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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 "can't play this right now" when clicking on tracks on an artist's discography page

Plan: PremiumCountry: NorwayOS: Windows 11 23H2 w/all updatesSpotify for Windows (64 bit)1.2.63.394.g126b0d89 Sometimes for me this results in "Spotify can't play this right now" after a short while:1. Open the page of an artist2. Click on "Show all"...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: Norway OS: Windows 11 23H2 w/all updates Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.63.394.g126b0d89   Sometimes for me this results in "Spotify can't play this right now" aft...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Desktop App "Something Went Wrong Try reloading the page"

Plan Premium Country USA Device Computer Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I can see playlists and saved stuff on the side, and the playing now and queue. I can also listen to music. But the middle area hasn't worked and just shows "So...

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  • Plan Premium  Country USA Device Computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I can see playlists and saved stuff on the side, and the playing now and que...
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Superuser Contribution How do I browse English podcasts when my country is the Netherlands?

I live in the Netherlands. However, I prefer listening to English music and podcasts. When I try to find podcasts the explore page shows mostly Dutch podcasts. Is there a way to browse the English podcast?

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  • I live in the Netherlands. However, I prefer listening to English music and podcasts. When I try to find podcasts the explore page shows mostly Dutch podcasts. Is there a way to browse the English po...
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Superuser Contribution Can't log in to my Windows App, getting "Illegal scope" when forwarded to the website

I did a clean re-install of Spotify because I had issues with it not being able to play songs at all, after that - BAM, I can't physically log in anymore!

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  • I did a clean re-install of Spotify because I had issues with it not being able to play songs at all, after that - BAM, I can't physically log in anymore!
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it"I have tried all t...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now...
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Superuser Contribution Songs stuck at 0:00

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have an issue with playing music in the Spotify app on my PC (Windows).Some of the upcoming tracks in the queue get stuck at 0:00 and don’t play automatically. They only star...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have an issue with playing music in the Spotify app on my PC (Windows). Some of the upcoming...
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Superuser Contribution Fullscreen not showing any images

I'm on the desktop windows app and whenever I put the play into fullscreen mode it doesn't show and photo just a solid color even when i switch it from album art to artist photo nothing shows up. I've tried uninstalling, restarting, and refreshing da...

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  • I'm on the desktop windows app and whenever I put the play into fullscreen mode it doesn't show and photo just a solid color even when i switch it from album art to artist photo nothing shows up. I'v...
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Superuser Contribution Your Library cannot be expanded via mouse/keybinds beyond a certain point

Plan: Premium Country: US Device: Dell Desktop Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue: When I use Spotify on desktop, I like to keep my view split between the album/playlist on the right, and my library on the left. Now currently, the libr...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: US Device: Dell Desktop Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue:  When I use Spotify on desktop, I like to keep my view split between the alb...
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Superuser Contribution Jam link doesn't work - host has ended the Jam session error

Plan - Premium Country - USA Operating System Windows My Question or Issue Having trouble joining Jams. Both my friend and I have tried joining on separate accounts that we freshly made to test the issue, and both of ours say that the host has ended ...

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  • Plan - Premium Country - USA Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Having trouble joining Jams. Both my friend and I have tried joining on separate accounts that we fr...
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Superuser Contribution Main Search Bar Issue: Windows 10

@Joan, I'm using Windows 10 Pro 22H2 x64 Spotify version: 1.2.45 Edit: BTW, search bar doesn't work, but I can still search by pressing CTRL+K. That works

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  • @Joan, I'm using Windows 10 Pro 22H2 x64 Spotify version: 1.2.45   Edit: BTW, search bar doesn't work, but I can still search by pressing CTRL+K. That works  
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Superuser Contribution spotify is not working

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(PC)Operating System(Windows) My Question or Issue I recently ran into a problem that the spotify on my PC stopped working, nothing was playing, music was not playing, I cleaned the cache, but nothing helped

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device (PC) Operating System (Windows)   My Question or Issue  I recently ran into a problem that the spotify on my PC stopped working, nothing was playin...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution It constantly says I'm offline even though I have a secure internet connection

PlanFreeCountrySingaporeDeviceThe older Asus A45VOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIt's constantly saying I'm in "Offline Mode" and that I need to be online to access everything. (Error code:4). It says at the top "No internet connection...

