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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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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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Too many songs (?)

Hi, I've been subbed to Spotify for quite a while and I've reached close to 800 songs in one of my main playlist. I've realised that recently when i add a song into the playlist, it doesnt appear there unless i copy paste the entire playlist from 'So...

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  • Hi, I've been subbed to Spotify for quite a while and I've reached close to 800 songs in one of my main playlist. I've realised that recently when i add a song into the playlist, it doesnt appear the...
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My music keeps pausing every 30s

My music keeps pausing at exactly every 30 seconds after i press play. I already logged out of everywhere twice and uninstalled the app on my computer and still nothing. Please help ;( i just wanna listen to music ;(((( thanks guys.

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  • My music keeps pausing at exactly every 30 seconds after i press play. I already logged out of everywhere twice and uninstalled the app on my computer and still nothing. Please help ;( i just wanna l...
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music doesn't play by speaker

When I hear music with my laptop speaker it works well - but when I stick it into my normal soundsystem (ISY - with AUX) it doesn't play since almost 1 week. When I put the aux cable out - it plays like ever. What happend?(I have an extern sound adap...

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  • When I hear music with my laptop speaker it works well - but when I stick it into my normal soundsystem (ISY - with AUX) it doesn't play since almost 1 week. When I put the aux cable out - it plays l...
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Last update problem with playlist covers (Feb 2018)

Hi there! I can´t change any playlist cover since last update. Why Spotify, why????

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  • Hi there! I can´t change any playlist cover since last update. Why Spotify, why????
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Seeing playlists and artist I never played

Almost any time I open spotify these days, I am suddenly following playlists or radios I never even listened to. Also, when looking at recently played artists, it lists a lot of artists I have never listened to. I am worried if my account might have ...

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  • Almost any time I open spotify these days, I am suddenly following playlists or radios I never even listened to. Also, when looking at recently played artists, it lists a lot of artists I have never ...
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Ad won't play

Hi, I'm using the Spotify Web Player on Windows and I have an ad that won't play. It doesn't start, it just stays there, and the circular logo for 'repeat/go back to beginning' is green and I can't turn it off. Whenever I click on a song or a playlis...

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  • Hi,   I'm using the Spotify Web Player on Windows and I have an ad that won't play. It doesn't start, it just stays there, and the circular logo for 'repeat/go back to beginning' is green and ...
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How do I stop Spotify from auto loading on system start-up?

Most competent software programs allow the user to control wether or not to auto-load on start-up. I thought I checked this type of feature off before but now I can't find it and this **bleep** thing keeps loading up every time I start my computer!!!...

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  • Most competent software programs allow the user to control wether or not to auto-load on start-up. I thought I checked this type of feature off before but now I can't find it and this **bleep** thing...
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Resetting password

I want to change my Spotify password. Yes I know my current password, but whenever I try to reset my password with this link it says "This **bleep** should not be blank. This **bleep** should not be blank." why does this happen and what is the cause ...

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  • I want to change my Spotify password. Yes I know my current password, but whenever I try to reset my password with this link it says "This **bleep** should not be blank. This **bleep** shou...
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not all playlists will appear upon startup

When I start spotify on my computer, not all of my playlists will be available to add songs to. They're all visible to scroll through on the left and I can listen to them, but if I right click a song to add it to a playlist, only a select few will be...

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  • When I start spotify on my computer, not all of my playlists will be available to add songs to. They're all visible to scroll through on the left and I can listen to them, but if I right click a song...
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Solved!! Random albums being added to queue and autoplaying

This has been happening this past week or so. I will just be sitting at my computer and then suddenly music will start playing on Spotify. It is always the same artist and a lot of the times the same song. For no prompted reason, these albums will ju...

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  • This has been happening this past week or so. I will just be sitting at my computer and then suddenly music will start playing on Spotify. It is always the same artist and a lot of the times the same...
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Windows 10 and Google Home Mini - can only one play at a time?

So I have a Google Home Mini device connected to my Spotify Account. The speaker is in the kitchen and my PC is in my home office. My wife would start a playlist (from my account) using the speaker, but if I was listening to music on my PC, it would ...

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  • So I have a Google Home Mini device connected to my Spotify Account.  The speaker is in the kitchen and my PC is in my home office.  My wife would start a playlist (from my account) us...
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Playlist Help

How do I keep songs strictly in a playlist, but not have them play in my library?

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  • How do I keep songs strictly in a playlist, but not have them play in my library?
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Custom Playlist Images not updating publicly

Hey spotify freinds: I couldn't find any submitted questions on this topic: I recently changed the playlist image for one of my playlists. I see the new image when I perform a search, but when another person (not me) searches for my playlist, the "ol...

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  • Hey spotify freinds:   I couldn't find any submitted questions on this topic:    I recently changed the playlist image for one of my playlists.  I see the new image when I per...
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Music i have plays on my phone app but not on the desktop

ok basically i have listen to a song on my phone but when i want to listen to it on my computer it says its not available, why is that?

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  • ok basically i have listen to a song on my phone but when i want to listen to it on my computer it says its not available, why is that?
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Cache gets random deleted

Again Spotify just changed the Cache Folder to C:\ which by the way is a joke, its 2018 noone uses C:\ on a win-pc as data store....As soon as i change the folder to my old one with more than 20GB data Spotify just deletes my whole cache and doesn't ...

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  • Again Spotify just changed the Cache Folder to C:\ which by the way is a joke, its 2018 noone uses C:\ on a win-pc as data store.... As soon as i change the folder to my old one with more than 20GB ...
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Local files play but artist and album are greyed out

last week I was working on my local files area. Each song I would click on Album and choose the song and add it to Songs in my Library. (I did this so when I didn't have my external drive plugged in I would have the song still available in Songs in m...

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  • last week I was working on my local files area. Each song I would click on Album and choose the song and add it to Songs in my Library. (I did this so when I didn't have my external drive plugged in ...
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Why isn't there an option to delete the 'now playing' song?

Just wondering why they forgot to add the option 'remove from playlist' when you right click on a song currently playing (from a playlist you creted)? Makes no sense. Instead you have to search that song in your playlist and delete it from there.

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  • Just wondering why they forgot to add the option 'remove from playlist' when you right click on a song currently playing (from a playlist you creted)? Makes no sense. Instead you have to search that ...
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Songs on playlist removed (desktop) but still view-able on Mobile App, but with songs greyed out

My playlist is suddenly empty on the desktop app but not empty (all there) on my phone, but there are some songs greyed out. I can play these songs separately if I search for them. Also there are a lot more than 14 songs on my playlist. Please tell m...

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  • My playlist is suddenly empty on the desktop app but not empty (all there) on my phone, but there are some songs greyed out. I can play these songs separately if I search for them. Also there are a l...
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Solved!! Windows 10, Spotify freezes PC randomly after Creators Update

After I updated to the latest version of Windows 10, namely the creators update, the spotify desktop app completely freezes my PC while playing music (seemigly at random). It makes weird static noises and then everything freezes and I have to hit the...

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  • After I updated to the latest version of Windows 10, namely the creators update, the spotify desktop app completely freezes my PC while playing music (seemigly at random). It makes weird static noise...
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