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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

Hey, all!I just found an Idea Submission that I think you guys might want to get behind and support. It suggests a new way to share music with your Spotify friends. You can check it out here: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/All-Platforms-...

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  • Hey, all! I just found an Idea Submission that I think you guys might want to get behind and support. It suggests a new way to share music with your Spotify friends. You can check it out here: htt...
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Local Files being removed from Spotify every time it is opened

I've had all my local files added and downloaded for ages but recently every time i close and reopen spotify it removes them all and i have to go back into spotify settings to disable the folder they are in and enable it again but this doesn't even w...

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  • I've had all my local files added and downloaded for ages but recently every time i close and reopen spotify it removes them all and i have to go back into spotify settings to disable the folder they...
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I'm having trouble installing

I can not install spotify, it always shows error 52 but the firewall and antivirus is not preventing the download

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  • I can not install spotify, it always shows error 52 but the firewall and antivirus is not preventing the download
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Local files can not deleted

Hi everyone, i added some songs on my Spotify by local files. But now i want to delete but the songs that i added to my songs can not deleted.I removed Spotify but it is not workingI removed Spotify on my pc but it is not workingI deleted all my song...

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  • Hi everyone, i added some songs on my Spotify by local files. But now i want to delete but the songs that i added to my songs can not deleted. I removed Spotify but it is not working I removed Spot...
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Re: Inbox and messages

More spotify anti-user **bleep**. How can you take this away... FWIW, just left a 1 star rating on the app store.

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  • More spotify anti-user **bleep**. How can you take this away...   FWIW, just left a 1 star rating on the app store.
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Pause then Resume delay on BT Headset

I'm running the latest version of Spotify 1.0.51.693.g6ea1e7f6 I'm running a fully updated Windows 10. My hardware is a Plantronics Voyagor Focus B825-M running the latest firmware. I have seen similar posts on the forum which are marked as solved, h...

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  • I'm running the latest version of Spotify 1.0.51.693.g6ea1e7f6   I'm running a fully updated Windows 10.   My hardware is a Plantronics Voyagor Focus B825-M running the latest firmware....
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Activity feed

Is Anyone having problems with the Desktop appI can;t get the activty feed to load, just keep getting a spinning icon and doesn't load, it did upto 1-2 days ago now won't,I have tried uninstalling it and removed any refrence to it in Explorer and reg...

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  • Is Anyone having problems with the Desktop app I can;t get the activty feed to load, just keep getting a spinning icon and doesn't load, it did upto 1-2 days ago now  won't, I have tried unins...
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Re: Inbox and messages

Let's do this guys! And we should spread this message in reddit as well!@Pól wrote:As well as here on this forum. I've expressed my disatisfaction with spotify's disregard towards its customers by reviewing the spotify phone app negatively. I suggest...

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  • ...ts customers by reviewing the spotify phone app negatively. I suggest others here do the same. The phone app reviews are considerably more public than this tucked away forum thread and might t...
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Playlists Download

Hi, I have downloaded some playlists but when I go into offline mode, some songs are shown as not having been downloaded. I have tried redownloading the playlists but the problem still occurs. Any suggested solutions? The weird thing is that the song...

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  • Hi,   I have downloaded some playlists but when I go into offline mode, some songs are shown as not having been downloaded. I have tried redownloading the playlists but the problem still occur...
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Solved!! Last seconds are gone

I have listened to many piece with its end being cut off, I will give you a few examples (go to the last seconds): https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/7IFB0DF2iHBlyHddaaRP4D (every movement)https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/34P4VsIM4FIEDgaffz8lw9...

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  • I have listened to many piece with its end being cut off, I will give you a few examples (go to the last seconds):   https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/7IFB0DF2iHBlyHddaaRP4D ...
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Create a similar playlist

Hello, I wanted to ask you spotify developers, why are you disabling this function in the desktop player? It's supposed to be there but I can't click it any longer. I don't like this kind of behaviour, I'm paying for this "premium service" so, if the...

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  • Hello, I wanted to ask you spotify developers, why are you disabling this function in the desktop player? It's supposed to be there but I can't click it any longer.   I don't like this kind of...
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Re: Inbox and messages

Oh, is that it? Well you've always been able to copy a link so what's new? You can copy and paste a link to anything on the web - that's pretty much the whole point. But it's cumbersome and doesn't hit the target where you want it. Hard to see how it...

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  • Oh, is that it? Well you've always been able to copy a link so what's new? You can copy and paste a link to anything on the web - that's pretty much the whole point. But it's cumbersome and doesn't h...
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Re: Inbox and messages

He's referring to the current parasitic 'sharing' setup which is nothing more than a link you can copy and send using other social media services. So basically he's saying 'Let's figure out how we can make sharing using third party social sites bette...

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  • He's referring to the current parasitic 'sharing' setup which is nothing more than a link you can copy and send using other social media services. So basically he's saying 'Let's figure out how we ca...
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Re: Inbox and messages

@Jacob wrote:Hey guys, I got word back from my Spotify contacts. In a nutshell, it sounds like the reason the Bring back Inbox/Messaging with notifications idea was closed was because Spotify is not going to reconsider re-implementing this feature. I...

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  • @Jacob wrote: Hey guys, I got word back from my Spotify contacts. In a nutshell, it sounds like the reason the Bring back Inbox/Messaging with notifications idea was closed was because Spotify is n...
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Re: Inbox and messages

Sharing as it exists can only be improved by bringing it back into the software as a native function. Period. End of story. I doubt this discussion is going to shift in the direction of how we can make the most of the **** sandwich Spotify has dealt ...

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  • Sharing as it exists can only be improved by bringing it back into the software as a native function. Period. End of story. I doubt this discussion is going to shift in the direction of how we can ma...
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Re: Inbox and messages

Jacob,Thanks for the info, seems like I'll have to look around for other services and stop my monthly Spotify subscription.I guess Spotify is getting money from social networks like Facebook to force people to use social media. I see no other explana...

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  • Jacob, Thanks for the info, seems like I'll have to look around for other services and stop my monthly Spotify subscription. I guess Spotify is getting money from social networks like Faceboo...
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Re: Inbox and messages

Also... What a smack in the face to your community and paying subscribers.

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  • Also... What a smack in the face to your community and paying subscribers. 
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Re: Inbox and messages

@Jacob wrote:Hey guys, I got word back from my Spotify contacts. In a nutshell, it sounds like the reason the Bring back Inbox/Messaging with notifications idea was closed was because Spotify is not going to reconsider re-implementing this feature. I...

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  • @Jacob wrote: Hey guys, I got word back from my Spotify contacts. In a nutshell, it sounds like the reason the Bring back Inbox/Messaging with notifications idea was closed was because Spotify is n...
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Re: Inbox and messages

Well, it's settled then. I will do the same as drowningman. Anyone here with a background in social media marketing? I wouldn't mind pushing this a little further and involving some news platforms / newspapers to at least give Spotify a bit of a hard...

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  • Well, it's settled then. I will do the same as drowningman. Anyone here with a background in social media marketing? I wouldn't mind pushing this a little further and involving some news pl...
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Re: Inbox and messages

But that's just the thing isn't it! - Sharing DOESN'T exist anymore - they killed it !!! It's SO sad! I WILL now be watching closely if any of the other services (with a decent interface) finds out that it would be a good idea to pick this great feat...

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  • But that's just the thing isn't it! - Sharing DOESN'T exist anymore - they killed it !!!   It's SO sad! I WILL now be watching closely if any of the other services (with a decent int...
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