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Solved!! 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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  • MattSuda
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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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Add complete local folder to playlist

Hello, is there an option to add local folders with mp3 files completely into a playlist.(Not one by one!) If not, could you implement this pls. thx

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello,   is there an option to add local folders with mp3 files completely into a playlist. (Not one by one!)   If not, could you implement this pls.   thx
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Account Accessed by Unknown Device, In Need of Playlist Restoration

As I was getting ready for the day today, my Spotify started going in and out, as a device called "iPhone de Alberto" started accessing my music and playing from that device, playing music I had never heard of. I changed it back to play from my devic...

  • Casual Listener
  • As I was getting ready for the day today, my Spotify started going in and out, as a device called "iPhone de Alberto" started accessing my music and playing from that device, playing music I had neve...
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No puedo descargar MIS canciones guardadas

Hola, la verdad no se si nunca se ha podido o es problema mio, pero no me aparece el boton "descargar" arriba en MIS canciones en la app de PC. Al parecer solo puedo guardarlas en playlist.

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  • Hola, la verdad no se si nunca se ha podido o es problema mio, pero no me aparece el boton "descargar" arriba en MIS canciones en la app de PC. Al parecer solo puedo guardarlas en playlist.
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Bad shuffle

Hi, guys. Shuffle works terribly, I hear the same songs every day, I reinstalled Spotify, cleared the cache, but still I hear the same songs every day.Please change the algorithm, or do something about it. Thanks

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  • Hi, guys. Shuffle works terribly, I hear the same songs every day, I reinstalled Spotify, cleared the cache, but still I hear the same songs every day. Please change the algorithm, or do something a...
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I cant get on

When I go to spotify.com it says this site can't be reached www.spotify.com refused to connect

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  • When I go to spotify.com it says this site can't be reached   www.spotify.com refused to connect
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Repeat Function Not Working Properly

Hi All, This might sound like a weird issue, but it's been bugging me and I can't seem to fix it, so I figure I'll give this a shot. My previous laptop that I had ran Windows 7, and if I was listening to a single track on repeat and then decided to c...

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  • Hi All,   This might sound like a weird issue, but it's been bugging me and I can't seem to fix it, so I figure I'll give this a shot.   My previous laptop that I had ran Windows 7, and...
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songs that are on Spotify but it says they aren’t

So I had two songs on my desktop I was listening to and I know they’re there but I click on them and it now says this song is not available. How do I fix this it’s happened two separate times. The songs we’re freight train and the older I get by Alan...

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  • So I had two songs on my desktop I was listening to and I know they’re there but I click on them and it now says this song is not available. How do I fix this it’s happened two separate times. The so...
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Superuser Contribution Song is different on phone than pc?

Hello, I've been listening to XXXTentacion's new album on my phone but when I listen to it on my pc (windows) it sounds different? Let's take for example "NUMB" is speeded up on pc? and "The remedy for a broken heart" it's only a piano playing?! Some...

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  • Hello, I've been listening to XXXTentacion's new album on my phone but when I listen to it on my pc (windows) it sounds different? Let's take for example "NUMB" is speeded up on pc? and "The remedy f...
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Spotify doesn't show all the artist i follow

Hello folks!I noticed this problem yesterday.The app on desktop doesn't show all the artists i follow.When i search the artist , it says ''I'm following'' but when i go to my profile and click ''following'' , they just don't appear there but only som...

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  • Hello folks! I noticed this problem yesterday.The app on desktop doesn't show all the artists i follow.When i search the artist , it says ''I'm following'' but when i go to my profile and click ''fo...
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Windows Store Version

Hi, I'm having trouble installing the "non windows store" version of spotify. I use a plugin called Equalify Pro (which is very important to me) and it is not compatible with the windows store version of spotify. I've always had the desktop version i...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi,   I'm having trouble installing the "non windows store" version of spotify.   I use a plugin called Equalify Pro (which is very important to me) and it is not compatible with the wi...
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Not playing certain artists in a playlist

For some stupid reason when i shuffle a playlist it misses out entire artists. Like i have a playlist of queens of the stone age, muse and arctic monkeys and when i shuffle on my laptop it wont play muse unless i actually pick the song myself hhhh. T...

