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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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Can't Maximise on Extended Desktop

I'm using spotify version 1.0.69.336.g7edcc575 on Windows 10. My computer is set up with an extended desktop. The main screen is smaller and I have a larger secondary monitor. When I try to resize Spotify on the second monitor, it can't get any bigge...

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  • I'm using spotify version 1.0.69.336.g7edcc575 on Windows 10. My computer is set up with an extended desktop. The main screen is smaller and I have a larger secondary monitor. When I try to resi...
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playlist

I created a playlist on desktop and it has not appeared on my iPhone app. Will it appear there or is there something I have to do?

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  • I created a playlist on desktop and it has not appeared on my iPhone app. Will it appear there or is there something I have to do?
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Clicking album cover doesn't link to correct song in with shuffle on

Hi, When I turn shuffle on and start a playlist, clicking the album cover (down in left corner) doesn't bring me to the corresponding song. In fact, Spotify acts like shuffle is off. So the first song i'm playing in shuffle could be anywhere in the p...

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  • Hi,   When I turn shuffle on and start a playlist, clicking the album cover (down in left corner) doesn't bring me to the corresponding song. In fact, Spotify acts like shuffle is off.  ...
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How to search or identify songs by genre in a Playlist?

I have a playlist of 2017 songs I enjoyed. I would like to be able to pull out all of the rap songs from that list. Can I do this through Spotify, or is there some other external site I could use to quickly locate all of the rap songs in my playlist?

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  • I have a playlist of 2017 songs I enjoyed. I would like to be able to pull out all of the rap songs from that list. Can I do this through Spotify, or is there some other external site I could use to ...
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No Download Option Available for albums

The download option to listen offline albums seems to have dissapeared from my windows spotify player. Is this a permanent feature?

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  • The download option to listen offline albums seems to have dissapeared from my windows spotify player.  Is this a permanent feature?
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No Install Option

Trying to install Spotify on new laptop. The only options I get are save and cancel. Nowehre to choose install. Ttied at least 20 times and get the same thing every time I choose to downlaoad. Any suggestiosn are appreciated.

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  • Trying to install Spotify on new laptop. The only options I get are save and cancel. Nowehre to choose install.  Ttied at least 20 times and get the same thing every time I choose to downlaoad. ...
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Recent song will not play or disappear?

Hello - A few days ago I was playing music in the web browser (Firefox). When a song stopped and I chose anoher. It does not show in the play area but the song that quit playing still shows and I cannot for the life of me figure this out, I tried a d...

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  • Hello -   A few days ago I was playing music in the web browser (Firefox).  When a song stopped and I chose anoher.  It does not show in the play area but the song that quit playing ...
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Spotify is deadly to my PC

I'm about ready to unsubscribe from my Spotify Premium service. I cannot start Spotify on my PC without it either drastically slowing down everything else that is running, or crashing the system completely (frozen screen, have to restart the PC). I h...

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  • I'm about ready to unsubscribe from my Spotify Premium service. I cannot start Spotify on my PC without it either drastically slowing down everything else that is running, or crashing the system comp...
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How to go back to the song listened in a playlist?

I have a lot of playlists., most of them are hours long. So the problem is that when I switch between them it keeps putting me at the beginning of the playlist instead of where I finished. I can't actually listen to the whole playlist ExamplePlaylist...

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  • I have a lot of playlists., most of them are hours long. So the problem is that when I switch between them it keeps putting me at the beginning of the playlist instead of where I finished. I can't ac...
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Sorting of Top Songs of 2017

I always enjoy the month of December when I get the list of my top 100 songs of the year, perhaps my favorite time of year. I have run into an issue with the Spotify Desktop client though -- I accidentally clicked on the "Artist" column on this playl...

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  • I always enjoy the month of December when I get the list of my top 100 songs of the year, perhaps my favorite time of year. I have run into an issue with the Spotify Desktop client though -- I accide...
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This song is not available

so my spotify on my laptop(windows) come up with the error message "this song is not available. if you have the song on your computer, you can import it." for every song. the app works fine on my smartphone and i can control the music on my phone thr...

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  • so my spotify on my laptop(windows) come up with the error message "this song is not available. if you have the song on your computer, you can import it." for every song. the app works fine on my sma...
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Solved!! Avast blocking spofity install (SpWebInst0.exe identified as a threat)

After recent Windows updates/ reboot Avast had identified SpotifyWebHelper.exe as a threat. I decided to uninstall and download and reinstall from Spotify.com. After launching the downloaded executable, Avast identifies SpWebInst0.exe as a threat and...

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  • After recent Windows updates/ reboot Avast had identified SpotifyWebHelper.exe as a threat. I decided to uninstall and download and reinstall from Spotify.com. After launching the downloaded executab...
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followed user disappeared in the right side of recently played songs

spotify desktop app.in the right side, where the recently played songs by my followed frineds are listed, one of friend disappeared.We first checked together that all the relevant flags in the privacy settings were ok.I have also re-installed Spotify...

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  • spotify desktop app. in the right side, where the recently played songs by my followed frineds are listed, one of friend disappeared. We first checked together that all the relevant flags in the pr...
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next song will not automically

Hi, Using the spotify web player on Internet Explorer and Windows 10. the player will not automatically play the next song. it plays one song and stops. only thing I can do is hit the next button after each song ends. any solutions out there?Thanks

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  • Hi,   Using the spotify web player on Internet Explorer and Windows 10.   the player will not automatically play the next song. it plays one song and stops. only thing I can do is ...
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"Liking" a song overwrites the song queue

Spotify updated recently and changed a little bit. The "+" icon is now a heart and is called "Like" (actually it's called "Vind ik leuk" as I'm Dutch so I translated it). However, for example if I'm listening to my "Discover weekly" playlist and I no...

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  • Spotify updated recently and changed a little bit. The "+" icon is now a heart and is called "Like" (actually it's called "Vind ik leuk" as I'm Dutch so I translated it).   However, for exampl...
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"Can't play current song" message mid-song

One or two songs will play on the desktop app, and then a song will stop playing mid-song and the ""Can't play current song" error will appear. This is clearly a recurring issue and has been for years. I've tried the following: Clean reinstall x2Turn...

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  • One or two songs will play on the desktop app, and then a song will stop playing mid-song and the ""Can't play current song" error will appear.   This is clearly a recurring issue and has been...
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Spotify VERY slow.

Songs are buffering extremely slowly, searches take forever, downloading songs for offline use take too long. Whats going on guys? About to cancel if this doesn't get fixed, i've seen others say the same.

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  • Songs are buffering extremely slowly, searches take forever, downloading songs for offline use take too long.  Whats going on guys? About to cancel if this doesn't get fixed, i've seen others sa...
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can't open spotify on my laptop

hey ! i try to open my spotify on my laptop, but it dont want to open.it says that i have to reinstal the program.so i did it 10 times and it still dont work.. i try to delete and it is not posible

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  • hey !    i try to open my spotify on my laptop, but it dont want to open. it says that i have to reinstal the program. so i did it 10 times and it still dont work..   i try to de...
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Cracking/Popping every few seconds on all songs

Hey, I have gone through many posts on here about this issue, non of the "solutions" have worked. Running Windows 10 64 bitTried Spotify through Windows store and downloaded from Spotify. Have tried:Uninstalling and ReinstallingUninstalling and Reins...

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  • Hey,   I have gone through many posts on here about this issue, non of the "solutions" have worked.   Running Windows 10 64 bit Tried Spotify through Windows store and downloaded from ...
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