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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
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Rim4
Gig Goer
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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
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Nekse
Casual Listener
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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 Search function not working and other bugs

Quite a few bugs popping out today - server maintenece day at Spotify? All day the search function has been dead. Tried restarting the program. Tried logging out and logging back in - simply no go. Have also had a couple of issues with the Windows po...

noden67
Music Fan
Quite a few bugs popping out today - server maintenece day at Spotify? All day the search function has been dead. Tried restarting the program. Tried logging out and logging back in - simply...
2018-04-07 11:30:23 PM
2018-04-24 8:27:34 PM
Aimee_T
Roadie
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1 replies
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Can't uninstall Spotify. Windows 10

I am having some trouble with uninstalling Spotify from my pc. I just spent a month trying to fix a security update problem for my pc. I ended up having to reinstall Windows 10 completely, so I have to reinstall all my applications again :P.I downloa...

Nightoro
Casual Listener
I am having some trouble with uninstalling Spotify from my pc. I just spent a month trying to fix a security update problem for my pc. I ended up having to reinstall Windows 10 completely, s...
2018-04-21 3:19:05 PM
2018-04-24 7:48:36 PM
Nightoro
Casual Listener
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution The Songs tab under "YOUR LIBRARY" doesn't have a download option

In the first image the download button is present download buttonI just want a download option for this pretty sure many other people do thanksno download button

Acecryz
Casual Listener
In the first image the download button is present download buttonI just want a download option for this pretty sure many other people do thanks no download button
2018-04-07 3:45:00 PM
2018-04-24 6:30:31 PM
Aimee_T
Roadie
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1 replies
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Remove Artist from Daily Mix

The Daily Mix is a great idea and I use it quite a lot. The only annoying thing is artists I have removed keep reappearing in the playlist, meaning I have to remove them again using the Don't play (band name). This happens when I pause the current so...

ofwolfandman
Music Fan
The Daily Mix is a great idea and I use it quite a lot. The only annoying thing is artists I have removed keep reappearing in the playlist, meaning I have to remove them again using the Don't play (b...
2018-04-24 6:05:51 PM
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don't play song
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What does it mean to 'follow' an artist?

What exactly does it mean to 'follow' an artist? I understand that if I go to My Music > Artists they will show up in a list there. But how is that any different than just creating a playlist for that artist? Will I get updates somewhere for artists ...

ansky
Music Fan
What exactly does it mean to 'follow' an artist? I understand that if I go to My Music > Artists they will show up in a list there. But how is that any different than just creating a p...
2014-08-10 5:59:28 PM
2018-04-24 5:31:30 PM
flobemaor
Newbie
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26 replies
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MP3 creates a conflic with Spotify audio files

So, I've ran into this problem where I've realized that if you save a song from a physical album with Windows Media Player that saves your song as (for example) "02 Magic" (it being "Magic" by Coldplay) it will not allow you play the song on Spotify ...

W0lfen
Newbie
So, I've ran into this problem where I've realized that if you save a song from a physical album with Windows Media Player that saves your song as (for example) "02 Magic" (it being "Magic" by Coldpl...
2018-04-24 4:32:19 PM
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Find Your Friends

Hello! I want to report my problem, I can't even login to Facebook via button "Find Your Friends". Spotify will open the window, but problem is somewhere else, I can't even reach the window, via function Win + Tab or Alt + Tab, I can see the window i...

MartinGamingSVK
Newbie
Hello! I want to report my problem, I can't even login to Facebook via button "Find Your Friends". Spotify will open the window, but problem is somewhere else, I can't even reach the window, via func...
2018-04-24 3:56:17 PM
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Find friends

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Playlist sorting by Followers options

When browsing through other users playlist I would like to sort them by followers. It seems abit lazy that you state amount of followers a playlist has if you cant't answer the next obvious question, what playlist has the most follower?It is pretty b...

Gonzaz
Newbie
When browsing through other users playlist I would like to sort them by followers. It seems abit lazy that you state amount of followers a playlist has if you cant't answer the next obvious...
2018-04-24 2:10:44 PM
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Sorting Options
Sorting Playlists

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Cache file location unable to change on Win10 Pro

Unable to change the cache file on Spotify Ver1.0.77.338.g on Windows 10 Pro (64bit)ver.1709. All cache files goes to C:\Users\******\AppData\Local\Spotify\Data.Cache files tooks 10G of spaces on computer, while I'm using Spotify App on iPhone most o...

Penguin_P
Newbie
Unable to change the cache file on Spotify Ver1.0.77.338.g on Windows 10 Pro (64bit)ver.1709. All cache files goes to C:\Users\******\AppData\Local\Spotify\Data. Cache files tooks 10G of spaces on c...
2018-04-24 1:43:11 PM
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Cache
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Solved!! "Your daily mix is not available offline message" appears while ONLINE

Hey guys, The subject is pretty self explanatory, I am not using any VPN, I am on my home network via wifi.I tried closing the client and relunching it.Tried logging out and back in.tried rebooting my router even.Nothing helped.Maybe you can.(Windows...

gold9184
Casual Listener
Hey guys, The subject is pretty self explanatory, I am not using any VPN, I am on my home network via wifi. I tried closing the client and relunching it. Tried logging out and back in. trie...
2018-03-13 10:59:19 PM
2018-04-24 1:05:18 PM
daniami
Newbie
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6 replies
1 likes

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Windows 10, sudden delay on play/pause/volume/song switch. High-End PC specs.

