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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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How to get musics to spotify from a text list?

I have a giant list of songs in my computer. How to put all these songs in spotify but without importing from my computer. I would like to download them inside the spotify, to have all with great quality and with all the correct names (artist, album,...

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  • I have a giant list of songs in my computer. How to put all these songs in spotify but without importing from my computer. I would like to download them inside the spotify, to have all with great qua...
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Daily Mix Algorithm question

When I heart a song on daily mix, it adds the song to my library. I don't want to add songs to my library as I use it solely for albums I like, not individual songs, which I put into playlists instead. So after I click the heart button on daily mix, ...

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  • When I heart a song on daily mix, it adds the song to my library. I don't want to add songs to my library as I use it solely for albums I like, not individual songs, which I put into playlists instea...
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Collaborative playlist impossible

Hi all, I created a playlist for my aunt's birthday. I wish to share it with my cousins so we can all modify it and add songs, but I'm unable to do so. - I created the playlist- Clicked on "Collaborative playlist" on the three dots- But when I want t...

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  • Hi all,    I created a playlist for my aunt's birthday. I wish to share it with my cousins so we can all modify it and add songs, but I'm unable to do so.   - I created the playlis...
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Solved!! Can't hear music on Windows desktop app

I installed Spotify on my work computer today. When I got home, I tried to play some music on my home computer using the installed Spotify app for Windows. I could see the song was playing, but I could hear anything, despite the fact that mt speakers...

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  • I installed Spotify on my work computer today. When I got home, I tried to play some music on my home computer using the installed Spotify app for Windows. I could see the song was playing, but ...
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I can see Spotify running in my task bar, but it won't display on my screen

I can still play songs, and when I hover over the spotify app on my task bar I can play songs, but the app itself just doesn't display on my screen. Also my computer runs Windows 10 for those wondering.

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  • I can still play songs, and when I hover over the spotify app on my task bar I can play songs, but the app itself just doesn't display on my screen.   Also my computer runs Windows 10 for thos...
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Music is now distorted and garbled

Been using Spotify 3 years now virtually no problems. But in the last couple days have had problems with the sound being distorted and garbled streaming from the Windows Spotify app through Airfoil. Happened last week and a reboot fixed it. Now reboo...

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  • Been using Spotify 3 years now virtually no problems.  But in the last couple days have had problems with the sound being distorted and garbled streaming from the Windows Spotify app through Air...
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Re: Inbox and messages

Hi! As a Premium user for many years I have experienced many stupid changes over the years. Changes for the worse i might add, and all of them were surprising to say the least. But this..this is problebly the stupidest one of them all. The inbox wasn...

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  • Hi! As a Premium user for many years I have experienced many stupid changes over the years. Changes for the worse i might add, and all of them were surprising to say the least. But this..this is prob...
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Spotify Desktop - Local files make app HORRIBLY slow

Hey guys, I've never had many problems using local files with Spotify Desktop, but recently I've experienced massive performance problems with my local files, which consist of about 46,000 songs. The app gets unresponsive and I cannot search my local...

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  • Hey guys,   I've never had many problems using local files with Spotify Desktop, but recently I've experienced massive performance problems with my local files, which consist of about 46,000 s...
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"can't play current song" comes when trying to play downloaded song

I have downloaded several songs to listen on spotify. When these songs are to be played next on the queue and they come, the error "can't play current song" comes up. I can play the song by doubleclicking them without any problems. I have turned off ...

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  • I have downloaded several songs to listen on spotify. When these songs are to be played next on the queue and they come, the error "can't play current song" comes up. I can play the song by doublecli...
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Can't Play current song -happens when downloaded song on qeue

I've downloaded songs that arent on spotify so i can listen ton them. When such song is to be played next on queue it shows error "can't play current song." But when i play the song by double clicking it it plays just fine. What could be wrong?

