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Jam now available on Desktop

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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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. The Now Playing View in the right sidebar shows the album art and info of the current song or pod...

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  • MattSuda
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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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Solved!! Spotify free: Music stops on MAC

Edited: Thank you very much everyone for helping! Finally I managed to correct the error and the steps are those that DerpyNerd offered and highlighted as a solution. Hi! I have a MacBook Pro, and for a week now I have a problem with the desktop app....

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  • bfteach
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[Mac] Troubleshooting Spotify

Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before. So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Tip: Don't forget to check our Spo...

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Favourite, Like or Star a song?

Hi all, I have tried to do some forum searching but all the topics I come across are from 2014, so, here goes; Very. very new to Spotify migrating over from Google Music where you could 'thump up' specific songs you like a feature that appears to be ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi all,   I have tried to do some forum searching but all the topics I come across are from 2014, so, here goes;   Very. very new to Spotify migrating over from Google Music where you c...
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Spotify on OS X doesn't restore as a full screen app [BUG]

I tried to file this in the bug topic, but it wouldn't let me create a new post. On the redesigned Spotify (black interface) OS X desktop app, it no longer restores as a full screen app. In the previous version(s) if it was a full screened app, you q...

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  • I tried to file this in the bug topic, but it wouldn't let me create a new post.   On the redesigned Spotify (black interface) OS X desktop app, it no longer restores as a full screen app. I...
  • danmandle
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Create similar playlist

Hi, unfortunately the function "create a similar playlist" (maybe not the exact translation into English) when you perform a right click on one of your playlists does not work any more. I click on it and wait, but nothing happens. Does anybody know w...

  • Newbie
  • Hi,   unfortunately the function "create a similar playlist" (maybe not the exact translation into English) when you perform a right click on one of your playlists does not work any more. I cl...
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Can I import the offline songs that I backed up?

I recently moved abroad to a country where all internet access is paid for per GB. Before I left, I had 15GB of downloaded/offline music which I backed up on an external hard drive just by copying over the folder that it was stored in. After getting ...

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  • I recently moved abroad to a country where all internet access is paid for per GB. Before I left, I had 15GB of downloaded/offline music which I backed up on an external hard drive just by copying ov...
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Local mp3 files aren't syncing to iPhone 6

My local mp3 files can be played on spotify on my computer but not on the iPhone 6. They show up along with the other files being synced for offline play, but they are grayed out and not able to be played. How can I fix this problem?

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  • My local mp3 files can be played on spotify on my computer but not on the iPhone 6. They show up along with the other files being synced for offline play, but they are grayed out ...
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spotify keeps saving songs on its own?

Im having a problem where I'll be listening to spotify, and then the song will stop and multiple Spotify Media Players will pop up and several songs will line up to start playing. I've had songs, albums, and playlists saved afterwards that I've never...

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  • Im having a problem where I'll be listening to spotify, and then the song will stop and multiple Spotify Media Players will pop up and several songs will line up to start playing. I've had songs, alb...
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REMOVE TOUCH BAR ICON!

This is so infuriating, and I'm hoping theres a way (via plist files or whatever) to fix it... Spotify force-adds an icon to the 'collapsed' view of the clamshell view of the touch bar (the one you can customize). This wouldn't be bad if their custom...

  • Casual Listener
  • This is so infuriating, and I'm hoping theres a way (via plist files or whatever) to fix it...   Spotify force-adds an icon to the 'collapsed' view of the clamshell view of the touch bar (the ...
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This track is unavailable. If it's on your computer, you can try to import it again.

There are two tracks (at least that I know of), which Spotify was able to play in the beginning. However, since a few days, I can't play them anymore. They do appear in my list of Local Files and there's no problem of playing them with any other kind...

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  • There are two tracks (at least that I know of), which Spotify was able to play in the beginning. However, since a few days, I can't play them anymore. They do appear in my list of Local Files and the...
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Solved!! Fel användare visas

När jag skulle gå in på Spotify via min frus mobil, så använde jag mina inloggningsuppgifter. Troligen har jag sagt ja på fel ställe, för nu visas alltid hennes Facebookprofilbild uppe i högerhörnet, när jag är inloggad på Spotify med mina uppgifter,...

  • Casual Listener
  • När jag skulle gå in på Spotify via min frus mobil, så använde jag mina inloggningsuppgifter. Troligen har jag sagt ja på fel ställe, för nu visas alltid hennes Facebookprofilbild uppe i högerhörnet,...
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An Awesome Spotify Extension!

