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Recent Linux client update changes (2026)

Hey folks! This is a heads-up that there will be a new update to the Spotify Linux client signatures. The latest available client will not install this new key just yet, but it's coming soon.Come February, you may see errors related to missing keys a...

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Perkelix

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Solved!! [Troubleshooting] Linux Spotify

Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before.So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Basic troubleshooting Go through th...

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sleeksorrow

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Superuser Contribution Close button should minimize the Spotify window - Spotify won't minimize using Close button

PlanPremium FamilyCountryUnited Arab Emirates DeviceDesktopOperating SystemLinux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon My Question or IssueThere is an option in Advanced Settings for "Close button should minimize the Spotify window". This morning I discovered this and ...

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Plan Premium Family Country United Arab Emirates   Device Desktop Operating System Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon   My Question or Issue There is an option in Advanced Settings for "C...

juliomontes

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[Solved] Linux app not syncing liked songs

Songs that i liked stopped showing up in the linux app. What worked was to close spotify and then remove the files in: ~/snap/spotify/current/.config/spotify/Users/YOUR_USER_NAME-userI removed all of them, but that may not be necessary. I previously ...

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Songs that i liked stopped showing up in the linux app. What worked was to close spotify and then remove the files in:     ~/snap/spotify/current/.config/spotify/Users/Y...

CoreDude98

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Forward and back keyboard shortcuts no longer working

Hello,It's probably a duplicate of Forward and back keyboard shortcut feature no longer working on Mac, but I cannot longer use Ctrl + Left Arrow and Ctrl + Right Arrow to change tracks on Linux. The regression seems to have appeared on version 1.1.6...

Gig Goer

Hello, It's probably a duplicate of Forward and back keyboard shortcut feature no longer working on Mac, but I cannot longer use Ctrl + Left Arrow and Ctrl + Right Arrow to change tracks on Linux....

lokulf

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Linux app hangs forever

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceDesktop PC (Intel i5 12600k + AMD Rx9070xt)Operating SystemBazzite Linux, KDE environment, Installed via Bazaar from Flathub My Question or IssueThe app just hangs and never loads. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, ...

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Plan Premium Country France Device Desktop PC (Intel i5 12600k + AMD Rx9070xt) Operating System Bazzite Linux, KDE environment, Installed via Bazaar from Flathub   My Question or I...

vonbisbergen

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Tray icon on Linux doesn't lunch app when left clicked

PlanPremiumCountryIndia DeviceLenovo ThinkPad Gen 11 (13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1365U)Operating SystemFedora 43 Workstation - KDE installed later My Question or IssueWhen I left click the tray icon, it brings up the context menu as if I had right clic...

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Plan Premium Country India   Device Lenovo ThinkPad Gen 11 (13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1365U) Operating System Fedora 43 Workstation - KDE installed later   My Question or Issue ...

normanwisd

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Linux Desktop App fails to play song when selecting song manually

Hi, Recently, I am running into repeated issues when navigating and trying to listen to songs within the linux desktop application. Playback suddenly stops when trying to manually select a song I may have discovered. Using:Arch Linux, latest Kernel 6...

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Hi,   Recently, I am running into repeated issues when navigating and trying to listen to songs within the linux desktop application. Playback suddenly stops when trying to manually select a s...

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Abnormal CPU load with v1.2.48 to v1.2.50 (at least)

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceAny pcOperating SystemLinux : Ubuntu and ArchLinux My Question or IssueI've noticed a strange CPU consumption from spotify, it's constantly using 20% of my cpu triggering my loud fans even without any music being played....

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Plan Premium Country France Device Any pc Operating System Linux : Ubuntu and ArchLinux   My Question or Issue I've noticed a strange CPU consumption from spotify, it's constantly u...

samuelawachie

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Solved!! BUG - version 0.9.10.17.g4129e1c9 - linux desktop

Dear, I have upgraded today (may 21 2014), via public repository, my linux desktop spotify to version 0.9.10.17.g4129e1c9 and encountered a bug. Whenever a new song starts playing or I resume playing after I paused the song, my system freezes. I have...

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Dear,   I have upgraded today (may 21 2014), via public repository, my linux desktop spotify to version 0.9.10.17.g4129e1c9 and encountered a bug.   Whenever a new song starts p...

skitt

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Full listening history

Dear Spotify,, Why can't I access my FULL listening history? I'd say that, for a company that is storing (probably) petabytes of music, a couple of song ids can't matter that much, correct? I can access my complete browsing history in Google Chrome. ...

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Dear Spotify,,   Why can't I access my FULL listening history?    I'd say that, for a company that is storing (probably) petabytes of music, a couple of song ids can't matter ...

erikplesko

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Spotify client falsely shows offline

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevice(Linux desktop)Operating System(Linux Mint 21.1 (Ubuntu 22.04 base)) My Question or IssueSpotify client won't play music as says it's "offline", but literally everything else on the computer is connect to the internet (steam...

