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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...

MattSuda
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2024-03-14 3:38:28 PM
2 weeks ago
James335
Casual Listener
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-06-26 8:42:18 AM
Monday
rednblu
Roadie
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278 replies
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-04-28 8:08:45 PM
2023-04-29 10:41:16 PM
MattSuda
Spotify Star
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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...

Goodman
Spotify Legend
2013-09-17 11:47:47 AM
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All songs from my library are gone.

Hey, guys after the last Win10 update ALL songs from my library are now gone! I never bothered to create a playlist - when I found a song that I like I always chose add to my library option. However now after the latest update all my songs are gone! ...

Scoty
Casual Listener
Hey, guys after the last Win10 update ALL songs from my library are now gone! I never bothered to create a playlist - when I found a song that I like I always chose add to my library option. However ...
2018-03-07 1:58:47 PM
2018-03-08 9:22:28 AM
Scoty
Casual Listener
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650 Views
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The last played queue doesn't update between sessions.

Sometimes Spotify decides to choose a song in some playlist and declare that this is the part of the queue that will load every single time I run it. Every time I turn on Spotify the queue is halfway through a song in the middle of a playlist I liste...

Hobonicus
Newbie
Sometimes Spotify decides to choose a song in some playlist and declare that this is the part of the queue that will load every single time I run it. Every time I turn on Spotify the queue is ha...
2018-03-08 6:03:40 AM
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Cannot download anything other than playlists

Sincerest apolgies if there is already a thread on this, but I was unable to find a relevant/solved one. I am currently trying to download all my albums/saved songs onto my Windows 10 laptop, via the desktop app. However, I am unable to. I only have ...

Oliver_F
Casual Listener
Sincerest apolgies if there is already a thread on this, but I was unable to find a relevant/solved one. I am currently trying to download all my albums/saved songs onto my Windows 10 laptop, via the...
2018-03-07 2:29:46 PM
2018-03-08 5:58:51 AM
Oliver_F
Casual Listener
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Restoring the title toolbar?

Is it possible to choose to see a title toolbar again rather than the tiny ellipse option. I have poor eyesight so use a large font and a big zoom. Works fine with the toolbar not so great with 3 tiny dots. Or failing that is there an easy way to rol...

franiefroufrou
Newbie
Is it possible to choose to see a title toolbar again rather than the tiny ellipse option. I have poor eyesight so use a large font and a big zoom. Works fine with the toolbar not so great with ...
2018-03-08 4:32:47 AM
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0 replies
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Zombie Spotify process - Can't kill Spotify.exe task - The Spotify application is not responding

I can confirm with several people in the office this is now happening. 1. Launch Spotify2. Click the big red X button or click File > Exit3. Try launching Spotify again4. "The Spotify application is not responding." Here's what's happening. When Spot...

hydra92681
Regular
I can confirm with several people in the office this is now happening. 1. Launch Spotify 2. Click the big red X button or click File > Exit 3. Try launching Spotify again 4. "The Spoti...
2015-10-08 12:04:24 AM
2018-03-08 1:19:56 AM
Shak_D
Newbie
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9 replies
8 likes
Windows

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"Saved Albums Only" setting does not persist after closing Spotify

The option to "Saved Albums Only" setting does not persist after closing Spotify. It keeps turning itself off, adding an additional step to play saved albums, since I use the albums section only for full saved albums.

11171317880
Casual Listener
The option to "Saved Albums Only" setting does not persist after closing Spotify. It keeps turning itself off, adding an additional step to play saved albums, since I use the albums sec...
2017-10-21 1:41:45 AM
2018-03-07 12:13:05 AM
rscg
Newbie
652 Views
2 replies
4 likes
Windows

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Queue doesn't work

This occurs both on my PC and my android. Very random. Sometimes I can queue up one song, but never more than one. I am playing songs from a playlist of mine that has approximately 2000 songs in it. It tis a drag. Tried uninstalling, reinstalling, re...

ktyczka
Newbie
This occurs both on my PC and my android. Very random. Sometimes I can queue up one song, but never more than one. I am playing songs from a playlist of mine that has approximately ...
2018-03-07 9:50:55 PM
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can't play current song

So for some reason on Spotify, specifically on the desktop app AND the web player it won't play any music. My phone is just fine but on my desktop I just keep getting the ugly blue sign "Can't play the current song". And it's happened before where if...

user-removed
Visitor
So for some reason on Spotify, specifically on the desktop app AND the web player it won't play any music. My phone is just fine but on my desktop I just keep getting the ugly blue sign "Can't play t...
2018-03-07 6:00:14 PM
2018-03-07 6:15:33 PM
Sebasty
Community Legend
450 Views
1 replies
2 likes

450 Views
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Web Player Not Working

My web player will not work, I play an album or podcast it just skips around but never actually plays anything. I have cleared my cookies, done the Ctrl & F5 refresh, restarted my computer, and made sure my spotify on my phone is turned to the web pl...