Hi everyone! I made an extension for Spotify that allows you to bind your own custom global hotkeys to control Spotify when not in focus. It really made my listening experience a lot better, so I figure I'd share it with other people to see how they ...

  • Newbie
  • Hi everyone!   I made an extension for Spotify that allows you to bind your own custom global hotkeys to control Spotify when not in focus. It really made my listening experience a lot better,...
  • Stophy
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Delete artists from the library that I dont follow

As the title says, I dont follow a lot of artists nor have music downloaded from them and they still appear on my library. Its hard that 20 plus artists appear on my list that I dont even listen to and cant find how to delete them from it.Come on Spo...

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  • As the title says, I dont follow a lot of artists nor have music downloaded from them and they still appear on my library. Its hard that 20 plus artists appear on my list that I dont even listen to a...
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Help!!!!!!!!!!!!

"I am trying to add an mp3 of all time low clean to my Spotify playlist but it's not working.. help!!!!!"

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  • "I am trying to add an mp3 of all time low clean to my Spotify playlist but it's not working.. help!!!!!"
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Can't thumb tracks in Spotify Premium (Windows and Mac)

Is there some trick to liking a song on Spotify? I seem to remember seeing thumb icons to the left and right of the transport controls for a brief moment in one of the versions months ago, but... have they moved somewhere secret?

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  • Is there some trick to liking a song on Spotify? 🙂   I seem to remember seeing thumb icons to the left and right of the transport controls for a brief moment in one of the versions months ago...
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[All Platforms] Daily Mixes Disappearing

I had 4 Daily Mixes and I listened to all of them regularly. As of about a week ago, whenever I click on "Your Daily Mix" either on my desktop (Windows) or my iPhone, it automatically shows My Daily Mix 1, it looks like the other 3 disappeared. I lis...

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  • I had 4 Daily Mixes and I listened to all of them regularly. As of about a week ago, whenever I click on "Your Daily Mix" either on my desktop (Windows) or my iPhone, it automatically shows My Daily ...
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songs getting explicit

Hi, yesterday I downloaded a song and opened it in a music editor software and when I listened to it from there it became explicit and when I went back to Spotify and listened to it there it also turned explicit. It's really weird and now I can't lis...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, yesterday I downloaded a song and opened it in a music editor software and when I listened to it from there it became explicit and when I went back to Spotify and listened to it there it als...
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Shows/podcasts + last.fm

I was wondering why none of the shows and podcasts scrobble to last.fm. Everything else does, and I like to have everything I listen to in my last.fm profile, including things like podcasts, audiobooks and radio shows. Will this be available in the f...

  • Roadie
  • I was wondering why none of the shows and podcasts scrobble to last.fm. Everything else does, and I like to have everything I listen to in my last.fm profile, including things like podcasts, audioboo...
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Embed Spotify in Wordpress

Hi There! I am trying to embed my playlist in my site:wanderwylde.com using the spotify embed code: but when I hit play from the site nothing happens. Am I using the wrong code? Thank you!Steph

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  • Hi There!   I am trying to embed my playlist in my site: wanderwylde.com   using the spotify embed code:  <iframe src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/user/steph.nysa/playlist/...
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Is there a way to convert/switch Local Files into Streamed Music?

I'm new to Spotify, and luckily there was a way to transfer my Youtube Playlists into Spotify (well, not all of them songs, of course). Today I discovered you can Import Playlists from iTunes, but I found out that the Local Files thing is a mess (why...

  • Casual Listener
  • I'm new to Spotify, and luckily there was a way to transfer my Youtube Playlists into Spotify (well, not all of them songs, of course).   Today I discovered you can Import Playlists from iTune...
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album unplayable

what's goin on?almost every song on children of bodoms album follow the reaper is greyed outi didn't pay 10€ to listen to nothing

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  • what's goin on? almost every song on children of bodoms album follow the reaper is greyed out i didn't pay 10€ to listen to nothing
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Cancel My Membership

Spotify, If you are unable to fix the problems with your lastest software release and or tell me how I can download a previous version, that actually works, I will be canceling my Premium Membership! What's the point of paying for a membership for a ...

  • Visitor
  • Spotify,   If you are unable to fix the problems with your lastest software release and or tell me how I can download a previous version, that actually works, I will be canceling my Premium Me...
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