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  •   Plan Free Country Singapore Device The older Asus A45V Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue It's constantly saying I'm in "Offline Mode" and that I need to be onl...
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BUG: odd extra entries in recent listening history & more ads played

PlanFreeCountryNetherlandsDevicePC HP - intel 3th gen processorOperating SystemWindows 10 Home My Question or Issuesee image. The 3 arrows on the right point to tracks not listened to nor skipped, they were added by Spotify without interaction from m...

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  • Plan Free Country Netherlands Device PC HP - intel 3th gen processor Operating System Windows 10 Home   My Question or Issue see image. The 3 arrows on the right point to tracks not li...
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Superuser Contribution High CPU usage on Desktop Windows client when "Now playing view" is visible

I have noticed high CPU usage when the "Now playing view" sidebar is visible, even when no music is actively playing. It is 100% reproducible. Closing the "Now playing view" makes CPU usage go down to 0% while idle.It uses 10% of my CPU (Intel i7-985...

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  • I have noticed high CPU usage when the "Now playing view" sidebar is visible, even when no music is actively playing. It is 100% reproducible. Closing the "Now playing view" makes CPU usage go down t...
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Auto starting even when disabled

Spotify is opening on startup. I have never had it set to auto start and auto-start is set to "No". I am using Windows 10.I have already gone to Edit > Preferences > [Show Advanced Settings] > Startup and Window Behavior > Open Spotify automatically ...

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  • Spotify is opening on startup. I have never had it set to auto start and auto-start is set to "No". I am using Windows 10. I have already gone to Edit > Preferences > ...
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Superuser Contribution can't shuffle my queue (new or existing)

I have a problem with the Shuffle function. Spotify 1.0.28.87 on Windows 10. My problem is that I have a queue that I want to shuffle, eg. I'm adding some random albums to my queue that I would like to listen to today. Then I hit the shuffle button, ...

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  • I have a problem with the Shuffle function.  Spotify 1.0.28.87 on Windows 10.    My problem is that I have a queue that I want to shuffle, eg. I'm adding some random albums to ...
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Superuser Contribution Previews of tracks (or Playlist-Preview, as I call it)

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or issue: The "Scroll through previews of tracks from this playlist" thingy is glitchy.The "Preview Pop-Up" has issues with its playback & scrolling, when I muted a song from the mu...

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  • Plan Premium Country India Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or issue:         The "Scroll through previews of tracks from this playlist" thingy is gl...
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Superuser Contribution Something went wrong try reloading the page

Device(PC)Operating System(Windows 11) My Question or IssueEvery page I go to in the Spotify app just wont work and say "Something went wrong try reloading the page" but music still plays and I have connection. It's been happening for 3 days. apparen...

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  •   Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 11)   My Question or Issue Every page I go to in the Spotify app just wont work and say "Something went wrong try reloading the page" but musi...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify doesnt play the next song on the playlist

PlanPremiunCountryNorwayDeviceAcer Aspire laptopOperating SystemWindows 11 Home My Question or IssueHiSo it seems you have changed the way playlists function. When I search for a song in a playlist (please see the attached screenshot), and I press pl...

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  •   Plan Premiun Country Norway Device Acer Aspire laptop Operating System Windows 11 Home   My Question or Issue Hi So it seems you have changed the way playlists function. When ...
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Superuser Contribution Video Podcasts make the screen go black

I've tried with and whiteout hardware acceleration. every time i turn on joe rogan the whole screen goes black and i have to CTRL+ALT+Delete out of it. very annoying, basically i can't watch video podcasts on desktop for some reason PlanPremiumCountr...

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  • I've tried with and whiteout hardware acceleration. every time i turn on joe rogan the whole screen goes black and i have to CTRL+ALT+Delete out of it.  very annoying, basically i can't watch vi...
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