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Plan Premium Country US Device (Linux desktop) Operating System (Linux Mint 21.1 (Ubuntu 22.04 base))   My Question or Issue Spotify client won't play music as says it's "offline", b...

sinistarjab

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution spotify linux dependencies

spotify stopped working for me on linux (debian testing) a few weeks ago after an `apt-get upgrade` or an `apt-get autoclean`. today i started it from the command line and received this error: spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so....

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spotify stopped working for me on linux (debian testing) a few weeks ago after an `apt-get upgrade` or an `apt-get autoclean`. today i started it from the command line and received this error: &n...

kirkbmanley

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Official support flatpak and the distribution on flathub

DevicePC Operating SystemLinux General My Question or IssueCurrently Spotifys distribution options are: Snap and general Debian apt-repository.If you do not run Ubuntu or Debian you have to do a lot of, sometimes strange, actions to make spotify work...

Gig Goer

Device PC   Operating System Linux General   My Question or Issue Currently Spotifys distribution options are: Snap and general Debian apt-repository. If you do not run Ubuntu or D...

MorganLeijstrom

Music Fan

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Solved!! Linux Desktop - Couldn't Log In to Spotify Error [Resolved]

Running: Linux Mint 18.2 Cinnamon 64 Bit - Cinnamon version 3.4.4 - Linux Kernal 4.10.0.27-generic - Everything up to date I have Spotify Premium Issue: I install Spotify via the terminal as directed by the website. Once it's installed I go to login ...

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Running: Linux Mint 18.2 Cinnamon 64 Bit - Cinnamon version 3.4.4 - Linux Kernal 4.10.0.27-generic - Everything up to date   I have Spotify Premium     Issue: I install Spotify v...

arizon83

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spotify-desktop for aarch64-linux

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceMacbook M2 with Asahi Linux / Pinebook Pro / PineNoteOperating SystemLinux My Question or Issue Can we please get a aarch64-linux build of the spotify-desktop application? There's some nice ARM(64) hardware, but it's cu...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Macbook M2 with Asahi Linux / Pinebook Pro / PineNote Operating System Linux   My Question or Issue   Can we please get a aarch64-linux b...

fuseteam

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Chromecast on Linux now works with mkchromecast

Theres a new tool just released this week that can help linux users casting from our desktop to Chromcast. And this one actually works.I've been running it for of a day now on my Ubuntu 16.04, the only problem i have is that the indicator doesn't wor...

Gig Goer

Theres a new tool just released this week that can help linux users casting from our desktop to Chromcast. And this one actually works. I've been running it for of a day now on my Ubuntu 16.04, t...

tosanen

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[request] arm64 Build for Snap Package

PlanPremium FamilyCountryNL DevicePinePhone, Librem5, RaspberryPi, numerous othersOperating SystemLinux My Question or Issue Please release a snap package for arm64 because otherwise many users are unable to use Spotify for on their devices. It would...

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Plan Premium Family Country NL   Device PinePhone, Librem5, RaspberryPi, numerous others Operating System Linux   My Question or Issue   Please release a snap package for a...

fuseteam

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify opens too many connections to PulseAudio (Linux)

After some time Spotify for Linux starts to use too many connections to PulseAudio. This makes it impossible to use any sound on the computer. This shows an output after one day of usage:http://pastebin.com/E5AVQd62 Spotify version 1.0.36.120.g536a86...

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After some time Spotify for Linux starts to use too many connections to PulseAudio. This makes it impossible to use any sound on the computer.   This shows an output after one day of usage: h...

miiichael_au

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Solved!! High frequency noise during ads

I'm currently using spotify free and during the ads there is a high frequency noise. The ads are separated into music and some guy talking and it's when the guy's talking that I hear the noise in the background. The ads are in swedish and I hear the ...

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...n the background. The ads are in swedish and I hear the noise in the spotify client for windows version 1.0.12.161.g64b0797c. I've tried using a different computer running linux but the noise is s...

Highfreuencyfacial

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Linux Mint freezing for ~+10 seconds at each track change

Premium member on Linux Mint 21.3 with Spotify version 1.2.31.1205.g4d59ad7cAt a recent update, and sometimes at certain versions then seeming like it goes away then comes back differently, this happens now: - In a playlist, I reach the end of one so...

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Premium member on Linux Mint 21.3 with Spotify version 1.2.31.1205.g4d59ad7c At a recent update, and sometimes at certain versions then seeming like it goes away then comes back differently, t...

ss3332

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Solved!! Can't add a local folder on Linux

Plan: PremiumCountry: United StatesDevice: custom-built PC (Intel i7-12700K, RTX 3060, 64GB of RAM, using an external DAC for sound: Fosi Audio K5 Pro)Operating SystemUbuntu 22.04.4 LTS (Linux kernel 6.5.0-28-generic)KDE Plasma 5.24.7 running on X11S...

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Plan: Premium Country: United States Device: custom-built PC (Intel i7-12700K, RTX 3060, 64GB of RAM, using an external DAC for sound: Fosi Audio K5 Pro) Operating System Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS (Linux...

hayleox

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