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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 Has the full new releases section been completely removed?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI used to always click on the "Search" button and go into the "New Releases" section and just scroll through to find cool new stuff. At some point in the past couple ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I used to always click on the "Search" button and go into the "New Releases" section and j...
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Superuser Contribution Windows app not working

PlanPremiumCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueWhen pressing play or pause in the app it often does nothing and doesn't respond. I close the app and music is still playing and I have to go into task manager in order to stop Spotif...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When pressing play or pause in the app it often does nothing and doesn't respond. I close the app and music is still p...
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Superuser Contribution Cannot remove large number of songs from "Liked Songs" playlist

I have 2407 songs in the Liked Songs playlist in my account. I want to refresh this list, so I want to remove all songs. I tried Ctrl+A on the Windows Spotify App and delete, but I get the error: Something went wrong.I suspect there is a limit to the...

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  • I have 2407 songs in the Liked Songs playlist in my account. I want to refresh this list, so I want to remove all songs. I tried Ctrl+A on the Windows Spotify App and delete, but I get the error: Som...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution how can i see the lyrics of the sogn open in the background or 2nd plane

I just wanna see the lyrics while i am studying like the Spotify Desktop Mini Player but just showing up the lyrics.

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  • I just wanna see the lyrics while i am studying like the Spotify Desktop Mini Player but just showing up the lyrics.
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Superuser Contribution the spotify app on my computer gives me an error when loging in

the error code reads "service temporarily unavailable please try again later" this code has been a problem for months. I have uninstalled the app and reinstalled it. I can pull up my account online but I cannot login on the app on my computer.

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  • the error code reads "service temporarily unavailable please try again later" this code has been a problem for months. I have uninstalled the app and reinstalled it. I can pull up my account online b...
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PC Spotify app collects all your regular files in "Downloads" directory !!! Why is it so ?

Hi,I'm using PC desktop Spotify version 1.1.1.348.g9064793a.I was investigating the issue related to constant high CPU usage and memory leak of Spotify app, and accidentally has noticed the strange thing:If you try to monitor the Spotify process via ...

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  • Hi, I'm using PC desktop Spotify version 1.1.1.348.g9064793a. I was investigating the issue related to constant high CPU usage and memory leak of Spotify app, and accidentally has noticed the stran...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify universal app is reading all my files

PlanPremiumCountryNODevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueNoticed that a process named spotify.exe was scanning all my file including the NTFS Master file table (MFT). Stopped when i uninstalled Spotify app from windows 10. Why are t...

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  • Plan Premium Country NO Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Noticed that a process named spotify.exe was scanning all my file including the NTFS Master file ta...
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Superuser Contribution Why did the lyrics position change. How to fix?

My lyrics position used to be at the bottom but after updating Spotify, the position shifted to the "now playing" section. I want to change it back to the previous position as that's what I'm used to when listening on my laptop. Is there a way to cha...

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  • My lyrics position used to be at the bottom but after updating Spotify, the position shifted to the "now playing" section. I want to change it back to the previous position as that's what I'm used ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify won't let me unpause

PlanFreeCountryAustraliaDeviceHP ProBook 430 G8 Notebook PCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueFor no reason, Spotify will pause my song after about half a second every time I unpause it. The only temporary fix to this is to quit the app a...

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  • Plan Free Country Australia Device HP ProBook 430 G8 Notebook PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue For no reason, Spotify will pause my song after about half a second ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Connect not working desktop

HiMy desktop app (Windows) isn't synchronizing the playing music by Spotify Connect. In phone app and the browser works fine, but in the desktop version not works.I already tried to reinstall (Microsoft Store and Spotify Website) and not fix.Version ...

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  • Hi My desktop app (Windows) isn't synchronizing the playing music by Spotify Connect. In phone app and the browser works fine, but in the desktop version not works. I already tried to reinstall...
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Spotify won't open!? Clean install doesn't work

Today my Spotify stopped working, I couldn't open it and it brought up an error saying it isn't responding. I thought I would uninstall and then reinstall, I did, then clicked the shortcut and nothing, 5 mins later the error came up again. I literall...

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  • Today my Spotify stopped working, I couldn't open it and it brought up an error saying it isn't responding. I thought I would uninstall and then reinstall, I did, then clicked the shortcut and nothin...
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Superuser Contribution 6 minutes between each song

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueSpotify will not work on my desktop, but worked perfectly fine last Thursday, been trying to figure it out all week. I have un-installed and reinstalled spotify at lea...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Spotify will not work on my desktop, but worked perfectly fine last Thursday, been trying t...
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a los 5 segundos de la reproducion de una cancion automaticamente se para

a los 5 segundos de la reproducion de una cancion automaticamente se para y no se escucha nada ,cambias de cancion y lo mismo 5 segundos y se va la voz

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  • a los 5 segundos de la reproducion de una cancion automaticamente se para y no se escucha nada ,cambias de cancion y lo mismo 5 segundos y se va la voz
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Superuser Contribution Spotify stuck in Offline mode

Periodically, on Windows 10, spotify believes that there is no internet connection when there is. This is abolutely infuriating, as the only way to fix it is to restart my PC. Has anyone else had this issue?

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  • Periodically, on Windows 10, spotify believes that there is no internet connection when there is.   This is abolutely infuriating, as the only way to fix it is to restart my PC. Has anyone els...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Error Code:2 attempting to login

PlanPremiumCountryAustralia DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 8 My Spotify app on home PC stated it was not connected to the internet. I therefore uninstalled and reinstalled but now recive the attached error when logging in (Service is unavailable, pl...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia  Device PC Operating System Windows 8   My Spotify app on home PC stated it was not connected to the internet. I therefore uninstalled and reins...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution All songs greyed out

PlanPremiumCountrySwitzerlandDevicePCOperating SystemWin 10 My Question or Issuefor a few weeks now, all my songs are greyed out on the windows app on my main PC.The webplayer is working fine on the same machine, mobile version is working as well and...

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  • Plan Premium Country Switzerland Device PC Operating System Win 10   My Question or Issue for a few weeks now, all my songs are greyed out on the windows app on my main PC. The webpla...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Songs automatically stop playing after hitting "play"

PlanPremium StudentCountryUSADeviceASUS ZenBook Pro15Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueAfter the most recent Spotify player update, every time I leave a song paused for more than a few minutes and then hit "play" the song automatically p...

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  • Plan Premium Student Country USA Device ASUS ZenBook Pro15 Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue After the most recent Spotify player update, every time I leave a song pau...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps checking the "Downloaded" filter in my playlists on its own.

Right below "Your Library" where the filters are, I usually only have "Playlists" checked. Nothing else. I want to be able to see all of my playlist, hence the chosen filter. But. Spotify decides to do things for me and the app continually checks "Do...

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  • Right below "Your Library" where the filters are, I usually only have "Playlists" checked. Nothing else. I want to be able to see all of my playlist, hence the chosen filter. But. Spotify decides to ...
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Solved!! Is there a way to move playback backwards or forwards by 10 or 20 seconds?

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUKDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) PCOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)Windows app.My Question or IssueIs there a way to move playback backwards or forwards by 10 or 20 seconds?

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country UK Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)  PC Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) Windows app. My Question or Iss...
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