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Solved!! 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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whatintheworldisthis

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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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MattSuda

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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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Cant see the activity of people I am following

I can't the activity of people I am following on my Spotify Premium account. It used to work perfectly well, but about few months ago, probably due to a new upgrade, all that I can see at the friend's activity window is the option to 'find friends' w...

Newbie

I can't the activity of people I am following on my Spotify Premium account. It used to work perfectly well, but about few months ago, probably due to a new upgrade, all that I can see at the friend'...

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Off line downloaded playlists, sync between devices.

Hello, despite searches I can't find an answer to this, going either way.Playlist syncing works Fine, as long as we're talking about the playlists themselves, the metadata.Local files work, between and android device and my desktop, putting songs in ...

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Hello, despite searches I can't find an answer to this, going either way. Playlist syncing works Fine, as long as we're talking about the playlists themselves, the metadata. Local files work, betwe...

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passaggio a Premium non funziona più riproduzione

dopo essere passato alla versione premium non funziona più in nessun modo la riproduzione da PC con windowsrilascia sempre la dicitura: questo brano non è disponibile.Se il file si trova sul computer puoi importarlo. come si fa?

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dopo essere passato alla versione premium non funziona più in nessun modo la riproduzione da PC con windows rilascia sempre la dicitura: questo brano non è disponibile.Se il file si trova sul comput...

alessandralai

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Searching only in followed music

Hi, is there any way, to search by using "tag:new" but only in Artists that i am following? Thanks in advence.

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Hi,   is there any way, to search by using "tag:new" but only in Artists that i am following?   Thanks in advence. 

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Spotify starts playing after boot from sleepmode (client/Windows 10)

Whenever I need to close my laptop, I pause my music and close the lid. Whenever I open the lid (reboot from sleepmode) Spotify automatically starts playing the song again. Is there an option to disable this? Thanks in advance!

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Whenever I need to close my laptop, I pause my music and close the lid. Whenever I open the lid (reboot from sleepmode) Spotify automatically starts playing the song again.   Is there an optio...

JeroenBourne

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Spotify flashes dialog box then crashes following update

Hi. The following is occuring for me: Spotify tells me if I restart, it will update.I choose to restart and updateThe next time I try to open Spotify, a dialog box (looks to be a command prompt) flashes up, and immediately closes (before I get a chan...

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Hi.   The following is occuring for me:   Spotify tells me if I restart, it will update. I choose to restart and update The next time I try to open Spotify, a dialog box (looks to be...

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Spotify stops randomly when I open another Windows app in Windows 10

I have two problems that I think is linked. 1. Spotify is fiddeling with the voulme, not much but eough to drive me insane. I have tried everything, from reinstalling the driver to turn of all the audio enhancements.Still the same issue. If I use Win...

Gig Goer

I have two problems that I think is linked.   1. Spotify is fiddeling with the voulme, not much but eough to drive me insane. I have tried everything, from reinstalling the driver to turn of a...

RutgerManger

Gig Goer

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Amount of songs in a playlist?

I know you can see how many total songs are in a playlist at the top. Is there a way to highlight a chunk of them and Spotify tell you how many are highlighted? Or, is there a way to see how many songs a single user has added to a colloborative playl...

Newbie

I know you can see how many total songs are in a playlist at the top. Is there a way to highlight a chunk of them and Spotify tell you how many are highlighted? Or, is there a way to see how many son...

rednblu

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Re: Inbox and messages

Hello, Could you please restore my inbox playlist too please? Thank you(jarrydfoster@hotmail.com)

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Hello,   Could you please restore my inbox playlist too please? Thank you (jarrydfoster@hotmail.com)

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Can't uninstall Spotify on Windows 7 PC

Hi! On my Windows 7 PC when I go into the Programs and Features to try to uninstall Spotify upon clicking it and pressing uninstall it shows a loading cursor and does nothing. I am not sure why it does this but it is really annoying as I am trying to...

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 Hi! On my Windows 7 PC when I go into the Programs and Features to try to uninstall Spotify upon clicking it and pressing uninstall it shows a loading cursor and does nothing. I am not sure why...

IguanaSetup

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Solved!! Public/Private Playlists & Playlist Cover Images/Descriptions

Only get prompted for cover/descriptions under New Playlist, once set the option is never seen again, not even to change or edit what was set.On my spotify (windows 10) desktop app I no longer have the option to make my playlists private or public wh...

