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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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Superuser Contribution Spotify crashes in latest version (1.0.56.451.gb2f539fc)

In the latest version of my favorite music app on desktop :), everything is going better... except for one thing! When i try to delete more than a thousand songs (not in a playlist, but saved songs), the app is crashing my computer... i thought, mayb...

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  • In the latest version of my favorite music app on desktop :), everything is going better... except for one thing! When i try to delete more than a thousand songs (not in a playlist, but saved songs),...
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Won't load my playlists on web player

My playlists won't load when using web player. I'm using latest version of Windows and Explorer. It comes eup with a spinning loading icon, but nothing happens!

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  • My playlists won't load when using web player. I'm using latest version of Windows and Explorer. It comes eup with a spinning loading icon, but nothing happens!    
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"Something went wrong. We can't seem to find the artist."

Been getting this error message ("Something went wrong. We can't seem to find the artist.") all morning. It shows up for any artist I try. I've tried ending the spotify processes and relaunching the app, but nothing is fixing the issue. I'm able to s...

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  • Been getting this error message ("Something went wrong. We can't seem to find the artist.") all morning. It shows up for any artist I try. I've tried ending the spotify processes and relaunching the ...
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Local files

I just got a new PC and re-downloaded all my music. The files are going into local file but will not play. Whenever i attempt to play pne i get an error message(see attached file). The files are in mp3 format and worked just fine on my last pc

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  • I just got a new PC and re-downloaded all my music. The files are going into local file but will not play. Whenever i attempt to play pne i get an error message(see attached file). The files are in m...
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Solved!! No quiet time

We use Spotify at the Office to play background music, usualy via Radio or Playlists. But when the chosen Radio station finishes we get an eery silence in the room How can we set it up so there is never any down time - so that Spotify just keeps on p...

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  • We use Spotify at the Office to play background music, usualy via Radio or Playlists.    But when the chosen Radio station finishes we get an eery silence in the room   How can we ...
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Solved!! Cannot start a radio

I've subscribed recently to Spotify, and I've heard about the feature to start a "Radio" from any song, band or album, but unfortunately this feature doesn't show up in the desktop player. I can access it only from the web player. I'm attaching two s...

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  • I've subscribed recently to Spotify, and I've heard about the feature to start a "Radio" from any song, band or album, but unfortunately this feature doesn't show up in the desktop player. I can acce...
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No es posible reproducir la canción actual (1.0.56.451.gb2f539fc)

He descargo hoy día 13/06/2017 Spotify para Windows (1.0.56.451.gb2f539fc) y cada vez que finaliza una canción de un álbum o lista de reproducción, se para y sale el mensaje "No es posible reproducir la canción actual". Si le doy al botón siguiente o...

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  • He descargo hoy día 13/06/2017 Spotify para Windows (1.0.56.451.gb2f539fc)  y cada vez que finaliza una canción de un álbum o lista de reproducción, se para y sale el mensaje "No es posible repr...
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Re-select high quality button after each update

Hi Spotify,I have to reselect the high quality button on spotify after each update again. This is really annoying. How can I solve this? And if this can't be solved, can Spotify fix this issue with an update? Thanks in advanceHidde

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  • Hi Spotify, I have to reselect the high quality button on spotify after each update again. This is really annoying. How can I solve this? And if this can't be solved, can Spotify fix this issue with...
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Skipping next song after relaunching

Whenever I have to close Spotify for a while and then reopen it, it skips the song that was supposed to play next. Also, if I closed it when it was playing the last song on the queue, it just goes back to the beginning of the album/playlist/whatever ...

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  • Whenever I have to close Spotify for a while and then reopen it, it skips the song that was supposed to play next. Also, if I closed it when it was playing the last song on the queue, it just go...
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Solved!! Song doesn't start at beginning

Hello, I hope someone can help me. I noticed that a track on spotify starts at 0:14 seconds everytime, it is kinda annoying and I do not know how to fix it. It is just 1 song no others.It is in a country playlist. Well I know this is short but I hope...

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  • Hello,    I hope someone can help me.   I noticed that a track on spotify starts at 0:14 seconds everytime, it is kinda annoying and I do not know how to fix it.   It i...
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Does Spotify Automatically Disable Surround Sound?

I recently got some razer kraken headphones that have 7.1 surround sound, and I am wondering if spotify disables it. Surround sound in a music program would suck so I need to know.

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  • I recently got some razer kraken headphones that have 7.1 surround sound, and I am wondering if spotify disables it. Surround sound in a music program would suck so I need to know.
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Superuser Contribution Spotify won't play after I click pause

Hi When I click pause I can't get Spotify to play the track I was listening to. I have to go back to the last track and then forward to the track I was listening to. Which means I have to listen to the song from the beginning. Is anyone else having t...

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  • Hi   When I click pause I can't get Spotify to play the track I was listening to. I have to go back to the last track and then forward to the track I was listening to. Which means I have to li...
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Local files imported to Spotify even though i disabled it in settings

So, like the title says, i am having issues with spotify importing songs from my NAS, even though i disabled the option to import them. It is making spotify open slow, as my NAS need to wake up from hibernation before spotify loads the files. What to...

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  • So, like the title says, i am having issues with spotify importing songs from my NAS, even though i disabled the option to import them. It is making spotify open slow, as my NAS need to wake up from ...
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Spotify won't load sometimes

I found something odd and I wonder if anyone else has had the same issues. I leave my PC on alot, sometimes for days, never shut it off everynight, well I noticed that after a few days Spotify won't load after I click on it and it's only after I go i...

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  • I found something odd and I wonder if anyone else has had the same issues. I leave my PC on alot, sometimes for days, never shut it off everynight, well I noticed that after a few days Spotify won't ...
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Spotify won't update after 1.0.55

Hello Spotify Community,I am having trouble updating the app and it is locked to 1.0.55.487. I tried to uninstall and forced update it but to no avail.Is there a possible solution to get the update service feature working again?

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  • Hello Spotify Community, I am having trouble updating the app and it is locked to 1.0.55.487. I tried to uninstall and forced update it but to no avail. Is there a possible solution to get the upda...
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Solved!! Having trouble with stream

Hello,i´m using spotify free and thinking about an upgrade. BUT in the last time the music has an very poor quality. The stream is hitting and stumbling like an old record player when I´m using ist on desktop. On Android its no problem in some networ...

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  • Hello, i´m using spotify free and thinking about an upgrade. BUT in the last time the music has an very poor quality. The stream is hitting and stumbling like an old record player when I´m using ist...
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History is deleted every time I close desktop program

Why is my history deleted every time I close the desktop program? This is dumb. People restart their computer fairly regularly. Why eliminate the history when they do so? Instead, just have the default be keep history and add a "clear history" button...

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  • Why is my history deleted every time I close the desktop program? This is dumb. People restart their computer fairly regularly. Why eliminate the history when they do so? Instead, just have the defau...
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Lost playlist (not deleted)

Recently had to reinstall spotify. Program would just not start up. Now when I log in most all of my playlists are gone. Tried the basic tips - log out then log in. Checked the "if you deleted a playlist by accident". To make matters worse when I hit...

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  • Recently had to reinstall spotify. Program would just not start up. Now when I log in most all of my playlists are gone. Tried the basic tips - log out then log in. Checked the "if you deleted a play...
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Computer hangs when I start Spotify

Since the recent microsoft update, spotify started to crash and hang my computer when I start spotify. I thought this issue was resolved a few years ago. It's back. Help!

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  • Since the recent microsoft update, spotify started to crash and hang my computer when I start spotify. I thought this issue was resolved a few years ago. It's back. Help!
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