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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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  • 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...

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  • rednblu
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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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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?

  • Newbie
  • 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...
  • ErickRGuetta
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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...

  • Visitor
  • 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...
  • user-removed
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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...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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...

  • Newbie
  • 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...
  • AceSteeleYT
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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...

  • Newbie
  • 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...

  • Visitor
  • 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...
  • MattSuda
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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?

  • Newbie
  • 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...
  • Gunnyer
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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...

  • Regular
  • 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 ...
  • Mori910
  • Newbie
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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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  • Music Fan
  • 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...
  • eMilad
  • Music Fan
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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!!
  • lookamoose177
  • Casual Listener
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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...
  • dinomight
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Is anyone using Artists and Albums section of "Your Music"

Hi, Is anyone using those. In my experience they are totally broken. They do not support filtering/searching (on desktop) and take ages to load. When I want to look for an artist/albums in my library what I am forced to do is go the the "Songs" secti...

  • Roadie
  • Hi,   Is anyone using those. In my experience they are totally broken. They do not support filtering/searching (on desktop) and take ages to load. When I want to look for an artist/albu...
  • hans-jürgen
  • Roadie
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Activity Feed won't update

After updating to the newest version, the activity shown on Spotify consistently shows the same it did weeks ago. The music people are listening to shows up on Facebook right, and I know these are people who use Spotify regularly- I've tried logging ...

  • Casual Listener
  • After updating to the newest version, the activity shown on Spotify consistently shows the same it did weeks ago. The music people are listening to shows up on Facebook right, and I know these are pe...
  • rhonin
  • Casual Listener
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offline ?

Hello everyone, i'm subscribed to Spotify free. everything was okay until two days ago ... spotify keeps telling me that I doesnt' work when being offline, and that i'm not in the same country as the one set in my profil. the thing is, my computer di...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello everyone,   i'm subscribed to Spotify free. everything was okay until two days ago ... spotify keeps telling me that I doesnt' work when being offline, and that i'm not in the same cou...
  • Jordi
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problems

I don't see the current last played artists lists anymore from the people i follow again problems

  • Casual Listener
  • I don't see the current last played artists lists anymore from the people i follow  again problems
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Most of my music has gone

Spotify appears to have removed 90% of my saved music. In "Your Music" 90% of my saved songs are gone. Under artists my followed artists are still there but there are no songs saved within any of them. My spotify library had years and years worth of ...

  • Music Fan
  • Spotify appears to have removed 90% of my saved music. In "Your Music" 90% of my saved songs are gone. Under artists my followed artists are still there but there are no songs saved within any of the...
  • Jibber4568
  • Music Fan
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Solved!! my desktop spotify UI does not appear

I downloaded spotify for pc and my Ui does not appear. There is nothing when i use the browse area, its completely empty. Can someone help me pls?!

  • Newbie
  • I downloaded spotify for pc and my Ui does not appear. There is nothing when i use the browse area, its completely empty. Can someone help me pls?!
  • OviiiOne
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