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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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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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Spotify won't play the song I put into queue

For the last 3 days, Spotify on my PC has stopped playing the songs I put into the queue. It has no problem playing songs regularly but just won't play what I put into the queue. I've tried putting different songs into the queue in case it's the song...

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  • For the last 3 days, Spotify on my PC has stopped playing the songs I put into the queue. It has no problem playing songs regularly but just won't play what I put into the queue. I've tried putting d...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Error in Finnish translation

I have problem with translation. Poor customer service on email, no answer. Plan Premium Country Finland Device Windows Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The followers and folloeimg is wrong in Finnish on profile. When first, fo...

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  • I have problem with translation. Poor customer service on email, no answer.   Plan Premium Country Finland Device Windows Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Quest...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Volume adjust delayed

When adjusting the volume on the Spotify app, it no longer changes instantly like it used to. Instead it now is delayed by 3-4 seconds

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  • When adjusting the volume on the Spotify app, it no longer changes instantly like it used to. Instead it now is delayed by 3-4 seconds
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Superuser Contribution Spotify is agonisingly slow on desktop (windows 11)

Windows 11I've never had issues with spotify until recently, not even on Windows 11.Recently I pulled all my liked songs into a playlist, and also added my local songs to the playlist. After a lot of troubleshooting to get my local songs to work, thi...

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  • Windows 11 I've never had issues with spotify until recently, not even on Windows 11. Recently I pulled all my liked songs into a playlist, and also added my local songs to the playlist. After a ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify lagging/stuttering PC when on the Home screen

I had no issues with the desktop app for years, then suddenly about a month or so ago the issue started. When I launch Spotify, it lags the entire computer for several seconds, and the same thing can happen when tabbing back into the app after a whil...

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  • I had no issues with the desktop app for years, then suddenly about a month or so ago the issue started. When I launch Spotify, it lags the entire computer for several seconds, and the same thing can...
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Superuser Contribution My Spotify (Windows 11) stops working after one Song

I've performed several clean reinstalls and even tried downloading from different sources, but after restarting Spotify once after the download, it stops playing songs as soon as the first song ends.

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  • I've performed several clean reinstalls and even tried downloading from different sources, but after restarting Spotify once after the download, it stops playing songs as soon as the first song ends.
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Superuser Contribution Error: Spotify no puede reproducir esto en este momento (W10)

Hola, Estaba escuchando Spotify y de repente la canción se ha cortado, ha dejado de sonar y ha aparecido el error:Spotify no puede reproducir esto en este momento. Si tienes el archivo en el ordenador puedes importarlo.He probado a cerrar Spotify, a ...

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  • Hola,  Estaba escuchando Spotify y de repente la canción se ha cortado, ha dejado de sonar y ha aparecido el error: Spotify no puede reproducir esto en este momento. Si tienes el archivo en el...
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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."

PlanPremiumCountrySlovakia DeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI search for everything ..... but it doesnt work .... I just now rebuild my pc with new mother board cpu an rams And after i started pc i wanted to listen to spot...

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  • Plan Premium Country Slovakia   Device Computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I search for everything ..... but it doesnt work ....  I just now rebuild...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps connecting to other devices

PlanPremium Family CountryUnited StatesDeviceexperienced on IOS and Windows.Operating SystemIOS 1.10-∞ and windows everything. My Question or IssueWhen I try to play songs on one of my devices while another device connected to my wifi is playing, it ...

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  • Plan Premium Family  Country United States Device experienced on IOS and Windows. Operating System IOS 1.10-∞ and windows everything.   My Question or Issue When I try to play son...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution No sound in spotify for Windows

Hello, problem with my Spotify for Windows. No sound is produced by the software, while in other applications of the PC in question, the sound works normally. Acer Laptop Windows 10 Pro x64. If anyone would have solutions to this problem? Good day to...

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  • Hello, problem with my Spotify for Windows. No sound is produced by the software, while in other applications of the PC in question, the sound works normally. Acer Laptop Windows 10 Pro x64.   ...
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Superuser Contribution Download playlist onto PC

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDell PcOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have downloaded the app onto my desktop just now and I cannot download a playlist. I do not have the download icon at all.

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Dell Pc Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have downloaded the app onto my desktop just now and I cannot download a playlist. I do not ...
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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 can't play this song right now error on windows 10

spotify won't play songs on my windows 10 laptop only showing the generic error. the song hasnt been removed, it plays on my windows 11 pc and my phone

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  • spotify won't play songs on my windows 10 laptop only showing the generic error. the song hasnt been removed, it plays on my windows 11 pc and my phone
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Superuser Contribution spotify wont let me select songs or skip

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently when using my spotify on my PC whether it be the web browser or the app it wont let me select a song from a playlist, sometimes it occasionally lets me play a song b...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Recently when using my spotify on my PC whether it be the web browser or the app it wont let me se...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Volume control not working

Since about a week ago, i've had constant problems with the volume settings on spotify - at first, the songs randomly went on max volume for a few seconds, and then came back to normal, but now the volume slider completely stopped working. I can move...

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  • Since about a week ago, i've had constant problems with the volume settings on spotify - at first, the songs randomly went on max volume for a few seconds, and then came back to normal, but now the v...
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There is a bug on Windows whenever Spotify updates

Whenever I open the app and it updates automatically, it opens a second window rather than closing out the original. This creates a second icon on my task bar, which is quite bothersome to me. It goes away when I exit the program and reopen it. Attac...

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  • Whenever I open the app and it updates automatically, it opens a second window rather than closing out the original. This creates a second icon on my task bar, which is quite bothersome to me. It goe...
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Keep getting 'Something went wrong'

PlanFreeCountryBelgiumDeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi, recently i got an error message saying 'Something went wrong', which i was able to fix by resetting my network, a week later i get the same error. Is there any way...

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  • Plan Free Country Belgium Device Computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi, recently i got an error message saying 'Something went wrong', which i was able to fix ...
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Superuser Contribution Issue with Spotify Installation Hello everyone, I’ve been using the Spoti

Issue with Spotify InstallationHello everyone,I’ve been using the Spotify app for years. Recently, for some unknown reason, I had to reinstall the app. However, after the reinstallation, no shortcut was created on my PC.I had to struggle for a while ...

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  • Issue with Spotify Installation Hello everyone, I’ve been using the Spotify app for years. Recently, for some unknown reason, I had to reinstall the app. However, after the reinstallation, no s...
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Superuser Contribution How to fix "127.0.0.1 refused to connect." when trying to log in

I launch spotify and when I try to log in, it opens a window in my browser, when I click on "Continue to the app", it opens a new tab saying "This site can’t be reached127.0.0.1 refused to connect.Try:Checking the connectionChecking the proxy and the...

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  • I launch spotify and when I try to log in, it opens a window in my browser, when I click on "Continue to the app", it opens a new tab saying "This site can’t be reached 127.0.0.1 refused to connec...
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