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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2024-03-14 3:38:28 PM
2024-09-03 1:50:30 PM
ipanasenko
Newbie
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-06-26 8:42:18 AM
2 weeks ago
rednblu
Roadie
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-04-28 8:08:45 PM
2023-04-29 10:41:16 PM
MattSuda
Spotify Star
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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...

Goodman
Spotify Legend
2013-09-17 11:47:47 AM
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Spotify stops updating, shows the same song all the time.

Hello.I´m having a problem with the w10 Spotify. The feed to the right, showing song name and album, stops updating so it´s always the first song I played that I played that keeps showing. Anyone else having this problem?

Galiviel
Newbie
Hello. I´m having a problem with the w10 Spotify. The feed to the right, showing song name and album, stops updating so it´s always the first song I played that I played that keeps showing. Anyone e...
2016-12-01 6:20:09 PM
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Künstler folgen Spotify free

Hallo zusammenWenn ich auf meinem Spotify free Account auf den Button "Künstler folgen" drücke, gehe ich davon aus, dass ich diesem Künstler nun folge. Nach wenigen Minuten merke ich, dass ich dem Künstler doch nicht mehr folge und den Button erneut ...

Binningen
Newbie
Hallo zusammen Wenn ich auf meinem Spotify free Account auf den Button "Künstler folgen" drücke, gehe ich davon aus, dass ich diesem Künstler nun folge. Nach wenigen Minuten merke ich, dass ich dem ...
2016-12-01 6:11:43 PM
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I can not import my Itunes playlist on Spotify - Nothing Happens

Hello, Everything is in the title. I can't manage to import my Itunes playlist on my Spotify Prenium application in my PC. I have already made the following steps : Went to my itunes -> Files -> preferences -> advanced -> checked the box "share the X...

RedhaHK
Newbie
Hello, Everything is in the title. I can't manage to import my Itunes playlist on my Spotify Prenium application in my PC. I have already made the following steps : Went to my itunes -&...
2016-12-01 2:29:09 PM
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music file half blank

Listening Flowers in the snow - Park Hyosin. It does play but no music in the middle. After 2:38, the arrow still moves till the end with silent, then goes to the next song. i assmue the musci file itself is half blank somewhat.

geonine
Newbie
Listening Flowers in the snow - Park Hyosin. It does play but no music in the middle. After 2:38, the arrow still moves till the end with silent, then goes to the next song. i assmue the musci f...
2016-12-01 12:10:21 PM
2016-12-01 1:23:06 PM
Bittencourt
Spotify Star
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Desktop won't let me play any music at all

I've been using Spotify on my old laptop for months. I just got a new one, and it worked for the first day of using it. And now it wont let me play any music whatsoever, and I don't know what to do. Any time I click on a song to play, a notification ...

tessalamb_
Newbie
I've been using Spotify on my old laptop for months. I just got a new one, and it worked for the first day of using it. And now it wont let me play any music whatsoever, and I don't know what to do. ...
2016-12-01 4:45:46 AM
2016-12-01 12:19:02 PM
Bittencourt
Spotify Star
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1 replies
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"This song is not available" error

I have had this problem for some days now, Spotify will not play anything on my laptop, it keeps saying "This song is not available". I've uninstalled the app and reinstalled it, I've tried turning it off and back on again but still not working. On m...

Paupaunai
Casual Listener
I have had this problem for some days now, Spotify will not play anything on my laptop, it keeps saying "This song is not available". I've uninstalled the app and reinstalled it, I've tried turn...
2016-12-01 10:48:23 AM
2016-12-01 11:31:16 AM
Paupaunai
Casual Listener
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"Song is not availible"

Every time I try to play a song on spotify, the same message always appears at the top of the screen and hilighted in blue: "This song is not availible. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." Any song that I try to play on my deskt...

sheilaaking
Newbie
Every time I try to play a song on spotify, the same message always appears at the top of the screen and hilighted in blue: "This song is not availible. If you have the file on your computer you can ...
2016-12-01 8:16:58 AM
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Spotify app will not play songs

This occurs after hibernating and waking the computer. The program states that "this song is not available", no matter what song it is. I also cannot add songs to the play queue. Closing and restarting the program does not fix the problem, nor does u...

stueygeorge
Regular
This occurs after hibernating and waking the computer. The program states that "this song is not available", no matter what song it is. I also cannot add songs to the play queue. Cl...
2016-11-21 10:09:57 PM
2016-12-01 4:59:10 AM
stueygeorge
Regular
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Solved!! Do iTunes files affect playback/downloading of songs?

I used to primarily use iTunes, but it's such a pain in the **bleep** after a while, having to buy all the songs I want, and download the others that I couldn't find on iTunes. I noticed that after switching to spotify, I played some songs that I kne...

moltonlava12
Casual Listener
I used to primarily use iTunes, but it's such a pain in the **bleep** after a while, having to buy all the songs I want, and download the others that I couldn't find on iTunes. I noticed that after s...
2016-12-01 1:53:22 AM
2016-12-01 3:46:08 AM
kirashi
Community Legend
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1 replies
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Local Files are not downloading

Hello! So for some reason my local files are not downloading onto my spotify online or on my phone. I had some files working but when I added new ones they did not download. I tried turning on and off the download button and that caused all my files ...

rinasalsa
Casual Listener
Hello! So for some reason my local files are not downloading onto my spotify online or on my phone. I had some files working but when I added new ones they did not download. I tried turning on and of...
2016-11-20 11:49:09 PM
2016-12-01 2:39:40 AM
rinasalsa
Casual Listener
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Some songs being added to my library

( warning : bad english )Hey guys, i have a weird problem. Whenever i log into my account I see some songs in my library that i didn't add. After I saw them, I delete them and the next time i log into my account they are back in there. I'm using my a...

