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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...

MattSuda
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SaylorDustin
Casual Listener
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-06-26 8:42:18 AM
2 weeks ago
cour10e22
Regular
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-04-28 8:08:45 PM
2023-04-29 10:41:16 PM
MattSuda
Spotify Star
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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...

Goodman
Spotify Legend
2013-09-17 11:47:47 AM
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Two Steps From Bugs

Hi!I'm using Spotify for all my music needs for over a year, and I'm sorry that I have to report an issue. When I try to play music from "Two Steps From..." (Thomas Bergersen's band), the playback often suddenly stops, and Spotify displays an alert t...

csillaggyujto
Regular
Hi! I'm using Spotify for all my music needs for over a year, and I'm sorry that I have to report an issue. When I try to play music from "Two Steps From..." (Thomas Bergersen's band), th...
2017-07-31 5:09:03 PM
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Play the last song

How can i setup Spotify to play the last song instantly and not just start the running song again?Background: Cortana voice control has a feature to go backwards, but it will just start over the current song again and not really skip one song backwar...

Niklas02
Newbie
How can i setup Spotify to play the last song instantly and not just start the running song again? Background: Cortana voice control has a feature to go backwards, but it will just start over the cu...
2017-07-31 5:06:38 PM
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Unable to import one specific .mp3 file

Hi, I tried to import local files to Spotify while most worked, one just wont go. I see it in the local files folder and i can add it to playlists but it wont play. Spotify just says that it isnt available. It is downloaded from soundcloud like other...

user-removed
Visitor
Hi, I tried to import local files to Spotify while most worked, one just wont go. I see it in the local files folder and i can add it to playlists but it wont play. Spotify just says that it...
2017-07-26 12:00:18 AM
2017-07-31 3:50:29 PM
Sebasty
Community Legend
1912 Views
9 replies
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Is family plan restricted???

I've joined my family account and now if I try to keep skipping songs (maybe more than 6 or 7) spotify suggests me to be a premium. I've checked and it says family plan means to have seperate premiums. Boy it's so much effort for listening to bleep o...

brkvrl
Newbie
I've joined my family account and now if I try to keep skipping songs (maybe more than 6 or 7) spotify suggests me to be a premium. I've checked and it says family plan means to have seperate premium...
2017-07-31 12:55:59 PM
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Windows app opens up in different place then it was last time

Hi, i have this issue for quite a while and now i'm done. i need this to be fixed or else im unsubbing. I have my spotify set up like this: but ALWAYS! ALWAYS for quite some time spotify opens up when i open up my pc like this: WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN?!...

kyrv19
Newbie
Hi, i have this issue for quite a while and now i'm done. i need this to be fixed or else im unsubbing. I have my spotify set up like this: but ALWAYS! ALWAYS for quite some...
2017-07-30 9:46:52 PM
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[Desktop] The Song doest correspond

Hi, i have a problem with a song, as u can see, in the newest album of Linkin Park, the song "One More Light" doest correspond, instead i have the song "And One" and i dont know why.I have Windows 10 Pro, my version on Spotify is 1.0.59.395.ge6ca9946...

Venom1987
Casual Listener
Hi, i have a problem with a song, as u can see, in the newest album of Linkin Park, the song "One More Light" doest correspond, instead i have the song "And One" and i dont know why. I hav...
2017-07-29 9:10:36 PM
2017-07-30 8:30:23 PM
Venom1987
Casual Listener
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Spotify can't read any music with or without internet.

Hi, I'm on windows, i'm using the last version of spotify, i reinstalled it twice, but when i want to play a song from one of my playlists, or spotify's ones, the app tells me then the song is unavailable, and if I wanna play it i can import it.It do...

Ayon1
Newbie
Hi, I'm on windows, i'm using the last version of spotify, i reinstalled it twice, but when i want to play a song from one of my playlists, or spotify's ones, the app tells me then the song is unavai...
2017-07-30 4:40:12 PM
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Offline on PC while streaming on Echo Dot

Hello, I am trying to fix an issue where I am unable to use the offline function on my Desktop to listen to my downloaded playlist on spotify without it kicking a streaming Echo Dot. Example: I want to listen to my offline playlist on my Desktop, whi...

MrCoconutKitty
Newbie
Hello, I am trying to fix an issue where I am unable to use the offline function on my Desktop to listen to my downloaded playlist on spotify without it kicking a streaming Echo Dot. ...
2017-07-30 5:32:26 AM
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Superuser Contribution Spotify to play on two computers

How do I get spotify to play the same songs and station on two computers?

lnisbet
Casual Listener
How do I get spotify to play the same songs and station on two computers?
2017-07-26 7:15:00 PM
2017-07-29 12:52:14 AM
JulianA_Bogota
Roadie
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Spotify changes information of imported songs

Good eveningI just configured the Local Files section so it only shows my Itunes musics, and I find out that Spotify changes completeley the name, artist and/or album of many songs. How can I fix this? Greetings

tlacuache99
Casual Listener
Good evening I just configured the Local Files section so it only shows my Itunes musics, and I find out that Spotify changes completeley the name, artist and/or album of many songs. How can I fix t...
2017-07-19 5:57:57 AM
2017-07-29 11:36:07 PM
tlacuache99
Casual Listener
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Solved!! Did you guys just remove listeners geography from "About" page?

