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Solved!! 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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  • 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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Re: Inbox and messages

So what alternate service offers similar social funtionality? After being ignored here and on Twitter, I'm ready to jump ship myself.

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  • So what alternate service offers similar social funtionality? After being ignored here and on Twitter, I'm ready to jump ship myself. 
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Initial Load Time Unacceptable (Windows Desktop)

Simple fact. If I am struck by an urge to listen to a specific song, waiting for the Windows Desktop App has become a painfully slow experience. It is MUCH quicker for me to open a web browser, hop on youtube, do a search, rifle through results, and ...

  • Newbie
  • Simple fact. If I am struck by an urge to listen to a specific song, waiting for the Windows Desktop App has become a painfully slow experience. It is MUCH quicker for me to open a web brow...
  • Gerrie1
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Artist Info / Discovered on ... playlist reset or removed

I'm looking at the artist info alot, always checking the playlist that the artist was discovered on. Today i noticed that some playlists were removed on the info tab. Is this info resetted once a month or so, or how does it work? For example this cze...

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  • I'm looking at the artist info alot, always checking the playlist that the artist was discovered on. Today i noticed that some playlists were removed on the info tab. Is this info resetted once a mon...
  • MattSuda
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Playlist Folders not syncing between devices

Spoiler (Highlight to read)This is the folder directory on my pcThis is the folder directory on my pc Spoiler (Highlight to read)(pt2)(pt2)Spoiler (Highlight to read)This is the folder directory on my phone (pt1)This is the folder directory on my pho...

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  • This is the folder directory on my pc     (pt2) This is the folder directory on my phone (pt1) As you can see, the first screenshot shows a few normal playlist outside of the folde...
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Can't uninstall spotify

I am unable to uninstall spotify. When I try to unistall from control panel it says I have insufficient access to uninstall. Please help me.

  • Regular
  • I am unable to uninstall spotify. When I try to unistall from control panel it says I have insufficient access to uninstall. Please help me.
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Spotify Windows App on the Fritz

When I start playing any playlist (my own or Spotify curated) the currently playing song skips around every second or so as if it's doing some kind of scan/seek. No audio plays. Same for any playlist and same when restarting the app. This behavior st...

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  • When I start playing any playlist (my own or Spotify curated) the currently playing song skips around every second or so as if it's doing some kind of scan/seek. No audio plays. Same for any playlist...
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I got Virus

I downloaded spotify for Desktop, Windows and the antivirus alerted me about Trojan

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  • I downloaded spotify for Desktop, Windows and the antivirus alerted me about Trojan
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So we finally have a Filter option in the Saved Albums section

But why oh why it only filters by album names and doesn't show me all the albums saved by an artist if I type in the artist name. Boggles my mind.

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  • But why oh why it only filters by album names and doesn't show me all the albums saved by an artist if I type in the artist name. Boggles my mind.
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automatically Changes

Hey,For a few weeks I have a little problem.If I use spotify on my computer, spotfy stopped playing music sometimes and play it on my android smartphone.What can I do?

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  • Hey, For a few weeks I have a little problem. If I use spotify on my computer, spotfy stopped playing music sometimes and play it on my android smartphone. What can I do?
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Podcast help

I am currently listening to the nosleep podcast on my phone, but am trying to listen to it on my computer. I cannot find it anywhere online on my computer using spotify but have no problem finding it on my phone.

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  • I am currently listening to the nosleep podcast on my phone, but am trying to listen to it on my computer. I cannot find it anywhere online on my computer using spotify but have no problem finding it...
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Solved!! auto start spotify

when i start up my computer it automatically starts spotify. Does anyone knon how to disable this?

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  • when i start up my computer it automatically starts spotify. Does anyone knon how to disable this?    
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Feedback new version of spotify

Hi! Share on right click menu is wrong i cant use "https://open.spotify.com/track"is iframe or "spotify:track:" and other social media.Why is not there to choose regular link as "https://open.spotify.com/track"? This links i can use now for new versi...

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  • Hi!   Share on right click menu is wrong i cant use "https://open.spotify.com/track" is iframe or "spotify:track:" and other social media.Why is not there to choose regular link as "https://o...
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Meine Bibliothek der Songs wird nicht auf meinem Desktop angzeigt

Wie schon im Thema genannt kann ich meine Songs nicht auf meinem Desktop sehen, obwohl ich sie auf mienem Iphone auswählen kann und mein desktop die dann auch abspielt. Es wird nur angezeigt das ich auf Browse ausgewählte Lieder dann unter dem Punkt ...

  • Newbie
  • Wie schon im Thema genannt kann ich meine Songs nicht auf meinem Desktop sehen, obwohl ich sie auf mienem Iphone auswählen kann und mein desktop die dann auch abspielt. Es wird nur angezeigt das ich ...
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Private Mode No Longer Hides Facebook Name/Picture?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Why spotify. Just why. I used private mode while streaming videogames online so people couldn't see my name/facebook, and now I have to risk strangers seeing my stuff?Why would you change this? Please change it back. There's zero logical reason as to...

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  • Why spotify.  Just why.  I used private mode while streaming videogames online so people couldn't see my name/facebook, and now I have to risk strangers seeing my stuff? Why would you ch...
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Share Function

Maybe I'm doing something wrong. I really don't like having to share twice in order to share to both Facebook and Twitter. What happened to being able to do both simultaneously?

  • Newbie
  • Maybe I'm doing something wrong. I really don't like having to share twice in order to share to both Facebook and Twitter. What happened to being able to do both simultaneously?
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Solved!! No Discover Weekly

I've been using spotify on this account for almost a month now, listening to music every day. It is premium, and I've listened to many diffirent albums, so where is it?It's been 3/² weeks of daily usage.

  • Casual Listener
  • I've been using spotify on this account for almost a month now, listening to music every day. It is premium, and I've listened to many diffirent albums, so where is it? It's been 3/² weeks of daily ...
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Spotify deletes my local files.

So I often will legally download free music from mediafire and such and it use to always be in my local files but now when I do this it registers it as being there and then once I reboot spotify it will have removed all of those songs from the local ...

  • Casual Listener
  • So I often will legally download free music from mediafire and such and it use to always be in my local files but now when I do this it registers it as being there and then once I reboot spotify it w...
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Half of the songs are not appearing in my Local Files?

Hi there, I recently noticed a new problem I have just occured. When I tried to add songs onto one folder, they do not appear into my local files. I have unistalled Spotify and reinstalled. After the Reinstallation proccess, I have gone into prefrenc...

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  • Hi there, I recently noticed a new problem I have just occured. When I tried to add songs onto one folder, they do not appear into my local files. I have unistalled Spotify and reinstalled. After the...
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Unable to play music from desktop app

I have been enjoying my playing from my desktop app for sometime, but now all of a sudden it has stopped working. Every time I try playing a song it gives me a blue error that says "The song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you...

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  • Casual Listener
  • I have been enjoying my playing from my desktop app for sometime, but now all of a sudden it has stopped working. Every time I try playing a song it gives me a blue error that says "The song is not a...
  • MattSuda
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Superuser Contribution Playlists Restarting

Whenever I click play on a playlist, it restarts from song #1, no matter what # song I paused on or how far into it I was. This never happened before. Note that this is clicking on the artist from the Artists page

  • Roadie
  • Whenever I click play on a playlist, it restarts from song #1, no matter what # song I paused on or how far into it I was. This never happened before. Note that this is clicking on the artist from th...
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