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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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  • James335
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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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  • rednblu
  • Roadie
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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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Superuser Contribution Buttons in top right corner of windows desktop app have top margin

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicedifferent PCsOperating SystemWindows 10, Windows 11 My Question or IssueThe buttons in the top right corner are no longer at the top of the app. This is very annoying for me, as it makes it significantly more difficult ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device different PCs Operating System Windows 10, Windows 11   My Question or Issue The buttons in the top right corner are no longer at the top of the app...
  • sidekiksidekick
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  • "Desktop"
    "Windows"
    Desktop Windows 10
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    UX
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when adding a lot of songs to the queue at once only a limited ammount is added

PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDevicelenovo legion pro 5Operating Systemwindows 11 My Question or Issuewhen adding a lot of songs (in this case 200) to the queue at once, only a limited ammount is added (70 in this case)

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  • Plan Premium Country Belgium Device lenovo legion pro 5 Operating System windows 11   My Question or Issue when adding a lot of songs (in this case 200) to the queue at once, only a li...
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    windows 11
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Superuser Contribution Failure to load more than 50 items in a discography

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceLenovo Carbon X1 Nano G1Operating SystemWindows 11 Pro (21H2) My Question or IssueSpotify does not load all items in an artist's discography when the initial view is set to thumbnail view on a high resolution display ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device Lenovo Carbon X1 Nano G1 Operating System Windows 11 Pro (21H2)   My Question or Issue Spotify does not load all items in an artist's discography ...
  • Elena
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Superuser Contribution Spotify auto-update soft-locks the computer with Controlled Folder Access feature on

Setup:- Windows 11 Desktop- Spotify Premium- Controlled Folder Access feature turned on (Windows Security -> Ransomware Protection)- Personal folder (including "/Music") root set to Microsoft OneDrive Spotify auto-update seems to be soft-locking Wind...

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  • Setup: - Windows 11 Desktop - Spotify Premium - Controlled Folder Access feature turned on (Windows Security -> Ransomware Protection) - Personal folder (including "/Music") root set to Micros...
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    Ransomware Protection
    Spotify Update
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Superuser Contribution Windows 11: Spotify window getting stuck below taskbar and cut off

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicesurface pro and DesktopOperating Systemwin 11 My Question or IssueOn my laptop and my PC when Spotify first loads up and quite randomly, the bottom quarter of the window for Spotify gets stuck under the taskbar and cuts off ...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device surface pro and Desktop Operating System win 11   My Question or Issue On my laptop and my PC when Spotify first loads up and quite randomly, the bottom ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution New computer with Windows 11.

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSA Device Lenovo PC(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating SystemWindows 11(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWhen playing albums Spotify shuffles songs without the shuffle being a...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Free/Premium CountryUSA   Device  Lenovo PC (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating SystemWindows 11 (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   ...
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Solved!! Unable to use desktop app on Windows 11 Pro 64-bit - only shows black screen

PlanPremium CountryDeviceOperating SystemWindows 11 Pro 64-bitMy Question or IssueI am unable to use the Spotify desktop app after I login.When I first install the app the login screen does open, but after logging in the screen goes black.This can be...

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  •   Plan Premium   Country Device Operating System Windows 11 Pro 64-bit My Question or Issue I am unable to use the Spotify desktop app after I login. When I first install th...
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