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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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Song seek lagging?

It seems there's a delay of 1-3 seconds when setting seeker to mid-song for an example. Used to be instant. Doesn't happen only to me, verified this with three other people, everyone has this. What's up with that?

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  • It seems there's a delay of 1-3 seconds when setting seeker to mid-song for an example.  Used to be instant.  Doesn't happen only to me, verified this with three other people, everyone ha...
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My account has "Repeat" always enabled despite me turning it off every time

On my phone, PC, and Macbook no matter what I do the "Repeat" feature is always enabled every session despite me always turning it off. I want to have it permanently off until I enable it specifically.

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  • On my phone, PC, and Macbook no matter what I do the "Repeat" feature is always enabled every session despite me always turning it off. I want to have it permanently off until I enable it specifical...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Music fades in and out .

Plan: Premium Individual Country: USA Device: laptop PC running Windows 10 Music fades in and out for no particular reason. Crossfade is disabled. Streaming quality is set to very high. It doesn't happen with any particular artist or track. But every...

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  • Plan: Premium Individual   Country: USA   Device: laptop PC running Windows 10    Music fades in and out for no particular reason. Crossfade is disabled. Streaming quality i...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify app crashing my games

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktop pc, Intel i7 137000, and a 4070 super gpuOperating Systemwindows 11 My Question or Issuewhenever i use spotify, around every 20-30 minutes my spotify will play a repeating 2 seconds on whatever it got glitched on, com...

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  •   Plan Premium Country   Device Desktop pc, Intel i7 137000, and a 4070 super gpu Operating System windows 11   My Question or Issue whenever i use spotify, around every 20-...
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Superuser Contribution Buttons in top right corner of windows desktop app have top margin

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicedifferent PCsOperating SystemWindows 10, Windows 11 My Question or IssueThe buttons in the top right corner are no longer at the top of the app. This is very annoying for me, as it makes it significantly more difficult ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device different PCs Operating System Windows 10, Windows 11   My Question or Issue The buttons in the top right corner are no longer at the top of the app...
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Superuser Contribution Friends Activity is Blank

PlanPremiumCountryUS DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWithin the past couple weeks, my "Friends Activity" has gone completely blank. I've attached a picture. I can assure you they are listening to something and should be showing...

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  • Plan Premium Country US   Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Within the past couple weeks, my "Friends Activity" has gone completely blank. I've attache...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Volume automatically adjusted to max on desktop

DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI recently got a new desktop computer installed with Windows 11. I found the system volume always adjusted automatically up to the max (100) every time I switch to Spotify from other programs. An...

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  • Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I recently got a new desktop computer installed with Windows 11. I found the system volume always adjusted automatically up to ...
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Superuser Contribution I can't login into my account on Spotify Desktop app (Error code: desktop_login_accounts:4)

Plan: Free Country: Viet Nam Device: Laptop Operating System: Windows 11 My Question or Issue: -Issue: Can't login into my account on Spotify Desktop App -Backstory: Yesterday, I installed and turned on a VPN extension (Touch VPN) to Google Chrome to...

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  • Plan: Free Country: Viet Nam Device: Laptop Operating System: Windows 11 My Question or Issue: -Issue: Can't login into my account on Spotify Desktop App -Backstory: Yesterday, I installed and turned...
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Superuser Contribution Albums auto added to playlist though Shuffle and Autoplay both switched off

Spotify PremiumSpotify für Windows (64 Bit) 1.2.50.335.g5e2860a8Windows 10 22H2 Hi,after playing an album, Spotify keeps adding an additional albums of the same artist to the playlist and continues playing. How can I stop Spotify adding albums to the...

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  • Spotify Premium Spotify für Windows (64 Bit) 1.2.50.335.g5e2860a8 Windows 10 22H2   Hi, after playing an album, Spotify keeps adding an additional albums of the same artist to the play...
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Superuser Contribution Black Screen of Death (Windows 11)

A couple of weeks ago, Spotify's Windows 11 desktop app was updated, and since then I haven't been able to use it at all. On launch, I get to see the player's UI for a second, then my PC's screen goes black. Completely. No error messages, nothing. I ...

