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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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Endless repeat disabled

Hey guys, since the last update i cannot put songs on endless repeat like it was possible previously? Is this going to be fixed?

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Hey guys,   since the last update i cannot put songs on endless repeat like it was possible previously? Is this going to be fixed?

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Local File Added, Won't Play, Asked to Import

So, as many people seem to face, I unfortuantely am having an issue with my local files. The weird thing is, it is literally ONE local file that won't play, the rest are all fine. This particular one adds to my library, is searchable within my local ...

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So, as many people seem to face, I unfortuantely am having an issue with my local files. The weird thing is, it is literally ONE local file that won't play, the rest are all fine.  This particul...

Le_Chigga

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Spotify crashes too much on Windows 10

Spotify crashes when I try to open it.I'm running Windows 10 with relatively little ram in my computer (it's cavernous inside here!) and I'm not sure what would conflict with it. Except for the newest update, maybe.it works in cmd line with appdata /...

Newbie

Spotify crashes when I try to open it. I'm running Windows 10 with relatively little ram in my computer (it's cavernous inside here!) and I'm not sure what would conflict with it. Except for the new...

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Domain for Web Filtering

I work at a small company that allows the employees to listen to spotify and a few other music apps while they work. However we are planning a change to the software we use to control web access. Our current software is desktop based and installed on...

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I work at a small company that allows the employees to listen to spotify and a few other music apps while they work.  However we are planning a change to the software we use to control web acces...

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This song isn't available. If this data is on your desktop, you can import it.

Hello, I bought Spotify Premium, but i can't play any songs. On my phone everything works fine. I get this error: Translated in my bad English it says: This song isn't available. If this data is on your desktop, you can import it. Maybe someone is ab...

Newbie

Hello,   I bought Spotify Premium, but i can't play any songs. On my phone everything works fine.    I get this error:      Translated in my bad English it sa...

wipsan15

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No more "current song" on windows 10

Hello,I would like to know if a feature was removed, or if it's just my PC having issues. To get to the point, previously when spotify was minimized and I pressed the "previous" or "next' butto on my keyboard, a small rectangle on the top left of my ...

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Hello, I would like to know if a feature was removed, or if it's just my PC having issues.   To get to the point, previously when spotify was minimized and I pressed the "previous" or "next' ...

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"Can't play current track" on VPN.

Hello, My spotify premium refuses to play more than 2-3 songs without freezing at the end of one of the tracks. I then have to click skip to go to the next track every time.This occurs only when on a VPN, and spotify displays the error message "can't...

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Hello,   My spotify premium refuses to play more than 2-3 songs without freezing at the end of one of the tracks. I then have to click skip to go to the next track every time. This occurs o...

Nightslash360

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Spotify conflits with the audio card/component

Hello, I would like to "reopen" this discussion because now it's happening to me as well, 5 years after the linked post started. I changed my laptop to an HP Elitebook 840 G4 where the sound card, I'm assuming, is onboard. The symptoms are the same a...

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Hello,   I would like to "reopen" this discussion because now it's happening to me as well, 5 years after the linked post started.   I changed my laptop to an HP Elitebook 840 G4 where ...

detunedSilence

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Solved!! cannot delete song from library?

When I select either the album or song in the library the delete is greyed out, am I missing something?

Regular

When I select either the album or song in the library the delete is greyed out, am I missing something?

Duckfest

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Solved!! Spotify won't play

I'm a premium member, no prob's with account or subscription, internet connction is fine, but when I push play, nothing happens. The play button changes to pause, and the playback bar starts at 0.00, but then nothing happens. In the past, I have just...

Music Fan

I'm a premium member, no prob's with account or subscription, internet connction is fine, but when I push play, nothing happens. The play button changes to pause, and the playback bar starts at 0.00,...

luckyblackkat

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"Create Similar Playlist" button is available but does not do anything

I am on Windows and using version 1.0.64.399.g4637b02a. I am right clicking a playlist I own and selecting "Create Similar Playlist" - nothing happens. No playlist is created and no prompt comes up. The button is enabled but nothing happens when it i...

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I am on Windows and using version 1.0.64.399.g4637b02a.   I am right clicking a playlist I own and selecting "Create Similar Playlist" - nothing happens. No playlist is created and no prompt c...

lordstan

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Blue tooth connection falters and stoppped

Hi,Two weeks ago Spotify was doing fine with a blue tooth connection to my Sony Audio system/speakers.(about 4 meters away)Now no more music, sometimes just a crackling sound. Unless I take my desktop (Win 10/64) next to the speakers, then the connec...

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Hi, Two weeks ago Spotify was doing fine with a blue tooth connection to my Sony Audio system/speakers.(about 4 meters away) Now no more music, sometimes just a crackling sound. Unless I take my de...

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All Spotify does is crash - Windows 7

Spotify used to be rock solid, but now all it does is max out my system resources and then crash. No error messages, it just goes completely un responsive after start. This happens on both my work laptop and my home laptop. I'm serioulsy about 2 seco...

Casual Listener

Spotify used to be rock solid, but now all it does is max out my system resources and then crash. No error messages, it just goes completely un responsive after start. This happens on both my work la...

Gesmolten

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Spotify Isn't Playing the Right Songs

When I try to play my saved songs on my laptop, it will play the wrong song. I click on the most recently saved songs and instead it will play a song that I saved a long time ago. (ex. I will click on "18" by Anarbor and instead, it will play "Still ...

Newbie

When I try to play my saved songs on my laptop, it will play the wrong song. I click on the most recently saved songs and instead it will play a song that I saved a long time ago. (ex. I will click o...

rhymeswithwitch

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Songs changing in-place

Hello, I don't want to spam the forum (I posted something half an hour ago too) but while I'm in feedback mode... I have been a spotify user for quite a while now, and I have observed that certain songs change seemingly in-place. What I mean by this ...

Regular

Hello,   I don't want to spam the forum (I posted something half an hour ago too) but while I'm in feedback mode...   I have been a spotify user for quite a while now, and I have observ...

nosongchange

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Solved!! Listen audio on desktop and TV simultaneously

HelloI'm using Chromecast to cast Spotify audio from my desktop to my TV.But as my desktop is in a different room, I would like to have the possibility to listen Spotify on my PC at the same time other people are listening in the living room.I alread...

Newbie

Hello I'm using Chromecast to cast Spotify audio from my desktop to my TV. But as my desktop is in a different room, I would like to have the possibility to listen Spotify on my PC at the same ti...

itu_

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"Daily Mix cannot be started"

Every time I try to go onto any of my daily mixes I get that message and "Please try with something else" is there any way to fix this.

Newbie

Every time I try to go onto any of my daily mixes I get that message and "Please try with something else" is there any way to fix this.

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Solved!! Spotify Refuses to Open and Uninstall

I cannot open Spotify. I cannot even uninstall Spotify. I turned off Bitdefender. I tried moving the Spotify folder from Roaming/Appdata. None of those work. When I try to open Spotify my cursor shows a small period of wait/working (hourglass) then n...

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I cannot open Spotify.  I cannot even uninstall Spotify.  I turned off Bitdefender.  I tried moving the Spotify folder from Roaming/Appdata.   None of those work.  When I...

JRdeMiranda

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