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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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  • notworking117
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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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  • Lanciano007
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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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Problemas modo offline

Tengo un problema pongo mis listas en modo offline pero en vez de ponerse la flecha verde de que están disponibles es una flecha gris y no puedo escucharlas si no estoy conectado a una red

  • Newbie
  • Tengo un problema pongo mis listas en modo offline pero en vez de ponerse la flecha verde de que están disponibles es una flecha gris y no puedo escucharlas si no estoy conectado a una red
  • osornios
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"questo brano non è disponibile"... ma nell'app lo è

Come dice il titolo, dal programma su computer su alcuni brani viene fuori la dicitura "questo brano non è disponibile, se è presente nel computer puoi importarlo", ma dall'app per Android, invece, il brano è disponibile eccome. Un esempio è "Weight ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Come dice il titolo, dal programma su computer su alcuni brani viene fuori la dicitura "questo brano non è disponibile, se è presente nel computer puoi importarlo", ma dall'app per Android, invece, i...
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Desktop app now uses default chrome class name

As of version 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc the spotify main window is using the "Chrome_WidgetWin_0" as the window class name instead of the previous "SpotifyMainWindow" class. We are now on version 1.0.77.338.g758ebd78. A lot of things use this window class...

  • Newbie
  • As of version 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc the spotify main window is using the "Chrome_WidgetWin_0" as the window class name instead of the previous "SpotifyMainWindow" class. We are now on version&nbs...
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Solved!! Spotify won't play anything

My desktop app won't play any music, looked up all past topics but none of the solutions work for me. At the top of the screen there is message that says: "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it". I've bee...

  • Casual Listener
  • My desktop app won't play any music, looked up all past topics but none of the solutions work for me. At the top of the screen there is message that says: "This song is not available. If you have the...
  • Pantooon
  • Casual Listener
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Discover recommendations gone

This week on my PC's the "recommendations for you" under Browse - Discover tab are suddenly gone. It seems to be a problem with the service rather than some my set up or settings, because it's happenend on two different computers and platforms (my wo...

  • Music Fan
  • This week on my PC's the "recommendations for you" under Browse - Discover tab are suddenly gone.  It seems to be a problem with the service rather than some my set up or settings, because it's ...
  • Gwynmara
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Solved!! Is it ok for Spotify if I put my Bollywood Facebook link into my playlist with Bollywood music

Is it fine if I put my Facebook-group-Bollywood-link into my public Bollywood-playlist on Spotify. Is it bad and will it be a problem. Thank you.

  • Casual Listener
  • Is it fine if I put my Facebook-group-Bollywood-link into my public Bollywood-playlist on Spotify. Is it bad and will it be a problem. Thank you.
  • blaster1
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Halsey Presale spotify code for the Montreal Show

Halsey presale starts tomorrow for the July 8 montreal show and I am looking for the presale code .Anyone have an idea what it is

  • Newbie
  • Halsey presale starts tomorrow for the July 8 montreal show and I am looking for the presale code .Anyone have an idea what it is 
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Solved!! Who is following my playlist?

Alright, so I can see what people are following my account by clicking on followers.. but why can't I click on the followers of a single playlist? It says 10 followers but I want to know who they are.. is there any way to do this?

  • Newbie
  • Alright, so I can see what people are following my account by clicking on followers.. but why can't I click on the followers of a single playlist? It says 10 followers but I want to know who they are...
  • beckssziku
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Solved!! Minimizing spotify changes sound for the worse. Dolby Audio related.

Hi I have been searching for a long time for a resolution for this problem. When "Dolby Audio" is enabled in Playback device properties, the sound is great when the spotify window is in focus. As soon as I minimize og change focus to another window, ...

  • Regular
  • Hi   I have been searching for a long time for a resolution for this problem. When "Dolby Audio" is enabled in Playback device properties, the sound is great when the spotify window is in focu...
  • Kfelber
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Solved!! Spotify Radio not showing up

Hi there. My desktop client's radio is playing but I cannot see any thing.

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  • Hi there.   My desktop client's radio is playing but I cannot see any thing. 
  • KJ115
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Superuser Contribution Spotify continously skips songs and tells me to import.

My spotify, whenever I press play on a playlist it just skips from one song to another without making a sound and then when I try to press a song to play it it tells me I have to import it for the song to be played.

