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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2024-03-14 3:38:28 PM
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Rim4
Gig Goer
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-06-26 8:42:18 AM
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Nekse
Casual Listener
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-04-28 8:08:45 PM
2023-04-29 10:41:16 PM
MattSuda
Spotify Star
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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...

Goodman
Spotify Legend
2013-09-17 11:47:47 AM
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Connect] Remove the facebook panel

This is now mandatory for people who aren't interested in using it. Clicking the button opens a facebook login page which facebook uses to track, even if you are not a facebook member.My idea is to remove this forced feature from spotify. At the bare...

GubmentCheez
Regular
This is now mandatory for people who aren't interested in using it. Clicking the button opens a facebook login page which facebook uses to track, even if you are not a facebook member. My idea is to...
2020-12-07 6:40:37 AM
2021-10-08 5:40:20 AM
roosterooni
Newbie
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64 replies
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Connect
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Superuser Contribution Play Spotify music in Foobar?

I bought a Spotify premium subscription because it has some music I was struggling to find for sale elsewhere. However, migrating my existing collection to the Spotify player is proving to be impossible. I'm trying to migrate a ~13,000 song playlist,...

HerperSkerper
Newbie
I bought a Spotify premium subscription because it has some music I was struggling to find for sale elsewhere. However, migrating my existing collection to the Spotify player is provin...
2017-03-30 3:50:03 PM
2021-10-07 12:51:46 AM
gonzalojp76
Regular
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Joe Rogan Experience #1713 Mike Baker - stops playing around 49 min mark and get ads

Listening to "Joe Rogan Experience #1713 Mike Baker" and it stops playing around 49 min mark. Then some random ads for podcasts start even though I have Premium. Same thing happens on two different PCs (both Windows 10 and using Spotify App). How can...

nilsman73
Casual Listener
Listening to "Joe Rogan Experience #1713 Mike Baker" and it stops playing around 49 min mark. Then some random ads for podcasts start even though I have Premium. Same thing happens on two different P...
2021-10-06 9:39:30 PM
2021-10-07 7:54:50 PM
nilsman73
Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution My Spotify can't play music

PlanFree Operating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueFew days ago, my Spotify show the message that "Please turn off offline mode and try again" whenever I try to play any song. I don't have a premium account and have never use the offline mode f...

ToanNguyen
Casual Listener
Plan Free Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Few days ago, my Spotify show the message that "Please turn off offline mode and try again" whenever I try to pla...
2021-10-05 12:16:40 PM
2021-10-07 7:49:32 PM
MafeG
Spotify Legend
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Home screen

I've been a premium user for a while now, but there is one thing that is very annoying to me the more I think about it.The home screen, which is what shows up every time I start up spotify. It's so full of stuff that I just don't want to see. Is ther...

babyben
Casual Listener
I've been a premium user for a while now, but there is one thing that is very annoying to me the more I think about it. The home screen, which is what shows up every time I start up spotify. It's so...
2019-03-09 12:37:50 PM
2021-10-07 2:31:17 PM
Jeremy
Spotify Legend
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15 replies
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Album list not shown in search

PlanPremium CountryThe Netherlands/Happens in English and Dutch interface language. DeviceMS Surfacebook 2Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)**bleep** 2.11 GHzInstalled RAM 16,0 GBSystem type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processorOperating SystemEditio...

theobv
Regular
Plan Premium Country The Netherlands/ Happens in English and Dutch interface language. Device MS Surfacebook 2 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)**bleep** 2.11 GHz Installed RA...
2021-09-28 11:25:59 AM
2021-10-07 10:34:55 AM
Jeremy
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] "Remove from this playlist" by right-clicking on the song played does not work

PlanFree/PremiumCountryGermany DeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIf you right-click on the song that is playing at the moment, the option "Remove from this playlist" pops up. If you choose to click on it, nothing happens....

desvaters
Casual Listener
Plan Free/Premium Country Germany Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue If you right-click on the song that is playing at the moment, the option ...
2021-06-08 10:14:18 PM
2021-10-06 4:47:01 PM
Mihail
Spotify Legend
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13 replies
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Other] get rid of the Facebook bleep that appears on the u/i

need to find a way to get rid the Facebook **bleep**, friend activity, etc. that appears on the right hand side of the PC app U/I

DomPajot
Regular
need to find a way to get rid the Facebook **bleep**, friend activity, etc. that appears on the right hand side of the PC app U/I
2021-10-04 3:42:09 PM
2021-10-06 2:43:44 PM
DomPajot
Regular
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Superuser Contribution Unable to delete buggy playlist from Home Page.

I added a playlist long ago from 'Dune', but I want to get rid of it, however I am unable to delete it. Whenever I try to delete it in the desktop app, it says "Ooops, something went wrong". If I try to delete it on the Web Player it says it was de...

Ryudo300
Regular
I added a playlist long ago from 'Dune', but I want to get rid of it, however I am unable to delete it. Whenever I try to delete it in the desktop app, it says "Ooops, something went ...
2021-09-25 4:16:29 PM
2021-10-06 11:05:22 AM
Ver
Spotify Legend
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10 replies
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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."

PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI keep getting the above message whenever I try and play a song on the desktop app (it works fine on web browsers and my phone).I have reinstalled, changed speaker options, disabled har...

