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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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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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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...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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...
  • phlegted
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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...

  • Newbie
  • 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...
  • theo_jansen
  • Casual Listener
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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 ...
  • Sebasty
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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

  • Casual Listener
  • 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.

  • Newbie
  • 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...
  • fakoff
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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...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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 ...
  • Alfredo
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Superuser Contribution Activity isn't shared

PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDevicePC and SmartphoneOperating SystemAll Systems (Win 10, Android) My Question or IssueSince a few weeks my friends/ followers aren't able to see my activity anymore. I didn't change any settings and checked them as well. ...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Germany Device PC and Smartphone Operating System All Systems (Win 10, Android)  My Question or Issue Since a few weeks my friends/ followers aren't able to s...
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Superuser Contribution Songs keep glitching

PlanPremiumCountry USA DeviceHP DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Songs keep glitching while listening to them. sounds like a scratched CD.

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  • Plan Premium Country  USA   Device HP Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Songs keep glitching while listening to them. sounds like a scratched ...
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Superuser Contribution spotifyhelper.exe has stopped working when clicking on New Releases

Every time I click on new releases on the Desktop version using Win 7 it keeps popping up with the spotifyhelper.exe has stopped working error and yes I have removed it and restalled it but still get the same. This is a work PC however I can access e...

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  •   Every time I click on new releases on the Desktop version using Win 7 it keeps popping up with the spotifyhelper.exe has stopped working error and yes I have removed it and restalled it ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Option to download songs on laptop is absent

Hello I am from Denmark It seems af if the option of downloading songs to my Windows 10 laptop has gone missing. It is no issue downloading the songs to my phone, as the green checkbox/slider is there, which it is not on my laptop. I have tried a cle...

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  • Hello I am from Denmark   It seems af if the option of downloading songs to my Windows 10 laptop has gone missing. It is no issue downloading the songs to my phone, as the green checkbox/sli...
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Can play songs by one artist ...

I am using Spotify premium in the UK on Windows 7 and, for some reason, I can't play songs by one particular artist. I have tried uninstalling, reinstalling on all my devices. There is another computer in the house with a different spotify account an...

  • Visitor
  • I am using Spotify premium in the UK on Windows 7 and, for some reason, I can't play songs by one particular artist. I have tried uninstalling, reinstalling on all my devices. There is another comput...
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Popping/clipping sound randomly when playing music

Using windows 10 and playing a track in spotify, I get random popping/clipping sounds that happen when playing the song. It comes and goes and is jarring, how do I fix this? I already reinstalled spotify.

  • Casual Listener
  • Using windows 10 and playing a track in spotify, I get random popping/clipping sounds that happen when playing the song. It comes and goes and is jarring, how do I fix this? I already reinstalled spo...
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Can´t open Spotify

Hello,If I start Spotify on my Windows Desktop I just see a black sqare, I can form it like the normal Spotify Window but I can not click something. The only thing I can do is close Spotify in the Task-list.Is it a Problem of Spotify or my PC and how...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello, If I start Spotify on my Windows Desktop I just see a black sqare, I can form it like the normal Spotify Window but I can not click something. The only thing I can do is close Spotify in the ...
  • blissfulnomad
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why can't i find some albums on the app or pc version of spotify but i can find them on the site?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry greeceDeviceOperating SystemAndroid nougat, Windows 10 My Question or Issue I cant find some albums on the app or thw windows version of spotify but i can find them on the web version which is not helping me that much because ...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country  greece Device Operating System Android nougat, Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I cant find some albums on the app or thw windows version of spoti...
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