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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...

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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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Re: Inbox and messages

I tried the Deezer website and it was even worse for me. It will only allow me to play 30 second clips even though it shows that I have a subscription. I am guessing that since my subscription is through Cricket I can only have Premium on my phone. I...

  • Music Fan
  • I tried the Deezer website and it was even worse for me.  It will only allow me to play 30 second clips even though it shows that I have a subscription.  I am guessing that since my subscri...
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A few years ago, you could search ONLY in your albums, then ctrl+f stop working but still showed in Edit menu. Now is not even there. Btw, very clever to save money using a community instead a professional SAT...

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  • A few years ago, you could search ONLY in your albums, then ctrl+f stop working but still showed in Edit menu. Now is not even there.      Btw, very clever to save money using a com...
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Re: Inbox and messages

Interesting to hear Deezer's got proper customer service - a definite selling point. I've been using the free version and think I'll upgrade. I'll have to build a new network of like-minded music lovers from scratch. I'm jazzyjez and into a wide rang...

  • Roadie
  • Interesting to hear Deezer's got proper customer service - a definite selling point. I've been using the free version and think I'll upgrade. I'll have to build a new network of like-minded music lov...
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When song changes, I get a huge ping spike for about 5 seconds

I notice this most when playing games, the song changes and the ping spikes from about 40 to 180 and then back down after 5-10 seconds.

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  • I notice this most when playing games, the song changes and the ping spikes from about 40 to 180 and then back down after 5-10 seconds.
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Re: Inbox and messages

Update - Spotify can keep its social media lovers. They're not changing for anybody because they're gaining millions of users per quarter. Fine. Works for them then please go right ahead. Deezer on the other hand... Has almost 50% more music than Spo...

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  • Update - Spotify can keep its social media lovers. They're not changing for anybody because they're gaining millions of users per quarter. Fine. Works for them then please go right ahead.   De...
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Songs won't play -nothing is "available"

I Have Spotify Premium and on my Mobile everything works perfectly. But on my Desktop any Song (even those which I have downloaded in offline Playlists) just wont play. Tose songs i didn't download are just "not available (theres appears a blue notif...

  • Newbie
  • I Have Spotify Premium and on my Mobile everything works perfectly. But on my Desktop any Song (even those which I have downloaded in offline Playlists) just wont play. Tose songs i didn't download a...
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Discover tab not showing Artist based recommendations

The Discover tab is only showing the "New Releases for You" row, and a "Good Morning!" row from the Overview tab which doesn't include anything related to music I like. Where are all of my "Because you liked ..." recommendations?

  • Newbie
  • The Discover tab is only showing the "New Releases for You" row, and a "Good Morning!" row from the Overview tab which doesn't include anything related to music I like.   Where are all of my "...
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[PC][Other] Multi-Select Add/Remove Songs From Music/Queue

I just listened my music on my pc in a shuffle and then wanted to play the other song. So I tried to find it but I didn't find and then searched it with write search. I found it, but it was removed from my music. The same situations were after a few ...

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  • I just listened my music on my pc in a shuffle and then wanted to play the other song. So I tried to find it but I didn't find and then searched it with write search. I found it, but it was removed f...
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Eliminar géneros y autores de Mi Spotify y reportar errores en las recomendaciones

Buenos dias a tod@sA los moderadores, informarles que, aunque mi suscripción presenta un problema con el pago, estoy en vías de solucionarlo, es decir, pago por Premium.En segundo lugar, es complicado encontrar un post entre 1000 páginas que se adapt...

  • Casual Listener
  • ...lgo así), o el "pitbull**bleep**"... Es que me llevan los demonios! Creo que tengo derecho a que me anuncien publicidad en base a mis favoritos, mi historial, mis playlists...no pinta NADA algo que o...
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Solved!! [Win10] Overlay windows 10

Hello everybody, I know that spotify had an option that allowed you to choose if you wanted to show a little overlay of the track you were listening to or when you changed song. Unfortunately, I had on my computer before I format it with the new inst...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello everybody,  I know that spotify had an option that allowed you to choose if you wanted to show a little overlay of the track you were listening to or when you changed song. Unfortunately,...
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Search in Desktop no longer has songs on a drop-down menu

I tested version 1.60 vs version 1.59.1.60 has changed search to not have any results in a menu that expands down from the search bar. 1.59 works as I want it to. I have been using search this way:- Use mouse to click on the search bar- Start writing...