OddGoth
Newbie
Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I keep getting the above message whenever I try and play a song on the desktop app (it works fine on web browsers and my...
2020-06-30 8:26:35 PM
2021-10-05 8:16:46 PM
DonKombot
Visitor
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Solved!! [Solved] Why does spotify's windows search icon look bugged/glitched?

Hello , Updated Spotify (windows store edition) recently and when I searched for it from the windows start menu, it looked something like this (see attachment). Does anybody know why?Any info is appreciated. DeviceHP Laptop OS VersionWindows 10 20H2

mesub
Casual Listener
Hello 👋, Updated Spotify (windows store edition) recently and when I searched for it from the windows start menu, it looked something like this (see attachment). Does anybody know ...
2021-10-05 4:03:35 PM
2021-10-05 7:16:55 PM
Loxer
Community Legend
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Superuser Contribution Local Files folder will not show up at all on Windows desktop application.

PlanPremium CountryUnited States DeviceDell Inspiron 11-3147 (2014) Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo a couple of months ago, for some reason I opened up the Spotify app on Windows and the local files folder was completely gone. First...

jbyrd8230
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country United States Device Dell Inspiron 11-3147 (2014) Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue So a couple of months ago, for...
2021-10-01 10:13:04 PM
2021-10-05 1:22:01 AM
MafeG
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Taking up 10GB of my C drive.

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhy is Spotify taking up 10GB of my C drive in the Local Appdata's 'Data' folder? I have instructed any downloaded music to store in a different location. I have searched the ...

RW66
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Why is Spotify taking up 10GB of my C drive in the Local Appdata's 'Data' folder? I have instructed...
2020-09-02 5:16:37 PM
2021-10-04 7:59:48 PM
Sbanger
Visitor
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Superuser Contribution I deleted the Local Files Playlist, now Spotify won't make a new one

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceWindows ComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOut of frustration because my Local Files wasn't syncing, I deleted the Local Files playlist in the hopes Spotify would automatically create a new one and...

jbadaan95
Regular
Plan Premium Country Australia Device Windows Computer Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Out of frustration because my Local Files wasn't syncing, I deleted the Local ...
2021-10-03 5:22:41 AM
2021-10-04 6:55:36 PM
CarlosE
Moderator
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Solved!! Spotify unfollowing users/profiles

PlanPremium DeviceWindows PCMacbook ProOperating SystemWindows 10macOS Catalina My Question or IssueI recently noticed that the desktop apps are unfollowing users/profiles. I'm not sure if it just shows that a certain user profile is unfollowed or no...

AeroZ
Composer
Plan Premium Device Windows PC Macbook Pro Operating System Windows 10 macOS Catalina My Question or Issue I recently noticed that the desktop apps are unfollowing users/prof...
2021-09-03 11:39:31 PM
2021-10-04 1:44:00 PM
MattSuda
Spotify Star
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9 replies
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Discover weekly unavailable

Plan: PremiumCountry: FinlandDevice: PC/PhoneOperating System: Windows 10 Pro, Android 10 My Question or Issue: This week all of the songs on Discover weekly have been greyed out (=unavaible) on both devices. See image: Click!

slebbeog
Casual Listener
Plan: Premium Country: Finland Device: PC/Phone Operating System: Windows 10 Pro, Android 10 My Question or Issue: This week all of the songs on Discover weekly have been greyed out (=u...
2021-09-29 8:01:15 PM
2021-10-04 9:48:35 AM
slebbeog
Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution [Social] Remove "Connect with Facebook" banner on GUI.

Can you atleast make an option to remove the huge banner to "Connect with Facebook" ? For those that aren't using Facebook or don't want to connect their Spotify. It is taking up a huge part of the screen.

HenkKoning69
Visitor
Can you atleast make an option to remove the huge banner to "Connect with Facebook" ? For those that aren't using Facebook or don't want to connect their Spotify. It is taking up a huge part of the s...
2021-10-01 2:08:29 PM
2021-10-03 9:38:34 PM
CarlosE
Moderator
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2 replies
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Social

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Superuser Contribution PC Desktop version - search not working

Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice; Lenovo laptopOperating System; Windows 10My Question or IssueSince the update of 9-8-2021, search is not working on my desktop version. Uninstalling and reinstalling the software does not resolve the issue.

mannes2111
Casual Listener
Plan: Premium Country: USA Device; Lenovo laptop Operating System; Windows 10 My Question or Issue Since the update of 9-8-2021, search is not working on my desktop version. ...
2021-09-29 10:27:26 PM
2021-10-03 9:08:53 PM
Eni
Moderator
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4 replies
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Superuser Contribution No songs will play (This content is not available.)

Premium CountryAustralia DevicePC app Operating SystemWin 10 My Question or IssueAll songs are now showing up greyed out regardless of where I find them (ie. either an artist page or my own playlist). When I try to play them it states that the conten...

divlol
Casual Listener
Premium Country Australia Device PC app Operating System Win 10 My Question or Issue All songs are now showing up greyed out regardless of where I find them (i...
2021-10-02 12:33:21 PM
2021-10-03 8:02:12 PM
CarlosE
Moderator
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Problem with removing current playing song from My playlist

None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanPremiumCountrySlovakiaDeviceDell InspironOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello.Those informations are not maybe i...

Noguri
Roadie
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 Slovakia Device Dell Inspiron Operating System Wind...
2021-09-28 9:14:17 AM
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Ver
Spotify Legend
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