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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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  • Nekse
  • Casual Listener
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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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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...

  • Regular
  • 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
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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
  • Community Legend
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Can't Find Album on Artist Page But Can Listen To It Normally

Hi everyone , i've been away from the community for sometime , was on vacation and stuff, but this new issue just made me get back to discuss it. So recently Hardwell's new album was just released, "United We Are" , I discovered it by just looking on...

  • Roadie
  • Hi everyone , i've been away from the community for sometime , was on vacation and stuff, but this new issue just made me get back to discuss it. So recently Hardwell's new album was just released, "...
  • Abner
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Solved!! Accidentally deleted starred items

Hi folks.
I just accidentally deleted all of my starred items! I was writing a comment on a website and must've accidentally clicked spotify because when I hit CTRL+A then Delete, it nuked all of my starred items.

Is there any way I can get this back?

  • Regular
  • Hi folks.<br>I just accidentally deleted all of my starred items! I was writing a comment on a website and must've accidentally clicked spotify because when I hit CTRL+A then Delete, it nuked a...
  • MattSuda
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Spotify wont't start and won't be removed

Hi here, i have the problem, that spotify will not start on my Win 7 64bit Desktop. Even deinstalling is not possible. I can see the process in the Tastmanager (even twice, if i try to start spotify again, but no GUI) Any solutions? Regards HH

  • Newbie
  • Hi here,   i have the problem, that spotify will not start on my Win 7 64bit Desktop. Even deinstalling is not possible. I can see the process in the Tastmanager (even twice, if i try to sta...
  • Erkan_Yılmaz
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Spotify randomizes media origins of registered local files

Hi, I mostly listen to local media (iTunes library) when I'm using spotify. This library is very well organized, with all origins specifications registered in the metadata. Because of this I find it very infuriating that Spotify seemingly randomly pi...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, I mostly listen to local media (iTunes library) when I'm using spotify. This library is very well organized, with all origins specifications registered in the metadata. Because of this I find i...
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Music in playlist lost

Hi Spotify I tried copying copying my stared list, since i've started a new premium account that isn't linked to Facebook, but when i wanted to copy my stared list, i missclicked ctrl + x, and ended up removing all tracks in the stared list, and now ...

  • Newbie
  • Hi Spotify   I tried copying copying my stared list, since i've started a new premium account that isn't linked to Facebook, but when i wanted to copy my stared list, i missclicked ctrl + x,...
  • MattSuda
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Spotify Connect fail

hi, for about a week now spotify has become incresingly more unstable. i keep getting a "cant play track the connection to spotify is lost" then it jumps to the next song, plays a few seconds or minutes then stops. the problem are the same on all dev...

  • Newbie
  • hi,   for about a week now spotify has become incresingly more unstable. i keep getting a "cant play track the connection to spotify is lost" then it jumps to the next song, plays a few seco...
  • MattSuda
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