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  • I tested version 1.60 vs version 1.59. 1.60 has changed search to not have any results in a menu that expands down from the search bar. 1.59 works as I want it to.   I have been using search ...
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import playlist

I've used the feature on the Spotify app on my PC to import my Windows Media playlists. The playlists show on my Galaxy S5 running Android 6.0.1, but the songs are greyed out and can not be played on my Android. What would I have to do to play those ...

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  • I've used the feature on the Spotify app on my PC to import my Windows Media playlists.   The playlists show on my Galaxy S5 running Android 6.0.1, but the songs are greyed out and can not be ...
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Local File Titles Lost

I recently started sharing my downloaded music with Spotify so I could listen on my phone. Unfortunately, some of the songs that I uploaded do not have titles in desktop app. I don't know why this problem is happening, as the files are all titles nor...

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  • I recently started sharing my downloaded music with Spotify so I could listen on my phone. Unfortunately, some of the songs that I uploaded do not have titles in desktop app. I don't know why this pr...
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Solved!! Discover features broken on Windows ?

The Windows client (1.0.59.395.ge6ca9946) looks different today. New browse options for podcasts and videos have appeared. However, my most used feature is discover and this is seriously broken. All I see is the the Spotify generated playlists. All t...

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  • The Windows client (1.0.59.395.ge6ca9946) looks different today. New browse options for podcasts and videos have appeared.   However, my most used feature is discover and this is seriousl...
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Solved!! BRING BACK THE ACTIVITY FEED - PETITION PLEASE ENDORSE

Hi Spotify developers Your last "upgrade" that removed the actiivity feed was nothing short of a massive downgrade. A quick browse of the posts in this community will show that yoiur decision to remove the activity feed is not popular. In fact, many ...

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  • Hi Spotify developers   Your last "upgrade" that removed the actiivity feed was nothing short of a massive downgrade.    A quick browse of the posts in this community will show tha...
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spotify software on Windows - why titel of playing song is not green

Hi,I use spotify on Windows and on iPhone.I don't underestand why Spotify on Windows doesn't show titel of played song in green as it is on iPhone? Piotr

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  • Hi, I use spotify on Windows and on iPhone. I don't underestand why Spotify on Windows doesn't show titel of played song in green as it is on iPhone?   Piotr
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Can't find any friends with "Find Friends"

I can find my friends by searching but I can't see them in the "Find Friends" menu. Also they can't follow me. How do I fix this?

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  • I can find my friends by searching but I can't see them in the "Find Friends" menu. Also they can't follow me. How do I fix this?
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Music Cover

Hi,I created a playlist full my musics of my computer, the problem is that I don't have good covers or covers, I have an album cover but in my musics it's not that cover.

  • Newbie
  • Hi, I created a playlist full my musics of my computer, the problem is that I don't have good covers or covers, I have an album cover but in my musics it's not that cover.
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Solved!! Spotify closes when I download a file with google chrome

So when I want to download a file in Google Chrome, for some reason it triggers to shutdown Spotify. So when it opens the dialog where I can save the file spotify shutsdown all the time. Doesnt matter on what website, or what kind of file it is. I tr...

  • Visitor
  • So when I want to download a file in Google Chrome, for some reason it triggers to shutdown Spotify. So when it opens the dialog where I can save the file spotify shutsdown all the time. Doesnt matte...
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How to refresh a playlist?

Well I am subscribed to the Monstercat Playlist and every 3 days in a week a new song comes and once they uploaded a song to their playlist the problem is I can't see it and when I can it says the song was uploaded to the playlist 3 days ago or even ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Well I am subscribed to the Monstercat Playlist and every 3 days in a week a new song comes and once they uploaded a song to their playlist the problem is I can't see it and when I can it says the so...
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