  • Newbie
  • My spotify, whenever I press play on a playlist it just skips from one song to another without making a sound and then when I try to press a song to play it it tells me I have to import it for the so...
  • brookeroling
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Spotify no se abre en Windows

Desde hace unas semanas, cuando abro la aplicación de Spotify en mi ordenador, aparece en pantalla pero no llega a mostrarme el menú de inicio y se apaga tras varios "intentos" en los que parpardea. Finalmente se cierra. He desinstalado la aplicación...

  • Casual Listener
  • Desde hace unas semanas, cuando abro la aplicación de Spotify en mi ordenador, aparece en pantalla pero no llega a mostrarme el menú de inicio y se apaga tras varios "intentos" en los que parpardea. ...
  • osornios
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Cutting Music

Dear all, #spotify Since 2 weeks ago I start having this problem. I star my playlist and ALL the musics start cutting all the time, like more than 10 times each sound. I already reinstalled the program, but did't fixed this problem. Please I need a u...

  • Casual Listener
  • Dear all, #spotify   Since 2 weeks ago I start having this problem. I star my playlist and ALL the musics start cutting all the time, like more than 10 times each sound. I already reinstalled ...
  • Sebasty
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My desktop App is frozen

I have this problem from yesterday that my desktop app just got frozen and doesn't do anything. i tried to re-install and nothing has changed. even when i press "connect with facebook" nothing pops up! can you please help me.thanks P.S: i'm running o...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have this problem from yesterday that my desktop app just got frozen and doesn't do anything. i tried to re-install and nothing has changed. even when i press "connect with facebook" nothing pops u...
  • Sebasty
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cant control volume by my keyboard

- THE PROBLEM IS ON THE PC -cant control volume by my keyboard, i cant only control the volume by mouse or by minimizing the spotify window.somehow, the volume controls on my keyboard doesn't work when the spotify software is un-minimized.Would like ...

  • Newbie
  • - THE PROBLEM IS ON THE PC - cant control volume by my keyboard, i cant only control the volume by mouse or by minimizing the spotify window. somehow, the volume controls on my keyboard doesn't wor...
  • Thepoos
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Recommended songs gives me songs in other languages

When i play spotify for a longer period of time it will eventually go into the recommended songs list. No problem with that. There is just that it always gives me Finnish rap music or Finnish pop music. I live in Sweden and have never listen to anyth...

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  • When i play spotify for a longer period of time it will eventually go into the recommended songs list. No problem with that. There is just that it always gives me Finnish rap music or Finnish pop mus...
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Solved!! *Troubleshooting* Spotify doesn’t stream to receiver anymore. Out of options :(

3 devices (smartphone, tablet, PC(LAN)) plays songs fine.All show my receiver (Pioneer VSX 924, Spotify certified) for playing by Spotify connectReceiver shows title song, but doesn’t play. Sometimes a few seconds, most of the time nothing.Last week ...

  • Casual Listener
  • 3 devices (smartphone, tablet, PC(LAN)) plays songs fine. All show my receiver (Pioneer VSX 924, Spotify certified) for playing by Spotify connect Receiver shows title song, but doesn’t play. Somet...
  • Svendsen111
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Superuser Contribution Não é possível tocar a músical atual

Aparece essa mensagem.. Mas toca, só que fica travando quando passa a música pra frente.. Pode ser problema de internet?! Mas minha internet está ok..

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  • Aparece essa mensagem.. Mas toca, só que fica travando quando passa a música pra frente.. Pode ser problema de internet?! Mas minha internet está ok..
  • mfvpadilha
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Song that has the explicit tag is still censored

Today all of a sudden the songs (which are tagged explicit), that I was listening to were censored. Words like f*ck and others were completly censored. Before this they weren't censored at all.I was listening to SYRE by Jaden Smith. This album has on...

  • Casual Listener
  • Today all of a sudden the songs (which are tagged explicit), that I was listening to were censored. Words like f*ck and others were completly censored. Before this they weren't censored at all. I wa...
  • lynyx
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Solved!! Can't uninstall (Win7)

Well, I am unable to install this crappy app from Windows 7.When I go to the Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs and try to uninstall I get "Spotify has stopped working" crash, no ability to uninstall (see attached image). Btw, the program is running...

  • Casual Listener
  • Well, I am unable to install this crappy app from Windows 7. When I go to the Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs and try to uninstall I get "Spotify has stopped working" crash, no ability to uni...
  • KaoticAlchemist
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