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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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Superuser Contribution Mobile app not syncing with desktop app

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePC :20,0 Go ramPc ID 00325-80888-00365-AAOEM64 bitsPhone :Oppo Reno 2Android 11Operating SystemPc :Windows 10Phone :ColorOs App VersionPc :1.1.91.824.g07f1e963Phone :8.7.54.403My Question or IssueI've had an issue for a coup...

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  •   Plan Premium Country US Device PC : 20,0 Go ram Pc ID 00325-80888-00365-AAOEM 64 bits Phone : Oppo Reno 2 Android 11 Operating System Pc : Windows 10 Phone : ColorOs &nb...
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No Sound on spotify

Spoiler (Highlight to read)Help!Help!PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceLegion-5Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueSuddenly spotify got muted...System sound is fine..and spotify volume is also full but still...

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  • Help! Plan Free Country India Device Legion-5 Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Suddenly spotify got muted...System sound is fine..and spotify volume is also full but...
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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 ...

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  • 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 ...
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Spotify for windows desktop is randomly flickering/flashing

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePcOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro 64 bitMy Question or IssueI have the desktop app open on my second monitor, And as of the last couple days I notice it randomly flickering. Sometimes its only a small flicker in th...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Pc Operating System Windows 10 Pro 64 bit My Question or Issue I have the desktop app open on my second monitor, And as of the last couple days I no...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify playing the wrong playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUSAOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify keeps playing the wrong playlist when I try to play music. When I click on a playlist I want to listen to it will play the first song correctly but then switch over to an en...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify keeps playing the wrong playlist when I try to play music. When I click on a playlist I want to ...
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Superuser Contribution Local Files imported into favorite songs and can't remove them

PlanPremiumCountrygerDeviceHonor 8XOperating Systemwin10 My Question or IssueI imported my songs from my phone in spotify now i see a big number 500+ of songs in my favorite songs and i can't remove them properlyI can't see these imported songs on my...

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  •   Plan Premium Country ger Device Honor 8X Operating System win10   My Question or Issue I imported my songs from my phone in spotify now i see a big number 500+ of songs in my f...
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Superuser Contribution spotify can't play this right now ((Solved, look at the bottom for the solution.))

Plan: PremiumCountry: BelgiumDevice: DesktopOperating System: Windows 10My Question or IssueYesterday, I was able to play music just fine. Today, I try to play it and I get this error message. I tried all the suggestions I could find and none of them...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: Belgium Device: Desktop Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue Yesterday, I was able to play music just fine. Today, I try to play it and I get this error messa...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can I use my downloaded songs on Spotify Apps of other devices?

PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDeviceWindowsOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI moved the Spotify\Storage files to my PC and Spotify App couldn't read them, it overwrote all and started to download my songs all over again. I don't wanna wait for...

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  • Plan Premium Country Turkey Device Windows Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I moved the Spotify\Storage files to my PC and Spotify App couldn't read them, it overwrote all an...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify duplicates local files album art for art with the same artist

Plan: premiumDevices:Windows 10 Pro 21H2 (using installer, not windows 10 app, Version: Spotify for Windows 1.1.91.824.g07f1e963)Iphone 8+ on iOS 14.6 Version: 8.7.55.382 Issue:When importing local files into spotify, if 2 local files have the same a...

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  • Plan: premium Devices: Windows 10 Pro 21H2 (using installer, not windows 10 app, Version: Spotify for Windows 1.1.91.824.g07f1e963) Iphone 8+ on iOS 14.6 Version: 8.7.55.382   Issue: ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution What happened to the Lyrics?

PlanFreeCountryCanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueBack in December or January I noticed that lyrics made a return to Spotify by clicking a little microphone in the bottom right hand corner of the app, but for the last m...

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  • Plan Free Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Back in December or January I noticed that lyrics made a return to Spotify by clicking a litt...
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web player lyrics

PlanFreeCountry:kenya DeviceMacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports) Operating System(iOS 10) My Question or Issue Im having a problem with the web player for some reason i can't see the lyrics at all i have tried logging out of my accou...

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  • Plan Free Country:kenya   Device MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)  Operating System (iOS 10)   My Question or Issue   Im having a problem with the ...
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Bruh they took my lyric privileges

PlanFreeCountryUnited statesDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I used to be able to see lyrics like a few days ago now they gone, like it was a little microphone icon mkay and now its not there and im listening to the same so...

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  •   Plan Free Country United states Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10         My Question or Issue     I used to be able to see lyrics like a ...
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Solved!! Error 101!!!! I can't log in!!! =(

Hi. At first my spotify showed me that I was offline even tho I was connected to my internet and I have tried going onto different internet connections but I still couldnt connect so I decided to log off and tried logging back in and thats when this ...

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  • Hi. At first my spotify showed me that I was offline even tho I was connected to my internet and I have tried going onto different internet connections but I still couldnt connect so I decided to log...
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Superuser Contribution desktop app extremely slow on high end PC

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceCustom built PCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueSpotify is running extremely slow recently, stuff like lags and cut off, laggy/unusable time slider, loading pages slow or outright refusing to load them at a...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Custom built PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Spotify is running extremely slow recently, stuff like lags and cut off, laggy/unu...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify for desktop doesn't play songs and disappeared with my playlists

PlanFree/PremiumCountry BrazilDeviceSpotify Desktop for WindowsOperating SystemWindows 7 64 bits My Question or Issue I'm having problems on playing songs inside the app since days and doesn't matter how many times I reinstall, most songs are not pla...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country  Brazil Device Spotify Desktop for Windows Operating System Windows 7 64 bits   My Question or Issue  I'm having problems on playing songs inside th...
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Superuser Contribution Download button not showing on some playlists

Im a premium user and Im trying to download a playlist but the download switch doesn't appear for all playlists.I noticed that playlists I search for dont have the download switch but playlists showing in the left bar bellow my library do have the sw...

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  • Im a premium user and Im trying to download a playlist but the download switch doesn't appear for all playlists. I noticed that playlists I search for dont have the download switch but playlists s...
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Superuser Contribution Lyrics not appearing

PlanPremiumCountrySpain DeviceDesktop and mobile Operating SystemAndroid and Windows 11 My Question or IssueHi, since a few days, I'm not longer able to see the lyrics on the songs that I'm reproducing. Can you help me to get it back? Kind RegardsKas

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  • Plan Premium Country Spain   Device Desktop and mobile   Operating System Android and Windows 11   My Question or Issue Hi, since a few days, I'm not longer able to see the...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps on crashing

Sometimes it opens for a second then crahses multiple times but then other time it opens play stays open for a couple of minutes then crashes. I've tried many solutions and I checked debug and it gave me the message saying [0424/004703.811:WARNING:ta...

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  • Sometimes it opens for a second then crahses multiple times but then other time it opens play stays open for a couple of minutes then crashes. I've tried many solutions and I checked debug and it gav...
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Superuser Contribution lyrics dissapears

hi community..since few days ago, cant see the lyrics of the songs, any help? thanks

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  • hi community..since few days ago, cant see the lyrics of the songs, any help? thanks
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