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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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Spotify is not responding

I have Spotify downloaded on my laptop but when I click on the icon, a window opens and says "The Spotify application is not responding". I have uninstalled and reinstalled it and its still saying that. Help?

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  • I have Spotify downloaded on my laptop but when I click on the icon, a window opens and says "The Spotify application is not responding". I have uninstalled and reinstalled it and its still saying th...
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Cannot play most local files

Hey Guys, im testing Spotify Premium right now. I added some local Files from my Music collection but Spotify just play some of them.All are in the List but i can only play the white one, if they are grey they wont start .

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  • Hey Guys, im testing Spotify Premium right now. I added some local Files from my Music collection but Spotify just play some of them. All are in the List but i can only play the white one, if they a...
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Can't listen to this Song

I can't listen to this song: https://open.spotify.com/album/3Mj3URIK3F0M3wRXeKsOdq#_=_ Does anyone know why? When i click on play, the title doesn't start.

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  • I can't listen to this song: https://open.spotify.com/album/3Mj3URIK3F0M3wRXeKsOdq#_=_   Does anyone know why?   When i click on play, the title doesn't start.
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music stops and starts .

My playlist stops ramdomly for a few seconds then contiues.No set pattern

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  • My playlist stops ramdomly for a few seconds then contiues.No set pattern
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Spotify Not Streaming on Amazon Echo (2nd Genertation)

I've just bought an Amazon Echo (2nd Generation) and I cannot get it to steam music from my Premium Spotify Account - which I understand it should do. I've searched online and on forums and the suggested fixes relate to the need to have the Device Lo...

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  • I've just bought an Amazon Echo (2nd Generation) and I cannot get it to steam music from my Premium Spotify Account - which I understand it should do.  I've searched online and on forums and the...
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Old status of profile

Hey guys, Spotify had logged me off after shutting down my laptop yesterday, and when I logged in again today, everything was at an old status from 2015! All my playlists are at this status and everything I added after this year is gone!!! I double c...

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  • Hey guys,   Spotify had logged me off after shutting down my laptop yesterday, and when I logged in again today, everything was at an old status from 2015! All my playlists are at this status ...
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Spotify Connect cant find my Reciver all of a sudden

This is a recurring problem for me, on my Desktop PC with windows 10 and the Spotify App all of a sudden it wont show or find my reciver so i cant play music, this happend from one day to the other, it seems like a lottery what devices it shows or "s...

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  • This is a recurring problem for me, on my Desktop PC with windows 10 and the Spotify App all of a sudden it wont show or find my reciver so i cant play music, this happend from one day to the other, ...
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Playing DNA by BTS crashes my PC every time I try listen past the 1:00 mark

Its VERY inconvienet.the audio stops playing at 1:01 however the timer keeps going, then the application freezes then shortly after my whole PC will freeze and be rendered useless.It's only this song. If I skip past the 1:00 mark it will continue as ...

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  • Its VERY inconvienet. the audio stops playing at 1:01 however the timer keeps going, then the application freezes then shortly after my whole PC will freeze and be rendered useless. It's only this ...
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I can't delete my Local File

Hi, I had previously looked at how to delete local files, but I was not able to delete it. I followed the steps, but once I restarted spotify it was still there.

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  • Hi, I had previously looked at how to delete local files, but I was not able to delete it. I followed the steps, but once I restarted spotify it was still there. 
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Shuffling is simply terrible

The shuffle function barely even attempts to shuffle my music. I have a large chunk of one artist, followed by a chunk of another, and so on. This is not shuffling. Is there some setting I'm missing here?

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  • The shuffle function barely even attempts to shuffle my music. I have a large chunk of one artist, followed by a chunk of another, and so on. This is not shuffling. Is there some setting I'm missing ...
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Cannot play some old playlists at all

Some of my oldest playlists (2013) just won't play at all. The songs will play if I goto album and play them from there but they won't play in the playlist at all. Pressing "play" at the top of that playlist or on the left side of each song will only...

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  • Some of my oldest playlists (2013) just won't play at all. The songs will play if I goto album and play them from there but they won't play in the playlist at all. Pressing "play" at the to...
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Can't add songs to Playlists i haven't downloaded

Hello, since the last Spotify Update i've been having some issues i haven't had before. First a minor one, but normally if you play a song in a playlist its text changes from white to green, this still works, except for the song that is displayed at ...

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  • Hello, since the last Spotify Update i've been having some issues i haven't had before. First a minor one, but normally if you play a song in a playlist its text changes from white to green, this sti...
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Solved!! How to find friends without facebook in Spotify

HeyI have a little problem, there is no find option for new friends.My father starts using Spotify but he dont have facebook- so i can't add him to watchers.Can you solve that problem ? Or tell me how to find him because there is no option for it Gre...

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  • Hey I have a little problem, there is no find option for new friends. My father starts using Spotify but he dont have facebook- so i can't add him to watchers. Can you solve that problem ? Or tell...
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Media Keys not working

The media keys on my Logitech g910 will not with spirit unless I focus on spotify. The media keys work for everything else I am using windows 10 pro Insider build 17063 x64 I have tried everything I have found on the internet. Chrome extenctions, msc...

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  • The media keys on my Logitech g910 will not with spirit unless I focus on spotify. The media keys work for everything else   I am using windows 10 pro Insider build 17063 x64   I have t...
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Spotify 1.0.62.508 Desktop Client update won't load

I've done a full reinstall of the current client mulitple times and the Spotify window comes up black with only File, Edit and View tabs and the ability to minimize or exit.I've installed previous versions that work fine.Fix your update, it's terribl...

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  • I've done a full reinstall of the current client mulitple times and the Spotify window comes up black with only File, Edit and View tabs and the ability to minimize or exit. I've installed previous ...
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I can't listen to my music.

When I want to listen to a playlist on my computer, the music automatically scrolls without what is read, can you help me?

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  • When I want to listen to a playlist on my computer, the music automatically scrolls without what is read, can you help me?
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Mucis keeps buffering/ glitching

I have had spotify for a couple of months and downloaded practically all my music onto it and it worked perfectly fine. Now it's started to buffer and glitch whenever a song gets to around a minuet. I made sure it was nothing to do with my device by ...

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  • I have had spotify for a couple of months and downloaded practically all my music onto it and it worked perfectly fine. Now it's started to buffer and glitch whenever a song gets to around a minuet. ...
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Recovering Music

When updating my computer, I accidentally formated my hard drive basically wiping out my music collection.I have spotify on my Phone with the songs downloaded, so is it possible to transfer the songs from my phone to the PC?

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  • When updating my computer, I accidentally formated my hard drive basically wiping out my music collection. I have spotify on my Phone with the songs downloaded, so is it possible to transfer the son...
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Is it possible to lock a volume roll to only change Spotify's volume

I have a gaming keyboard which has media controls and one of them is a roll that changes windows volume, and I was wondering if it was possible to lock it to only change spotifys volume, because it's annyoing that I have to alt+tab from fullscreen ap...

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  • I have a gaming keyboard which has media controls and one of them is a roll that changes windows volume, and I was wondering if it was possible to lock it to only change spotifys volume, because it's...
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I can't change the playlist image

After choosing the image I want and saving it, it doesn't change from my playlist.

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  • After choosing the image I want and saving it, it doesn't change from my playlist.
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