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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 [Bug] [New UI] Volume Slider Jumps Around

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceDell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620Operating SystemEdition Windows 11 ProVersion 22H2Installed on ‎10/‎6/‎2022OS build 22621.1702Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22641.1000.0Spotify VersionSpotify for Windows1.2.11.916.g...

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  • Plan Free Country USA Device Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 Operating System Edition Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2 Installed on ‎10/‎6/‎2022 OS build 22621.1702 Experience Windows Feature Experi...
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Superuser Contribution Local files option doesn't appear in my settings/privacy list

I want to be able to see the local music files on my hard drive in my Spotify account but my settings/privacy list no longer shows the local files option and one track I linked into the account a few days ago is now greyed out.

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  • I want to be able to see the local music files on my hard drive in my Spotify account but my settings/privacy list no longer shows the local files option and one track I linked into the account a few...
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Superuser Contribution Re: Songs going silent on desktop (web browser version)

Moderator edit: Asus x415 Operating System Windows 11 I've seen this exact issue talked about on the android app, but nothing on desktop. Whilst playing songs, the audio will randomly stop, whilst the bar below the pause button acts like the audio is...

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  • Moderator edit: Asus x415 Operating System Windows 11   I've seen this exact issue talked about on the android app, but nothing on desktop. Whilst playing songs, the audio will ran...
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Superuser Contribution I'm using https://open.spotify.com/ -- but I can't see the search box.

1) I cant' find the search box on https://open.spotify.com/2) I looked at https://community.spotify.com/t5/FAQs/Search-filter-and-sort-in-Spotify/ta-p/46497893) The link to https://open.spotify.com/browse/ returns "Page not found".Many thanks for any...

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  • 1) I cant' find the search box on https://open.spotify.com/ 2) I looked at https://community.spotify.com/t5/FAQs/Search-filter-and-sort-in-Spotify/ta-p/4649789 3) The link to https://open.spotify.c...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution My volume is too low

Even though i make my volume max the music volume is too low and this only happens on my pc in my phone its perfectly fine

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  • Even though i make my volume max the music volume is too low and this only happens on my pc in my phone its perfectly fine
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Annoying advertising

Lately spotify app on windows has gotten me so **bleep**ing mad, I don't know if I'm the only one who has these problems:1. Excess of ads: When I first downloaded spotify it used to play an audio advertisement about every seven songs, but it was only...

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  • Lately spotify app on windows has gotten me so **bleep**ing mad, I don't know if I'm the only one who has these problems: 1.  Excess of ads: When I first downloaded spotify it used to play an a...
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Superuser Contribution Webplayer Issues Again

Seems as though the webplayer is having issues again like it did the end of last year. It says it can't play certain tracks, then skips many tracks, then plays a song for 8 secs and then stops but the progress bar keeps going. I've tried all the thin...

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  • Seems as though the webplayer is having issues again like it did the end of last year. It says it can't play certain tracks, then skips many tracks, then plays a song for 8 secs and then stops but th...
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Solved!! The spotify app does not open

PlanPremiumCountry BRAZILDeviceSAMSUNG COMPUTEROperating System Windows 10My Question or Issue Hi, I'm having trouble opening the spotify app. When I click to open an error message appears. I already tried to reinstall, but it did not work.

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  •   Plan Premium Country  BRAZIL Device SAMSUNG COMPUTER Operating System  Windows 10 My Question or Issue  Hi, I'm having trouble opening the spotify app. When I click to...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Stops Playing Music

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceAll devicesOperating SystemAll My Question or IssueIf I am playing music from a playlist, then hop into a Daily Mix playlist and click a track to play, it stops the music I was listening to and doesn't attempt to play th...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device All devices Operating System All   My Question or Issue If I am playing music from a playlist, then hop into a Daily Mix playlist and click a track t...
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Superuser Contribution Loudness consistency between normal / preview on desktop, W10

PlanPremiumCountryFRDevicedesktop pcOperating SystemSpotify for Windows (64 bit)1.2.61.443.gc51c574bMy Question or IssueHello Spotify makers,the loudness is not consistant between normal and preview mode. It is much louder and furthermore not changea...

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  • Plan Premium Country FR Device desktop pc Operating System Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.61.443.gc51c574b My Question or Issue Hello Spotify makers, the loudness is not consistant betwe...
  • Joan
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Unable to authenticate from Spotify app (Windows 11)

Installed Spotify on Windows 11. Clicked login, message appears 'redirecting to your browser' - the message 'Illegal Scope' appears. No idea why, not a useful error message. Login to spotify.com works fine. Sigh

  • Casual Listener
  • Installed Spotify on Windows 11.  Clicked login, message appears 'redirecting to your browser' - the message 'Illegal Scope' appears.   No idea why, not a useful error message.   L...
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Superuser Contribution Discover Weekly Constantly Bad

Every week, I make it a priority to listen to my discover weekly and mark the songs I don't like, but last year I made a playlist full of "meme songs" aka songs I wouldn't listen to normally, and I played it with my friends in the car as a joke once,...

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  • Every week, I make it a priority to listen to my discover weekly and mark the songs I don't like, but last year I made a playlist full of "meme songs" aka songs I wouldn't listen to normally, and I p...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify not playing next song

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceHP Laptop ElitebookOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueSince a couple of days ago my spotify has been acting very weird. Everytime i turn on my playlist and dont shuffle it it stops randomly. I thought th...

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device HP Laptop Elitebook Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Since a couple of days ago my spotify has been acting very weird. Everyti...
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Superuser Contribution The app won't let me play my music. What do I do?

It works on the web browser and my phone, but not the app on my laptop. It's a shame because I always use it on my laptop, but it hasn't worked for a week. I tried uninstalling it, logging out and in, restarted my computer, but none of it has worked.

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  • It works on the web browser and my phone, but not the app on my laptop. It's a shame because I always use it on my laptop, but it hasn't worked for a week. I tried uninstalling it, logging out and in...
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[Desktop] Sort by Song Length

While there is a song-length column on the desktop version of Spotify, clicking the icon does not sort your songs, unlike the other columns. There should be an option that allows you to sort your music by the length of your songs.

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  • While there is a song-length column on the desktop version of Spotify, clicking the icon does not sort your songs, unlike the other columns. There should be an option that allows you to sort your mus...
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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 Failed to load URL at the bottom of Setting Page

PlanFreeCountryCanadaOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueHi there, I was trying to change the advanced setting and faced an error at the bottom of the Setting pageit says "Failed to load URL https://d5ecgvacntsb3.cloudfront.net/test-ads/dyn...

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  • Plan Free Country Canada Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi there, I was trying to change the advanced setting and faced an error at the bottom of the Setting page ...
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Superuser Contribution Cant log in using email/username and password

Plan Premium Country Device Windows, iPad 3, Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I cannot log into the application but I can log into the browser. When i type in the email and password it says it is not recog...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Windows, iPad 3,  Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I cannot log into the applicati...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Mini Player button not appearing/working

I got a prompt today to try out the mini player that was recently added yet there is no button to enable this feature and after searching around it should be between the volume bar and fullscreen button yet it doesnt appear. I have freshly reinstalle...

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  • I got a prompt today to try out the mini player that was recently added yet there is no button to enable this feature and after searching around it should be between the volume bar and fullscreen but...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify not showing album covers

Hi, so i have an issue where album covers are not showing and downloading, I'm using Spotify that I downloaded from the Spotify site also I'm running on windows 11.

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  • Hi, so i have an issue where album covers are not showing and downloading, I'm using Spotify that I downloaded from the Spotify site also I'm running on windows 11.
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