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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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FAQ: Spotify for Windows 10 app

Hey folks, we've outlined some of the common questions you might have about the Windows 10 app now available. Please post in this board if you have any other questions. Q: Why can’t I see Spotify in the Windows 10 store? A: Spotify for Windows store ...

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Solved!! Song not work

https://open.spotify.com/track/5yR9u8QiOt8hJaddv32oo7 It sayes: This part is not available.If your computer has the file, you can bring it. Other songs working on that album, but why not that? That song need delete from there if that not work. I just...

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  • https://open.spotify.com/track/5yR9u8QiOt8hJaddv32oo7   It sayes: This part is not available.If your computer has the file, you can bring it.   Other songs working on that album, b...
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Newest update of Spotify crashes when opened

Recently, the Spotify desktop app updated and now whenever I try to open it, a window appears saying 'Spotify has stopped working'.This is really frustrating as I used to be able to uninstall and then reinstall Spotify to use it but now it closes its...

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  • Recently, the Spotify desktop app updated and now whenever I try to open it, a window appears saying 'Spotify has stopped working'. This is really frustrating as I used to be able to uninstall and...
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Solved!! Spotify app for Windows 10 - Windows phones, Tablets, PC and Xbox One

Spotify crashes on Windows 10 i have tried to uninstall the program and install it again.. it works until spotify auto updater. is there anyway you can disable auto update?

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  • Spotify crashes on Windows 10     i have tried to uninstall the program and install it again.. it works until spotify auto updater. is there anyway you can disable auto update?
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can i create a spotify group, wihich includes pc speakers?

i have spotify running on pc, and have speakers connectted to an amp which is connect to pc sound outputs. i also have a set of wireless speakers on deck, outside. currectly there is no way to creat a group which will play both location. or i havnt f...

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  • i have spotify running on pc, and have speakers connectted to an amp which is connect to pc sound outputs.  i also have a set of wireless speakers on deck, outside.  currectly the...
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How do I disable this new bass boost in desktop spitify?

Hi! With the nevest (or the last few) version, something annoyed meg. I didn't figure it out first, then I realized that now there's some bass sort of boost for all music.It's rather annoying because my headphone already has some bass emphasis.

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  • Hi!   With the nevest (or the last few) version, something annoyed meg. I didn't figure it out first, then I realized that now there's some bass sort of boost for all music. It's rather annoy...
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Community search engine changes search terms

I apologize if this is the wrong forum but I am a newbie and the Help forum does not allow me to post for some reason. In the Spotify windows app, I tried to find the band "GTR" that includes Steve Howe. Some results for Steve Howe were returned but ...

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  • I apologize if this is the wrong forum but I am a newbie and the Help forum does not allow me to post for some reason.   In the Spotify windows app, I tried to find the band "GTR" that include...
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Unplayable Songs

Hello. I'm a Spotify Premium user from Brazil and i'm having trouble with a couple of songs i've saved. For instance, the album "Views" by Drake , most of the songs cannot be played, and a message appears on top : "This song is not available, if you ...

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  • Hello. I'm a Spotify Premium user from Brazil and i'm having trouble with a couple of songs i've saved. For instance, the album "Views" by Drake , most of the songs cannot be played, and a message ap...
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Solved!! Log in- error 408

my spotify account was logged in by facebook. last nite im using spotify and it was fine. but today afternoon i want to using it suddenly the error was pops out i was registered spotify in singapore and keep staying not in traveling around.. can some...

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  • my spotify account was logged in by facebook. last nite im using spotify and it was fine. but today afternoon i want to using it suddenly the error was pops out i was registered spotify in singapore ...
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Solved!! Ubicación canciones descargadas

Hola. Quisiera saber la ubicación en la que spotify guarda las canciones descargadas para escuchar offline de manera predeterminada desde la aplicación de windows, y si es posible mover esta carpeta a otra unidad como en el caso de la memoria sd en l...