Roadie

Only get prompted for cover/descriptions under New Playlist, once set the option is never seen again, not even to change or edit what was set.On my spotify (windows 10) desktop app I no longer have t...

mollyroxyy

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Solved!! "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it."

As you may guess by the subject, I'm getting the blue notification bar at the top of my program window reading, "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." I recently built a new desktop PC running Windows 1...

Newbie

As you may guess by the subject, I'm getting the blue notification bar at the top of my program window reading, "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it."&...

jr-mojo

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Spotify won't run or uninstall or do anything

I've tried to be patient with this, i've tried many different options posted here to resolve this issue and nothing has worked so far.Everytime I attempt to uninstall spotify from my control panel it tells me spotify has stopped workingI've tried it ...

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I've tried to be patient with this, i've tried many different options posted here to resolve this issue and nothing has worked so far. Everytime I attempt to uninstall spotify from my control panel ...

Sebasty

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Solved!! Spotiamb 0.2.1 Connected Device

I'm experiencing a connected device that is not a device that I own. Music plays at random after it being paused for a bit. I've already done the following: Logged out of all devices, and reset me password. This worked for a few moments it seemed, an...

Casual Listener

I'm experiencing a connected device that is not a device that I own. Music plays at random after it being paused for a bit.    I've already done the following:   Logged out of all ...

ironfuturist

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Does Discover Weekly "Don't Recommend" button also not recommend similar songs/artists?

Recently, Discover Weekly has added a "Don't recommend this song" and "Don't recommend this artist" feature. I am wondering if this also influences similar song/artist recommendations. The tooltip that pops up says that it "won't recommend songs like...

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Recently, Discover Weekly has added a "Don't recommend this song" and "Don't recommend this artist" feature. I am wondering if this also influences similar song/artist recommendations. The tooltip th...

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How does Discover Weekly's "Don't recommend this artist" work with songs with multiple artists?

When using Discover Weekly's "Don't recommend this artist" feature, the tooltip says it won't recommend whatever the first listed artist is anymore. Is this correct, or does this feature also block the rest of the listed artists on the song from appe...

Casual Listener

When using Discover Weekly's "Don't recommend this artist" feature, the tooltip says it won't recommend whatever the first listed artist is anymore. Is this correct, or does this feature also block t...

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A metà brano la riproduzione procede a scatti

Buonasera. Sono abbonata a Spotify Premiun ormai quasi da un anno, e da quasi un mese a questa parte, quando metto in riproduzione un brano su Spotify (da Windows), questo, arrivato circa a metà, comincia ad andare a scatti, si blocca e poi riprende,...

Newbie

Buonasera. Sono abbonata a Spotify Premiun ormai quasi da un anno, e da quasi un mese a questa parte, quando metto in riproduzione un brano su Spotify (da Windows), questo, arrivato circa a metà, com...

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Solved!! Friends are all grey'ed out - no status Premium User

Strange, I have seen this issue as far back as 2 years ago, but even with a chat to support still know KB or straight up a resolution. Yesterday, friends status all good, today all greyed out and no status on two windows 10 and windows 7 different ne...

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Strange, I have seen this issue as far back as 2 years ago, but even with a chat to support still know KB or straight up a resolution.    Yesterday, friends status all good, today all gre...

nyc-dave

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Solved!! How to enable crossfading?

Hi everybody, how do I activate crossfading for Spotify? I don't have any option in my Spotify settings. Thanks for your help. Uli

Newbie

Hi everybody,   how do I activate crossfading for Spotify? I don't have any option in my Spotify settings.   Thanks for your help.   Uli

bobiesterling

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Ordner gelöscht - Wie stelle ich den Inhalt wieder her?

Hallo, Ich habe beim durchsortieren meiner Spotify-Bibliothek versehentlich einen Ordner (+ Unterordner) samt Inhalt gelöscht. Nun habe ich das Problem, dass ich nicht in der Lage bin die verlorenen Playlisten wiederherzustellen, keine der verlorenen...

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Hallo,   Ich habe beim durchsortieren meiner Spotify-Bibliothek versehentlich einen Ordner (+ Unterordner) samt Inhalt gelöscht. Nun habe ich das Problem, dass ich nicht in der Lage bin die ve...

jusephstulin

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