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Jam now available on Desktop

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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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. The Now Playing View in the right sidebar shows the album art and info of the current song or pod...

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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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Solved!! Spotify free: Music stops on MAC

Edited: Thank you very much everyone for helping! Finally I managed to correct the error and the steps are those that DerpyNerd offered and highlighted as a solution. Hi! I have a MacBook Pro, and for a week now I have a problem with the desktop app....

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[Mac] Troubleshooting 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. Tip: Don't forget to check our Spo...

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lfiles isse

Hi Everyone, I've been having issues ever since, due to tech problems, my cell company interrupted my spotify premium service. It goes like this.... First, when I create my playlist using local files in the laptop, not all the music appears in my pho...

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  • Hi Everyone, I've been having issues ever since,  due to tech problems, my cell company interrupted my spotify premium service. It goes like this....  First, when I create my playlist...
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Spotify starts random songs that's not in the queue

The last couple of weeks I have experienced that Spotify starts random songs after the first song in a playlist or in an album is done. To be exact: I open Spotify, start an album - make sure that the queue only concists of the songs in the album - a...

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  • The last couple of weeks I have experienced that Spotify starts random songs after the first song in a playlist or in an album is done. To be exact: I open Spotify, start an album - make sure th...
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Issues with the "remove" function on daily mixes

Hi, since a while ago I have problems using the "remove" function in my daily mixes using the Spotify Web Player on Google Chrome.When either clicking "dont play this song" or "dont play this artist", nothing happens. I have no problems using this fu...

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  • Hi,   since a while ago I have problems using the "remove" function in my daily mixes using the Spotify Web Player on Google Chrome. When either clicking "dont play this song" or "dont play t...
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"Can't play the current song." - Playback stops after each song

Hi, After most songs end, the next one in the radio, album, station etc, will not start, but I'll receive a blue banner message saying "Can't play the current song.". I can then play the next track by clicking the right arrow, but it will again stop ...

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  • Hi,    After most songs end, the next one in the radio, album, station etc, will not start, but I'll receive a blue banner message saying "Can't play the current song.".   I c...
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Solved!! Spotify not loading social bar or artist page.

Hello, Spotify won't load the social activity bar, friends profiles or artist pages (remain blank, with a find people tab on the SB). It's working other than that. Happened after I installed the update this morning. Tried loading a previous version, ...

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  • Hello,   Spotify won't  load the social activity bar, friends profiles or artist pages (remain blank, with a find people tab on the SB). It's working other than that. Happened afte...
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No puedo iniciar sesion de spotify desde mi movil

Acabo de salir de mi cuenta de spotify, no me deja entrar al intentarlo porque dice que ya estoy registrada. El caso es que estoy intentando iniciar sesion!!! He pedido que me mandaran la contraseña, es un servicio que estoy pagando y aun no me han m...

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  • Acabo de salir de mi cuenta de spotify, no me deja entrar al intentarlo porque dice que ya estoy registrada. El caso es que estoy intentando iniciar sesion!!! He pedido que me mandaran la contraseña,...
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Solved!! How do I delete offline synced songs?

I'm sure this has been asked alot, but is there a way to delete the "cache" of offline music synced to my mac? I know there is no way to delete the music on my iphone except to reinstall the app. But I'm wondering if theres a way to delete the downlo...

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  • I'm sure this has been asked alot, but is there a way to delete the "cache" of offline music synced to my mac? I know there is no way to delete the music on my iphone except to reinstall the app. But...
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How can I get Spotify to recognize updated tag info?

I have been taking on the task of running many, many of my files through a tag program, deleting old (multiple) tags, and, generally, cleaning everything up. One issue that I've noticed is that Spotify doesn't recognize the changes that I've made to ...

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  • I have been taking on the task of running many, many of my files through a tag program, deleting old (multiple) tags, and, generally, cleaning everything up.   One issue that I've noticed is t...
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Spotify Daily Mix display bug

Some list entries are missing in daily mix. Their text content can't be clicked. (it's not just invisible).macOS 10.12.6

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  • Some list entries are missing in daily mix. Their text content can't be clicked. (it's not just invisible). macOS 10.12.6
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Search Problems

I have a spotify account and it has been working fine for ages (bit slow). However lately, when I try to search for a song or an artist it keeps syaing that there are no results, or it will take ages to load and then not load properly. So basically I...

