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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

Please restore my inbox, too. I'm INCREDIBLY disappointed that you're deleted this feature, and especially without giving anyone a chance to pull their information first. Spotify has continued to get rid of the features that have had me using this ov...

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  • Please restore my inbox, too. I'm INCREDIBLY disappointed that you're deleted this feature, and especially without giving anyone a chance to pull their information first. Spotify has continued to get...
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Re: Inbox and messages

How utterly shocking that there was "very low user engagment" when Spotify repeatedly made it more and more difficult to access your inbox (both on desktop and mobile), then took away notifications all together. How interesting that the only way to s...

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  • How utterly shocking that there was "very low user engagment" when Spotify repeatedly made it more and more difficult to access your inbox (both on desktop and mobile), then took away notifications a...
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Re: Inbox and messages

Please add the inbox playlist to my account too. I really miss those songs.

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  • Please add the inbox playlist to my account too. I really miss those songs.
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Re: Inbox and messages

Please create an 'Inbox' playlist of all songs from my inbox on Spotify.Thanks.

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  • Please create an 'Inbox' playlist of all songs from my inbox on Spotify. Thanks.
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Re: Inbox and messages

Hi! Very disappointed too with your decision of eliminating the inbox.I would like at least that playlist of songs from my Inbox. Thanks

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  • Hi!   Very disappointed too with your decision of eliminating the inbox. I would like at least that playlist of songs from my Inbox.   Thanks
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Re: Inbox and messages

This sucks!Please restore my Inbox-contents in a playlist. All the messages I had in here are probably lost forever, And I´m frustrated and upset that you think it is ok to delete your customers private messages

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  • This sucks! Please restore my Inbox-contents in a playlist.   All the messages I had in here are probably lost forever, And I´m frustrated and upset that you think it is ok to delete your c...
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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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