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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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Troubleshooting Spotify on Win 8.1 - addendum

Hi, I couldn't add to the thread Troubleshooting in Windows which seems to be closed. The solution here (as with a couple of other programs) was to edit the firewall rule(s) and replace the path to the executable file: from this form: %APPDATA%\Spoti...

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  • Hi, I couldn't add to the thread Troubleshooting in Windows which seems to be closed.     The solution here (as with a couple of other programs) was to edit the firewall rule(s) and r...
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Solved!! Spotify won't open or uninstall. Crashes silently.

Yesterday it worked just fine, today it won't open and even uninstall won't work. Event Viewer says: Faulting application name: spotify.exe, version: 0.9.1.53, time stamp: 0x51af2e16Faulting module name: USER32.dll, version: 6.2.9200.16420, time stam...

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  • Yesterday it worked just fine, today it won't open and even uninstall won't work. Event Viewer says:   Faulting application name: spotify.exe, version: 0.9.1.53, time stamp: 0x51af2e16 Faul...
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Solved!! Delete local files through spotify

Hi There. I would like to clean up music files on my computer. But when you delete local files from the spotify library they dont actually delete (from the harddisc) they are just not shown anymore. You could ofcause left click - open containing fold...

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  • Hi There.   I would like to clean up music files on my computer. But when you delete local files from the spotify library  they dont actually delete (from the harddisc) they are just no...
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New Releases Playlist Not Updating

The official "New Releases on Spotify" playlist (link: New Releases on Spotify - US) has been one of my favorite features of the program. I use it every week to see all the new tracks and albums added. Unlike every prior week, the playlist was not up...

  • Music Fan
  • The official "New Releases on Spotify" playlist (link: New Releases on Spotify - US) has been one of my favorite features of the program. I use it every week to see all the new tracks and albums...
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Too much stuff in the window

Hi! How can I remove everything in my Spotify window except the music I find when i search and my own playlists? I want NONE of these: news recommendations other peoples' playlists toplists announcements community new releases this that etc etc etc H...

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  • Hi!   How can I remove everything in my Spotify window except the music I find when i search and my own playlists?   I want NONE of these:   news recommendations other ...
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Solved!! Problema con Spotify y tarjeta de sonido

Hola, Os hago una captura de pantala con el error que tengo. No me permite reproducir nada desde mi ordenador. He descargado el programa de nuevo, lo he instalado, y nada. Por favor, solucionarlo cuanto antes ya que lo necesito. Un saludo.

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  • Hola,   Os hago una captura de pantala con el error que tengo. No me permite reproducir nada desde mi ordenador.   He descargado el programa de nuevo, lo he instalado, y nada. ...
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High Quality Downloading

I have Spotify Premium and when I downloaded my playlists on to my phone it gave me the option to change the download quality can you do that on the Windows software or dose it already download at the highest quality possible?

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  • I have Spotify Premium and when I downloaded my playlists on to my phone it gave me the option to change the download quality can you do that on the Windows software or dose it already download at th...
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Song from My Favorite Coffeehouse Play List Not Playing

The My Favorite Coffeehouse play list continues to stall out because one song on the play list won't play. Can someone fix it or delete the song? It is really irritating to have to have the play list abruptly quit on me every day. This is the song: W...

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  • The My Favorite Coffeehouse play list continues to stall out because one song on the play list won't play. Can someone fix it or delete the song? It is really irritating to have to have the play list...
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Spotify suddenly quits. Press play won't work (goes to pause). Sonos is working...

So, I am getting really annoyed by the fact that Spotify quits irregular and very frequently over the last month. It always happens when I switch device (phone, tablet, laptop) or connection (wifi and 3G). I can press play, the track runs for a coupl...

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  • So, I am getting really annoyed by the fact that Spotify quits irregular and very frequently over the last month. It always happens when I switch device (phone, tablet, laptop) or connection (wifi an...
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Solved!! Local files do not show up

Hello spotify community, Today I tried to add an album to my spotify collection which wasn't on spotify anywhere. So I imported the CD onto my PC with windows media player. WMP is selected in my preferences fbut the album does not show up in my local...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello spotify community,   Today I tried to add an album to my spotify collection which wasn't on spotify anywhere. So I imported the CD onto my PC with windows media player. WMP is sel...
  • MattSuda
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Solved!! Skip music that you don't like

Hi there, I have been listening to Spotify for quite a while now. Big fan. One thing exhausts me however: Just like everybody of you, I don't like all the music that is listed in Top Lists or other playlists. One example: Beyonce - 7/11. I just H-A-T...

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  • Hi there,   I have been listening to Spotify for quite a while now. Big fan. One thing exhausts me however: Just like everybody of you, I don't like all the music that is listed in Top Lis...
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Just had an album released -related artists awful

Hi I had an album of mine relased through a label say 2 months ago, My related artists at the moment are the polor opposite and its frustraiting to think that nobody will find me though an artist radio ect from bands that im actually like, how long d...

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  • Hi I had an album of mine relased through a label say 2 months ago, My related artists at the moment are the polor opposite and its frustraiting to think that nobody will find me though an artist rad...
  • MattSuda
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Lost all playlists after disconnecting from Facebook

Hello, I disconnected from Facebook using Edit/Preferences in the main menu of Desktop app. The system thew me off and upon next login and see ALL of my playlists gone. There were years of work building them.. so frustrating.. Anybody knows how to re...

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  • Hello,   I disconnected from Facebook using Edit/Preferences in the main menu of Desktop app. The system thew me off and upon next login and see ALL of my playlists gone. There were year...
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Re-listen to an ad?

I just heard a brilliant and hilarious commercial while listening to chet faker and I wanted to hear it again and I couldn't find it anywhere. Is there a database of ads to search through or an ad history cached anywhere?

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  • I just heard a brilliant and hilarious commercial while listening to chet faker and I wanted to hear it again and I couldn't find it anywhere. Is there a database of ads to search through or an ad hi...
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Solved!! Miscellaneous Imported Itunes tracks greyed out

This is the situation: I imported songs into iTunes from an old CD called "10cc Greatest Hits And More". Everything runs in iTunes, clean as a whistle. I created an iTunes playlist named 10CC with only songs from this CD. I imported this playlist cal...

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  • This is the situation: I imported songs into iTunes from an old  CD called "10cc Greatest Hits And More". Everything runs in iTunes, clean as a whistle. I created an iTunes  playlist named ...
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playlistfolder duplicated and randoml paylist show up

Hi, It's couple of week I'd this problem some of my folder playlist were duplicated and if I select duplicated in bottom the original one will selected and I've fear if remove duplicated folder the original folder will remove there're some playlist w...

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  • Hi, It's couple of week I'd this problem some of my folder playlist were duplicated and if I select duplicated in bottom the original one will selected and I've fear if remove duplicated folder t...
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Cannot Unfollow

Hi Spotify community, I cant seem to unfollow a friend. I right click and press unfollow, but nothing happens. Any suggestions? Thanks!!

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi Spotify community,   I cant seem to unfollow a friend. I right click and press unfollow, but nothing happens. Any suggestions?   Thanks!!
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Solved!! Crashing USER32.dll randomly

Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: spotify.exe Application Version: 0.9.15.27 Application Timestamp: 54803e4c Fault Module Name: USER32.dll Fault Module Version: 6.3.9600.17344 Fault Module Timestamp: 541b75dd Exception...

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  • Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: spotify.exe Application Version: 0.9.15.27 Application Timestamp: 54803e4c Fault Module Name: USER32.dll F...
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