating SystemiOS 11, windows 10My Question or Issue I am able to listen to the local files on my conputer, but when i open the playlist in whch they are in on my phone they do not appear at all. I ...

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Plan Premium  Device iPhone 6s and pc with windows 10 Operating System iOS 11, windows 10 My Question or Issue  I am able to listen to the local files on my conputer, but when i open...

DutchTheODST

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Solved!! Windows Desktop App Blank Screen

PlanPremiumCountryRomania DeviceDell Latitude 7480 Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue The application window is blank. No way to interact with the app except starting and closing it from the task bar. Similar issue to those signaled in h...

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Plan Premium Country Romania   Device Dell Latitude 7480  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  The application window is blank. No way to interact with t...

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Solved!! Daily Mixes Unavailable, Friend Activity Fails to Load

PlanPremium FamilyCountryCanadaDeviceDell XPS 13Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Daily Mixes are now gone as a link on my Spotify desktop application (it used to be the first link under "Your Library"). When I try to search for the D...

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Plan Premium Family Country Canada Device Dell XPS 13 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My Daily Mixes are now gone as a link on my Spotify desktop application (it use...

opaditya

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Solved!! App wont start, cant uninstall

Hey y'all,I'm having trouble starting the spotify-app on windows 7(as I have read, I am not the only one with this;) )When I click the spotify icon, the "frame" for the window opens,then it disappears again. It doesnt show up on task manager. I have ...

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Hey y'all, I'm having trouble starting the spotify-app on windows 7(as I have read, I am not the only one with this;) ) When I click the spotify icon, the "frame" for the window opens,then it disap...

Loxer

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Cannot search, cant use discover etc. feel cut off!

PlanPremiumCountrySweden DeviceWindows, Spotify desktopOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Hey! I cant search anymore (nothing comes up, whatever Im searching for, things I know spotify have) on spotify and I ...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden  Device Windows, Spotify desktop Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  Hey!  I cant search...

Loxer

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Feed de amigos não está atualizando "ao vivo"

Há mais ou menos umas semana o feed de atividades não está atualizados "ao vivo", ele só mostra o que as pessoas ouviram ontem e há dias.Já atualizei o Spotify, desintalei e instalei de novo, e nada

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Há mais ou menos umas semana o feed de atividades não está atualizados "ao vivo", ele só mostra o que as pessoas ouviram ontem e há dias. Já atualizei o Spotify, desintalei e instalei de novo, e nad...

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