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Solved!! 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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[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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Superuser Contribution Desktop client becomes very slow after using Search filter within a huge playlist

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceWindows 10 PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Home 64-bit, latest update (2004) My Question or IssueHi, Lately, in the Windows desktop client, I have had massive issues with the performance after using the search Filter within...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Windows 10 PC Operating System Windows 10 Home 64-bit, latest update (2004)   My Question or Issue Hi,   Lately, in the Windows desktop client...
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    Lag
    memory leak
    playlist issue
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Superuser Contribution Memory usage, performance problems and UI refreshes, result of memory leak?

PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDeviceRyzen 5 5600X16GB RAMGTX 1070Hardware Acceleration enabledOperating SystemWindows 10 Build 19042.1348 My Question or IssueEver since switching over to React for the desktop UI, I've noticed that when in normal use (goin...

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  • Plan Premium Country Belgium Device Ryzen 5 5600X 16GB RAM GTX 1070 Hardware Acceleration enabled Operating System Windows 10 Build 19042.1348   My Question or Issue Ever since swit...
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Memory leak - High RAM usage on Windows 7

DeviceLenovo Thinkpad P50Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueHey,I'm using spotify at work and it takes a lot of my RAM.Here on the screenshot you can see that it takes almost 1.5 Go of RAM !I'm keeping it open for long period of time so I ...

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  • Device Lenovo Thinkpad P50 Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue Hey, I'm using spotify at work and it takes a lot of my RAM. Here on the screenshot you can see that it tak...
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    Ram
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Memory Leak Inside Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceDesktop ComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When I start playing music it will be fine until after maybe 2-3 songs it will stop at the end of the current song and the program will freeze, it s...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States  Device Desktop Computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  When I start playing music it will be fine until after maybe 2...
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