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  • I have a spotify account and it has been working fine for ages (bit slow). However lately, when I try to search for a song or an artist it keeps syaing that there are no results, or it will take ages...
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turn off auto import of iTunes library

How do I stop spotify from loading my itunes index. I takes a while to do that and I don't want to see my library when start up Spotify Thanks

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  • How do I stop spotify from loading my itunes index.  I takes a while to do that and I don't want to see my library when start up Spotify Thanks 
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Profile and cover photo is same

Hi,on my artist page, if I want to upload a image it shows the same for profile pic and cover pic. How to get there a different photos? I want headline/cover photo to be band picture and profile (small one) to be our band logo.Thanks

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  • Hi, on my artist page, if I want to upload a image it shows the same for profile pic and cover pic. How to get there a different photos? I want headline/cover photo to be band picture and profile ...
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waiting waiting... PC and IOS both showing a green waiting circle

im tring to give my son a code for a family account but both his phone and the PC have a green waiting circle when we follow the email link to his account, please help!windows 10. IOS. the PC app will log him in fine but not sure where to add the cod...

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  • im tring to give my son a code for a family account but both his phone and the PC have a green waiting circle when we follow the email link to his account, please help! windows 10. IOS.  the P...
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Local albums splitting up in collection

Hi there, I added all my local files to my collection, but A LOT of the albums are split - i have a few tracks of an album sepeate from the others (there's a screenshot if you want).... This is really annoying - any fix?

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  • Hi there, I added all my local files to my collection, but A LOT of the albums are split - i have a few tracks of an album sepeate from the others (there's a screenshot if you want).... This is reall...
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Solved!! HELP, SPOTIFY WON'T QUIT!

I'm running Mac OSX 10.6.8, and have th latest version of spotify but in the last couple of days it has just frozen up and it wont let me quit the application. When I click on it to open all the options at the top have disappeared and won't let me se...

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  • I'm running Mac OSX 10.6.8, and have th latest version of spotify but in the last couple of days it has just frozen up and it wont let me quit the application. When I click on it to open all the opti...
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Superuser Contribution Syncing Local Files to Android, apparently new problem

I had my local files synced to my Andriod until about a week ago, at which point (for reasons beyond my comprehension) all my downloaded playlists on my phone were no longer downloaded. Since then, I have been unable to sync my local files to my phon...

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  • I had my local files synced to my Andriod until about a week ago, at which point (for reasons beyond my comprehension) all my downloaded playlists on my phone were no longer downloaded. Since then, I...
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Double Loading Spinners

This is a bug I have noticed today. It happens when you click on a playlist. When the playlist isn't instant you see two one when you initially click and then the other appears. My coworkers and I notice this only on mac os 10.11.6 desktop app.

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  • This is a bug I have noticed today. It happens when you click on a playlist. When the playlist isn't instant you see two one when you initially click and then the other appears.   My coworkers...
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Favourite, Like or Star a song?

Hi all, I have tried to do some forum searching but all the topics I come across are from 2014, so, here goes; Very. very new to Spotify migrating over from Google Music where you could 'thump up' specific songs you like a feature that appears to be ...

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  • Hi all,   I have tried to do some forum searching but all the topics I come across are from 2014, so, here goes;   Very. very new to Spotify migrating over from Google Music where you c...
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Spotify on OS X doesn't restore as a full screen app [BUG]

I tried to file this in the bug topic, but it wouldn't let me create a new post. On the redesigned Spotify (black interface) OS X desktop app, it no longer restores as a full screen app. In the previous version(s) if it was a full screened app, you q...

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  • I tried to file this in the bug topic, but it wouldn't let me create a new post.   On the redesigned Spotify (black interface) OS X desktop app, it no longer restores as a full screen app. I...
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Create similar playlist

Hi, unfortunately the function "create a similar playlist" (maybe not the exact translation into English) when you perform a right click on one of your playlists does not work any more. I click on it and wait, but nothing happens. Does anybody know w...

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  • Hi,   unfortunately the function "create a similar playlist" (maybe not the exact translation into English) when you perform a right click on one of your playlists does not work any more. I cl...
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