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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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Missing playlist made by Spotify, can't remove it from the list

https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWVTiXy8X2RAJ?si=_fidqaJ4T5mpAsYcYfzHZA It doesn't exist anymore. How to remove the suscribtion when it doesn't let me do that?It is just stuck loading forever. When I copy the link, the list is...

  • Casual Listener
  • https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWVTiXy8X2RAJ?si=_fidqaJ4T5mpAsYcYfzHZA   It doesn't exist anymore. How to remove the suscribtion when it doesn't let me do that? It is...
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Spotify window does not respond to interaction

Generally, this happens when another window has been fullscreen on my primary display, and Spotify always sits on my secondary monitor. Nothing can be clicked on on the Spotify window, though tracks can still be aused/skipped by the Windows controls.

  • Roadie
  • Generally, this happens when another window has been fullscreen on my primary display, and Spotify always sits on my secondary monitor. Nothing can be clicked on on the Spotify window, though tracks ...
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Spotify won't let me log in with Facebook

I'm trying to sign in to Spotify through Facebook on this new laptop I just bought but it keeps on giving me this error:I've tried re-installing the app, but it didn't work Please let me know if you find a solution to this.Thanks!

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  • Casual Listener
  • I'm trying to sign in to Spotify through Facebook on this new laptop I just bought but it keeps on giving me this error: I've tried re-installing the app, but it didn't work 😞 Please let me kn...
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local files

Hi,This is my second post for help. I'm not seeing all my songs in my Local Files. They did not load automatically. How do I load them all?Thanks

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, This is my second post for help. I'm not seeing all my songs in my Local Files. They did not load automatically. How do I load them all? Thanks
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Cant login with facebook/standard login

Hi, I'm stucked outside the login page, neither can I login with Facebook or through the Standard 'email' login. What should I do?

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, I'm stucked outside the login page, neither can I login with Facebook or through the Standard 'email' login. What should I do?
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Unavaible in my country

Can someone please tell me when is Spotify going to be avalible in Bosnia and Herzegovina?

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  • Can someone please tell me when is Spotify going to be avalible in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
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Some music unavailable via Windows 10

Greetings, I have a Premium Family membership and I'm having problems accessing some of the Spotify catalog through my Windows 10 app. When I attempt to play certain songs on my desktop they simply won't play. The same songs are available and play ju...

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  • Greetings,   I have a Premium Family membership and I'm having problems accessing some of the Spotify catalog through my Windows 10 app. When I attempt to play certain songs on my de...
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Solved!! "This song isn't available. If the file is on the computer, you can import it."

Hello everybody! I try to listen to few songs but I have this error.. what happened? I like so much this singer :C

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello everybody! I try to listen to few songs but I have this error.. what happened? I like so much this singer :C
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Bug - Can't rearrange playlists/playlist folders

I noticed this morning that I'm no longer able to rearrange the playlists and playlist folders in the list on the left side of the screen. I assume it's a bug and a temporary issue. Not a huge deal for me although I do like to keep certain playlists ...

  • Roadie
  • I noticed this morning that I'm no longer able to rearrange the playlists and playlist folders in the list on the left side of the screen. I assume it's a bug and a temporary issue. Not a huge deal f...
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Speaker doesn't work

Hey people!My problem is since one week that spotify doesn't play with my speaker (ISY) any more - with my phone - yes! I have an extern adapter for my headphones jack (USB). Youtube and everthing works with my speakers - without Spotify - and it's r...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hey people! My problem is since one week that spotify doesn't play with my speaker (ISY) any more - with my phone - yes! I have an extern adapter for my headphones jack (USB). Youtube and everthing ...
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share song with friend

Please tell me that im stupid and I cant find the button on how to share a song with a friend ON SPOTIFY like how we could when this first came out. Please DO NOT tell me spotify is so looser stupid they took that feature out. There is absolutely no ...

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  • Please tell me that im stupid and I cant find the button on how to share a song with a friend ON SPOTIFY like how we could when this first came out.   Please DO NOT tell me spotify is so loose...
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[Desktop][Search] CTRL + F

Please implement the functionality to "Find in Page." Too often, I'm browsing on a particular artist or album page and want to find a specific song. However, (1) I don't want to leave the page I'm on by typing the song into the search box and (2) I d...

  • Newbie
  • Please implement the functionality to "Find in Page." Too often, I'm browsing on a particular artist or album page and want to find a specific song. However, (1) I don't want to leave the page I'm on...
  • Preticle
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Solved!! Can't Login using my credentials.

So I created my account via mobile app and login using facebook. So technically my spotify was linked to my facebook. But when do i try to login my spotify account on desktop(win 7) using the email add of my facebook it's giving me error message. P.S...

  • Newbie
  • So I created my account via mobile app and login using facebook. So technically my spotify was linked to my facebook. But when do i try to login my spotify account on desktop(win 7) using the email a...
  • Preticle
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Solved!! Podcasts on desktop?

So i was listening to some podcasts on my phone, but when I'm at home I use Spotify on my computer. I can't seem to find the podcasts that I follow on my computer though. The only way I could do so is starting it on my phone and then connecting it to...

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  • So i was listening to some podcasts on my phone, but when I'm at home I use Spotify on my computer. I can't seem to find the podcasts that I follow on my computer though. The only way I could do so i...
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Bitlocker and Spotify UWP

I encrypted my drive where are my offline playlists (D:\) and as soon as Windows started (it was not set to automatically unlock) I realized that Spotify does not start (it stays forever loading). Is there a way to solve this without having to downlo...

  • Casual Listener
  • I encrypted my drive where are my offline playlists (D:\) and as soon as Windows started (it was not set to automatically unlock) I realized that Spotify does not start (it stays forever loading...
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Spotify Attenuation with Steam notifications - extremely annoying

Exactly as the title says. The volume is lowered with Steam notifications. I can't turn off the Steam notifications because I need them, and as far as I can tell this isn't something on Steam's side. I just noticed it a few days ago, very sure it's a...

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  • Exactly as the title says.  The volume is lowered with Steam notifications.  I can't turn off the Steam notifications because I need them, and as far as I can tell this isn't something on S...
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help spotify wont play songs

my spotify wont play any songs but the rest of the ui works

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  • my spotify wont play any songs but the rest of the ui works
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Is Spotify made by amateurs?

This is a question I seriously had to ask myself today after trying to recover a hacked account. I recently launched my spotify app and found that I was logged out. I tried to log back in and it woudn't let me so I thought maybe I will recover my acc...

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  • This is a question I seriously had to ask myself today after trying to recover a hacked account. I recently launched my spotify app and found that I was logged out. I tried to log back in and it woud...
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Spotify works on every other device except for desktop, including connecting to website

As of late Spotify has been offline on my desktop app.I attempted to reinstall but when I went to spotify.com it said connection timeout. I checked my Windows Firewall, nothing blocked, even made another inbound and outbound rule to allow connections...

  • Casual Listener
  • As of late Spotify has been offline on my desktop app. I attempted to reinstall but when I went to spotify.com it said connection timeout. I checked my Windows Firewall, nothing blocked, even made a...
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