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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 Spotify lagging and making games lag, only when playing games!

My old crappy computer used to play spotify fine when playing full-screen online games. Upgraded my rig last week and now a few days ago I noticed it starts stuttering when I start playing a game and now it not only stutters but also makes the game l...

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  • My old crappy computer used to play spotify fine when playing full-screen online games. Upgraded my rig last week and now a few days ago I noticed it starts stuttering when I start playing a game and...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Upload someone else's music

I want to upload some music by an artist which is not available on Spotify. It was not officially released. However almost all his albums are already there. I do not want to make money by uploading the music. I want all the revenue generated to go to...

  • Roadie
  • I want to upload some music by an artist which is not available on Spotify. It was not officially released. However almost all his albums are already there. I do not want to make money by uploading t...
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Solved!! Too many buttons that do the same thing

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceWindows LaptopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueThere are too many buttons that do the same thing (at least when playing a video), which makes the interface unnecessarily convoluted and busy. There a...

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  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Windows Laptop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue There are too many buttons that do the same thing (at least when playing a ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Thank you for fullscreen album art!

I don't have an issue, but instead a thank you to share, and didn't know where else to leave it. I have the new full screen album art feature in the Windows desktop app (1.2.60.564.gcc6305cb). I was waiting for this for a long time, and I am happy th...

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  • I don't have an issue, but instead a thank you to share, and didn't know where else to leave it.   I have the new full screen album art feature in the Windows desktop app (1.2.60.564.gcc6...
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Solved!!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 Why does Spotify on PC suck so bad?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI'm just here to complain about Spotify on PC in vain hopes that they might one day make it a...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I'm jus...
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Superuser Contribution Daylists not updating nicely when listening on a connected device.

PlanPremium CountryUnited Kingdom Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssuePressing play on a daylist when playing through a connected device causes the daylist that was last started on that device to play, instead of the updated one. Currently...

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  • Plan Premium   Country United Kingdom   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Pressing play on a daylist when playing through a connected device causes the dayli...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Installed Sound Blaster Audigy Fx V2 for Desktop. No speaker or headphone sound now.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWin11 My Question or IssueSpotify won't play on Windows after installing a new Sound Blaster. The error message is "Spotify can't play this right now (etc..)After researching and trying all the fixes here ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Win11   My Question or Issue Spotify won't play on Windows after installing a new Sound Blaster. The error message is "Spotify can...
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Superuser Contribution Playback automatically stops after every second song

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktop (PotiPlex AIO Plus 7410) Operating SystemWindows 11 24H2 My Question or IssueUsing the desktop app or the browser player (in chrome), in any playlist, whether on shuffle or not, the player on the bottom of the wi...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop (PotiPlex AIO Plus 7410)  Operating System Windows 11 24H2   My Question or Issue Using the desktop app or the browser player (in chrome...
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Offline storage location resets after reboot

Using a mapped drive as an Offline storage location gets reset to the default location after the computer reboots. Steps to ReproduceMap a Network Drive to a letter.Go to Spotify and change "Offline storage location" to your mapped drive.Wait for all...

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  • Using a mapped drive as an Offline storage location gets reset to the default location after the computer reboots.   Steps to Reproduce Map a Network Drive to a letter. Go to Spotify and ch...
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Mute Not Persisting While Swiping in Playlist Preview (PC App)

Hey, I noticed that when swiping between videos in playlist preview on the PC app, the current video mutes correctly, but the next one plays unmuted, which doesn't reflect the volume unmute icon. This issue only happens on the PC app, it works fine o...

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  • Hey, I noticed that when swiping between videos in playlist preview on the PC app, the current video mutes correctly, but the next one plays unmuted, which doesn't reflect the volume unmute icon. Thi...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Play only one Song from a List

Hi there,how can I play only one song when i'm e.g. in an album or a playlist?When I doubleclick the song, the rest of the tracks will be played, too.Please don't tell me, it's not possible...

  • Music Fan
  • Hi there, how can I play only one song when i'm e.g. in an album or a playlist? When I doubleclick the song, the rest of the tracks will be played, too. Please don't tell me, it's not possible...
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Solved!! Liked Songs not updating if i update then on a different device

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceWindows NotebookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIf i like a song on any device other than the specific windows laptop, the liked songs playlist do not update on the Windows App. Even if i start the playli...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Windows Notebook Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue If i like a song on any device other than the specific windows laptop, the liked...
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Superuser Contribution Volume control lost support for USB output

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI had not updated my Spotify version since the UI redesign (1.2.8) until yesterday.After installing the newest version, I noticed that through my Razer USB sound card drivers ...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I had not updated my Spotify version since the UI redesign (1.2.8) until yesterday. After installi...
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Superuser Contribution 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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  • 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 customiz...
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Superuser Contribution Podcast plays in reverse order

PlanFreeCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThere are already a lot of threads about this. But this bug is still not fixed yet. Podcasts always play in reverse order. (new to old)But i want to hear them from old to ne...

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  • Plan Free Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue There are already a lot of threads about this. But this bug is still not fixed yet.  Podcas...
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Spotify Sound Keeps Fluctuating, Getting Louder and Quieter

For a while now, the Spotify program's volume frequently fluctuates from loud to soft throughout all of the songs I try to play. It's gotten to the point where I am unable to listen to music without constantly adjusting my sound.

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  • For a while now, the Spotify program's volume frequently fluctuates from loud to soft throughout all of the songs I try to play. It's gotten to the point where I am unable to listen to music without ...
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Superuser Contribution Screen freeze after dimming and switching devices

Hello,I am experiencing an issue with Spotify on my desktop version (Windows 11). When listening to music in the background and the screen dims, if I switch to another device while the music is still playing, the screen remains black and does not go ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello, I am experiencing an issue with Spotify on my desktop version (Windows 11). When listening to music in the background and the screen dims, if I switch to another device while the music is sti...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify crashing my display for a few seconds

Hi there, I have the windows store version of spotify and everytime use it I get a small display crash for a few seconds. It seems to mainly effect canvas songs and when this is not enabled I get a small amount of artifacting when opening and closing...

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  • Hi there,   I have the windows store version of spotify and everytime use it I get a small display crash for a few seconds. It seems to mainly effect canvas songs and when this is not enabled ...
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Superuser Contribution Webplayer artist Songs list won't play next automatically

Plan PremiumCountry USADevice: Windows 11 My Question or IssueI want to look up an artist then play all their songs in whatever order Spotify happens to show them in (I don't see a shuffle button there but the songs already look mixed so I just click...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device: Windows 11     My Question or Issue I want to look up an artist then play all their songs in whatever order Spotify happens to show them in (I do...
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