LynseyStewart
Newbie
My web player will not work, I play an album or podcast it just skips around but never actually plays anything. I have cleared my cookies, done the Ctrl & F5 refresh, restarted my computer, and m...
2018-03-07 2:55:32 PM
2018-03-07 4:30:45 PM
gordyy
Regular
351 Views
1 replies
1 likes

351 Views
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Where do I see actualy history of played songs?

Under history I only see recently played playlists, but I need specific songs.

mrX
Regular
Under history I only see recently played playlists, but I need specific songs.
2018-03-07 10:11:19 AM
2018-03-07 4:00:32 PM
IguanaSetup
Community Legend
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1 replies
1 likes

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Spotify keeps skipping back to the 1st track in the playlist

I have a large playlist with tracks I add on to it as I go along, sometimes I add whole albums of an artist and then if I do not like one of those tracks, I delete it from the playlist as it plays. I play my music on an ipod connected to a stereo amp...

sunnysammut
Music Fan
I have a large playlist with tracks I add on to it as I go along, sometimes I add whole albums of an artist and then if I do not like one of those tracks, I delete it from the playlist as it plays. I...
2018-03-07 12:30:03 PM
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Album filtering in my library does not work correctly

hello, i ve just find out that i am not be to find albums in my library using filtering feature. It might to do something with indexing, but some of the albums that i cant find using filter are there for some time… Thank you!

elachim
Newbie
hello, i ve just find out that i am not be to find albums in my library using filtering feature. It might to do something with indexing, but some of the albums that i cant find using filter ...
2018-03-07 12:07:45 PM
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filtering

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Create playlist folder?

Just updated spotify and create playlist folder feature is gone. So how i ad album to playlist? Drag and drop dont work anymore

jackdaniels666
Casual Listener
Just updated spotify and create playlist folder feature is gone. So how i ad album to playlist? Drag and drop dont work anymore
2018-03-07 11:25:36 AM
2018-03-07 11:35:06 AM
jackdaniels666
Casual Listener
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[BUG][WINDOWS] Can only play certain songs from an album. None are greyed out.

I'm trying to listen to the "Soon It Will Be Cold Enough" album by Emancipator, but can only play tracks #4, 11, 12. The rest yield the following error:"This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." None of the...

holymoly
Newbie
I'm trying to listen to the "Soon It Will Be Cold Enough" album by Emancipator, but can only play tracks #4, 11, 12. The rest yield the following error: "This song is not available. If you have...
2018-03-07 10:23:48 AM
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0 replies
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Superuser Contribution Recently played - how show songs not albums

"Recently played" shows albums/playlists and not the individual played songs. How do I view the songs?

micfrost
Newbie
"Recently played" shows albums/playlists and not the individual played songs. How do I view the songs?
2017-08-27 11:19:01 AM
2018-03-07 10:09:30 AM
mrX
Regular
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2 replies
1 likes
Windows

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spotify won't show song playing

Version 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc Wont' show up on my twitch get song extention and won't show up on discord. Only reason why I subbed is for a way for people to see my music outside of iTunes. If this doesn't fix itself soon I won't be using spotify.I ha...

Nooborghini
Newbie
Version 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc Wont' show up on my twitch get song extention and won't show up on discord. Only reason why I subbed is for a way for people to see my music outsid...
2018-03-07 10:05:15 AM
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0 replies
1 likes

612 Views
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Connect To Facebook

I'm unable to link my Spotify account to FB when I click on it nothing pops up and when I logout and am signed in on my brower I get a 1003 error. I did have an older account I don't use anymore linked to an old FB account but have since opened up a ...

felivera
Newbie
I'm unable to link my Spotify account to FB when I click on it nothing pops up and when I logout and am signed in on my brower I get a 1003 error. I did have an older account I don't use anymore link...
2018-03-07 5:21:17 AM
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songs wont play

i am a spotify premium user and when try play songs on my spotify app on my laptop (its in windows 7 and i have the latest version of spotiy) the songs will only play for 6-10 seconds and only a few will play the full length but will stop and not shu...

katiesharp900
Newbie
i am a spotify premium user and when try play songs on my spotify app on my laptop (its in windows 7 and i have the latest version of spotiy) the songs will only play for 6-10 seconds and only a few ...
2018-03-07 4:21:27 AM
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How to arrange all playlist in alphabetical order? not the tracks.

Would like to know if there is a way to organize all playlist in alphabetical order.Not the tracks in a playlist, but the playlists name's in order.

orozco_alexis
Casual Listener
Would like to know if there is a way to organize all playlist in alphabetical order. Not the tracks in a playlist, but the playlists name's in order.
2018-03-06 10:03:32 AM
2018-03-07 4:05:35 AM
user-removed
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Alphabetical
alphabetical sorting
organize
playalist
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Windows 8: Spotify Installer Runs Forever

I've been trying to download Spotify on my new Windows 8 laptop , and for some reason the installer just won't work. I can download and run it fine, but it just pulls up a window that tells me it's Downloading Spotify and then runs for hours without ...

DaggerPen
Casual Listener
I've been trying to download Spotify on my new Windows 8 laptop , and for some reason the installer just won't work. I can download and run it fine, but it just pulls up a window that tells me it's D...
2014-12-27 5:36:23 PM
2018-03-07 3:34:11 AM
PlatniumSaint88
Newbie
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9 replies
6 likes
Windows

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