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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 Desktop app not being detected by Discord or Last.fm

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWindows 11My Question or IssueYesterday, I noticed that when using the Spotify desktop app, it wasn't displaying on my Discord profile nor were the songs I was playing showing up on my Last.fm profile....

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  •   Plan Free Country USA Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue Yesterday, I noticed that when using the Spotify desktop app, it wasn't displaying on my Disco...
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Superuser Contribution playlists work but if I want to listen to a single artist it wont play

On the desktop PC app, if I want to listen to any playlist it will play but if I want to listen to a single artist i.e. Doja Cat or Drake it wont play. It only buggs out on the desktop my phone and web browser work fine. I have tried to uninstall and...

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  • On the desktop PC app, if I want to listen to any playlist it will play but if I want to listen to a single artist i.e. Doja Cat or Drake it wont play. It only buggs out on the desktop my phone and w...
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Non trovo il tasto : "Condividi" su Spotify in PC desktop windov 10

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  • Non trovo il tasto : "Condividi" su Spotify in PC desktop windov 10
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Superuser Contribution Webplayer problems

Hello! I’m not a paying customer, I only use what’s for free. So I don’t want any service from you, I just want to help and point out some something.The web interface has some problems, partially very essential. Let’s show this on the example of Abov...

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  • Hello!   I’m not a paying customer, I only use what’s for free. So I don’t want any service from you, I just want to help and point out some something. The web interface has some problems, pa...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify desktop version audio cuts off when opening a Chrome tab for the first time

DeviceAsus G14Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhen I have music playing from the desktop application and go and open a chrome tab to browse the web, the audio cuts off and spotify says it cannot play this song. Fix for this is to have ...

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  • Device Asus G14 Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue When I have music playing from the desktop application and go and open a chrome tab to browse the web, the audio cuts off...
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Superuser Contribution win10,brave browser frontend

PlanFreeCountryindia Device(brave,windows)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issueon opening the home page the class name are also shown along the button namesimilar issue with user profile buttonsissue is same with and without brave shieldt...

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  • Plan Free Country india   Device (brave,windows) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue on opening the home page the class name are also shown along the button name...
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Superuser Contribution Songs out of order/missing from Liked Playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceDell LaptopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueHi all, The songs in my "Liked Songs" are displayed out of order or missing. When I click on a song to play, it plays the correct song, but when I look at the unshuffl...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   Device Dell Laptop Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Hi all,   The songs in my "Liked Songs" are displayed out of order or missing...
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Superuser Contribution cant play songs on pc app

I cannot play songs on pc app but when I open spotify in browser I can play and listen songs. How can I fix this.

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  • I cannot play songs on pc app but when I open spotify in browser I can play and listen songs. How can I fix this.
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Superuser Contribution Apparently Windows installed Spotify app without my permission

I spotted Spotify mysteriously running upon boot up, yet I never installed it-- ever. One theory: Sometimes if there are Windows updates, updates to apps can squeeze through. And maybe I always had the app installed and somehow a setting in it change...

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  • I spotted Spotify mysteriously running upon boot up, yet I never installed it-- ever.   One theory: Sometimes if there are Windows updates, updates to apps can squeeze through. And maybe I alw...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How to view downloaded songs on the Spotify desktop app?

When using the Spotify desktop app, I am unable to locate a section or folder where it has all of my downloaded songs. I have to scroll through my numerous playlists in order to find those marked with the green downloaded indicator. Am I missing some...

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  • When using the Spotify desktop app, I am unable to locate a section or folder where it has all of my downloaded songs. I have to scroll through my numerous playlists in order to find those marked wit...
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Spotify cannot play whole albums but allows to play playlists

This problem only exists while using Spotify on PC. While using it with iPhone it works perfectly.

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  • This problem only exists while using Spotify on PC. While using it with iPhone it works perfectly.
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Superuser Contribution Random Song Plays after 1 selected song

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWin 10 My Question or IssueWhenever I play a song or want to listen to an entire album, one song plays, then a random one. Here's an example: I wanted to listen to a Radiohead album. It played the first so...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Win 10   My Question or Issue Whenever I play a song or want to listen to an entire album, one song plays, then a random one...
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Menus in web player are showing object names rather than display names

Web player on chrome. Instead of Home, Search, Your Library, See All menus are showing as view.web-player-home, navbar.search, navbar.your-library, shelf.see-all

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  • Web player on chrome. Instead of Home, Search, Your Library, See All menus are showing as view.web-player-home, navbar.search, navbar.your-library, shelf.see-all
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Superuser Contribution Submitting ideas

I'm trying to find the place to submit a new idea for implementation to Spotify in the future, however, I can't find it and I've seen two people post the link to where to do so although I have no clue where the button is on the linked page to do it.O...

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  •   I'm trying to find the place to submit a new idea for implementation to Spotify in the future, however, I can't find it and I've seen two people post the link to where to do so although I hav...
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Superuser Contribution Not sorting podcasts properly

PlanPremiumCountryIrelandDevice(Samsung Galaxy Book Go)Operating System(Windows 11.) My Question or IssueSpotify doesn't properly sort my podcasts by recently added. The one at the end was last uploaded yesterday and one of them in the middle was Mar...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Ireland Device (Samsung Galaxy Book Go) Operating System (Windows 11.)   My Question or Issue Spotify doesn't properly sort my podcasts by recently added. ...
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Superuser Contribution Shuffle playlist in the desktop app is broken

Some o the songs in the shuffle playslist aren't there, in its place there a blank song with no name, no artist, no album, no nothing. And when the play list get to that song, spotify just stop playing completely.

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  • Some o the songs in the shuffle playslist aren't there, in its place there a blank song with no name, no artist, no album, no nothing. And when the play list get to that song, spotify just stop playi...
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Superuser Contribution App window not maintaining its size in Windows 10 w/ multiple screens

Hi,I have problem with the Windows 10 app behaving strangely, seems to be a bug, possibly due to my dual-screen setup. When I resize the window to fit my main screen (i.e. smaller than my screen), it only stays this size as long as it's not minimised...

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  • Hi, I have problem with the Windows 10 app behaving strangely, seems to be a bug, possibly due to my dual-screen setup.   When I resize the window to fit my main screen (i.e. smaller than my ...
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