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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

The inbox sharing feature was actually my favorite part of Spotify, and it's one of the biggest things that differentiated Spotify from the other music services. It's actually how my sister and I bond - by sharing music that we think the other person...

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  • The inbox sharing feature was actually my favorite part of Spotify, and it's one of the biggest things that differentiated Spotify from the other music services. It's actually how my sister and I bon...
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Re: Inbox and messages

Even if you reput "inbox" icon, our previous messages and shared songs wont come back... This is a big dissapointment and unnecessary action.

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  • Even if you reput "inbox" icon, our previous messages and shared songs wont come back... This is a big dissapointment and unnecessary action. 
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Update messed up programs directory

When updating application, it doesn't write update into dedicated Spotify folder, but into one level up folder.OS: Windows 10, x64

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  • When updating application, it doesn't write update into dedicated Spotify folder, but into one level up folder. OS: Windows 10, x64
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Solved!! Spotify only runs in Safemode (Windows 8)

I restarted my computer and now spotify does not open. Upon double clicking the application, I see it appear in the task manager for a few seconds, and then it disappears. I tried uninstalling / reinstalling it as well as running it as administrator,...

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  • I restarted my computer and now spotify does not open.  Upon double clicking the application, I see it appear in the task manager for a few seconds, and then it disappears.    I tri...
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Search Bar Bug

I'm on version 1.0.50.41368.gbd68dbef on Windows 10. I'm unable to click about a quarter of my search bar (far right side); this means I can't click the "x" to clear the search bar. Anyone else having this issue?

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  • I'm on version 1.0.50.41368.gbd68dbef on Windows 10.   I'm unable to click about a quarter of my search bar (far right side); this means I can't click the "x" to clear the search bar.  &...
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Superuser Contribution app skips song «because they are not available»

Lets say i want to listen to Sgt Peppers album by The Beatles (thru the PC app/software)It skips the first song, goes to the second (the blue notification bar appears saying the track is not available).I press next, it skips ten songs saying the same...

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  • Lets say i want to listen to Sgt Peppers album by The Beatles (thru the PC app/software) It skips the first song, goes to the second (the blue notification bar appears saying the track is not availa...
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Re: Inbox and messages

People didn't use it because it was badly made and hard to use (e.g. the notification system didn't work). Why would anyone want to lose the option of privately sending songs or playlists?

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  • People didn't use it because it was badly made and hard to use (e.g. the notification system didn't work). Why would anyone want to lose the option of privately sending songs or playlists?
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Re: Inbox and messages

hahhahahhha. one day spotify will be dead. and some in that company will look around and ask...why didnt we see it coming?....and i will be sitting here like...i saw it. and so did thousands of other ppl crowding in these threads here.

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  • hahhahahhha.   one day spotify will be dead. and some in that company will look around and ask...why didnt we see it coming?....and i will be sitting here like...i saw it. and so did thousands...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify is no more updating automatically

Hi,Since the last major update of Spotify (with the Windows 10 complete compatibility) the software won't update by itself. I have the update notification but when I restart Spotify it will be not updated. I'm forced to reinstall Spotify everytime to...

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  • Hi, Since the last major update of Spotify (with the Windows 10 complete compatibility) the software won't update by itself. I have the update notification but when I restart Spotify it will be not ...
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I can't change my Spotify avatar

I've made a new avatar I want to use, but I can't change the old one. When I try to click change on the Spotify client, it doesn't do anything. Pls fix! Or show me another way of changing it. Thanks! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0b9liJOWsA

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  • I've made a new avatar I want to use, but I can't change the old one. When I try to click change on the Spotify client, it doesn't do anything. Pls fix! Or show me another way of changing it. Thanks!...
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Find Friends feature not working

I can't get the "Find Friends" tab on Spotify to work. I'm following a few people but none of their activities show up in the right panel, all I see is this: When I click the Find Friends button, despite being connected to Facebook, it just buffers i...

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  • I can't get the "Find Friends" tab on Spotify to work. I'm following a few people but none of their activities show up in the right panel, all I see is this:    When I click the Find Fr...
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Re: Inbox and messages

I'll be leaving too if this is not returned.

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  • I'll be leaving too if this is not returned.
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Re: Inbox and messages

If this feature is not recovered I will be unsubscribing from premium within the next month or two, no question about it. Anyone who wants to access old messages before they truncate them can FIND ALL YOUR OLD MESSAGES HERE: https://play.spotify.com/...

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  • If this feature is not recovered I will be unsubscribing from premium within the next month or two, no question about it.    Anyone who wants to access old messages before they truncate t...
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How to turn the volume up with the Function Keys ?

Hey,so i really like the spotify app etc. but the one thing that really annoys me is, that when i want to turn up the volume without tabbing out etc. its not possible (yes you can use the function keys but that turn the windows volume up and i want t...

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  • Hey, so i really like the spotify app etc. but the one thing that really annoys me is, that when i want to turn up the volume without tabbing out etc. its not possible (yes you can use the function ...
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Cant get Windows desktop app to show...

I had been using the windows desktop app fine up until middle of this week . I am running windows 10 and have the premium service. I can log into my account thru other computers (both mac and windows) and listen fine the only problem is my desktop. I...

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  • I had been using the windows desktop app fine up until middle of this week . I am running windows 10 and have the premium service. I can log into my account thru other computers (both mac and windows...
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Insight on Play Queue Looping

I've been struggling with having my play queue get stuck in a loop lately, but I might have some insight on the conditions causing the bug. It seems to occur when I move between computers running the Spotify desktop client, and choose to "connect" to...

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  • I've been struggling with having my play queue get stuck in a loop lately, but I might have some insight on the conditions causing the bug. It seems to occur when I move between computers r...
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Solved!! Having a problem with my playlist playing what it wants....

Here's the problem, when I play songs on my starred playlist and I pick a song to start off and have it on shuffle it goes to a different song after song I picked..But then stays on that artist with no shuffle, and my starred list isn't even set up t...

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  • Here's the problem, when I play songs on my starred playlist and I pick a song to start off and have it on shuffle it goes to a different song after song I picked..But then stays on that artist with ...
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I can log into my PC/phone but not my laptop????

I had been, up until yesterday, been able to log into my devices from anywhere. Now, all of a sudden I can't get Spotify on my laptop. I can access from phone and PC but laptop is not having any part of it. I cant even get the login button to work. I...

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  • I had been, up until yesterday, been able to log into my devices from anywhere.  Now, all of a sudden I can't get Spotify on my laptop.  I can access from phone and PC but laptop is not hav...
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[Desktop] Song, shuffle and volume resets everytime you reboot the app

Why does the app do that? Everytime you reboot Spotify, it shows it is not playing anything and hotkeys don't start songs, you have to do it manually. Also shuffle is off and volume is at 50%. Feels like every update either gets rid of some useful fe...

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  • Why does the app do that? Everytime you reboot Spotify, it shows it is not playing anything and hotkeys don't start songs, you have to do it manually. Also shuffle is off and volume is at 50%. &nbsp...
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