BerkBektas
Newbie
( warning : bad english 😕 ) Hey guys, i have a weird problem. Whenever i log into my account I see some songs in my library that i didn't add. After I saw them, I delete them and the next time i lo...
2016-11-30 8:12:25 PM
2016-11-30 12:37:13 AM
dang426
Regular
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Spotify pauses after every song

Spotify on my Windows 8.1 machine pauses after playing one song. It is super annoying and only does it on this device. Luckily I have and auto hot key script that lets me skip to the next song and it will begin to play. I have to do this every time I...

tylerquintana22
Newbie
Spotify on my Windows 8.1 machine pauses after playing one song. It is super annoying and only does it on this device. Luckily I have and auto hot key script that lets me skip to the next song and it...
2016-11-30 11:53:29 PM
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Solved!! Missing Images

Someone is having problems with Account Images on Spotify latest version? Yesterday the app has launched a update that bugged my account like this: There is some fix?

EvandroRdr
Music Fan
Someone is having problems with Account Images on Spotify latest version? Yesterday the app has launched a update that bugged my account like this: There is some fix?
2016-11-29 9:18:00 PM
2016-11-30 7:44:26 PM
kriistenciara
Newbie
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Windows

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Music only playing for 2 seconds

I was listening to music all morning with no problem and then the player paused the song. Now when I hit play, it only plays the song for 2 seconds and pauses it again.

tcarn
Casual Listener
I was listening to music all morning with no problem and then the player paused the song. Now when I hit play, it only plays the song for 2 seconds and pauses it again.
2016-11-30 5:16:29 PM
2016-11-30 6:40:22 PM
tcarn
Casual Listener
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2 replies
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Cache Harddrive issues?

Hey I've been reading online that Spotify keeps writing on your harddrive. Since it goes onto the system harddrive (my SSD) I heard that it can be bad. true or false?

Perdin
Casual Listener
Hey I've been reading online that Spotify keeps writing on your harddrive. Since it goes onto the system harddrive (my SSD) I heard that it can be bad. true or false?
2016-11-30 6:23:46 PM
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posting on my fb account

hi everybody. on the desktop version i actually cannot share my music on my fb page. I am connected with fb login but it seems like in the desktop version the system doesn't remember it (and even my fb pic isn't correctly displayed). Please see attac...

CarloMassa
Newbie
hi everybody. on the desktop version i actually cannot share my music on my fb page. I am connected with fb login but it seems like in the desktop version the system doesn't remember it (and even my ...
2016-11-30 2:51:03 PM
2016-11-30 3:16:13 PM
alanbessa
Music Fan
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Windows

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Windows 10 - Spotify error 17, possible group restrictions

Hi guys,I have windows 10 enterprise 64-bit.Current spotify version is 1.0.42.151I start up Spotify and it begins the installer, to which I receive an error "Spotify could not be started (Error Code: 17)I had previously been able to get around this b...

conmccloud
Newbie
Hi guys, I have windows 10 enterprise 64-bit. Current spotify version is 1.0.42.151 I start up Spotify and it begins the installer, to which I receive an error "Spotify could not be started (Err...
2016-11-30 1:08:59 PM
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Can't Add Playlists to Folders on Desktop App

Hello,I am able to create folders in my desktop app but I cannot add any playlists to them. I am not sure why Thank you for your time!

acsouthall
Casual Listener
Hello, I am able to create folders in my desktop app but I cannot add any playlists to them. I am not sure why 😞 Thank you for your time!
2016-11-30 3:00:21 AM
2016-11-30 10:06:50 AM
user-removed
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Can't drag songs to playlists/move order in playlists

Since the update I can't seem to drag and drop songs or groups of songs in the Windows desktop app...I can add songs to my playlists with the 3 dots/right clicking, but not move them around. I've tried closing and re-opening the app - what else can I...

jackus555
Newbie
Since the update I can't seem to drag and drop songs or groups of songs in the Windows desktop app...I can add songs to my playlists with the 3 dots/right clicking, but not move them around. ...
2016-11-24 1:13:59 PM
2016-11-30 9:58:16 AM
user-removed
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1 replies
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Windows

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Sometimes interactions don't work

Sometimes things work. Sometimes nothing happens. Adding songs to a playlist (Starred is bugged to **bleep**)Removing songs from a playlistCan't sort songs in my own library (there are no green arrows anywhere) And a bunch of other things that aren't...

kaaberma
Newbie
Sometimes things work. Sometimes nothing happens. Adding songs to a playlist (Starred is bugged to **bleep**) Removing songs from a playlist Can't sort songs in my own library (there are ...
2016-11-30 5:39:59 AM
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