[Desktop] Option if Spotify links should open native Spotify app or Webplayer

[NikoPikoNiko]

Seems like Spotify keeps pushing this issue aside because not enough people are complaining about it. I've actually seen a good amount of posts on the community boards about it but none of them seem to have gained traction with the powers that be, claiming its a non-issue and the post gets closed. I disagree, wholeheartedly.

Please bring this option back! I don't use the web player... ever. And, I don't want to now have to start copying and pasting the links into spotify app. Call me lazy. The advanced settings used to have the option to have links open in the desktop app. But that option has recently disappeared. Seems like a very obvious and useful feature, and just strange to suddenly remove that functionality. 

My friends and I are always trading spotify links via text and emails and it's incredibly frustrating that it now doesn't automatically open in the desktop app like it used to. If I say pretty please, with a link to a cherry on top, would you consider this a legitimate request? 

[mstenson4]

This is ridiculous. It seems like such a simple fix, just add an option to the settings to have the shared song open in your app. It's not brain surgery.

[nzmike]

I also have this same issue and it drives me crazy.  My friends and I share spotity links all the time but I want to open them in the app NOT the website. But despite Spotify saying it's fixed I can't find anywhere to set the default activity for a Spotify link.  So am I looking in the wrong place or is this just not implemented as I suspect?

[rvo]

Wow.. came here to look for a SOLUTION. Nice going spotify - keep making your product WORSE.

[henkethh]

OK, but HOW and WHERE do I configure Spotify to "Open Spotify links in Desktop App"???

[mlanza]

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Updated on 2021-02-11

Hey folks,

Thanks for your feedback and suggestions on this one.

You should now have the option to open song links directly in the Spotify app!

Cheers 🙂

How does that work? How can I set my Mac to open  Spotify links in the desktop app?

[mlanza]

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‎2022-12-02 07:12 PM

OK, but HOW and WHERE do I configure Spotify to "Open Spotify links in Desktop App"???

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@henkethh 

Have you had any answer about it?

[JaywalkerHB]

This is still an issue. A few weeks ago it used to work, but no more. Whenever I open a link in Firefox, it opens in the Web Player, but not in the desktop app. Even if I already have it open.

[Skizzy11]

Hi skizzy 

[Ninroot]

Hi, seems like the issue still remains in 2024

[theholywombat]

Solution in 2024 is installing an extension for the browser of your choice.

This works for firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/spotify-desktop-ify/?utm_source=addons.mozilla.org&ut...

This for Chromium based browsers:
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/open-spotify-desktop-app/ccilmbdijoknlfpepncnebjkiclplhig/r...

But for how big a company spotify is this really shouldnt be needed. Absolutely embarrassing that they cant even code their main desktop with such an integral feature. Do they just assume people only use their phones to listen to music?

Shameful, to say the least.