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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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  • MattSuda
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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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Solved!! Spotify randomly mutes and plays Weird World by Weird007

When I play music in the background, spotify randomly mutes itself and plays the Album "Weird World" by Weird007. I have never heard of this band and never listened to any of their songs. This happens completely randomly when listening to a playlist.

  • Casual Listener
  • When I play music in the background, spotify randomly mutes itself and plays the Album "Weird World" by Weird007. I have never heard of this band and never listened to any of their songs. This happen...
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Superuser Contribution Offlinemodus

Wie kann ich Spotify Offline auf meinem PC hören?

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  • Wie kann ich Spotify Offline auf meinem PC hören?
  • Eni
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Superuser Contribution The language for adding a song that has been added by the "complement" feature to a playlist is wron

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceMicrosoft Surface 2Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAs seen in the image below, when I activate the "complement" feature for a playlist, the tooltip for adding this song to this or another playlist is in E...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Microsoft Surface 2 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue As seen in the image below, when I activate the "complement" feature for a pl...
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Solved!! Reinstalling Spotify free will my playlists be erased?

I know you lose downloads if you reinstall Spotify, but there are no downloads with the free version, do you lose the playlists?

  • Casual Listener
  • I know you lose downloads if you reinstall Spotify, but there are no downloads with the free version, do you lose the playlists?
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Superuser Contribution [Firefox Web Player] Spotify tab loads endlessly after a while

PlanFreeCountryNorway DeviceHP PavilionOperating SystemWindows 10 Whenever I open a new Spotify tab, it loads. But if I leave it inactive for too long, it starts an endless gray scroll wheel which doesn't fix no matter what I do. Re-inputting the URL...

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  • Plan Free Country Norway   Device HP Pavilion Operating System Windows 10   Whenever I open a new Spotify tab, it loads. But if I leave it inactive for too long, it starts an endl...
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Too many clicks on the Desktop App

It takes far too many clicks to get to certain features on the Desktop app, specifically things like Albums. Currently I need to click on "Your Library" then depending on how large my window is, click on Albums to get to where I want or click on a dr...

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  • It takes far too many clicks to get to certain features on the Desktop app, specifically things like Albums. Currently I need to click on "Your Library" then depending on how large my window is, cli...
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Superuser Contribution Pc app does not show songs liked by me on the artist page

Like the Spotify mobile app when I open an artist page it shows "Liked Songs" on top but it does not show on the Pc app.

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  • Like the Spotify mobile app when I open an artist page it shows "Liked Songs" on top but it does not show on the Pc app.
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify can't add local files anymore

Followed all the guides here on Spotify's website and on other forums. Spotify version 1.2.8.923.g4f94bf0d Windows 10, latest build to date (5th april 2023)

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  • Followed all the guides here on Spotify's website and on other forums.    Spotify version 1.2.8.923.g4f94bf0d  Windows 10, latest build to date (5th april 2023)
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Superuser Contribution Playlists won't download

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceSuface laptop (Microsoft)Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhen trying to download any playlists on the spotify app for windows, it just doesn't work. When you click on the download button it shows that it's dow...

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  • ...laylists I have created as well as public ones created by Spotify. How do I fix this?
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Superuser Contribution spotify web reconhece meu celular, mas o aplicativo de PC não.

ao tentar conectar um dispocitivo junto ao celular, a versão web reconhece normalmente o celular, porem ao fazer download da versão desktop, o mesmo não reconhece o celular.

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  • ao tentar conectar um dispocitivo junto ao celular, a versão web reconhece normalmente o celular, porem ao fazer download da versão desktop, o mesmo não reconhece o celular.
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Superuser Contribution Search results do not play!

PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy search results don't play when clicking them.My playlist work fine also playlists from friends.

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  • Plan Premium   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My search results don't play when clicking them. My playlist work fine also playlists from friends.
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Superuser Contribution Can't make Library view fill the window

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI can no longer make my library take up the entire view window after the latest spotify update.The new views are cluttered and make it hard for me to find the m...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I can no longer make my library take up the entire view window after the latest sp...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Recent VPN issues using Windows app

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueNever had this issue before, and my android phone running the same vpn providers' (Mullvad) app works fine, butrecently my pc app of spotify seems to simply refuse to play...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Never had this issue before, and my android phone running the same vpn providers' (Mullvad) app...
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Superuser Contribution The website is slightly too wide for the browser window

The website and the PWA are slightly wider than the window, so on a laptop touchpad it scrolls a few pixels left/right instead of navigating forwards or backwards

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  • The website and the PWA are slightly wider than the window, so on a laptop touchpad it scrolls a few pixels left/right instead of navigating forwards or backwards
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Superuser Contribution Problems with Windows app

For a while now, there's been problems with the Windows app. I've tried repairing, resetting and reinstalling, nothing helps, and no other suggested option helps. When i click into an artist, an album or something, it's simply impossible to start a l...

  • Casual Listener
  • For a while now, there's been problems with the Windows app. I've tried repairing, resetting and reinstalling, nothing helps, and no other suggested option helps. When i click into an artist, an albu...
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Shuffle repeating the same series of songs in a loop

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceHP Spectre LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have a 3500+ song playlist, when I set it to play on shuffle and let it play it quite often repeats the same series of songs - so if I start it off at the be...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device HP Spectre Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   I have a 3500+ song playlist, when I set it to play on shuffle and let it pl...
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Superuser Contribution cant add liked songs or albums

reinstalled spotify multiple times no solution, even clean reinstalled. they work fine on my other devices its just a problem on pc

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  • reinstalled spotify multiple times no solution, even clean reinstalled. they work fine on my other devices its just a problem on pc
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Superuser Contribution Delete the cache in cache_data

Hello,I noticed that a folder take lots of storage, this is where is located: C:\Users\***\AppData\Local\Packages\Spotify***.SpotifyMusic_***\LocalCache\Spotify\Browser\***\Cache\Cache_Data But I don't know if I can delete the files in cache data.Tha...

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  • Hello, I noticed that a folder take lots of storage, this is where is located:  C:\Users\***\AppData\Local\Packages\Spotify***.SpotifyMusic_***\LocalCache\Spotify\Browser\***\Cache\Cache_Data&n...
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Superuser Contribution Playlist's background colour won't match new playlist photo.

Whenever I change the photo for a playlist, it never seems to change the background colour of that playlist, it just stays the default colour of grey. No matter how many times I remove and add a different one, it never changes. I've reinstalled spoti...

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  • Whenever I change the photo for a playlist, it never seems to change the background colour of that playlist, it just stays the default colour of grey. No matter how many times I remove and add a ...
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