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  • A couple of weeks ago, Spotify's Windows 11 desktop app was updated, and since then I haven't been able to use it at all. On launch, I get to see the player's UI for a second, then my PC's screen goe...
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Superuser Contribution audio gets lowered whenever i change volume

Im on windows 11, and I wasn't sure if it's my iems dying on me or the app messing up my audio. My Spotify volume whenever i touch the volume slider whether its increasing or decreasing the volume, automatically get significantly quiet. It doesn't af...

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  • Im on windows 11, and I wasn't sure if it's my iems dying on me or the app messing up my audio.  My Spotify volume whenever i touch the volume slider whether its increasing or decreasing the vo...
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Superuser Contribution Unable to login into desktop app

The other day, all of a sudden, on my Spotify Windows App, all the tracks turned grey, and the same song kept playing in a loop. I thought it was an Internet issue and changed my network, but no change. I logged out and tried to log back in, but it d...

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  • The other day, all of a sudden, on my Spotify Windows App, all the tracks turned grey, and the same song kept playing in a loop. I thought it was an Internet issue and changed my network, but no chan...
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Superuser Contribution Cant Uninstall Spotify

Cant find Spotify in appdata, control panel, the app isn't opening up.I saw the other post about the same problem but I couldn't follow the solution because it is not there in control panelPlanFreeCountryIndia Device(Asus tuf f15)Operating System( Wi...

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  • Cant find Spotify in appdata, control panel, the app isn't opening up. I saw the other post about the same problem but I couldn't follow the solution because it is not there in control panel Plan ...
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Superuser Contribution How to stop smart shuffle from randomly turning on

I have a Windows 10 Laptop and every time I minimise and then maximise my Spotify window smart shuffle turns back on, this is really annoying as I open and close Spotify a lot and I don't even want it on shuffle never mind smart shuffle

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  • I have a Windows 10 Laptop and every time I minimise and then maximise my Spotify window smart shuffle turns back on, this is really annoying as I open and close Spotify a lot and I don't even want i...
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Superuser Contribution Unable to hear Spotify with headphones on Windows 10

PlanFPremiumCountryUSADevicen/aOperating Systemwindows 10 desktop My Question or IssueWhen I click play the music starts but I don't hear anything. It works perfectly fine without headphones but nothing comes through the headphones. I tried setting t...

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  • Plan FPremium Country USA Device n/a Operating System windows 10 desktop   My Question or Issue When I click play the music starts but I don't hear anything. It works perfectly fine wi...
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Superuser Contribution Volume rises when connecting headphones/ speakers

Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue Volume issues began 10/12/24. My volume becomes much louder when I plug my earphones in while music is playing. Have to adjust the volume slider to get it back to norm...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Volume issues began 10/12/24. My volume becomes much louder when I plug my earphones in w...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Desktop fails to load when AppData is folder redirected

PlanN/ACountryUnited StatesDeviceWindowsOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue The Spotify Windows desktop app fails to load after install when the appdata folder is pointed to a network location via folder redirection. We are in a corporate...

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  •   Plan N/A Country United States Device Windows Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   The Spotify Windows desktop app fails to load after install when the ap...
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Superuser Contribution Why am I getting ads on Spotify Premium?

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePC desktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueAt the start of some podcasts, I am getting targeted ads in a completely different language than the podcast is in. The ads are completely random and unrelated to ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC desktop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue At the start of some podcasts, I am getting targeted ads in a completely differ...
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Superuser Contribution dont have a password

PlanPremiumCountrynorwayDevicesamsung s24 My Question or Issuehow can i log onto my account i have on my phone that i logged on using samsung log in? it shows that i got no password and i cant change it or anyting on the account so i cant log in from...

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  • Plan Premium Country norway Device samsung s24   My Question or Issue how can i log onto my account i have on my phone that i logged on using samsung log in? it shows that i got no passw...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it"I have tried all t...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now...
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