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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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Local File Skipping

Hi all,Im currently running spotify version: 1.0.77.338.g758ebd78 on Windows 10.My issue is that i have created a playlist with both local files and spotify files and everytime i play the playlist it skips local files. I have tried installing numerou...

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  • Hi all, Im currently running spotify version: 1.0.77.338.g758ebd78 on Windows 10. My issue is that i have created a playlist with both local files and spotify files and everytime i play the pl...
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Only a couple local songs greyed out "This song is not available."

I have these song files on my PC (the same one I'm trying to play them on). They play just fine on every other media player, they are in the same folder as all of my other local files (which play just fine), but only these two specific songs do not p...

  • Newbie
  • I have these song files on my PC (the same one I'm trying to play them on). They play just fine on every other media player, they are in the same folder as all of my other local files (which play jus...
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Solved!! Multiple songs

Is it possible to select multiple songs so I could transfer them to different playlists?

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  • Is it possible to select multiple songs so I could transfer them to different playlists?
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friend activy

it wont show me anymore what my friends are listening to i have checked all the settings and the people that i follow and everything is as it is supposed to be i dont get whats wrong

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  • it wont show me anymore what my friends are listening to i have checked all the settings and the people that i follow and everything is as it is supposed to be i dont get whats wrong
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No internet connection after school IP change

Hi. I'm having problem to logon to Spotify app, since we change our IP range at school. We are using Spotify Premium at local primary school. I'm tech suppport here. It used to logon OK, Then after our IP changed, I get this no internet connection er...

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  • Hi. I'm having problem to logon to Spotify app, since we change our IP range at school. We are using Spotify Premium at local primary school. I'm tech suppport here. It used to logon OK, Then after o...
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Discover Weekly hasn't updated

My Discover Weekly playlist hasn't updated this week. I've tried logging in and out of my account but it still remains unchanged. Discover Weekly is one of my favourite Spotify features and I miss it!

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  • My Discover Weekly playlist hasn't updated this week. I've tried logging in and out of my account but it still remains unchanged. Discover Weekly is one of my favourite Spotify features and I miss it!
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Solved!! Song unavailable in Windows Desktop App

Hello Spotify Team.Recently i've noticed a lot of songs in my playlists not playing in my desktop app for windows 10. When i click them there is an error message, notifiying me that the song is unavailable, but if i it's on my hard drive i can add it...

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  • Hello Spotify Team. Recently i've noticed a lot of songs in my playlists not playing in my desktop app for windows 10. When i click them there is an error message, notifiying me that the song is una...
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Extremely high CPU usage when displaying top "banner ad"

When Spotify Desktop (Windows Store version) is open and the top banner is visible the CPU-usage of the apllication rises to about 84% on a 3.2ghz Microsoft Surface Book Pro. This is most likely due to snow flakes and cars being heavy to animate. As ...

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  • When Spotify Desktop (Windows Store version) is open and the top banner is visible the CPU-usage of the apllication rises to about 84% on a 3.2ghz Microsoft Surface Book Pro. This is most likely due ...
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Where can I find all the songs that I liked?

I don't know how to find my liked songs. There is also no Liked from Radio in my spotify playlist.

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  • I don't know how to find my liked songs. There is also no Liked from Radio in my spotify playlist.
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Pin to taskbar, few days later disappears

I keep pinning the windows 10 app to the taskbar, then a few days later it will disappear and I have to repin it. Been going on for a while, it's the only program doing it.

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  • I keep pinning the windows 10 app to the taskbar, then a few days later it will disappear and I have to repin it. Been going on for a while, it's the only program doing it.
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Solved!! I can't search for my own Spotify Playlists! (Mac)

Hello, I know there is another thread open about this, but I'm opening a new one because this is a VERY BIG ISSUE: WE CAN'T SEARCH FOR OUR OWN PLAYLISTS ANY MORE SINCE THE LAST UPDATE! SPOTIFY IS BASED ON PLAYLISTS, SO TAKING AWAY THE SEARCH FEATURE ...

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  • Hello,   I know there is another thread open about this, but I'm opening a new one because this is a VERY BIG ISSUE: WE CAN'T SEARCH FOR OUR OWN PLAYLISTS ANY MORE SINCE THE LAST UPDATE...
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Spotify não realiza downloads de músicas no windows, o icone verde de download não aparece.

Estou tentando fazer downloads da minha playlist no spotify no computador, porém, quando clico em "baixar", o download é iniciado, mas não aparece o icone que mostra que a musica foi baixada, logo, o modo offiline do spotify simplesmente não funciona...

  • Casual Listener
  • Estou tentando fazer downloads da minha playlist no spotify no computador, porém, quando clico em "baixar", o download é iniciado, mas não aparece o icone que mostra que a musica foi baixada, logo, o...
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Friend Feed looks odd

It doesn't show the activities of all the people i want to see. The name is weirdly cut off.What happened? A few days ago it was working perfectly. Thanks for your help!

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  • It doesn't show the activities of all the people i want to see. The name is weirdly cut off. What happened? A few days ago it was working perfectly.   Thanks for your help!
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Spotify Causes my Windows 10 64-bit System to Freeze

System just becomes unresponsive at random times while Spotify is open that I have to restart the laptop using the hardware button (can't even Ctrl-Alt-Del). Spotify also has a habit of deleting the songs I've saved in my hard drive at random ocassio...

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  • System just becomes unresponsive at random times while Spotify is open that I have to restart the laptop using the hardware button (can't even Ctrl-Alt-Del). Spotify also has a habit of deleting...
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Can't see people I follow without connecting to facebook?

People I follow has disappeared is it because I'm not connected to Facebook?

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  • People I follow has disappeared is it because I'm not connected to Facebook?
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downloading and recording a cd

 can i record the music onto a cd?

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  •  can i record the music onto a cd?
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Problems playing songs

Hi all, i am angry, comming from germany and here is no support in my language .. .I can´t play my playlists, all songs are only played some seconds .. Sometimes 5 , otheres 1 minute then the app is jumping to the next one. Problem with windows app, ...

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  • Hi all,  i am angry, comming from germany and here is no support in my language .. . I  can´t play my playlists, all songs are only played some seconds .. Sometimes 5 , otheres 1 minute t...
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PUP - The Dream is Over

What happened to this album's sound quality?It sounds terrible for some reason, not by aesthetic or anythingi listened to the same album multiple times months on end but the quality just suddenly dropped when i listened today. im on high streaming qu...

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  • What happened to this album's sound quality? It sounds terrible for some reason, not by aesthetic or anything i listened to the same album multiple times months on end but the quality just suddenly...
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With the new Spotify update for Windows, I can no longer see what my friends are listening to.

Instead of Spotify showing what my friends are listening to on the sidebar, it instead says to connect to Facebook to see what my friends are listening to. Does this mean I can no longer see what my friends publicly choose to listen to unless I conne...

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  • Instead of Spotify showing what my friends are listening to on the sidebar, it instead says to connect to Facebook to see what my friends are listening to. Does this mean I can no longer see what my ...
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