Hi,I have a problem with Spotify on a high-end desktop computer (i7 6700k, gtx1080, 16gb ram) hooked with a Fiio e07k USB DAC with Beyerdynamic DT770. Hardware acceleration enabled. After a while with application open and no playbacks (1 hrs or such)...

sussebass
Newbie
Hi, I have a problem with Spotify on a high-end desktop computer (i7 6700k, gtx1080, 16gb ram) hooked with a Fiio e07k USB DAC with Beyerdynamic DT770. Hardware acceleration enabled. A...
2018-04-24 7:04:06 AM
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Browser Player doesn't work

Recently, my Spotify browser stopped working. I only get the message: Ooops, something went wrong. As well, I can't get the Finnish version of the player, only the international English one (that's not as important, but still...). I have deleted all ...

ericrose
Music Fan
Recently, my Spotify browser stopped working. I only get the message: Ooops, something went wrong. As well, I can't get the Finnish version of the player, only the international English one (that's n...
2018-04-20 10:12:02 AM
2018-04-24 4:50:04 AM
Alfredo
Roadie
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1 replies
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Superuser Contribution Can't Remove Spotify from Windows 7 64bit

Never faced such a resilient program. Trying to uninstall from control panel (as administrator) brings up a "This program is not responding" error dialog and doesn't continue. I've made sure no spotify processes are running (that I know of) and still...

over5tayer
Newbie
Never faced such a resilient program. Trying to uninstall from control panel (as administrator) brings up a "This program is not responding" error dialog and doesn't continue. I've made sure no spoti...
2018-04-20 6:14:52 AM
2018-04-24 4:47:16 AM
Alfredo
Roadie
642 Views
1 replies
0 likes

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If I favorite a song in Daily Mix 1, is it favorited in Daily Mix 2 as well?

Are song settings for my daily mixes all linked? If I favorite a song in Daily Mix 1, is it favorited in Daily Mix 2 as well? Does the same thing happen when I say "Don't play this song/artist"? I my daily mixes all completely separate by genre in a ...

cgunning17
Casual Listener
Are song settings for my daily mixes all linked? If I favorite a song in Daily Mix 1, is it favorited in Daily Mix 2 as well? Does the same thing happen when I say "Don't play this song/artist"?...
2018-04-24 4:45:51 AM
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Superuser Contribution I am unable to log into my account on my downloaded desk top version

I downloaded the spotify application to my desk top instead of running the website and when i type in my account information and click log in, it doesnt do anything except darken like it is trying to log in but never does.

jessemeowsers
Newbie
I downloaded the spotify application to my desk top instead of running the website and when i type in my account information and click log in, it doesnt do anything except darken like it is trying to...
2018-04-19 9:10:39 PM
2018-04-24 4:30:13 AM
Alfredo
Roadie
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1 replies
0 likes

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Superuser Contribution New Songs Playlists Top

Hello,I got a problem with the sorting process of playlists.I put all my saved songs from "Songs" into a playlist and i really want to keep that sorting. Now, when i add a new song to that playlist, its not like under "Songs" where the newest songs a...

Deniz892
Newbie
Hello, I got a problem with the sorting process of playlists. I put all my saved songs from "Songs" into a playlist and i really want to keep that sorting. Now, when i add a new song to that playli...
2018-04-19 11:23:00 AM
2018-04-24 4:25:29 AM
Alfredo
Roadie
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1 replies
0 likes

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Spotify Web Play não avança para reproduzir a música seguinte.

No Firefox quando estou ouvindo qualquer música de um álbum, o Spotify Web Player não avança para reproduzir a próxima faixa. Sempre que uma música termina, tenho que dar o play para continuar na música seguinte.

andersonrc_
Casual Listener
No Firefox quando estou ouvindo qualquer música de um álbum, o Spotify Web Player não avança para reproduzir a próxima faixa. Sempre que uma música termina, tenho que dar o play para continuar na mús...
2018-04-18 9:12:25 PM
2018-04-24 4:16:25 AM
Bittencourt
Spotify Star
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3 replies
1 likes

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'Friend Activity' Bar only shows about 10% of my follows

As the title suggests, the Friend Activity Bar is only showing around 10% of the people I follow. If I go down to Find Friends and click on the 'Follow All' button (I already follow everyone on the list btw), it will show everyone that I am following...

Jollof
Composer
As the title suggests, the Friend Activity Bar is only showing around 10% of the people I follow. If I go down to Find Friends and click on the 'Follow All' button (I already follow everyone on the l...
2018-04-23 3:28:01 PM
2018-04-23 12:16:14 AM
neoprodigy
Roadie
476 Views
1 replies
2 likes

476 Views
1 replies
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Recommended Songs Reset

OK, so I have a 620+ song playlist ok? So, now it's not even recommending songs anymore. It keeps recommending the same songs, even when I press "Refresh". My playlist is so very diverse. Does this mean no songs are even close to be relevant with my ...

thezombiekillr9
Gig Goer
OK, so I have a 620+ song playlist ok? So, now it's not even recommending songs anymore. It keeps recommending the same songs, even when I press "Refresh". My playlist is so very diverse. Does this m...
2018-04-23 12:02:38 AM
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Recommended Songs Reset
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Problems with Playing Explizit Songs

Hello cant found soemthing about this im from Germany so i want to her this Song:Song i want to hear In webplayer i can see the E icon that tells mit its Explicit, in the desktop app i cant found the song but where can i Turn this of so i can found i...

Backpflaume51
Newbie
Hello cant found soemthing about this im from Germany so i want to her this Song: Song i want to hear In webplayer i can see the E icon that tells mit its Explicit, in the desktop app i can...
2018-04-23 9:02:16 PM
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