  • Casual Listener
  • For some stupid reason when i shuffle a playlist it misses out entire artists. Like i have a playlist of queens of the stone age, muse and arctic monkeys and when i shuffle on my laptop it wont play ...
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How to block a certain playlist to not appear on my browse menu Windows 10

Hello, I keep seeing playlist often times which I do not like, they keep appearing on my Browse menu in Windows 10, how to block a playlist from appearing? Such as "Transcend" playlist, why the **bleep** something like that exists in the first place ...

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  • Hello, I keep seeing playlist often times which I do not like, they keep appearing on my Browse menu in Windows 10, how to block a playlist from appearing? Such as "Transcend" playlist, why the **ble...
  • Sebasty
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Solved!! Error 18 then unresponsive

So, i have a win 10 machine that i recentley uninstalled spotify from because of streaming issues(just bad internet). I tried to reinstall from the website with an error code 18. Going through and uninstalling on all devices i use spotify on, i retri...

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  • So, i have a win 10 machine that i recentley uninstalled spotify from because of streaming issues(just bad internet). I tried to reinstall from the website with an error code 18. Going through and un...
  • Sebasty
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Solved!! Deleting from "Local files"

How do I delete songs (or all the songs at the same time) from my "Local Files"?I have there 192 songs the Spotify added automatically without asking me...and after this - how do I add specific songs from my computer to my "Local Files"?

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  • How do I delete songs (or all the songs at the same time) from my "Local Files"? I have there 192 songs the Spotify added automatically without asking me... and after this - how do I add specific...
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Music Videos

I am currently trying a free trial version of premium but I can't seem to access music videos on my windows desktop. How can I view them?

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  • I am currently trying a free trial version of premium but I can't seem to access music videos on my windows desktop. How can I view them?
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Solved!! Sound quality desktop / web difference

Hi, I'm new here. Just want to ask a few question about the sound quality difference between desktop app and web player. From what I'm listening the sound on the web player has a deeper sound compared to the desktop app. I don't know the jargon used ...

  • Roadie
  • Hi, I'm new here. Just want to ask a few question about the sound quality difference between desktop app and web player. From what I'm listening the sound on the web player has a deeper sound compare...
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Solved!! Keyboard media key 'Stop' issue

I've had Spotify working flawlessly with my media keys on my keyboard. With the latest update Spotify messed up. The play, rewind and forward still work, but whenever I press the 'stop' button, the music doesn't stop. Instead of stopping the music, S...

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  • I've had Spotify working flawlessly with my media keys on my keyboard. With the latest update Spotify messed up.   The play, rewind and forward still work, but whenever I press the 'stop' butt...
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Spotify gets stuck on ads?

Whenever I open Spotify on my desktop, my music will play for a few songs, then it gets stuck on an ad. It gets left at 0:00. Clicking the play button or trying to play a new song doesn't fix it. I have to reboot everytime it gets stuck? Any solution...

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  • Whenever I open Spotify on my desktop, my music will play for a few songs, then it gets stuck on an ad. It gets left at 0:00. Clicking the play button or trying to play a new song doesn't fix it. I h...
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SPA - Se puede hacer streaming con Spotify? / ENG -Can you do streaming with Spotify?

SPANISHHola me gustaria saber si se puede hacer streaming con Spotifi. He buscado guias pero no he podido encontrar nada.Gracias. ENGLISHHello I would like to know if you can do streaming with Spotifi. I searched for guides but I could not find anyth...

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  • SPANISH Hola me gustaria saber si se puede hacer streaming con Spotifi. He buscado guias pero no he podido encontrar nada. Gracias.   ENGLISH Hello I would like to know if you can do stream...
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