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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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  • ipanasenko
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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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  • cour10e22
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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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  • MattSuda
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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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Can't select songs

So the problem is that I can't select songs from saved music. When I try to select a specific song, it just throws some random song in. Playlists are working fine though. Already tried to log out/log in, reinstalling etc.

  • Newbie
  • So the problem is that I can't select songs from saved music. When I try to select a specific song, it just throws some random song in. Playlists are working fine though. Already tried to log out/log...
  • Hashemi
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Volume goes down when I switch from iOS mobile back to desktop

When I open Spotify on desktop on Windows 7, the sound quality and volume is great. The slider in the bottom right only needs to be about a third of the way to get good volume (with my system volume turned to a good level for other things such as You...

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  • When I open Spotify on desktop on Windows 7, the sound quality and volume is great. The slider in the bottom right only needs to be about a third of the way to get good volume (with my system volume ...
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Solved!! Windows 1.0.51 bug: plays wrong song from artist songs!

Just updated to Windows Spotify 1.0.51 offered by the automatic update.Now, when I go to the "Artist from your music" and click the play button next to one of the songs - it doesn't play that song, instead it plays the first one, or (sometimes) pause...

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  • Just updated to Windows Spotify 1.0.51 offered by the automatic update. Now, when I go to the "Artist from your music" and click the play button next to one of the songs - it doesn't play that song,...
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Playlist keeps on going early to next song

I think this may be the playlist, because I can't replicate this on any other playlist, but for the Alok House Party Playlist, it stops at some point before the song ends and starts somewhere in the next song. Can I get someone to either confirm it's...

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  • I think this may be the playlist, because I can't replicate this on any other playlist, but for the Alok House Party Playlist, it stops at some point before the song ends and starts somewhere in...
  • gabehanna
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I am premium and playback stops to play another song by Ngo The Kendy!?

I select my albumStart listening to itSuddenly music abruptly stops and plays a song by Ngo The Kendy. Whatever that is. I am Spotify Premium. This should not happen. It has happened several times before

  • Casual Listener
  • I select my album Start listening to it Suddenly music abruptly stops and plays a song by Ngo The Kendy. Whatever that is.   I am Spotify Premium. This should not happen.   It has hap...
  • isaacs1987
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two users on one computer

I - personally have two login accounts on one work laptop for example;davidius1 - I use to log in duing the day while at workdavidius2 - I use when at home, not working need to use the applications and not show my web history etcMy queston is to save...

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  • I - personally have two login accounts on one work laptop for example; davidius1 - I use to log in duing the day while at work davidius2 - I use when at home, not working need to use the...
  • KatieAL
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Solved!! [Bug] Incorrect Large Playlist Duration Displayed 0.9.10

I'm very happy that the playlist time was added back into Spotify, but it doesn't seem to give the correct time, at least for large playlists. I don't know when the time starts to fail, but I'm currently playing through a list with around 4,000 songs...

  • Casual Listener
  • I'm very happy that the playlist time was added back into Spotify, but it doesn't seem to give the correct time, at least for large playlists. I don't know when the time starts to fail, but I'm curre...
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Removal of Copy Song Link?

I really don't understand why useful features keep getting removed. First Notifications, then messages, now copy song link? I don't want to have to click share then click copy to clipboard in order to send a link to a song. Your product team needs to...

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  • I really don't understand why useful features keep getting removed. First Notifications, then messages, now copy song link? I don't want to have to click share then click copy to clipboard in order t...
  • DigitalSea
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Last.FM connect - invalid username or password

Today, just randomly, I realized that I wasn't scrobbling anything so I checked Spotify (on Desktop) to see if my last.fm was still connected and it wasn't. When I tried to enter my user and pass, it says invalid username or password. Any help would ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Today, just randomly, I realized that I wasn't scrobbling anything so I checked Spotify (on Desktop) to see if my last.fm was still connected and it wasn't. When I tried to enter my user and pass, it...
  • isidonis
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only playing the 1st song on album

hi i am trying to play a song on an album track 3 or whatever and it just keeps jumping to the start of track 1 i have uninstalled spotify twice that fixed the problem for a while then it just goes back to playing the 1st song its really annoying me

