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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 Spotify always starts at 100%% volume after rebooting PC (Windows 11)

PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 HomeVersion 22H2OS build 22621.2134My Question or IssueEvery time i reboot my PC and open Spotify, the app starts up at 100% volume.If I reduce the volume by half, close the app fully and re-open it witho...

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  • Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 11 Home Version 22H2 OS build 22621.2134 My Question or Issue Every time i reboot my PC and open Spotify, the app starts up at 100% ...
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Spotify Windows Desktop APP sound quality is lower then web player

Play a track on web player and play the same track on Windows Desktop app.Notice the sound quality difference , I found a similar thread opened on this topic from year 2014 and it is marked as solved however I can still feel a big sound quality diffe...

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  • Play a track on web player and play the same track on Windows Desktop app. Notice the sound quality difference , I found a similar thread opened on this topic from year 2014 and it is marked as solv...
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Superuser Contribution [Windows App] Can't play any song - buttons are greyed out

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm unable to play any song in the Spotify Windows app. Clicking the play button doesn't do anything. Bottom section appears greyed out. This is persistent for all songs acro...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm unable to play any song in the Spotify Windows app. Clicking the play button doesn't do anythi...
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Superuser Contribution Sound artifacts

The last 3 out of 4 updates I've gotten the sound has occasional artifacts. 3rd latest update didn't seem to have this issue though. Using 1.2.15.828.g79f41970 now. I even heard this at the local gym so it's not just me being affected by this. Here i...

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  • The last 3 out of 4 updates I've gotten the sound has occasional artifacts. 3rd latest update didn't seem to have this issue though. Using 1.2.15.828.g79f41970 now. I even heard this at the local gym...
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Superuser Contribution Touchscreen on Windows

PlanPremiumCountryBulgariaDeviceMS Surface ProOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueTouch interaction has become unbearable in the last year. It was never good on PC, but at least it was not actively preventing me from using the app.There se...

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  • Plan Premium Country Bulgaria Device MS Surface Pro Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Touch interaction has become unbearable in the last year. It was never good on PC...
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Superuser Contribution Podcast Won't Play

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceMultipleOperating SystemMultiple My Question or IssueA podcast I have been listening to for months, Behind the Bastards, suddenly won't play on any device. I've tried both the web player and app on two different Windows 10 com...

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  •   Plan Free Country USA Device Multiple Operating System Multiple   My Question or Issue A podcast I have been listening to for months, Behind the Bastards, suddenly won't play...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Home page, Good morning/Good afternoon/Good evening shows unrefreshed content

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDevice(Samsung Galaxy A51, Lenovo ideapad 330)Operating System(Android 11, Windows 10) My Question or IssueGood evening, At the home page, where the Good morning/Good afternoon/Good evening thing is, it shows unrefreshed conten...

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  • Plan Premium Country Spain Device (Samsung Galaxy A51, Lenovo ideapad 330) Operating System (Android 11, Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Good evening,   At the home page, whe...
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Feature Request: Synchronize currently playing music between devices

Hi, one of my daily use cases is the following:I am driving to work, using spotify on android to listen to music in my carI am sitting in the office, using the windows desktop application to listen to musicI am driving home, again using the android a...

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  • Hi,   one of my daily use cases is the following: I am driving to work, using spotify on android to listen to music in my car I am sitting in the office, using the windows desktop applicati...
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Desktop app not working with Discord, or showing up on my iPhone.

 PlanPremium CountryUnited States DeviceiPhone SE 2nd Generation, Custom Desktop (Ryzen 5 3600, GeForce GTX 1660 ti) Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueMy computer does not show up as a device on my Wi-Fi network, and I am unable to contr...

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  •   Plan Premium   Country United States   Device iPhone SE 2nd Generation, Custom Desktop (Ryzen 5 3600, GeForce GTX 1660 ti)   Operating System Windows 11   My Questi...
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I do not want the programm starts automatically on my desktop.How can I change this?PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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  • I do not want the programm starts automatically on my desktop. How can I change this? Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating Sys...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How I can activate the new design in beta ?

I would like to see again the design, I've got a 'preview' at the end of 2022. He is very nice ! But now, I've got the actual design (2021)

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  • I would like to see again the design, I've got a 'preview' at the end of 2022. He is very nice ! But now, I've got the actual design (2021)
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Black bar obscuring app player, occuring on spotify app

PlanFreeOperating SystemWindows 11(use the spotify app) My Question or IssueHii A black bar obscures the bottom part of the Spotify app it so annoying and it's not showing the songs column fully also the lyrics shows not fully as the older version th...

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  • Plan Free Operating System Windows 11(use the spotify app)  My Question or Issue Hii A black bar obscures the bottom part of the Spotify app it so annoying and it's not showing th...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution spotify cannot load anything or play any songs

PlanPremiumCountryEnglandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuei can open the app and access settings, but that's literally about it. i can't play songs, i can't open playlists, i can't check my profile and i cannot even see my playl...

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  • Plan Premium Country England Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue i can open the app and access settings, but that's literally about it. i can't play songs, i c...
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Your Library] Liked songs sorted by genre

Hello!If you're like me, you "Like" to listen to various genres, but sometimes don't want to mix them all. Now I know this is similar to a post from 2014, but I'm wondering if the contents of the "Liked" songs can be sorted into genres. I would prefe...

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  • Hello! If you're like me, you "Like" to listen to various genres, but sometimes don't want to mix them all. Now I know this is similar to a post from 2014, but I'm wondering if the contents of the...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify crashing on startup without an error message (Windows 10).

I'm not sure why, but Spotify keeps crashing on me as I try to run it on my PC. There are no error messages to tell me what the problem is, so I have no idea what to do to fix it. I've tried clearing my temporary files in Windows 10's settings, but t...

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  • I'm not sure why, but Spotify keeps crashing on me as I try to run it on my PC.  There are no error messages to tell me what the problem is, so I have no idea what to do to fix it.  I've tr...
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Superuser Contribution Where to find total playlist length on desktop

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Add to Queue button Missing now

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI recently have seen that I can no longer add songs to my queue. It works on mobile still but I do not know how to add them to queue any more. The button is not in the ri...

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  •   Plan Premium Country US Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I recently have seen that I can no longer add songs to my queue. It works on mobile st...
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Superuser Contribution how to add friends to spotify without facebook and username

I have tried to search up spotify:user:username however, all i can do is follow that person. i don't get the "add person" button. i want to know what the person is listening to, and i can only do that by adding them to my friends list. i have done it...

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  • I have tried to search up spotify:user:username however, all i can do is follow that person. i don't get the "add person" button. i want to know what the person is listening to, and i can only do tha...
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Desktop app and web player

My dear friends at Spotify, I've been a devoted Spotify user for more than a decade, from the days of invitation-only access, and it remains, in my view, the finest music streaming service available. However, I'd like to share some (hopefully) constr...

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  • My dear friends at Spotify,   I've been a devoted Spotify user for more than a decade, from the days of invitation-only access, and it remains, in my view, the finest music streaming service a...
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Superuser Contribution Audio cutting out midplay

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceDell Laptop / ASUS LaptopOperating SystemWindows 7 / Windows 10 My Question or IssueI've been running into an issue where suddenly the audio for Spotify just seems to cut-out. No warning, no indication, no specific time-laps...

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  •   Plan Premium Country US Device Dell Laptop / ASUS Laptop Operating System Windows 7 / Windows 10   My Question or Issue I've been running into an issue where suddenly the audio...
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