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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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Connect with chromecast

My chromecast just appears in the device list when I connect with my father's cellphone. I have a windows phone, so I can't connect with the chromecast when I'm without my father's cellphone. I tried to reconfigurate the chromecast, and things like t...

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  • My chromecast just appears in the device list when I connect with my father's cellphone. I have a windows phone, so I can't connect with the chromecast when I'm without my father's cellphone.  ...
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Using the Filter in a playlist

I have a strange error that's been happening for some time now. I have 3 playlists, each about 1900 songs, and when I use the filter feature on one playlist it quickly filters that playlist correctly the first time. After this if I start filtering ot...

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  • I have a strange error that's been happening for some time now.   I have 3 playlists, each about 1900 songs, and when I use the filter feature on one playlist it quickly filters that playlist ...
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My list of suscribed artist is not complete

Hi,When I click on Artists on the left, I see a list of many of the artists for which I have suscribed but not all.If I used my mobile phone, there I see the full list.What I am doing wrong?Regards,

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  • Hi, When I click on Artists on the left, I see a list of many of the artists for which I have suscribed but not all. If I used my mobile phone, there I see the full list. What I am doing wrong? R...
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Spotify Closes Whenever I Play a Song

Whenever I click on a song to play it, Spotify immediately closes without any error message or explanation. This has been happening for about a month, since I got my faulty hard drive replaced. I've tried uninstalling it, but it that does nothing. I ...

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  • Whenever I click on a song to play it, Spotify immediately closes without any error message or explanation. This has been happening for about a month, since I got my faulty hard drive replaced. I've ...
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Problem viewing my followers

Hi, When I go onto my profile in the Spotify application, and click "Followers" to see, who's following me, it says that there's 11 people who's following me, but I can only see 10 of them. What about the last one? Why can't I see who that is?

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  • Hi,   When I go onto my profile in the Spotify application, and click "Followers" to see, who's following me, it says that there's 11 people who's following me, but I can only see 10 of them. ...
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Who create charts?

I know maybe it isnt right thread from this question but i really want to know who creates charts. It is automatic or somebody from spotify admins do that. Because i am really curious and little ouraged and thinking of unsubscribing from premium.

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  • I know maybe it isnt right thread from this question but i really want to know who creates charts. It is automatic or somebody from spotify admins do that. Because i am really curious and little oura...
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Cant play my Music

Hey Guys,i hope you can help me. So here is my Problem.Today i cant play my Music it always show an Message like "The Song is not available pls import. So whats happened ? Hope you can help me. I added a picture.

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  • Hey Guys, i hope you can help me. So here is my Problem. Today i cant play my Music it always show an Message like "The Song is not available pls import. So whats happened ? Hope you can help me. I...
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Latest update missing "Saved Albums Only Filter"

So I updated to version 1.0.44.100.ga60c0ce1 on my desktop then on my laptop and now I cant see the "Saved Albums Only Filter" button. So now my library is pretty much separated into songs, artists and albums, so when you save a song it doesn't appea...

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  • So I updated to version 1.0.44.100.ga60c0ce1 on my desktop then on my laptop and now I cant see the "Saved Albums Only Filter" button. So now my library is pretty much separated into songs, artists a...
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Tracking two different playlist on two different devices

I have recently moved to Spotify from Deezer, I have two devices android phone and desktop. The phone I use in the car to listen to a long playlist, and the desktop I listen to while working and want to listen to a radio mix to try pick up ne sounds....

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  • I have recently moved to Spotify from Deezer, I have two devices android phone and desktop.  The phone I use in the car to listen to a long playlist, and the desktop I listen to while working an...
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"This song is not avaliable. If you have the file on your computer you can import it."

I have never faced this problem before but once I have gone to my computer and try to play music this warning "This song is not avaliable. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." shows up at the top. The thing which confuses me the ...

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  • I have never faced this problem before but once I have gone to my computer and try to play music this warning "This song is not avaliable. If you have the file on your computer you can import it...
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Spotify offline on Windows

I don't understand why i have to make a playilist on windows so i can download songs while on android it does it automatically... How do i manage to download hunders of songs? i have to add 1 by 1? please fix this, guys

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  • I don't understand why i have to make a playilist on windows so i can download songs while on android it does it automatically... How do i manage to download hunders of songs? i have to add 1 by 1? p...
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adding songs from computer

I added local files from a music file to my local files. I have added some new songs to that file on my computer and I cannot figure out how to get them into the local files to add to my playlist. I also tried putting them in a folder by themselves a...

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  • I added local files from a music file to my local files.  I have added some new songs to that file on my computer and I cannot figure out how to get them into the local files to add to my playli...
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Bug report: doubled playlist track count display

Hey,Count of tracks in every playlist is displayed twice. I tried on at least 6 instances of app for PC. Example screenshot attached.Please let me know about fixing this issue. Thanks Mateusz

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  • Hey, Count of tracks in every playlist is displayed twice. I tried on at least 6 instances of app for PC. Example screenshot attached. Please let me know about fixing this issue. Thanks 🙂 Mateusz
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Missing Download button

I went to dowload my playlists and the download button is nowhere to be found.

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  • I went to dowload my playlists and the download button is nowhere to be found.
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Want Podcast on Desktop?

You're not alone. We have a couple of threads out in the community already. One person kindly started a petition on Change.org Add yourself to the list if you want the Podcast feature on your desktop too. Petition to Spotify - Adding Podcast to Deskt...

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  • You're not alone. We have a couple of threads out in the community already. One person kindly started a petition on Change.org   Add yourself to the list if you want the Podcast feature on you...
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Songs in "Your Music" unavailable offline, plus no download button

HI, None of the downloaded songs with a tick mark on the left are playing on my desktop when it is offline. I don't see a "download" button for Songs they way there is one for playlists either. Deleted and reinstalled. I need to be able to access my ...

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  • HI,   None of the downloaded songs with a tick mark on the left are playing on my desktop when it is offline. I don't see a "download" button for Songs they way there is one for playlists eith...
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Solved!! Something like Year in Music

Hey, is there website, where I can see my most played songs etc, like it was in the Year in Music 2015..Because I wont get the 2016 one and I wanna know my most played songs and just some statisics..Last.fm doesnt work neither, beause I had to create...

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  • Hey, is there website, where I can see my most played songs etc, like it was in the Year in Music 2015.. Because I wont get the 2016 one and I wanna know my most played songs and just some statisics...
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Any update on the Lyrics feature ?

I remember Spotify to have a lyrics feature powered by musixmatch, but they removed it and said they would add a lyrics feature of their own later, any update on that ?

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  • I remember Spotify to have a lyrics feature powered by musixmatch, but they removed it and said they would add a lyrics feature of their own later, any update on that ?
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