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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 Playlist different on computer and phone

PlanPremiumCountry NorwayDeviceiPhone 8 and Windows My Question or IssueHello! When I change my playlists in spotify on my computer, the changes dont occur on my phone - and opposite. SO, when i go to any of my playlists (or other persons playlists t...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Norway Device iPhone 8 and Windows  My Question or Issue Hello! When I change my playlists in spotify on my computer, the changes dont occur on my phone - and o...
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Superuser Contribution Can't save or un-save songs or albums

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11My Question or IssueWhen I try to save or un-save albums or songs on desktop, the change is reflected on the song/album but not in my playlists or saved albums. When I go back to the album the ch...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue When I try to save or un-save albums or songs on desktop, the change is reflected on the song/album but no...
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Superuser Contribution Who can view private collaborative playlists on friend activity?

Hi, I made a collaborative playlist for me and a friend. Then I made the playlist private, I can see if they are listening to our playlist in the friend activity and I am wondering if other people can also see the playlist on their activity or is it ...

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  • Hi, I made a collaborative playlist for me and a friend. Then I made the playlist private, I can see if they are listening to our playlist in the friend activity and I am wondering if other people ca...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify version 1.0+ causes unusable delays and freezes

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceHigh-end PC (AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, RTX 3090, 32 GB RAM, ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero) on a 1000 Mbps download and upload internet speed.Operating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI want this fixed once and for all becaus...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Device High-end PC (AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, RTX 3090, 32 GB RAM, ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero) on a 1000 Mbps download and upload internet speed. Operating System Window...
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Incorrect match for a song

PlanFreeCountryPortugalDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhen playing the album Mind at Large by Blasted Mechanism (https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/album/0VzEB36jppPbhEet5LkMwp?si=OAv3l90hRrO1QRXh_4IWrw=) the following song...

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  • Plan Free Country Portugal Device Desktop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue When playing the album Mind at Large by Blasted Mechanism (https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt...
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Superuser Contribution Latest verison of Sopitfy can't play any song.

PlanPremiumCountryHungaryDeviceDell Optiplex 3050 MicroOperating SystemWindows 10 Latest version of Spotify (1.2. 48.405.gf2c48e6f) can't play any song. Gives me error when clicking play saying "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file...

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  • Plan Premium Country Hungary Device Dell Optiplex 3050 Micro Operating System Windows 10   Latest version of Spotify (1.2. 48.405.gf2c48e6f) can't play any song. Gives me error when cli...
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Superuser Contribution Shuffle won't turn off for Liked Songs

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI just noticed today that when I try to play the songs on my Liked Songs list, they are automatically shuffled. I do NOT have the shuffle function on, and there doesn't seem to be any way to p...

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  • Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I just noticed today that when I try to play the songs on my Liked Songs list, they are automatically shuffled. I do NOT hav...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Pauses randomly

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevice(Desktop)Operating System(Windows 10)My Question or IssueWhen gaming my spotify app will randomly pause and then unpause a bit after or I have to alt tab and manually click the play button. However instead of pausing som...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device (Desktop) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue When gaming my spotify app will randomly pause and then unpause a bit after or I have to alt t...
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Superuser Contribution Opening minimized?

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceDesktop pcOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi! I have my Spotify client set to open minimized, but it's not doing that. It does open after Windows starts, but it's opening in a floating window rather ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Desktop pc Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Hi!  I have my Spotify client set to open minimized, but it's not do...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution I need a setting to change the color of the lyrics screen

I've been having increased sensibility to lights and colors nowadays and the already jarring colors spotify sometimes chooses for the lyrics screen are having worse and worse effects on me. I can't find any settings in the preferences page to adjust ...

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  • I've been having increased sensibility to lights and colors nowadays and the already jarring colors spotify sometimes chooses for the lyrics screen are having worse and worse effects on me. I can't f...
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Superuser Contribution Canvas feature disappeared

Did anyone having a problem with canvas in pc version Spotify. In my pc canvas not working

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  • Did anyone having a problem with canvas in pc version Spotify. In my pc canvas not working
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify's latest update on PC crashes my system

PlanPremium DuoCountryIndiaOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueThe latest update on PC and Windows Store platforms causes immense lag in my PC. A part of a song starts playing in a loop and the cursor doesn't move at all or moves at a ...

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  • Plan Premium Duo Country India Operating System Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue The latest update on PC and Windows Store platforms causes immense lag in my PC. A part of a song st...
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Superuser Contribution Jam Won't Open To Desktop App

PlanPremium (Solo)CountryUSADeviceDesktop (Ryzen 5 5600G w/ NVIDIA RTX 3060) / Motorola Edge+ (2022)Operating SystemWindows 11 / Android My Question or IssueAs the subject infers, I can't join Jams via desktop. When I click a link to join a jam, it o...

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  • Plan Premium (Solo) Country USA Device Desktop (Ryzen 5 5600G w/ NVIDIA RTX 3060) / Motorola Edge+ (2022) Operating System Windows 11 / Android   My Question or Issue As the subject in...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps playing songs from a different playlist

I have two Playlists in this scenario: Playlist A and Playlist B. If I start playing Playlist A, and then start playing Playlist B after, Playlist B starts playing songs from Playlist A. These playlists do not share any songs. This is happening to me...

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  • I have two Playlists in this scenario: Playlist A and Playlist B. If I start playing Playlist A, and then start playing Playlist B after, Playlist B starts playing songs from Playlist A. These playli...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Desktop app wont use headset as output device.

I've been reading through multiple posts about this issue but I haven't been able to find the answer. I'm on the desktop app and I get the "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." message when I tr...

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  • I've been reading through multiple posts about this issue but I haven't been able to find the answer. I'm on the desktop app and I get the "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on ...
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Superuser Contribution smart shuffle stopped working

I like the Smart Shuffle option to add songs to my favorite playlist *while* listening to that playlist but it always stops working. Currently I can't get it to work at all--I toggle it on and off, I close and restart the app, I even tried uninstalli...

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  • I like the Smart Shuffle option to add songs to my favorite playlist *while* listening to that playlist but it always stops working. Currently I can't get it to work at all--I toggle it on and off, I...
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I get this weird fade-in when playing a song after Kendrick Lamar's "man at the garden"

This happens when the song ends in a playlist and moves onto the next track in which at first you only hear a short transient sound before the normal song just quickly fades in and plays normal.Can anyone try to recreate this and see if they get the ...

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  • This happens when the song ends in a playlist and moves onto the next track in which at first you only hear a short transient sound before the normal song just quickly fades in and plays normal. Can...
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Superuser Contribution Why does my spotify desktop app turn black whenever i move my mouse?

Whenever i open the desktop app and try to put on some music with my mouse, the screen turns black in 2 seconds. Happens again and again whenever i touch my mouse. It does not happen with any other apps or anything on my pc.

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  • Whenever i open the desktop app and try to put on some music with my mouse, the screen turns black in 2 seconds. Happens again and again whenever i touch my mouse. It does not happen with any other a...
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Solved!! Stopping Auto update

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm wondering how to stop Spotify from auto updating. I got a file to install older version of software since I didn't like the June update, and It auto updated when I restart...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm wondering how to stop Spotify from auto updating. I got a file to install older version of soft...
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