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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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Desktop and family accounts

How can I have 2 mobile devices under a premium family account? Want both mobiles to talk to the same desktop app.

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  • How can I have 2 mobile devices under a premium family account? Want both mobiles to talk to the same desktop app.
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Is it possible to delete a song from multiple playlists?

So just say I have playlist A B C and D, and playlist's A B and C all have the same song in them. Is it possible to delete that song from all 3 playlists in one go rather then having to search through each playlist to find the song and then manually ...

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  • So just say I have playlist A B C and D, and playlist's A B and C all have the same song in them. Is it possible to delete that song from all 3 playlists in one go rather then having to search throug...
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Unable to access files from PC on iPhone

I downloaded mp3 files and put them on my PC Spotify. It works fine and I can play the music through it without problems. Then, when I go to try and put it on my iPhone, I follow all of the directions yet it still stays greyed out on the phone. I'm o...

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  • I downloaded mp3 files and put them on my PC Spotify. It works fine and I can play the music through it without problems. Then, when I go to try and put it on my iPhone, I follow all of the dire...
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Spotify does not start properly (solved)

Solved by myself: I deactivated the hardware boost, and now it works! _______________________________________Brief description of the issue: Spotify doesn't start properly, there's just a black screen with some options at the top, but these don't hel...

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  • Solved by myself: I deactivated the hardware boost, and now it works!   _______________________________________ Brief description of the issue: Spotify doesn't start properly, there's just a...
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Re: Inbox and messages

Please, please bring back this feature. This is one of the features I've had that has brought several users from Pandora to Spotify. The ability to share music within the app is by far more efficient than text/facebook messaging.

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  • Please, please bring back this feature.  This is one of the features I've had that has brought several users from Pandora to Spotify. The ability to share music within the app is by far more eff...
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Spotify crashes randomly with white noise

Hi All, I just installed the spotify windows client on windows-7, after playing a handful of tracks fine, all i get is white noise and i must restart spotify before anything will play. Any ideas? S

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  • Hi All,   I just installed the spotify windows client on windows-7, after playing a handful of tracks fine, all i get is white noise and i must restart spotify before anything will play. &nbsp...
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Spotify stops playing after one song

Lately, my Spotify app has stopped playing after (usually) one song. It completely shuts down; it can't even be found as a "background process" when I open my task manager and I have to restart the program completely.Additional info:This happens whet...

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  • Lately, my Spotify app has stopped playing after (usually) one song. It completely shuts down; it can't even be found as a "background process" when I open my task manager and I have to restart the p...
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Solved!! No Discover Weekly playlist today?

On both my Galaxy S7 and desktop install on win7 (1.0.45.186.g3b5036d6) there is no Discover Weekly playlist when I go into Browse->Discover. I've restarted the desktop app, signed out/signed in. Still no discover weekly playlist. Any ideas? I active...

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  • On both my Galaxy S7 and desktop install on win7 (1.0.45.186.g3b5036d6) there is no Discover Weekly playlist when I go into Browse->Discover. I've restarted the desktop app, signed out/signed in. ...
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Problems with public playlists

Hello, I have a problem with makingmy playlists public or private again. When I make them public, most of them are not shown in my public playlists. And the other way around, when I make public playlists private again, they stay in the public playlis...

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  • Hello,   I have a problem with makingmy playlists public or private again. When I make them public, most of them are not shown in my public playlists. And the other way around, when I make public...
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Bug when listening

Hi!I'm listening a track,as soon as open spotify,and finished the track selected of a playlist spotify is closed and don't continue with the other tracks on the playlist.Whats happened?

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  • Hi! I'm listening a track,as soon as open spotify,and finished the track selected of a playlist spotify is closed and don't continue with the other tracks on the playlist.Whats happened?  
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Missing Tracks

I have a number of pop psych playlists all the tracks from the rubbble collection cd's are no longer available any ideas why?They are still listed under albums but all the tracks are greyed out.thanksSteve

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  • I have a number of pop psych playlists all the tracks from the rubbble collection cd's are no longer available any ideas why? They are still listed under albums but all the tracks are greyed out. t...
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Re: Inbox and messages

@elliott_diaz, looks like you're in the Daily Mix section of Spotify. I believe the shuffle and repeat toggle buttons only appear in a normal playlist, not in a Daily Mix or Radio Station. If you play a regular playlist, the repeat button should come...

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  • @elliott_diaz, looks like you're in the Daily Mix section of Spotify. I believe the shuffle and repeat  toggle buttons only appear in a normal playlist, not in a Daily Mix or Radio Station....
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Re: Inbox and messages

What has happened to the `repeat one` to repeat the current track button? My most used feature is not apparent anywhere on the desktop client

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  • What has happened to the `repeat one` to repeat the current track button?   My most used feature is not apparent anywhere on the desktop client
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Re: Inbox and messages

Please don't hijack this thread - it is supposed to remain on the topic of the loss of the Inbox, messages and notifications. (btw, my desktop client still has the repeat buttons (as of today, 21 Mar 17).

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  • Please don't hijack this thread - it is supposed to remain on the topic of the loss of the Inbox, messages and notifications.   (btw, my desktop client still has the repeat buttons (as of toda...
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CD drive error(without cd) when the Spotify open

CD drive error(without cd) when the Spotify open, someone had the same error? The window don't close, and the window shutdown just when the Spotify is closed. Any help?

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  • CD drive error(without cd) when the Spotify open, someone had the same error? The window don't close, and the window shutdown just when the Spotify is closed. Any help?
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Re: Inbox and messages

At the very least, a sincere response from Spotify would do wonders.

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Re: Inbox and messages

Hey, Rorey. It's actually kind of cool that the team at Spotify is scouring inboxes and drop-shipping a playlist into their account. That's the sort of above and beyond-type of thing I'm used to with the Spotify brand. But how much effort is now bein...

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  • Hey, Rorey. It's actually kind of cool that the team at Spotify is scouring inboxes and drop-shipping a playlist into their account. That's the sort of above and beyond-type of thing I'm used to with...
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Friends Feed is not working! Running latest version of spotify 1.0.50

For a week now the friends feed is not working! It just shows:" See what your friends are playing.Find friends". I have logged in and out of spotify, followed and unfollowed all my friends and connected the account to facebook. And I have tried unins...

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  • For a week now the friends feed is not working! It just shows:" See what your friends are playing.Find friends". I have logged in and out of spotify, followed and unfollowed all my friends and c...
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