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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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FAQ: Spotify for Windows 10 app

Hey folks, we've outlined some of the common questions you might have about the Windows 10 app now available. Please post in this board if you have any other questions. Q: Why can’t I see Spotify in the Windows 10 store? A: Spotify for Windows store ...

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Legendary recordings recommendations seen on mobile not available in desktop app

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceCustom PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am old school and like to collect albums rather than songs. I am building my library of classical albums and on my iPad this is easy by searching under classical and h...

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  • ...ibrary of classical albums and on my iPad this is easy by searching under classical and have Spotify suggest albums "In Rotation" that Spotify has collected which it believes are "legendary recordings f...
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[All Platforms][Search] Avdanced search to have additional "song" (or "title") tag

Advanced search can take tags such as "genre" or "year". I haven't found a way to specify "song" or "title". That's needed to find e.g. versions of "Dinah" without the results being overflowed by all the good stuff that Dinah Washington has delivered...

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  • Advanced search can take tags such as "genre" or "year". I haven't found a way to specify "song" or "title". That's needed to find e.g. versions of "Dinah" without the results being overflowed by a...
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Solved!! Can't search any Artist and see their top hits and albums? What happened?

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicesiPhone 7 on 12.2 / Thinkpad on Windows 7 ProOperating SystemiOS 12.2 / Windows 7 Pro The whole interface seems to have changed (regardless of the device or OS I'm using). When I search an artist, I don't see results for Art...

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  • ...he device or OS I'm using).  When I search an artist, I don't see results for Artists.  I can no longer click on an artist name in an exsiting playlist and get any data returned nor see an a...
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Unable to find particular FB friends with search bar

I can search for some FB friends' page through "Find Friends" as well as their Spotify URI but not from just typing their FB names in the Search bar (No spelling errors) - didn't have this problem before and now I get a message that says "No results ...

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  • I can search for some FB friends' page through "Find Friends" as well as their Spotify URI but not from just typing their FB names in the Search bar (No spelling errors) - didn't have this problem b...
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Search for Song shows Artists and Albums with the search phrase

PlanPremiumCountry South AfricaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIn the Windows 10 App, if I search for a Song, it shows Artists and Albums with the search phrase and the Song titles for these results don't have the search phrase...

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  • Plan Premium Country  South Africa Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue In the Windows 10 App, if I search for a Song, it shows Artists and Albums with t...
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Fix Bug: Adding Songs after Ordering by Artist

If one searches for certain Songs and then orders the result by the Artist [or other criteria maybe?], it just gets visually updated. When one tries to drag selected songs it into a playlist or just plays them, Spotify picks the wrong songs. I think ...

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  • If one searches for certain Songs and then orders the result by the Artist [or other criteria maybe?], it just gets visually updated. When one tries to drag selected songs it into a playlist or j...
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Wrong track add to que, playlist

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify adds wrong track to que, playlist. When: Search part of the song. Choose right track and version in advanced results. Double check, that cursor is right line.Add. Res...

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  •   Plan Premium Country   Device PC Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Spotify adds wrong track to que, playlist.   When: Search part of t...
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Solved!! After search a song and order by any category does not play the correct song

Plan: PremiumCountry: MexicoLanguage: SpanishDevice: Macbook Pro late 2015Operating System: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 After search for a song and order by any category, spotify reproduce the wrong song.Steps to reproduce the bug: 1. Search for any to...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: Mexico Language: Spanish Device: Macbook Pro late 2015 Operating System: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6   After search for a song and order by any c...
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Can't search/filter by year in application anymore?

Hello. Tried a search within the Windows application, year:1990-1999, which worked fine before, didn't work. Tried in the android application too. But no luck there either. Tried differens terms like years: and "year:1990, 1991" and so on. But it did...

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  • Hello.   Tried a search within the Windows application, year:1990-1999, which worked fine before, didn't work. Tried in the android application too. But no luck there either.   T...
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Superuser Contribution When I search for songs, they don't come up in rows anymore

Now my search results only show the top 4 songs, artists, albums and playlists each with cover art, making it harder to tell if it's correct song I'm looking for unless I click on each individually. Does anybody know how to get back the view where yo...

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  • Now my search results only show the top 4 songs, artists, albums and playlists each with cover art, making it harder to tell if it's correct song I'm looking for unless I click on each individually....
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Suddenly can't find users

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 6, Operating SystemWindows My Question or Issue

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 6,  Operating System Windows    My Question or Issue  
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Superuser Contribution Search by YEAR or ALBUM not working

Hi, I like to listen to albums from different years, and did so for a long time.Search used to work well but suddenly stopped working a few months back. I have waiting for it to be fixed assuming it is a bug, but has not. Can I get an update please o...

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  • Hi, I like to listen to albums from different years, and did so for a long time. Search used to work well but suddenly stopped working a few months back. I have waiting for it to be fixed assuming i...
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finding music videos

I use Spotify in Austria and don't have the option of seaching for music videos. When will this option be available? It seems to be available in other areas.

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  •   I use Spotify in Austria and don't have the option of seaching for music videos.  When will this option be available?  It seems to be available in other areas.
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Superuser Contribution Search for songs by year doesn't work

I'm trying to search for songs from a specific year, using the search string year:1992I used 1992 as an example.But I get no results. Neither on an updated Spotify on two different PCs or my android phone. The weird thing is that for example genre:ja...

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  • I'm trying to search for songs from a specific year, using the search string   year:1992 I used 1992 as an example. But I get no results. Neither on an updated Spotify on two different P...
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How do you search for a specific song within a playlist?

So far I find Spotify unintuitive and lacking regarding the most basic features you'd expect from a music player app. By pressing CTRL + F I can only search for a specific artist. I would like to be able to search songs by words in the title. Is this...

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  • So far I find Spotify unintuitive and lacking regarding the most basic features you'd expect from a music player app.  By pressing CTRL + F I can only search for a specific artist. I would l...
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[Desktop][Search] CTRL + F

Please implement the functionality to "Find in Page." Too often, I'm browsing on a particular artist or album page and want to find a specific song. However, (1) I don't want to leave the page I'm on by typing the song into the search box and (2) I d...

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  • ...n by typing the song into the search box and (2) I don't want to scroll through, album by album to find what I'm looking for. Simple: CTRL + F, type in a couple words, and then jump to the first spot w...
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