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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2024-03-14 3:38:28 PM
Tuesday
ipanasenko
Newbie
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-06-26 8:42:18 AM
2 weeks ago
cour10e22
Regular
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268 replies
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72239 Views
268 replies
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-04-28 8:08:45 PM
2023-04-29 10:41:16 PM
MattSuda
Spotify Star
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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...

Goodman
Spotify Legend
2013-09-17 11:47:47 AM
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Superuser Contribution MP3 player just with Spotify

Hello. I use mp3 player for listening music.To download musics in legal way, I just buy the soptify primium.But I don't know how i could transfer musics to my mp3 playerbecause it seems that its not possible to save musics in the normal file on the P...

jacquespisa
Newbie
Hello. I use mp3 player for listening music. To download musics in legal way, I just buy the soptify primium. But I don't know how i could transfer musics to my mp3 player because it seems that it...
2018-04-16 12:47:13 AM
2018-04-21 3:59:58 AM
Alfredo
Roadie
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1 replies
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Superuser Contribution Unable to play songs from albums at all (but can everywhere else)

Hi all, Bit of a weird issue. Recently on my home desktop I have been unable to play songs from any album page. Both the green 'Play' and the play icons on individual songs do absolutely nothing. Anywhere else on Spotify, I can play music just fine. ...

TehBluebear
Newbie
Hi all, Bit of a weird issue. Recently on my home desktop I have been unable to play songs from any album page. Both the green 'Play' and the play icons on individual songs do absolutely not...
2018-04-15 4:51:26 PM
2018-04-21 3:45:30 AM
Alfredo
Roadie
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1 replies
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[Desktop] When i shuffle my playlist, the first songs are always the song i have added most recently

When I shuffle a playlist, the songs that are played first are always the ones I have added most recently. How do I change this?

iPanda21
Newbie
When I shuffle a playlist, the songs that are played first are always the ones I have added most recently. How do I change this?
2018-04-21 3:02:36 AM
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Friend Activity

I can not see what my friend is hearing but he can see what I'm hearing. So to see if the bugg was mine we asked another friend to enter the spotify and for him it would appear this friend to listen. Why not appear for me?

TMagic
Casual Listener
I can not see what my friend is hearing but he can see what I'm hearing. So to see if the bugg was mine we asked another friend to enter the spotify and for him it would appear this friend to listen....
2018-04-21 2:59:47 AM
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274 Views
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Superuser Contribution Can't log in on desktop

So my Spotify was playing up so I logged out and when I went to log in it won't let me. I put in my username and password and the screen just kinda freezes as if it's loading, but I've left it for an hour and it still won't log in. I can't find anyon...

cnnr_c
Newbie
So my Spotify was playing up so I logged out and when I went to log in it won't let me. I put in my username and password and the screen just kinda freezes as if it's loading, but I've left it for an...
2018-04-11 8:09:14 PM
2018-04-21 2:19:28 AM
user-removed
Not applicable
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Superuser Contribution Can I NOT download saved tracks?

Since the web player has been virtually destroyed by Spotify, I may be forced to download the Spotify application to use on my laptop. If I do, am I forced to download all my saved tracks to my hardrive? I want the saved tracks download for my iPhone...

valo_Soul
Regular
Since the web player has been virtually destroyed by Spotify, I may be forced to download the Spotify application to use on my laptop. If I do, am I forced to download all my saved tracks to my...
2018-04-14 11:49:35 PM
2018-04-21 2:19:05 AM
Alfredo
Roadie
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1 replies
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saved

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Superuser Contribution Playlist says I have 255 songs, only about 25% play, songs don't appear on mobile, help!

All the playlist songs appear on the desktop version but most do not play in shuffle mode or when selected.directly. Mobile version of the playlist only shows about 20% of the songs on the playlist. I have about 5-10 playlists with this issue. Many o...

cav6709
Newbie
All the playlist songs appear on the desktop version but most do not play in shuffle mode or when selected.directly. Mobile version of the playlist only shows about 20% of the songs on the playl...
2018-04-14 2:43:52 AM
2018-04-21 2:07:40 AM
Alfredo
Roadie
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1 replies
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Artists pay per stream

Hellou Community. I have few questions. How much is Spotify paying Artists per stream. And if i have on my songs for example 1000 streams made by 500 users, will spotify pay me for all of those streams or just for 500?Thanks for all answears!

matus22
Casual Listener
Hellou Community. I have few questions. How much is Spotify paying Artists per stream. And if i have on my songs for example 1000 streams made by 500 users, will spotify pay me for all of those strea...
2018-04-13 12:34:37 PM
2018-04-21 1:58:50 AM
Alfredo
Roadie
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1 replies
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Superuser Contribution Pick up songs where i left

Hi,1 month ago i restore my PC desktop with windows 10.Before restoring it, when i switch on my PC and start spotify, The application start with the playback queue that i leave when i switch off it.Now, After the recovery, when i switch on PC and Spo...

Murch
Newbie
Hi, 1 month ago i restore my PC desktop with windows 10. Before restoring it, when i switch on my PC and start spotify, The application start with the playback queue that i leave when i switch off ...
2018-04-13 10:03:49 AM
2018-04-21 1:57:06 AM
Alfredo
Roadie
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1 replies
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447 Views
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Superuser Contribution Memory leak in Windows 10 client when using Local Files

I have a library of 10,000+ MP3s, and Spotify fails to index it. When I add the folder with my music, Spotify slowly starts using more and more memory and slows to a crawl, making it completely unusable until I kill the process in Task Manager. Once ...

ebol
Casual Listener
I have a library of 10,000+ MP3s, and Spotify fails to index it. When I add the folder with my music, Spotify slowly starts using more and more memory and slows to a crawl, making it completely unusa...
2018-04-13 5:12:54 AM
2018-04-21 1:52:31 AM
Alfredo
Roadie
501 Views
1 replies
2 likes

501 Views
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Recent Artists Not Refreshing

Come on Spotify, it's 2018 and your recently played artists are still messed up. Anyone know a fix? Uninstalled but it doesn't work on both Android and laptop,

ljacob332
Newbie
Come on Spotify, it's 2018 and your recently played artists are still messed up. Anyone know a fix? Uninstalled but it doesn't work on both Android and laptop,
2018-04-21 1:30:05 AM
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recent artists

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Superuser Contribution Cannot UNINSTALL Spotify. HELP!

