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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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More Ads on PC than mobile? (+feedback)

I've used Spotify on my phone for the past half year or so. I like to listen to it when I go for my walks. I usually get a very reasonable number of ads- about one or two ad breaks per thirty minute block of songs or so. I didn't mind them, and I've ...

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  • I've used Spotify on my phone for the past half year or so. I like to listen to it when I go for my walks. I usually get a very reasonable number of ads- about one or two ad breaks per thirty minute ...
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Nov. 1, 2024 windows 10 desktop premium playlist followers frozen for two months!

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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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  
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Superuser Contribution Can't login on Spotify Desktop App Win10 (Error code: accounts:103)

PlanPremium individualCountryArgentinaDeviceWin10 Pro N x64Operating SystemEdition Windows 10 Pro NVersion 20H2 My Question or IssueHi, I got my password changed and now the app can't log in.Backstory: I had to work in-office so I tried to log in at ...

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  • Plan Premium individual Country Argentina Device Win10 Pro N x64 Operating System Edition Windows 10 Pro N Version 20H2   My Question or Issue Hi, I got my password changed and now th...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify cant play songs in my windows app

Suddenly Spotify stopped working on my windows pc. I can play songs int webplayer, on my phone etc, but not my primary workstation. It have worked for years, but suddenly stopped out of nowwhere.I have done full reinstall from both spotify.com and mi...

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  • Suddenly Spotify stopped working on my windows pc. I can play songs int webplayer, on my phone etc, but not my primary workstation. It have worked for years, but suddenly stopped out of nowwhere. ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Close button should minimize and Alt-F4

PlanPremiumCountryCZOperating SystemWindows 10, Windows 11 My Question or IssueIt worked for a long time that setting "Close button should minimize" worked for Alt-F4 keyboard shortcut as well. With some recent update, this shortcut closes the app. F...

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  • Plan Premium Country CZ Operating System Windows 10, Windows 11   My Question or Issue It worked for a long time that setting "Close button should minimize" worked for Alt-F4 keyboard sh...
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Superuser Contribution Stop open.spotify links to open the Spotify app!

My Question or IssueIn Chrome on Windows i acaccidentally clicked a message to open the Spotify app on load of the Webplayer. Now everytime i click on an open.spotify link the Spotify app opens up. Thats horrible!I want to only load the webplayer whe...

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  • My Question or Issue In Chrome on Windows i acaccidentally clicked a message to open the Spotify app on load of the Webplayer. Now everytime i click on an open.spotify link the Spotify app opens up....
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution graphical glitch to report on desktop app

When a song is playing, and the 'now playing' page is opened to the right, when you go to add a song to a new playlist, the drop-down menu has a seizure. Windows 10, desktop via Microsoft Store, version 1.249.439.0. This occurs on a fresh boot, with ...

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  • When a song is playing, and the 'now playing' page is opened to the right, when you go to add a song to a new playlist, the drop-down menu has a seizure. Windows 10, desktop via Microsoft Store, vers...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Won't Unmute in Volume Mixer

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceIdeaPad FlexOperating SystemWindows 10 My IssueAs you can see in the screen shot attached, Spotify will not unmute. I have relaunched the app, closed other applications, and changed the volume. No matter what I do...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device IdeaPad Flex Operating System Windows 10   My Issue As you can see in the screen shot attached, Spotify will not unmute. I have relaunched the...
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Spotify says "Can't find that album," same goes for Artists.

Whenever I click on an album, artist or playlist, it comes up with "Can't find that..." each time.

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  • Whenever I click on an album, artist or playlist, it comes up with "Can't find that..." each time.
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop Win 11] Spotify keeps crashing after startup

PlanPremiumCountryGreece DeviceIntel Alder LakeOperating SystemWindows 11 Pro My Question or IssueSpotify keeps crashing after ~10-20 seconds after login - i.e. open app , wait, app crashes with no error message.Have already contacted support and use...

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  • Plan Premium Country Greece   Device Intel Alder Lake Operating System Windows 11 Pro   My Question or Issue Spotify keeps crashing after ~10-20 seconds after login - i.e. open a...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Albums in library not showing when viewing from playlist

Windows App I have a strange issue, I have a big playlist of songs I'm using to discover things on. Often taken from other users playlists or Spotify created playlists. I have a strange issue where I recognise a song/album and think, "I already have ...

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  • Windows App   I have a strange issue, I have a big playlist of songs I'm using to discover things on. Often taken from other users playlists or Spotify created  playlists.  I have a ...
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Navigation broken after search

PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Whenever you use the search on the top with the desktop app, the search result page overrides your current page.Examples:You are listening your playlist and use search, then try to navigate ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Finland Device PC Operating System Windows 10   Whenever you use the search on the top with the desktop app, the search result page overrides your current page. ...
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All Songs Fade In

PlanPremium FamilyCountryU.S./MongoliaDeviceMSI MODERN 15 H B13MOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueEvery song I play on the desktop app has a half-second fade-in. The fade in doesn't happen for my phone or the web player, only the desktop...

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  • Plan Premium Family Country U.S./Mongolia Device MSI MODERN 15 H B13M Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Every song I play on the desktop app has a half-second fade-in....
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Strange interaction with Spotify and my DAC

I'm using the most recent version (1.1.15.448) of the Spotify app for Win 10 which I downloaded directly from Spotify. It plays correctly when using the Realtek sound drivers for my on-board audio. I just purchased a DAC (an RME ADI-2 DAC) which conn...

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  • I'm using the most recent version (1.1.15.448) of the Spotify app for Win 10 which I downloaded directly from Spotify. It plays correctly when using the Realtek sound drivers for my on-board audio. ...
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Bug(?) in Windows desktop app - can't find album

Windows 10 - Spotify Premium. I started to get a problem yesterday (not experienced previously) where if I click on an album link from a track in a playlist, or if I do general search and click on albums returned by the search I get the following mes...

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  • Windows 10 - Spotify Premium.   I started to get a problem yesterday (not experienced previously) where if I click on an album link from a track in a playlist, or if I do general search and cl...
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Superuser Contribution Next track does not play if another fullscreen app is open

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop ComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIf I have another program in fullscreen mode (often a video game), the desktop app does not continue to the next track after finishing the current tra...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop Computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue If I have another program in fullscreen mode (often a video game), the des...
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Superuser Contribution Where to get Fridays playlist of updated artists based on my own liked song

At the end of October, I stumbled across a playlist (updated every Friday) , about new releases from artists based on my own personal liked songs. I could easily keep up with all new releases from my favorite artists based on my personal playlists an...

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  • At the end of October, I stumbled across a playlist (updated every Friday) , about new releases from artists based on my own personal liked songs. I could easily keep up with all new releases from ...
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[Windows 11] Volume Changes between applications

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceASUS TUF F15 (Windows 11 Laptop)Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueFor the past month, whenever I switch to my Spotify window, the system instantly goes up to 67% volume, every time. However, when swit...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device ASUS TUF F15 (Windows 11 Laptop) Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue For the past month, whenever I switch to my Spotify window...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Main site defaulting to German

I live in the US. I don't use a proxy. My account location says United States. My language in the program and app is set to English. Despite ALL of this, http://www.spotify.com/ still redirects to .com/de/ against my best efforts to prevent it. I can...

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  • I live in the US. I don't use a proxy. My account location says United States. My language in the program and app is set to English. Despite ALL of this, http://www.spotify.com/ still redirects to .c...
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