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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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Shuffle repeats the same order on repeat

Hi, I don't know if this is by design (seems weird if it is), but I have an issue with shuffle. Say I have a playlist with 5 songs in it, and I play it with both shuffle and repeat on. It will play the 5 songs in a random order, which is fine, but th...

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  • Hi, I don't know if this is by design (seems weird if it is), but I have an issue with shuffle. Say I have a playlist with 5 songs in it, and I play it with both shuffle and repeat on. It w...
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Annoying "Re-install" after logging in to my computer or restarting computer etc.

So this small "problem" has been annoying me for a while... Usually always when i turn on my desktop(running Windows 10 Pro) or my laptop(running Windows 7 Professional) my Spotify desktop app shows a pop up window where it says that it is installing...

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  • So this small "problem" has been annoying me for a while...   Usually always when i turn on my desktop(running Windows 10 Pro) or my laptop(running Windows 7 Professional) my Spotify desktop a...
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Spotify's onscreen position

Heya, I've looked around the forums for abit and cant seem to find anyone with this problem.A bit of background info:I have 2 monitors and when i use spotify i open it at the half the size of my second monitor(Windows key + right arrow) till its half...

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  • Heya,   I've looked around the forums for abit and cant seem to find anyone with this problem. A bit of background info: I have 2 monitors and when i use spotify i open it at the half the si...
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Bug with heart in daily mix

Whenever i click on the heart in daily mix, it disappear when i click on another song in the list.

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  • Whenever i click on the heart in daily mix, it disappear when i click on another song in the list.
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Local Files refresh ? Spotify doesn't detect when something changes

So I have quite a few problems with this application ... I tried to import the Windows Media Player playlists, but Spotify couldn't find half the song (Windows's playlist are to blame here ...) So I decided to create my playlists again. I unchecked D...

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  • So I have quite a few problems with this application ...   I tried to import the Windows Media Player playlists, but Spotify couldn't find half the song (Windows's playlist are to blame here ....
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Solved!! Get rid of Spotify Web Helper

Many, many times I unchecked "Allow Spotify to be opened from the web" in the “Advanced settings”. Just as often I checked “No proxy”. But, these settings are not saved. Every time again this annoying “WebHelper” is running and it also appears in aut...

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  • Many, many times I unchecked "Allow Spotify to be opened from the web" in the “Advanced settings”. Just as often I checked “No proxy”. But, these settings are not saved.   Every time again thi...
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Spotify completely freezes my computer

The spotify program completely freezes, slows, and crashes all other programs when i start it. I have updated my motherboard drivers, my audio drivers, have removed and installed spotify over and over again, and stil it crashes my computer. I have tr...

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  • The spotify program completely freezes, slows, and crashes all other programs when i start it. I have updated my motherboard drivers, my audio drivers, have removed and installed spotify over and ove...
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Local Files Not Fully Appearing

Hi all, I've recently encountered a problem with local files. Previously, I faced a problem with it and I used the solution that was linked on Reddit with installing an older version of Spotify. However, all of a sudden, my Spotify is not synchronisi...

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  • Hi all, I've recently encountered a problem with local files.  Previously, I faced a problem with it and I used the solution that was linked on Reddit with installing an older version of Spotif...
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Friend activity not showing?

Okay, I recently encountered a problem where I can't see my friends activity, I don't know if this will work, but I simply went to "View" on the top left corner of the screen, pressed "Zoom out" until I could see the sidebar with my friends activity....

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  • Okay, I recently encountered a problem where I can't see my friends activity, I don't know if this will work, but I simply went to "View" on  the top left corner of the screen, pressed "Zoom out...
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why does spotify clear my cue when i accidentally double click a song

Why does spotify clear my cue when i accidentally double click a song? It's in the title of this subject, I didn't know how to send this to them directly, so I guess I'll leave it here. And if anyone can answer, thanks in advance. also labels are **b...

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  • Why does spotify clear my cue when i accidentally double click a song? It's in the title of this subject, I didn't know how to send this to them directly, so I guess I'll leave it here. And if anyone...
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spotify this song is not available if you have the file on your computer import it

This annoying message keeps popping up that says "spotify this song is not available if you have the file on your computer import it", for every song on my playlist. When this happens, it makes my computers sound not work either. So i have to restart...

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  • This annoying message keeps popping up that says "spotify this song is not available if you have the file on your computer import it", for every song on my playlist. When this happens, it makes my co...
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i can't uninstall spotify

i tried everything to uninstall spotify but i can't uninstall spotify i like spotify but i can't play any game while its installed like ( Overwatch, Subnautica, Star wars battlefront, )they dont even work or i just lag the **bleep** please help me ho...

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  • i tried everything to uninstall spotify but i can't uninstall spotify i like spotify but i can't play any game while its installed like ( Overwatch, Subnautica, Star wars battlefront, ) they dont ev...
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Set some songs to only ever play together in sequence

Feature request: There are two songs, called "Blah part 1" and "Blah part 2". I woud like to set it that these two only ever play as a pair, in sequence. That would be great! Thanks

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  • Feature request:   There are two songs, called "Blah part 1" and "Blah part 2". I woud like to set it that these two only ever play as a pair, in sequence.    That would be great! ...
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Local files syncing gone wrong (AGAIN AND AGAIN)

TL;DR: Local files' tab shows 99 songs of the 154 I have in my folder Local files have been a recurring problem for me lately. Last week I wanted to add a couple songs, so I closed Spotify, copied the songs to my "Music" folder, then from there to my...

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  • TL;DR: Local files' tab shows 99 songs of the 154 I have in my folder   Local files have been a recurring problem for me lately. Last week I wanted to add a couple songs, so I closed Spot...
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Spotify replacing my local files with its own version???

Spotify is replacing my local files with Spotify's own version. I don't want this as these are different version/mixes of the sonds that I am trying to listen to... How can I stop this?

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  • Spotify is replacing my local files with Spotify's own version.  I don't want this as these are different version/mixes of the sonds that I am trying to listen to... How can I stop this?
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Drag and drop doesn't work anymore

Spotify just updated and now I can't drag and drop playlists into foldera anymore. Anyone else? Running Spotify 1.0.45.186.g3b5036d6 on windows 10

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  • Spotify just updated and now I can't drag and drop playlists into foldera anymore. Anyone else?   Running Spotify 1.0.45.186.g3b5036d6 on windows 10
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Use local album art instead of the one on Spotify

Ok, I've got locals file which I want to put on spotify and use the album art I put on them instead of grabbing the one on spotify. It works with some tracks but the rest don't seem to work.I think the problem is that spotify changes the album I've g...

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  • Ok, I've got locals file which I want to put on spotify and use the album art I put on them instead of grabbing the one on spotify. It works with some tracks but the rest don't seem to work. I think...
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Music started automatically playing when I paused my music on my android phone

Hi, I listen to a lot of death metal. I was listening to some on my way to work on my phone, and then once I got to my office, I paused the music and it started playing on my desktop computer............................... out loud in my office... Is...

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  • Hi,   I listen to a lot of death metal. I was listening to some on my way to work on my phone, and then once I got to my office, I paused the music and it started playing on my desktop compute...
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Image of Controlling Sonos from Spotify in Sonos desktop app?

Hi,I use Spotify from the Sonos app in Windows 10.Do you have an image of what it looks like, when the point (something about) security/enabling controlling Sonos from Spotify is not enabled?I just think that it could be useful for my own documentati...

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  • Hi, I use Spotify from the Sonos app in Windows 10. Do you have an image of what it looks like, when the point (something about) security/enabling controlling Sonos from Spotify is not enabled? I ...
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