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  • Hola. Quisiera saber la ubicación en la que spotify guarda las canciones descargadas para escuchar offline de manera predeterminada desde la aplicación de windows, y si es posible mover esta carpeta ...
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Folders - Cant add first playlist, can only add playlists to existing folders

Wondering if anybody else is having trouble adding playlists to folders. I am able to add playlists to existing folders, but when I create a new folder I cannot add the first playlist to it. Dragging and dropping etc... I am not incompetant, but I se...

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  • Wondering if anybody else is having trouble adding playlists to folders. I am able to add playlists to existing folders, but when I create a new folder I cannot add the first playlist to it. Dragging...
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Music Searching Not Working

does anybody know why spotify keeps saying error try again after trying to look for music? spotify needs to update itself

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  • does anybody know why spotify keeps saying error try again after trying to look for music? spotify needs to update itself
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Why is the play queue cleared if I rearrange the order while an ad is playing?

If I make any changes to the play queue while an advertisement is playing, the whole play queue is cleared, which I find very annoying. I am a big fan of the play queue and often find myself rearranging the order of songs that will be played next. I ...

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  • If I make any changes to the play queue while an advertisement is playing, the whole play queue is cleared, which I find very annoying.  I am a big fan of the play queue and often find myself re...
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[Win 10] Sporadic pausing of music in desktop client.

Over the past week audio has started to pause itself for no apparently reason. It happens when Spotify is the only application running and while other apps are running (example gaming). During gaming, when it pauses, it will sometime randomly resume ...

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  • Over the past week audio has started to pause itself for no apparently reason.  It happens when Spotify is the only application running and while other apps are running (example gaming). During...
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Spotify leaks over to second monitor

It seems to happen when I use the windows "snap" feature but do so while some of the window's still on the primary monitor, here's a gif : https://gfycat.com/DaringWickedBeardeddragon As you can see I've also included a small portion of my primary mo...

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  • It seems to happen when I use the windows "snap" feature but do so while some of the window's still on the primary monitor, here's a gif : https://gfycat.com/DaringWickedBeardeddragon   A...
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spotify.com does not work. proxy not found...

Whats wrong? i checked my firewall and anti-virus so that they are not blocking the site.

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  • Whats wrong? i checked my firewall and anti-virus so that they are not blocking the site.
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Save Offline songs to USB

I want to save my offline songs to a usb drive so I can use this on my iPad instead of taking up 3GB of space on my iPad. Is it possible to direct Spotify Premium to save those offline songs to a USB?

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  • I want to save my offline songs to a usb drive so I can use this on my iPad instead of taking up 3GB of space on my iPad.  Is it possible to direct Spotify Premium to save those offline songs to...
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Can't download local data

Hello, I started using Spotify Premium on my Windows PC and Iphone5 today. I am not able to download random files of my local data. I put them in a playlist. Some work, others don't. When I restart the download sometimes some of the files work but I ...

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  • Hello,   I started using Spotify Premium on my Windows PC and Iphone5 today. I am not able to download random files of my local data. I put them in a playlist. Some work, others don't. When I ...
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This track is not available on some albums.

A lot of the music I listen to on spotify seems to suddenly be saying "this track in not available". To give some specific examples some of these albums are. Ben Howard "I forget where we were". Aphex twin, loads of stuff, but "druqks" isn't there. R...

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  • A lot of the music I listen to on spotify seems to suddenly be saying "this track in not available". To give some specific examples some of these albums are. Ben Howard "I forget where we were". Aphe...
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Skipping every song.

Spotify just keeps skipping every song without stoping for some reason. I have tried reinstalling the app, reinstailling my sound drivers, updating java. I have seen alot of threads with the same problem but from like months/years ago, and nothing in...

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  • Spotify just keeps skipping every song without stoping for some reason. I have tried reinstalling the app, reinstailling my sound drivers, updating java. I have seen alot of threads with the same pro...
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