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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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Solved!! Keeping the format of one playlist and copying it to another?

So, I'm trying to move all my songs from the "songs" section to an actual playlist made by me but I want to keep the order of how it is already, as I have it so the newest added songs are at the top. I know I can do this by manually adding each song ...

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  • So, I'm trying to move all my songs from the "songs" section to an actual playlist made by me but I want to keep the order of how it is already, as I have it so the newest added songs are at the top....
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Solved!! Any way to import an Excel, Serato or Text file as a Spotify Playlist?

I'm a DJ and have a bunch of playlists created as Excel sheets as well as Serato DJ crates. Is there any way to convert and import a playlist into Spotify?(I tried searching first but saw no recent post/answers)Thanks in advance!

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  • I'm a DJ and have a bunch of playlists created as Excel sheets as well as Serato DJ crates.    Is there any way to convert and import a playlist into Spotify? (I tried searching fir...
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Solved!! New update - SAVE option - is there a limit?

Hello, Is there a limit on the number of albums you can SAVE to YOUR MUSIC section? I'm only half way through saving albums from my old playlists and this feature stopped working... If I UNSAVE another album, i can SAVE a new one.

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  • Hello,   Is there a limit on the number of albums you can SAVE to YOUR MUSIC section? I'm only half way through saving albums from my old playlists and this feature stopped working...  ...
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spotify is not working properly

 when I play some songs I just hear no sound but only on windows

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  •  when I play some songs I just hear no sound but only on windows
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Random Skipping and Altered Queue

Persistent problem recently: songs will randomly skip part way through. Often a song I don't recognize starts playing and I have a new queue (Baila Morena by Joe Cohen usually starts, I've never heard of the song or artist), mostly of rap music, whic...

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  • Persistent problem recently: songs will randomly skip part way through. Often a song I don't recognize starts playing and I have a new queue (Baila Morena by Joe Cohen usually starts, I've never hear...
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delete greyed out files

Hey guys,I want to remove these greyed out files from my Spotify (Windows 10).I previously had added them as local files, but later deleted the original files on my computer, without removing the files on spotify first (which might have led to my iss...

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  •  Hey guys, I want to remove these greyed out files from my Spotify (Windows 10). I previously had added them as local files, but later deleted the original files on my computer, without removi...
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Username is Gibberish

I made a new account and couldnt choose a username. It is now random letters and numbers. help

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  • I made a new account and couldnt choose a username. It is now random letters and numbers. help
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Superuser Contribution Spotify closes automatically (Win10)

I run Spotify under Windows 10.After a minute or two, Spotify every time closes automatically, even if I do nothing (not playing a song, e.g.)Reinstall won't help.Any idea?

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  • I run Spotify under Windows 10. After a minute or two, Spotify every time closes automatically, even if I do nothing (not playing a song, e.g.) Reinstall won't help. Any idea?
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Solved!! Fluctuating volume levels during a track

'Ello. Has anyone else ever experienced the volume levels changing during a song? The only way I can describe it is it feels like someone's playing with the volume, lowering it for half a second before returning it to it's previous level. It only doe...

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  • 'Ello.   Has anyone else ever experienced the volume levels changing during a song? The only way I can describe it is it feels like someone's playing with the volume, lowering it for half a se...
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Solved!! Hotkey for Thumbs up or down

I'm just checking if anybody has figured out a way to do this and maybe I'm missing something. I'm looking for a way to assign a hotkey to thumbs up or thumbs down a radio station, however it needs to get done. Blockify and Toastify don't seem to imp...

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  • I'm just checking if anybody has figured out a way to do this and maybe I'm missing something. I'm looking for a way to assign a hotkey to thumbs up or thumbs down a radio station, however it needs t...
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No audio

I just got spotify on my PC today and whenever I go to play a song it just plays nothing, it says the song is playing but there is no audio whatsoever. I checked and other programmes work so I don't have a clue

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  • I just got spotify on my PC today and whenever I go to play a song it just plays nothing, it says the song is playing but there is no audio whatsoever. I checked and other programmes work so I don't ...
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Superuser Contribution Can't find songs that I was able to listen.

Hi there all.I have a little problem with my spotify in win10. On my mobil app I can listen any songs that i choose to my list, but a few weeks later I discovered that, I can't listen some of them on win10. What can I do to fix this issue.Thanks for ...

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  • Hi there all. I have a little problem with my spotify in win10. On my mobil app I can listen any songs that i choose to my list, but a few weeks later I discovered that, I can't listen some of ...
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Superuser Contribution Space Bar Glitch

Just started today. but whenever I press the space bar outside of the spotify window such as you know anytime you need to type a sentence my music will continuously stop and start. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling and tried to look for somewhere...

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  • Just started today. but whenever I press the space bar outside of the spotify window such as you know anytime you need to type a sentence my music will continuously stop and start. I t...
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Solved!! Scroll Bar Not Visible

New look utilizes a dark gray scroll bar on a black background. Older monitors (non HD) do not show it at all and tablet PC can't be viewed in sunlight. Really Spotify you didnlt think about making it a more contrasting color.

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  • New look utilizes a dark gray scroll bar on a black background. Older monitors (non HD) do not show it at all and tablet PC can't be viewed in sunlight. Really Spotify you didnlt think about making i...
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Equaliser on Desktop using Headphones

I know that there are ways to get up the equaliser on Windows in the sound settings, but I can't find a way to do it whilst using headphones. If anyone knows a solution, please let me know

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  • I know that there are ways to get up the equaliser on Windows in the sound settings, but I can't find a way to do it whilst using headphones. If anyone knows a solution, please let me know 🙂
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Recover Playlists error

I listen to Spotify via apps on a Windows 10 laptop and an Android phone. I create playlists primarily via the laptop and sometimes delete them but want to recover them later. When I attempt to recover an accidentally deleted playlist, I receive an e...

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  • I listen to Spotify via apps on a Windows 10 laptop and an Android phone. I create playlists primarily via the laptop and sometimes delete them but want to recover them later.   When I attempt...
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Does Spotify's New Releases page curated by your listening habits?

I'm not really getting all the songs that matters right now (e.g. big artist new singles, sometimes one shows up, not all) It could be inconsistency sometimes, sometimes it will show up tracks that from artists, genres I don't even care. And obv not ...

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  • I'm not really getting all the songs that matters right now (e.g. big artist new singles, sometimes one shows up, not all) It could be inconsistency sometimes, sometimes it will show up tracks that f...
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subscription

If I cancelled premium would I be able join again a few months later

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  • If I cancelled premium would I be able join again a few months later
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