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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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't play song on PC but works on Phone

PlanPremiumCountryEnglandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Home My Question or IssueI am trying to listen to some songs on spotify but whenever I go to play one on my computer I get this message "Spotify can't play this song right now. If you have t...

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  •   Plan Premium Country England Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Home   My Question or Issue I am trying to listen to some songs on spotify but whenever I go to play one on m...
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Superuser Contribution Smart playlists repeating the same song multiple times in a Row

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11IssueWhen listening to a smart playlist (like a Daily Mix), I encountered a strange issue where a song is repeating multiple times (in my case, 29 times in a row) before the playlist returned ...

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  • Plan Premium Country France Device PC Operating System Windows 11 Issue When listening to a smart playlist (like a Daily Mix), I encountered a strange issue where a song is repeating multipl...
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Windows 10 Desktop App doesnt sync favourites Playlist

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyOperating SystemiOS 18.3.1, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 11 Home My Question or IssueHello all,i use Spotify on multiple devices but discovered an issue with the Desktop Version on my Windows 10 Pc. Since about February, the Favou...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Operating System iOS 18.3.1, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 11 Home   My Question or Issue Hello all, i use Spotify on multiple devices but discovered an issue wit...
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Superuser Contribution Unable to dislike any song

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI am a new user on my family plan. When songs are being played automatically and I don't like one, there is no way for me to say that I do not like the song and do not want to...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I am a new user on my family plan.  When songs are being played automatically and I don't like...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Recent Searches do not show songs anymore.

PlanFreeCountryIndia DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue1 month ago I updated my Spotify on my pc and my android phone and recent searches do not show songs anymore. I can search and play the songs but it is not stored in the rece...

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  • Plan Free Country India   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue 1 month ago I updated my Spotify on my pc and my android phone and recent searches do not s...
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Desktop App so buggy

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe Desktop App is so buggy. It installs everytime I have to open it (long term issue, never fixed). Today, I could not play a lot of song as apparently they were ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Germany Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The Desktop App is so buggy. It installs everytime I have to open it (long te...
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Superuser Contribution Phone keeps hijacking session

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceHP Laptop, Pixel 9 Pro XLOperating SystemWindows 11, Android Latest My Question or IssueI listen to Spotify on my desktop all day. Recently I started having an issue where if I unlock my phone to check a text or whatever, S...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device HP Laptop, Pixel 9 Pro XL Operating System Windows 11, Android Latest   My Question or Issue I listen to Spotify on my desktop all day. Recently I start...
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Superuser Contribution Accessibility: Major issue, can't navigate playlist view with screen reader

None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueA major accessibility issue appeared suddenly t...

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  • None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Computer Operating System Windows 11 ...
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Superuser Contribution Song counter does not match playlist vs. add to a playlist view

PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDeviceWindows laptop and Android phoneOperating SystemAndroid 14 and Windows 11 My Question or IssueSong counter does not match in one of my playlists. All unavailable songs are shown. In a playlist view it says clearly 7738 ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Finland Device Windows laptop and Android phone Operating System Android 14 and Windows 11   My Question or Issue Song counter does not match in one of my playlist...
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Superuser Contribution Playlists and lyrics not displaying (it shows "couldn't find playlist")

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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impossible to start listenning music both pc and web

Premium familyCountryFranceDevicepcOperating Systemwindows 11 / Firefox/brave/opera My Question or Issuesince 3 days, after an update of the app, my spotify is not working. I can connect in app (with google email) and web player. After is more compli...

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  • Premium family Country France Device pc Operating System windows 11 / Firefox/brave/opera   My Question or Issue since 3 days, after an update of the app, my spotify is not working. I c...
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Spotify web app logs me out every time i restart my pc

Every time I open the Spotify web app it logs me and ask forces me to authenticate my profile via email every time I log out of my pc. I am unable to use the Spotify application so this is the only way.PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWindows 11 PC

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  • Every time I open the Spotify web app it logs me and ask forces me to authenticate my profile via email every time I log out of my pc. I am unable to use the Spotify application so this is the only w...
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Superuser Contribution Typing into search bar pause the song

PlanPremiumCountryGermany DeviceHPOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueSince 2 or 3 days I have a super annoying issue on Desktop App:basically everytime I am typing in the search bar, the song paused.It makes my user experience terrible.

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  •   Plan Premium Country Germany   Device HP Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Since 2 or 3 days I have a super annoying issue on Desktop App: basically e...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How to permanently turn off smart shuffle?

PlanPremiumCountryPolandOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI just noticed that a new "smart shuffle mode" putting unwanted "smart recommendations" in my queue was added to my desktop app. How to turn it off permanently or at least make th...

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  • Plan Premium Country Poland Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I just noticed that a new "smart shuffle mode" putting unwanted "smart recommendations" in my queue was add...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution 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...

Start Jam Menu - Desktop App.png Queue Right Sidebar.png
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  • Spotify is bringing Jam to the desktop app! 🥳 🖥️ 💻 Now you can start or join a listening party with your friends, family, colleagues, and classmates, with the Spotify desktop app in ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution External monitors disconnect when opening Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesOperating SystemWindows10 My Question or IssueWhenever Spotify is active my monitors will constantly disconnect and reconnect (and my bluetooth mouse). This happens with the web player, the desktop app, and on webpages ...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Operating System Windows10   My Question or Issue Whenever Spotify is active my monitors will constantly disconnect and reconnect (and my bluetooth mou...
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Superuser Contribution Daylists not updating nicely when listening on a connected device.

PlanPremium CountryUnited Kingdom Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssuePressing play on a daylist when playing through a connected device causes the daylist that was last started on that device to play, instead of the updated one. Currently...

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  • Plan Premium   Country United Kingdom   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Pressing play on a daylist when playing through a connected device causes the dayli...
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How to install Spotify machine wide from powershell?

I would like to be able to push the Spotify install to users trough our RMM system, this as users are not allowed to install software them selves.I have basically tried everything, and from our standpoint right now, the installer is getting run by "N...

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  • I would like to be able to push the Spotify install to users trough our RMM system, this as users are not allowed to install software them selves. I have basically tried everything, and from our s...
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