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  • I've downloaded songs that arent on spotify so i can listen ton them. When such song is to be played next on queue it shows error "can't play current song." But when i play the song by double clickin...
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Local Files issue

In my local files I changed the folder that should be displayed but I still get mp3 files that are in an unselected folder (study files, and there are more than thousand files..., hard to get a clear music library) What can I do?

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  • In my local files I changed the folder that should be displayed but I still get mp3 files that are in an unselected folder (study files, and there are more than thousand files..., hard to g...
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Spotify Won't Load/Slow to End Task Via Task Manager

Hello, any ideas on how to resolve Spotify not starting properly? Once I open the app it just shows the attached image. I have tried uninstalling etc but to no avail. Thanks.

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  • Hello, any ideas on how to resolve Spotify not starting properly?   Once I open the app it just shows the attached image.   I have tried uninstalling etc but to no avail. Thanks.
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Solved!! How to make collaborative playlists public?

Hello everyone,I know there's already a topic about this, but it doesn't really answer to my question: in that other topic, it is explained that you can't make a playlist collaborative AND public. However, I noticed that two of my collaborative playl...

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  • Hello everyone, I know there's already a topic about this, but it doesn't really answer to my question: in that other topic, it is explained that you can't make a playlist collaborative AND public...
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Songs don't load

Whenever I start spotify and go to my songs, it doesn't display all the songs I have saved. I've had this for a while now and normally I could fix it by skipping to other tabs such as playlists. Today, I couldn't. I tried restarting but It didn't wor...

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  • Whenever I start spotify and go to my songs, it doesn't display all the songs I have saved. I've had this for a while now and normally I could fix it by skipping to other tabs such as playlists. Toda...
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Why is there a 10k total offline song limit?

We can only download 9,999 songs to devices whereas other services such as Rdio manage to give their paying customers (for the same price) unlimited offline songs. What is the reason for keeping this limit? Is it just 'something we do' and won't be c...

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  • We can only download 9,999 songs to devices whereas other services such as Rdio manage to give their paying customers (for the same price) unlimited offline songs.   What is the reason for k...
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Re: Inbox and messages

Please restore my shared songs in the playlist. I am so disappointed the message feature is gone -- it was one of my favorite parts of Spotify (and I am a paying customer -- family plan). My kids and I, even, shared songs -- great way to connect with...

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  • Please restore my shared songs in the playlist. I am so disappointed the message feature is gone -- it was one of my favorite parts of Spotify (and I am a paying customer -- family plan). My kids and...
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Releasing Bluetooth speakers

I have a BEM Mojo bluetooth speaker, and Spotify (basic, playing online) has taken possession of it and won't let go. I have instructed my PC laptop to disconnect and to forget the speaker, and then reconnected, and it is still tied to Spotify so tha...

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  • I have a BEM Mojo bluetooth speaker, and Spotify (basic, playing online) has taken possession of it and won't let go. I have instructed my PC laptop to disconnect and to forget the speaker, and then ...
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DSBridge not working

Dsbridge not working after last update of desktop application on 1.0.49.125. Win 10, 32 bit. Correct it, please. I did downgrade of application.

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  • Dsbridge not working after last update of desktop application on 1.0.49.125. Win 10, 32 bit. Correct it, please. I did downgrade of application.
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Cant play certain song issue

Wanted to randomly listen to some die antwood albums tension and keep getting the error that spoitfy cant play any songs and for some it will play for a few seconds, stop and then give the error. have tried uninstalling, reinstaling, and everything e...

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  • Wanted to randomly listen to some die antwood albums tension and keep getting the error that spoitfy cant play any songs and for some it will play for a few seconds, stop and then give the error. hav...
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songs not available for windows 10 install of spotify

i recently installed spotify on windows 10... my playlists show that some songs are not available and grayed out, even though, i have another computer right next to it running windows 7 with spotify and the same playlist open and all of the songs are...

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  • i recently installed spotify on windows 10... my playlists show that some songs are not available and grayed out, even though, i have another computer right next to it running windows 7 with spo...
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