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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...

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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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Superuser Contribution Can't play Taylor Swift's music

PlanPremiumCountryEcuadorDeviceiPhone 7+ and Hp PavilionOperating System(iOS 17.7.1 and Windows 10 My Question or IssueHi, I can't play any Taylor Swift's songs. They are there but I can't play them. When I touch them nothing happens. I tried creatin...

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  • Plan Premium Country Ecuador Device iPhone 7+ and Hp Pavilion Operating System (iOS 17.7.1 and Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi, I can't play any Taylor Swift's songs. They are the...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Windows Desktop App very slow and lag continuous unsolved issue since 2022

I have tried everything, everything. Unless you have a new command prompt entry for me to make, I have tried it. This is a formal functionality failure report to hand to the devs, not an opportunity to say that I should clean install (which I have do...

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  • I have tried everything, everything. Unless you have a new command prompt entry for me to make, I have tried it.   This is a formal functionality failure report to hand to the devs, not an opp...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify says I have 0 facebook friends on Spotify

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling, disconnecting from facebook, removing and regranting permissions on facebook, rebooting my computer and just about every combination of the above one could conceive of. But every single time the outcome is ...

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  • I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling, disconnecting from facebook, removing and regranting permissions on facebook, rebooting my computer and just about every combination of the above one could...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify won't reconnect after my internet comes back up

For some unknown reason my internet goes down sometimes, and when it comes back up everything except Spotify work as normal. Restarting Spotify won't work, everything is still greyed out and can't be played. I've tried going offline in Spotify and on...

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  • For some unknown reason my internet goes down sometimes, and when it comes back up everything except Spotify work as normal. Restarting Spotify won't work, everything is still greyed out and can't be...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution When i add a new song to a specific playlist it deletes itself

PlanFreeCountryUruguayOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have tried to add a song to my playlist but it deletes itself almost immediately, but i tried adding it to another playlist and it works alrightvideo link: https://imgur.com/TfVY7...

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  • Plan Free Country Uruguay Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have tried to add a song to my playlist but it deletes itself almost immediately, but i tried adding it to ...
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Superuser Contribution Stop the sync between devices

I want to prevent Spotify synchronizing between the devices I use. When I'm in the office of in the car I like to listen to certain songs, but while I'm at home on my desktop I want to listen to different sort of music.Please do not suggest use playl...

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  • I want to prevent Spotify synchronizing between the devices I use. When I'm in the office of in the car I like to listen to certain songs, but while I'm at home on my desktop I want to listen to diff...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Preview of song not working when copying it

PlanFreeCountryUruguayDeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 I'm a huge fan of sharing my favourite songs with my friends in Discord, but lately, whenever I copy the song's link, they dont show up as before, instead, they are shown as "open.spotify...

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  • Plan Free Country Uruguay Device Computer Operating System Windows 10   I'm a huge fan of sharing my favourite songs with my friends in Discord, but lately, whenever I copy the song's l...
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Solved!! My Windows Spotify says "Something went wrong."

PlanDuo planCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am unable to see any of my playlists or search music on my windows Spotify. I have uninstalled and installed, went offline and back online, logged out and logged back in. ...

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  • Plan Duo plan Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I am unable to see any of my playlists or search music on my windows Spotify. I have uninstalled ...
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Superuser Contribution Lyrics too fast due to crossfade not being accounted for

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceWindows 10 DesktopOperating Systemabove My Question or IssueI have noticed this on the desktop app, as the title says, but it's happening on ios as well. As the song changes, the lyrics are going too fast, I believe this is ...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Windows 10 Desktop Operating System above   My Question or Issue I have noticed this on the desktop app, as the title says, but it's happening on ios as ...
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where is my Jam history stored?

I want to see the list of my songs I played in a jam last night

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  • I want to see the list of my songs I played in a jam last night
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Superuser Contribution No sound from Nvidia Shield to TV; tracks appear to be playing

Although tracks appear to be playing, I get no sound from Nvidia Shield to TV. Have uninstalled and reinstalled but no change. All other apps work

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  • Although tracks appear to be playing, I get no sound from Nvidia Shield to TV. Have uninstalled and reinstalled but no change. All other apps work
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Superuser Contribution Clicking album art to jump to song in playlist

PlanFamilyCountryIrelandOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently (maybe 6 weeks) a feature I used a lot seems to have broken. I listen to music from a large playlist (~3,000 songs) which is sorted by Recently Added. I used to be able t...

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  • Plan Family Country Ireland Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Recently (maybe 6 weeks) a feature I used a lot seems to have broken. I listen to music from a large playli...
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Solved!! (Desktop/Windows) Won't play sound on Airpods

So I recently got a used pair of 1st gen Airpods and they've worked on my phone perfectly (iPhone SE) but when I'm using my Windows laptop (ASUS Zenbook) and connect them to my laptop through Bluetooth, Spotify won't play through the Airpods. The sou...

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  • So I recently got a used pair of 1st gen Airpods and they've worked on my phone perfectly (iPhone SE) but when I'm using my Windows laptop (ASUS Zenbook) and connect them to my laptop through Bluetoo...
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Superuser Contribution Shuffle mode playing the same songs all the time

I have a playlist with 10,000 songs and use shuffle to listen to them. What I realized the past weeks is that the same songs are played over and over again - and not because I listen to this playlist 24/7 but because the shuffle mode seems to not pic...

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  • I have a playlist with 10,000 songs and use shuffle to listen to them. What I realized the past weeks is that the same songs are played over and over again - and not because I listen to this playlist...
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Superuser Contribution Cant create folder and immediately disappear

PlanFamily PremiumCountrySingaporeDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueIt's 2024 and the problem still hasn't resolved. Whenever I create a folder in my p...

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  •   Plan Family Premium Country Singapore Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or I...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Desktop App Crashing with no errors in logfile

Spotify app just closes after a few minutes. I have tried everything I know to try at this point and I am a systems admin by day so thats no small amount of troubleshooting. I went as far as manually terminating all other apps in user space, as well ...

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  • Spotify app just closes after a few minutes. I have tried everything I know to try at this point and I am a systems admin by day so thats no small amount of troubleshooting. I went as far as manually...
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Superuser Contribution spotify kann dies zurzeit nicht abspielen. wenn sich die datei auf deinem computer befindet, kannst

hi,ich hab nun schon länger diese Fehlermedlung. Am Handy klappt Spotify bestens, am PC hingegen garnicht. Habe auch schon gelesen, dass das Problem schon öfter aufgetreten ist, jedoch hat mir das bis jetzt nichts gebracht. Habe Spotify schon mehrmal...

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  • hi, ich hab nun schon länger diese Fehlermedlung. Am Handy klappt Spotify bestens, am PC hingegen garnicht. Habe auch schon gelesen, dass das Problem schon öfter aufgetreten ist, jedoch hat mir das ...
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