Hey All, I'm losing my mind trying to get spotify off of my computer. I've tried many of the suggestions for Windows to no avail. I've tried: -Going to programs and clicking uninstall...after clicking uninstall, nothing happens -Checked under Library...

jenroundtree1
Newbie
Hey All, I'm losing my mind trying to get spotify off of my computer. I've tried many of the suggestions for Windows to no avail. I've tried: -Going to programs and clicking uninsta...
2018-04-11 7:15:58 PM
2018-04-21 1:16:00 AM
Alfredo
Roadie
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1 replies
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630 Views
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Superuser Contribution Playlist keeps playing the first song after every song I listen to

I have to manually select the next song in the playlist, because the first song keeps automatically playing.

bbbbbenis
Newbie
I have to manually select the next song in the playlist, because the first song keeps automatically playing.
2018-04-11 2:43:39 PM
2018-04-21 1:01:53 AM
Alfredo
Roadie
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1 replies
1 likes

1916 Views
1 replies
1 likes

Desktop/webplayer playing incorrect song

I've only found one instance of this so far.Trying to play "One More Light" by Linkin Park. When I play it on my tablet, it plays the correct track. But on the webplayer AND/OR desktop app(using the "old" client) on my PC (Win10), it shows "One More ...

BillSlank
Casual Listener
I've only found one instance of this so far. Trying to play "One More Light" by Linkin Park. When I play it on my tablet, it plays the correct track. But on the webplayer AND/OR desktop app(using th...
2018-04-13 3:13:15 AM
2018-04-20 11:25:02 PM
BillSlank
Casual Listener
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2 replies
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Surface Pro 4 Desktop App Quits Playing 4 Seconds Into Song

Can be restarted by touching back arrow on app. Consistent and very irritating Network doesn't matter, albums, playlists, radio -- doesn't matter...downloaded songs--doesn't matter. No other service does this. In spite of it's other great features, t...

evroptmstc
Newbie
Can be restarted by touching back arrow on app. Consistent and very irritating Network doesn't matter, albums, playlists, radio -- doesn't matter...downloaded songs--doesn't matter....
2018-04-20 11:17:06 PM
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Moving album art/ videos

Lord Huron's new album Vide Noir has a feature that when you listen to it on mobile if you are viewing the current song playing it has a video or animation that goes with that song. I was hoping to have this functionality when I put my desktop app in...

Dremin17
Newbie
Lord Huron's new album Vide Noir has a feature that when you listen to it on mobile if you are viewing the current song playing it has a video or animation that goes with that song. I was hoping to h...
2018-04-20 8:31:30 PM
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2761 Views
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Song stops after a few seconds then random Latin music starts playing...

Is anyone else having this problem? I'll be listening to a song on one of my playlists or albums, then suddenly the song will just stop after playing for about 10 seconds, then some random Latin music comes on. I have nothing against Latin music, but...

jenmogei
Newbie
Is anyone else having this problem? I'll be listening to a song on one of my playlists or albums, then suddenly the song will just stop after playing for about 10 seconds, then some random Latin musi...
2018-03-26 7:33:53 PM
2018-04-20 7:52:15 PM
Tamertatlici
Newbie
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2 replies
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Lokale Musikdateien verschwinden nicht

Hallo Zusammen,ich habe folgendes Problem: Ich hatte ein paar Alben lokal auf einer eigenen Festplatte liegen (Laufwerk E). Aufgrund von umstrukturierungen, meiner Festplatten wurde kurzzeitig aus Laufwerk E, Laufwerk F. In dieser Zeit war Spotify ak...

Ageoffall
Newbie
Hallo Zusammen, ich habe folgendes Problem: Ich hatte ein paar Alben lokal auf einer eigenen Festplatte liegen (Laufwerk E). Aufgrund von umstrukturierungen, meiner Festplatten wurde kurzzeitig aus ...
2018-04-20 7:19:09 PM
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0 replies
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455 Views
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Random connections

So I'll play spotify from my computer. Now the issue I have is when my phone is nearby, it'll randomly connect to my phone, (When I play from my phone, it says the device ID, so I know that that's the correct device) without me asking to, it's even d...

user-removed
Visitor
So I'll play spotify from my computer. Now the issue I have is when my phone is nearby, it'll randomly connect to my phone, (When I play from my phone, it says the device ID, so I know that tha...
2018-04-19 3:28:15 AM
2018-04-20 5:59:58 PM
Sebasty
Community Legend
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3 replies
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Spotify isn't showing recent activity of the people I follow

All of my followers and people I am following show up on my account but their recent activity isnt showing up at all. I miss seeing what my friends are listening to! I checked my settings, I logged out and then in again, I even closed the app, but it...

CptSherlockWho
Music Fan
All of my followers and people I am following show up on my account but their recent activity isnt showing up at all. I miss seeing what my friends are listening to! I checked my settings, I logged o...
2018-04-19 9:23:47 PM
2018-04-20 5:19:42 PM
RBM6752
Casual Listener
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17 replies
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