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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 Spotify takes ages to pause, skip, change song ect.

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Using latest spotify downloaded off of the website. Spotify takes around 10 seconds, sometimes considerably longer, to respond to things like pausing or changing song. Navigating the menus also s...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10   Using latest spotify downloaded off of the website.   Spotify takes around 10 seconds, sometimes considerably long...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't play song on PC but works on Phone

PlanPremiumCountryEnglandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Home My Question or IssueI am trying to listen to some songs on spotify but whenever I go to play one on my computer I get this message "Spotify can't play this song right now. If you have t...

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  •   Plan Premium Country England Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Home   My Question or Issue I am trying to listen to some songs on spotify but whenever I go to play one on m...
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Superuser Contribution Is there a simple way to prevent a song from ever playing?

PlanPremiumCountryUSA Operating SystemiOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10 My Question or IssueWhether I'm listening to some electronic playlist, some electronic artist's radio, it never fails that Jon Hopkins - Immunity will eventually play. I swear it ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   Operating System iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10   My Question or Issue Whether I'm listening to some electronic playlist, some electronic artist's...
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Superuser Contribution Unable to Create Playlist Xbox

PlanFreeCountryUSA DeviceXBOX ONEOperating SystemXBOX ONE My Issuecannot create playlist I got to my library there is no such option this is really stupid. I also noticed there is a discography option to look in an artist but, even if I were able to ...

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  •   Plan Free Country USA   Device XBOX ONE Operating System XBOX ONE   My Issue cannot create playlist I got to my library there is no such option this is really stupid. I a...
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Superuser Contribution Feature - Continue play on PC speakers AND cast to Google Cast device.

Has anyone found out a workaround to play audio on a PC and Google Home device at the same time? Would love to utilize my PC speakers as a home device.

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  • Has anyone found out a workaround to play audio on a PC and Google Home device at the same time? Would love to utilize my PC speakers as a home device.
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Why doesn't spotify support importing from .ogg files?

I hear when spotify uses the .ogg format for music. But you can't import music from your local files to your spotify if it's .ogg? That seems very dumb. Why do they not support .ogg files? I just want to listen to the music I have downloaded, but bec...

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  • I hear when spotify uses the .ogg format for music. But you can't import music from your local files to your spotify if it's .ogg? That seems very dumb. Why do they not support .ogg files? I just wan...
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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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Superuser Contribution Songs pause suddenly, and the app doesn't let me resume them

Since a few days from now, my Spotify Desktop App keeps on pausing the songs suddenly, as if I were the one pausing it, and does not let me resume it, pausing every time I press play. I've seen discussions where people say it's because the app is ope...

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  • Since a few days from now, my Spotify Desktop App keeps on pausing the songs suddenly, as if I were the one pausing it, and does not let me resume it, pausing every time I press play. I've seen discu...
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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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Superuser Contribution Spotify Web Player not Working in Vivaldi

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceWindows Laptop (HP zbook)Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueThe web player does not seem to come up anymore in Vivaldi. This has been working just fine for a while and about 3 days ago it stopped. The web player s...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Windows Laptop (HP zbook) Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue The web player does not seem to come up anymore in Vivaldi.  This h...
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Spotify App - Creates ALT+TAB Bug

There is probably some issue with how the gif/video is being rendered at the sidebar where info about the currently playing title is being displayed.The problem is that if i have some game open, in my case Sea of Thieves, and the sidebar with info ab...

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  • There is probably some issue with how the gif/video is being rendered at the sidebar where info about the currently playing title is being displayed. The problem is that if i have some game open, in...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Desktop clear queue button disappeared?!

My 'clear queue' button has disappeared on desktop – I've updated to the latest version of Spotify. Autoplay is off and I've tried to restart the app. It's a bit frustrating to keep having to skip/change songs with the queue still going every time! A...

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  • My 'clear queue' button has disappeared on desktop – I've updated to the latest version of Spotify. Autoplay is off and I've tried to restart the app. It's a bit frustrating to keep having to skip/ch...
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Superuser Contribution Was "create similar playlist" removed?

I've been using the "create similar playlist" function as a way to discover new music and its been such a great tool, much more effective than simply going to a song radio. I've only been able to use this function on my desktop but now can't even see...

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  • I've been using the "create similar playlist" function as a way to discover new music and its been such a great tool, much more effective than simply going to a song radio. I've only been able to use...
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Superuser Contribution i need help unpinning a playlist from my desktop computer on spotify.

Im using spotify on a website rather than the desktop app, and cant find an option to unpin any of my playlists from my library/profile, and dragging the playlist doesnt work since i have 4 pinned already.

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  • Im using spotify on a website rather than the desktop app, and cant find an option to unpin any of my playlists from my library/profile, and dragging the playlist doesnt work since i have 4 pinned al...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution important monitor flickering caused by fullscreen spotify application on windows

PlanPremiumCountry canada Device(pc)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issueimportant monitor flickering caused by spotify application on windows. it took me a long time to figure out and precisely find what's wrong dû to the nature of the pro...

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  • Plan Premium Country canada   Device (pc) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue important monitor flickering caused by spotify application on windows. it took me a ...
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Superuser Contribution Discover Weekly differs from device to device even in same network

PlanPremium (Not family) DeviceWindows Notebooks, within same Network Operating SystemBoth Windows 11 latest stable My Question or IssueThe "Discover Weekly" playlist on each Spotify instance differs albeit having at least some songs in commin. I wou...

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  • Plan Premium (Not family)   Device Windows Notebooks, within same Network   Operating System Both Windows 11 latest stable    My Question or Issue The "Discover Weekly" ...
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Superuser Contribution Discord not displaying listening status

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(Windows 10 desktop pc, iPhone 12 mini)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueDiscord wont display my listening activity from my desktop. When i try to play music on my spotify on my pc which i have the app downlo...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device (Windows 10 desktop pc, iPhone 12 mini) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Discord wont display my listening activity from my desktop....
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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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Superuser Contribution Spotify Web Player Auto Logs-out After Closing Browser

I've been logging into Spotify Web using my Facebook account for the past few months since I got premium, and recently I keep getting logged out of web player whenever I exit my browser. I checked my settings and I don't have the checkbox for clearin...

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  • I've been logging into Spotify Web using my Facebook account for the past few months since I got premium, and recently I keep getting logged out of web player whenever I exit my browser. I checked my...
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