My Spotify just got upgraded to the new build 1.0.58.573.g57c9cd87 (Windows Store version) and it stopped to show where from most of the listeners on an artist's about page. Why you have removed this information, is there any plan to add it back? Tha...

LoneStarr
Casual Listener
My Spotify just got upgraded to the new build 1.0.58.573.g57c9cd87 (Windows Store version) and it stopped to show where from most of the listeners on an artist's about page. Why you ha...
2017-07-06 6:41:30 AM
2017-07-29 10:02:48 PM
RobertLoblaw
Music Fan
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2 replies
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Windows

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Spotify Modifies Some Local Files Information When Syncing (Name, Artist, Cover Art)

When I sync/import my local files onto Spotify, some songs will have a different nam, artist or cover art. This is sometimes annoying because I would get confused since the information of the song listed are changed; and I want to know if there's an ...

user-removed
Visitor
When I sync/import my local files onto Spotify, some songs will have a different nam, artist or cover art. This is sometimes annoying because I would get confused since the information of the song li...
2017-07-29 8:55:22 PM
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Songs are not getting played.

Hello! I am using Spotify now a long time, but something like that never happened.Before the restart, everything was O.K., but after it no song was playable, Offline-Mode is disabled, even the downloaded songs are not getting played.The error is: ""T...

InklingSplasher
Newbie
Hello! I am using Spotify now a long time, but something like that never happened. Before the restart, everything was O.K., but after it no song was playable, Offline-Mode is disabled, even the down...
2017-07-29 1:30:04 PM
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Windows

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Play the same playlist on different users?

Hi! Me and a buddy of mine just put together an awsome playlist on his user, i follow that playlist and we listen to it all the time. Here is the question! Can we play it simontaneously from 2 users? tought that the "Radio" function was for that purp...

E34Touring
Regular
Hi! Me and a buddy of mine just put together an awsome playlist on his user, i follow that playlist and we listen to it all the time. Here is the question! Can we play it si...
2017-07-29 4:45:17 AM
2017-07-29 11:21:09 AM
E34Touring
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Considerable issues on all platforms (Windows 10 and Android)

I have to put my Android phone on airplane mode to get it to play. Spotify eats RAM like no other app. My desktop app crashes constantly for no reason. I don't know why I need to interact with Spotify at all - all these generated playlists they creat...

vag-o-matic
Casual Listener
I have to put my Android phone on airplane mode to get it to play. Spotify eats RAM like no other app. My desktop app crashes constantly for no reason. I don't know why I need to interact with Spotif...
2017-07-28 6:13:34 PM
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Polish ads? Polnische Werbung?

Hello!Polish ad & German SpotifyAs you can see, there should be German ads instead of polish...Language is set to German, also setting it to English or somewhat don't do anything as well as reinstalling Spotify...any help?

user-removed
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Hello! Polish ad & German Spotify As you can see, there should be German ads instead of polish...Language is set to German, also setting it to English or somewhat don't do anything as...
2017-07-25 8:03:44 PM
2017-07-28 5:02:58 PM
Maxim
Spotify Star
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Local file album names being changed automatically

Hey,The issue I am having is that in one of the albums I am importing locally some of the songs are also in another album that is on spotify, so some of the songs are having their album name changed and not being in the album anymore. Locally they ar...

user-removed
Visitor
Hey, The issue I am having is that in one of the albums I am importing locally some of the songs are also in another album that is on spotify, so some of the songs are having their album name change...
2017-07-28 3:40:10 PM
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Desktop version uses too much RAM

I just installed the desktop version lately, and I find out that this application use almost 1gb of my RAM within two hours. And it's still increasing. Although my 16G RAM can handle that but it's still annoying. I have already tried reinstall Spotif...

AChiHuang
Casual Listener
I just installed the desktop version lately, and I find out that this application use almost 1gb of my RAM within two hours. And it's still increasing. Although my 16G RAM can hand...
2017-07-28 12:21:49 PM
2017-07-28 2:19:14 PM
AChiHuang
Casual Listener
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Can't download songs on my computer

On my phone I can download songs, via the library then in songs. On the phone it works fine to download them, but on my computer the download switch is not there unlike on my phone?Is this legit a bug or just stupid that it is not a feature?

SkogsBacon
Newbie
On my phone I can download songs, via the library then in songs. On the phone it works fine to download them, but on my computer the download switch is not there unlike on my phone? Is this legit a ...
2017-07-27 10:26:10 PM
2017-07-28 1:49:52 PM
MichaelJerzak
Composer
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Spotify won't work in windows 10

Hey, My spotify doesn't work in desktop. I couldn't even download it before but after reading, I managed to install it by running my PC in safe mode, but now I cannot connect to spotify. When I say connect with facebook, it never does and stays in a ...

11152788597
Regular
Hey, My spotify doesn't work in desktop. I couldn't even download it before but after reading, I managed to install it by running my PC in safe mode, but now I cannot connect to spotif...
2017-07-25 10:04:59 AM
2017-07-28 11:02:19 AM
Nico
Community Legend
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