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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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Playlist consistently shifting to another album

I created a new playlist yesterday. This playlist has 44 songs and 2 hr 51 min of music on it.No matter which song I choose to start the playlist from, following that song, it will start playing another album. Always the same album.To be specific, th...

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  • I created a new playlist yesterday.  This playlist has 44 songs and 2 hr 51 min of music on it. No matter which song I choose to start the playlist from, following that song, it will start play...
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Song history not on the queue

I listened to a bunch of songs on a Release Radar playlist yesterday, only to have the playlist reset today. When I click on "Queue" as instructed, the queue shows a mishmash of songs I played literally weeks ago on the PC only. I use a variety of de...

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  • I listened to a bunch of songs on a Release Radar playlist yesterday, only to have the playlist reset today. When I click on "Queue" as instructed, the queue shows a mishmash of songs I played litera...
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Songs keep breaking up

Hi, I am having problems with anything I play on my account. Every song just breaks up and stop like in a damage CD. Can you please help.thank you,

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  • Hi,    I am having problems with anything I play on my account. Every song just breaks up and stop like in a damage CD. Can you please help. thank you, 
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can't login

Hello, Last week this sweet Spotify desktop app said that "you are offline" but I had my internet connection without any problem. Then I logged out from it to connect with my account again, but couldn't do it. When I click to "Connect with Facebook" ...

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  • Hello,   Last week this sweet Spotify desktop app said that "you are offline" but I had my internet connection without any problem. Then I logged out from it to connect with my account ag...
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Spotify Unlimited doesnt work anymore

I'm an old spotify-user with an unlimited account, for whom I pay 4,99 € every month . A couple of weeks ago, the account starts to break down while playing music or won't start to play from the beginning. Now there is no way to play some music and s...

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  • I'm an old spotify-user with an unlimited account, for whom I pay 4,99 € every month . A couple of weeks ago, the account starts to break down while playing music or won't start to play from the begi...
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Issues with SpotifyHelper when i click on New releases

When i click on New releases it is slow then they appear then the pop up appears, it only seems to be on the New releases section. Does anyone have any ideas, I am using the latest version as it appears to tell me every 2 days to restart to get the l...

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  • When i click on New releases it is slow then they appear then the pop up appears, it only seems to be on the New releases section. Does anyone have any ideas, I am using the latest version as it appe...
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Can't play music directly from an album in my library

I don't know if I am the only one having trouble with this one particular bug. But ones I want to play a song directly from an album in my library, it doesn't work.I assume it is a bug, and it is kinda annoying. Cause each and every time I have to go...

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  • I don't know if I am the only one having trouble with this one particular bug. But ones I want to play a song directly from an album in my library, it doesn't work. I assume it is a bug, and it is k...
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Spotify Web Player not working

I can log into the webplayer, but as soon as I click on a album, playlist, etc, the whole web player page turns gray, while normally it would display a list of songs. Does anyone know what might be the problem?

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  • I can log into the webplayer, but as soon as I click on a album, playlist, etc, the whole web player page turns gray, while normally it would display a list of songs. Does anyone know what might be t...
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Windows Store for Desktop not a Business App

Hi,I'd like to allow users to install Spotify (desktop version) from the Windows Store, but we have it locked down to only business approved apps. Although Spotify for mobile is listed and can be added to a business store, Spotify for desktop can't b...

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  • Hi, I'd like to allow users to install Spotify (desktop version) from the Windows Store, but we have it locked down to only business approved apps. Although Spotify for mobile is listed and can be a...
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Solved!! Queue: all albums of an artist are added to the queue

I use version 1.0.77.338.g758ebd78 on Windows. For a few days (might be since I upgraded to this version, but I'm not sure), I've been having the following problem:whenever I go to an album and click the Play button, ALL THE ALBUIMS FROM THIS ARTIST ...

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  • I use version 1.0.77.338.g758ebd78 on Windows. For a few days (might be since I upgraded to this version, but I'm not sure), I've been having the following problem: whenever I go to an album an...
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Superuser Contribution Skipping issue with just an album

Hey Spotify Community!So I've had this problem for the last couple months. Everything in my Spotify works just fine, except for Mac Miller's album "The Divine Feminine". Every song in that album plays like it's a scratched cd, it skips and songs are ...

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  • Hey Spotify Community! So I've had this problem for the last couple months. Everything in my Spotify works just fine, except for Mac Miller's album "The Divine Feminine". Every song in that album pl...
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Shuffle is broken

[Premium, Windows 10 64-bit, Desktop App] I've been having trouble lately with listening to a playlist on shuffle. If I add new songs to the playlist and then go to listen to it on shuffle, it will play a lot of newly added songs first. This is reall...

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  • [Premium, Windows 10 64-bit, Desktop App]   I've been having trouble lately with listening to a playlist on shuffle. If I add new songs to the playlist and then go to listen to it on shuffle, ...
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Solved!! I don't want to see my countries musics in Discover

I dislike my countries musics and I don't want to see them in my discover. Seems like only way is change your country from settings but I can't because I am premium member, should I cancel my premium for change country and continue from Free account?...

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  • I dislike my countries musics and I don't want to see them in my discover. Seems like only way is change your country from settings but I can't because I am premium member, should I cancel my premium...
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Spotify familiar (varios perfiles en un mismo dispositivo)

Buenos dias, tengo una cuenta familiar, queria saber como puedo hacer para que en la computadora de mi casa como en la tablet familiar, la que usamos cuando salimos esten todos los perfiles, ya que esa computadora es usada por todos como tambien la t...

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  • Buenos dias, tengo una cuenta familiar, queria saber como puedo hacer para que en la computadora de mi casa como en la tablet familiar, la que usamos cuando salimos esten todos los perfiles, ya que e...
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Playback stops when playback device becomes not available

Windows desktop clientWin 10Playback devices : BT headset, Connected headset, Display outputs * 2 not in use. When using Bluetooth headset to listen to music on spotify and turning the headset of Spotify client will says "Can't play the current song....

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  • Windows desktop client Win 10 Playback devices : BT headset, Connected headset, Display outputs * 2 not in use.   When using Bluetooth headset to listen to music on spotify and turning the h...
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Home Screen Is Blank - Windows Desktop

In the past couple of days when I start Spotify on my desktop my Home screen is completely blank (see image). I have disabled hardware accelleration, and everything else I can remotely find online to resolve the issue, to no avail. Any other suggesti...

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  • In the past couple of days when I start Spotify on my desktop my Home screen is completely blank (see image).  I have disabled hardware accelleration, and everything else I can remotely find onl...
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Phone is on WiFi, PC is on Ethernet

If my pc is connected via Ethernet and my phone is connected via WiFi will I still be able to sync my local files to my Phone?

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  • If my pc is connected via Ethernet and my phone is connected via WiFi will I still be able to sync my local files to my Phone? 
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Can't delete playlist

4 moths ago, i've followed the spotify playlist from One Love Manchaster. Now it's named : "Wird geladen ... • von Spotify" (german) and i can't delete/unfollow this playlist. Any ideas ?

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  • 4 moths ago, i've followed the spotify playlist from One Love Manchaster.   Now it's named : "Wird geladen ... • von Spotify" (german) and i can't delete/unfollow this playlist.   Any i...
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