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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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FAQ: Spotify for Windows 10 app

Hey folks, we've outlined some of the common questions you might have about the Windows 10 app now available. Please post in this board if you have any other questions. Q: Why can’t I see Spotify in the Windows 10 store? A: Spotify for Windows store ...

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Suggestion: Autopause when desktop screen locks

I really like the new autoplay feature. However, it has exacerbated an issue I've been having occasionally. I listen to spotify in headphones connected my desktop computer at the office. When I leave the office, I sometimes forget to pause the music,...

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  • I really like the new autoplay feature. However, it has exacerbated an issue I've been having occasionally.   I listen to spotify in headphones connected my desktop computer at the office. Whe...
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Partial Playlist Length

When using other music players I could select a batch of tracks and it would give me the total playing time of that specific selection. Is there anyway to see this in Spotify? It would greatly help me organize the playlist for our wedding. If not, it...

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  • When using other music players I could select a batch of tracks and it would give me the total playing time of that specific selection.   Is there anyway to see this in Spotify? It would ...
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The Day the Music Died, Part 2: A Real Fix

I detailed my problems in a different thread (the play arrows no longer worked on any part of my Spotify web account), and my previous "fix" was to open a new Spotify account, then link back to all my old folders. I stumbled on a new fix, and it solv...

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  • I detailed my problems in a different thread (the play arrows no longer worked on any part of my Spotify web account), and my previous "fix" was to open a new Spotify account, then link back to all m...
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Spotify window won't fullscreen

I have two monitors, and it fullscreens on the second monitor, however when I switch the window over to my first monitor, it seems to cut off everything except what it would be on my second monitor; as if its resolution is set to my second monitor. I...

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  • I have two monitors, and it fullscreens on the second monitor, however when I switch the window over to my first monitor, it seems to cut off everything except what it would be on my second monitor; ...
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Spotify Won't Load

Hello, I have been using Spotify since last year I believe, and since then I have not have had any problems. Now, when I open Spotify I get the black screen with the whirring circle and I have tried uninstalling the program and re-downloading it mult...

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  • Hello, I have been using Spotify since last year I believe, and since then I have not have had any problems.  Now, when I open Spotify I get the black screen with the whirring circle and I have ...
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Add Song to playlist - playlists temporarily disappear

Hello, Got a weird little bug on the Windows app. When I first open the app and want to add a song to one of my playlists, I right click on the song as normal and navigate the menus to my folder of playlists. Weirdly, it only shows my playlists that ...

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  • Hello,   Got a weird little bug on the Windows app. When I first open the app and want to add a song to one of my playlists, I right click on the song as normal and navigate the menus to my fo...
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Identifying songs saved to my music that are not in any playlist

There seems to be no way to identify what playlist(s) a given song is part of. I use both Save save Add to Playlist but sometimes forget one or the other Identifying songs in a playlist that are not saved to my music is easy enough... there is a "plu...

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  • There seems to be no way to identify what playlist(s) a given song is part of. I use both Save save Add to Playlist but sometimes forget one or the other   Identifying songs in a playlist that...
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Spotify Audio Stuttering -> Windows 10 app

The audio is stuttering in my Windows 10 Desktop app. I have tried reinstalling Spotify, restarting my computer, everything listed in the troubleshooting list. I am not having this issue with any other audio files or with Youtube, only Spotify. I hav...

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  • The audio is stuttering in my Windows 10 Desktop app. I have tried reinstalling Spotify, restarting my computer, everything listed in the troubleshooting list. I am not having this issue with any oth...
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Solved!! WEB PLAYER STUCK

My web player is stuck with the repeat one song control active but I can't hit it or neither of the other controls. Basically I can't use the player anymore.

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  • My web player is stuck with the repeat one song control active but I can't hit it or neither of the other controls. Basically I can't use the player anymore.
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Local playlist sync

Local playlist wont sync between 2 PC but does sync to my mobile device.When I click to download the playlist the message that keeps showing is "waiting.."

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  • Local playlist wont sync between 2 PC but does sync to my mobile device. When I click to download the playlist the message that keeps showing is "waiting.."
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504 Gateway Time Out Message

My desktop version of Spotify is displaying a 504 Gateway Time Out Message. Working okay on my phone. My husband, on our family plan, is working fine on his desktop and his phone. The only one affected is my desktop.

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  • My desktop version of Spotify is displaying a 504 Gateway Time Out Message. Working okay on my phone. My husband, on our family plan, is working fine on his desktop and his phone. The only one a...
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Spotify UI glitch

UI glitch on *COUNTRY* TOP 50. 

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  • UI glitch on *COUNTRY* TOP 50.  
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People stealing other artists songs.

(Sorry if this is in the wrong part of the ''forum'' but this just angers me.) So just as the title... I've come a cross an ''artist'' called ''I n'' that had some album called ''Acisenlia'' then i realized that the cover arts had the actual name of ...

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  • (Sorry if this is in the wrong part of the ''forum'' but this just angers me.) So just as the title... I've come a cross an ''artist'' called ''I n'' that had some album called ''Acisenlia'...
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Spotify Web Player Not Working

I cannot play any music in the web player. It is just frozen. The play buttons don't work, I keep pressing them. Logging in and out, refreshing.. nothing helps. I only have spotify web player as App ain't available in my country.

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  • I cannot play any music in the web player. It is just frozen. The play buttons don't work, I keep pressing them. Logging in and out, refreshing.. nothing helps. I only have spotify web player as App ...
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Solved!! Cannot add songs to queue

I cannot add songs to my queue.I am running Spotify 1.0.72.117.g6bd7cc73 on a Dell Latitude E6540 with Windows 7.I have already done a soft reset and a clean reinstall.Happy to answer any questions.

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  • I cannot add songs to my queue. I am running Spotify 1.0.72.117.g6bd7cc73 on a Dell Latitude E6540 with Windows 7. I have already done a soft reset and a clean reinstall. Happy to answer any quest...
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Wiped playlist

So my housemate thought it'd be funny to wipe my most played playlist. Playlist was set to collaborative due to me having to use another account for my family program to work. So he did this by wiping the entire 1000ish songs off the playlist, and no...

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  • So my housemate thought it'd be funny to wipe my most played playlist. Playlist was set to collaborative due to me having to use another account for my family program to work. So he did this by wipin...
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Low transfer speed - desktop app

I have a problem with low transfer during listening music through Spotify Windows App. This causes interrupting the music during playing. In the attachment is the screenshoot from my control panel with actual internet usage. I think the problem exist...

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  • I have a problem with low transfer during listening music through Spotify Windows App. This causes interrupting the music during playing. In the attachment is the screenshoot from my control panel wi...
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