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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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Buttons not working on login screen and other issues

As per title,on the spotify login screen i can type username and password but i cant click the remember me button to off and cant click loginBoth these buttons have stopped workingOnly way to login is to type in username and password and press enter ...

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  • As per title,on the spotify login screen i can type username and password but i cant click the remember me button to off and cant click login Both these buttons have stopped working Only way to log...
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Spotify won't scrobble to Last.fm

It says I'm connected to last.fm on preferences but it won't scrobble. If I disconnect and try to enter my username and password again the connect button simply does nothing no matter how many times you click it. If I disconnect from last.fm and exit...

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  • It says I'm connected to last.fm on preferences but it won't scrobble. If I disconnect and try to enter my username and password again the connect button simply does nothing no matter how many times ...
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Cant play a selected song on new update

If I select artists and go onto one where all the songs I have saved from that artist is, I can't select a certain song to play if I have it on shuffle. If shuffle is on and I click on a certain song it will just pick a random song. If shuffle is off...

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  • If I select artists and go onto one where all the songs I have saved from that artist is, I can't select a certain song to play if I have it on shuffle. If shuffle is on and I click on a certain song...
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Top Artists / Tracks missing

What happened to the top artists and top tracks from my profile i have the setting on to show these but they are no where to be found on my profile?

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  • What happened to the top artists and top tracks from my profile i have the setting on to show these but they are no where to be found on my profile?
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Issue with playing certain music

For the past week or so, everytime I try to play a song from the Divide album by Ed Sheeran, every single song skips around at the beginning and then abruptly skips to the very last words of the song and ends. I have no idea what is happening, but an...

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  • For the past week or so, everytime I try to play a song from the Divide album by Ed Sheeran, every single song skips around at the beginning and then abruptly skips to the very last words of the song...
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Moving playlists not working

I was moving a playlist (A) up to the top of my list for easier access. I accidentally dropped it underneath another playlist (B), and so now it's accidentally a sub-playlist. I tried to move Playlist A out from underneath Playlist B. I cannot. Playl...

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  • I was moving a playlist (A) up to the top of my list for easier access. I accidentally dropped it underneath another playlist (B), and so now it's accidentally a sub-playlist. I tried to move Playlis...
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Spotify crashing

Since update, Spotify is crashing after every 3rd or 4th song. I've uninstalled and reinstalled. Any thoughts on why this might be happening? It started happening Monday. I noticed when I opened Spotify that it 'installed' something (update?) I'm run...

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  • Since update, Spotify is crashing after every 3rd or 4th song.  I've uninstalled and reinstalled.  Any thoughts on why this might be happening?  It started happening Monday.  I no...
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Poor quality playback on In My Life, Beatles

Do other people hear a varying sound quality on this song? It fades in and out during playback for me (HP laptop, Windows 10)

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  • Do other people hear a varying sound quality on this song? It fades in and out during playback for me (HP laptop, Windows 10)
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djay Pro app for Windows - No tracks available

Hello everyone,I have an issue with djay Pro app for Windows. I cannot load tracks on the decks, they are greyed out and the app says that the tracks are unavailable, but if I start the preview I can listen to the songs, so there must be a glitch som...

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  • Hello everyone, I have an issue with djay Pro app for Windows. I cannot load tracks on the decks, they are greyed out and the app says that the tracks are unavailable, but if I start the preview I c...
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[Desktop] [Windows 10] Spotify crashes after 2 songs

HelloI am using Spotify desktop on windows 10 and when I start it, it crashes after few songs, mostly after 2 songs, but it's not always the same. It just plays few songs and at the end of song (mostly its second one), it crashes.I have tried reinsta...

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  • Hello I am using Spotify desktop on windows 10 and when I start it, it crashes after few songs, mostly after 2 songs, but it's not always the same. It just plays few songs and at the end of son...
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First of followers

This may seem random, but I was just wondering why some followers show up first on your list and others show up later, regardless of how long they have been following me. Thanks!

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  • This may seem random, but I was just wondering why some followers show up first on your list and others show up later, regardless of how long they have been following me. Thanks!
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Re: Inbox and messages

Thank you for this. I started using Deezer today. I imported almost all of my playlists from Spotify to Deezer with Spotizr. It works just fine. Great!

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  • Thank you for this. I started using Deezer today. I imported almost all of my playlists from Spotify to Deezer with Spotizr. It works just fine. Great!
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Re: Inbox and messages

This was one of the few features keeping me faithful with Spotify. Been a longtime subscriber over multiple years. Will be looking for new alternatives.

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  • This was one of the few features keeping me faithful with Spotify. Been a longtime subscriber over multiple years. Will be looking for new alternatives.
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Problem

Hi Guys,I Have a Spotify account but an ''Iphone'' connected to this account and i can't listen to my music, i changed my password et i don't know, How I Can Deconnect him from the accountThank you very much, for an answer

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  • Hi Guys, I Have a Spotify account but an ''Iphone'' connected to this account and i can't listen to my music, i changed my password et i don't know, How I Can Deconnect him from the account Tha...
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Re: Inbox and messages

@alfa23 - your post might be short lived but thank​ you SO MUCH for that info! Hope everyone gets to see it before they remove it :). This answers the exact questions I had about Deezer. Looking at their support FAQ it's not 100% of what Spotify used...

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  • @alfa23 - your post might be short lived but thank​ you SO MUCH for that info! Hope everyone gets to see it before they remove it :). This answers the exact questions I had about Deezer. Looking at t...
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Re: Inbox and messages

@irenekaoru @jazzyjez @debauchee - like jazzyjez I used the Spotizr app [Deezer has apps!] and successfully transferred 97% of my Spotify playlists & library; job done - they even chucked in a free week of Premium! Then yesterday I noticed in my soci...

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  • @irenekaoru @jazzyjez @debauchee - like jazzyjez I used the Spotizr app [Deezer has apps!] and successfully transferred 97% of my Spotify playlists & library; job done - they even chucked in a fr...
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Volume control

Hey, is there a possibility to link the spotify volume control with the general windows volume control? I use Spotify connect with an extern speaker and want to control the volume by just changing the windows volume (my mouse can only change the gene...

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  • Hey,   is there a possibility to link the spotify volume control with the general windows volume control? I use Spotify connect with an extern speaker and want to control the volume by just ch...
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Re: Inbox and messages

Almost sold by Deezer simply because they have a delete cache button!

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  • Almost sold by Deezer simply because they have a delete cache button!
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Re: Inbox and messages

@irenekaoruI've downloaded the Deezer desktop app and transferred my Spotify playlists to it using Spotizr. My initial thoughts are: the layout is not as intuitive as Spotify and will take some getting used to. However, there are an extra 10 million ...

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  • @irenekaoru I've downloaded the Deezer desktop app and transferred my Spotify playlists to it using Spotizr. My initial thoughts are: the layout is not as intuitive as Spotify and will take some get...
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