  • Casual Listener
  • hi i am trying to play a song on an album track 3 or whatever and it just keeps jumping to the start of track 1 i have uninstalled spotify twice that fixed the problem for a while then it just goes b...
  • leeps291
  • Casual Listener
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Solved!! Undo favorites

Hi. I'm currently unable to undo clicking the favorite option (it's a heart nowadays) in premium, both desktop and android. Any ideas?

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi.   I'm currently unable to undo clicking the favorite option (it's a heart nowadays) in premium, both desktop and android.   Any ideas?
  • Specialworld
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Spotify plays the first song in the list rather than the one I selected.

Hoping someone can shed some light on a strange problem I've been having for about a week. When I select a song to play, rather than playing the song I selected, Spotify simply plays the first song in the list. In an album, for instance, regardless o...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hoping someone can shed some light on a strange problem I've been having for about a week. When I select a song to play, rather than playing the song I selected, Spotify simply plays the first song i...
  • readybreak18
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History Tab

The History Tab still isn't displaying the previous played songs!

  • Roadie
  • The History Tab still isn't displaying the previous played songs!
  • Jasonc126
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Next Song Problem

There is a problem on all of my devices (phone, laptop, and desktop) where spotify will not play the next song on an album or playlist but instead will play a song from La-Di-Da, an album by Roar. I haven't been able to find an answer or someone with...

  • Casual Listener
  • There is a problem on all of my devices (phone, laptop, and desktop) where spotify will not play the next song on an album or playlist but instead will play a song from La-Di-Da, an album by Roar. I ...
  • Jovikin
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I hate spotify support service

There is in MEXICO, no email or telephone contact.I has made dead end search about my problem.It unbeliveable that no body staff lisen me.I am consider to SUE spotify by FRAUD because the familiy service has no service to my family.I wait your answer...

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  • There is in MEXICO, no email or telephone contact. I has made dead end search about my problem. It unbeliveable that no body staff lisen me. I am consider to SUE spotify by FRAUD because the famil...
  • Robert_W
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Spotify says account is in use somewhere else. Account is not in use somewhere else.

Spotify keeps pausing because 'your account is being used somewhere else'. I've never given out my password. Just in case, I changed my password and logged out of all accounts manually from the online settings menu so all accounts should have been de...

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  • Spotify keeps pausing because 'your account is being used somewhere else'. I've never given out my password. Just in case, I changed my password and logged out of all accounts manually from the onlin...
  • Sinistrality
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Local File not showing up

So one of my local songs keeps disappearing from spotify. as soon as I delete the song from the folder and readd it some time later it reappears in my collection and all the playlists I added it to earlier. There's other songs form that Folder that d...

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  • So one of my local songs keeps disappearing from spotify. as soon as I delete the song from the folder and readd it some time later it reappears in my collection and all the playlists I added it to e...
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Albums always starting from the first song

Whenenver I click a song from any album it always plays the first song, to get to the one I want I have to click the next song button at the bottom. I asked around and no one else I know is having this issue. I did try reinstalling and deleting all m...

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  • Whenenver I click a song from any album it always plays the first song, to get to the one I want I have to click the next song button at the bottom. I asked around and no one else I know is having th...
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Re-enabling the desktop overlay

Hi, I have Spotify premium version 1.0.52.725.g943b26a8 (latest as of 2/4/17), and I am having problems with the desktop overlay (media playback panel, song info currently playing...) with Spotify only. With other media playback apps (eg. built-in Gr...

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  • Hi, I have Spotify premium version 1.0.52.725.g943b26a8 (latest as of 2/4/17), and I am having problems with the desktop overlay (media playback panel, song info currently playing...) with Spotify on...
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