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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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution App opens on the wrong screen EVERY TIME [dual monitors]

PlanFreeCountryRomania DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I launch Spotify, it always launches on my primary monitor, instead of the second one. Please read this through, this isn't the issue with the desktop icon, simply the...

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  • Plan Free Country Romania   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I launch Spotify, it always launches on my primary monitor, instead of the second on...
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Superuser Contribution Lyrics on Spotify Desktop (Windows)

PlanPremium CountryPhils. DeviceDell Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI used to have the lyrics feature on my spotify desktop which I use whenever I like a new song but when I tried opening it it suddenly says that "Sorry, you have to g...

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  • Plan Premium   Country Phils.   Device Dell   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I used to have the lyrics feature on my spotify desktop which I use w...
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Superuser Contribution Cannot select multiple songs

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm trying to add multiple songs from old playlists into one. Both online and the Windows App do not let me select multiple songs. I can select multiple but when i scr...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm trying to add multiple songs from old playlists into one. Both online and the Windows A...
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Solved!! Podcast titles with apostrophes show html numeric code '

Using my desktop windows 7 spotify app, podcast titles with ' apostrpohes in the title seem to be displaying html numerical character ' instead of '. I don't see this issue with my iOS spotify app or with music albums, songs, playlists. only see this...

  • Casual Listener
  • Using my desktop windows 7 spotify app, podcast titles with ' apostrpohes in the title seem to be displaying html numerical character ' instead of '.    I don't see this issue wit...
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Superuser Contribution The application is not responding

Spotify gets unresponsive -> You close it. Try to reopen it and you get a message box with "The Application is not responding". Only works again if you go to task manager and kill any process that's related to Spotify. This has been reported before b...

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  • Spotify gets unresponsive -> You close it. Try to reopen it and you get a message box with "The Application is not responding". Only works again if you go to task manager and kill any process that...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Windows playback stuttering

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWindows 10 PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Professional OEM My Question or IssuePlayback on the Windows desktop application stutters about every 10 seconds. Just a very slight hitch but 100% noticeable and makes it IMPOSSIBLE ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Windows 10 PC Operating System Windows 10 Professional OEM   My Question or Issue Playback on the Windows desktop application stutters about every 10 se...
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the song lyrics just dont display

PlanFreeCountrypolandDeviceacer travelmate p2Operating Systemwin 10 pro My Question or Issue99% of the songs im listening to lost their lyrics, i look them up on musixmatch, and the lyrics are avaible.

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  • Plan Free Country poland Device acer travelmate p2 Operating System win 10 pro   My Question or Issue 99% of the songs im listening to lost their lyrics, i look them up on musixmatch, ...
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Superuser Contribution Repeat one skips after an ad break

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceWindows 11 DesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 When playing a song on a playlist/album/authors top 10 with repeat one enabled, the song WILL repeat itself, up until an advertisement plays, at which it will go to the ne...

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  • Plan Free Country United States Device Windows 11 Desktop Operating System Windows 11   When playing a song on a playlist/album/authors top 10 with repeat one enabled, the song WILL rep...
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spotify shows songs to be only 0:29 second long

Hi, today I noticed that in some albums the songs are showed to be 0:29 seconds long (always and only 0:29) while obviously they are longer. Once I play them the right lenght appears on the playing bar, but still not in the album. This only happens i...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, today I noticed that in some albums the songs are showed to be 0:29 seconds long (always and only 0:29) while obviously they are longer. Once I play them the right lenght appears on the playing b...
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[SOLVED] (ish) Spotify blocks taskar set to auto-hide

Hi! This might be related to this bug and the older archived one it references: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Desktop-Windows-Can-t-access-auto-hidden-taskbar-when-maximised/idi-p/2591456 On a my Windows 10 laptop, spotify initially...

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  • Hi!    This might be related to this bug and the older archived one it references: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Desktop-Windows-Can-t-access-auto-hidden-taskbar-wh...
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Superuser Contribution Bug Report: Broken UI of windows Microsoft app.

PlanPremium StudentCountryIndiaDeviceLenovo Yoga 7i proOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueThe Microsoft app UI is showing some bugs when minimized and opened, the icons (What's new, Browse, Friend activity) get cramped one and overlay eac...

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  • Plan Premium Student Country India Device Lenovo Yoga 7i pro Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue The Microsoft app UI is showing some bugs when minimized and opened, the...
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Superuser Contribution Song volume fades on "quiet" parts of songs

PlanPremium, version is 1.1.47.684.g136419d9CountryFinlandDeviceDesktop computerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueLow volume part of songs get an artificial fade out - fade in which is really annoying. I've noticed it starting today, pre...

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  • Plan Premium, version is 1.1.47.684.g136419d9 Country Finland Device Desktop computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Low volume part of songs get an artificial fade...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Please give us back the "Artist" column

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm desperate for the return of the "Artist" column, separate from the song title. Not only is the artist very difficult to read, displaced almost half the size of the bolded ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm desperate for the return of the "Artist" column, separate from the song title. Not only is...
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Solved!! Release Radar not Updating

Hi all,The past few weeks I've found that my release radar is updating much later than on friday. However, when it updates it states that the songs had been on the playlist for a few days. Anyone else experiencing this issue? Any thoughts?

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi all, The past few weeks I've found that my release radar is updating much later than on friday. However, when it updates it states that the songs had been on the playlist for a few days. Anyone...
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Superuser Contribution "Show songs from" option toggles itself on after app restart

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceLenovo Legion LaptopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueAfter experiencing extreme lagging, I decided to try to have fewer local files. I made a new folder SPOTIFY in my musicv library where I put the files th...

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  • Plan Premium Country Norway Device Lenovo Legion Laptop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue After experiencing extreme lagging, I decided to try to have fewer local file...
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Play button gray out

PlanFree/Premium DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Button play grayed outI tried to disconnect all devices, log in in other browsers, ctr+f5. But the play button is always grayed-out

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  • Plan Free/Premium     Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   Button play grayed out I tried to disconnect all devices, log in in other browsers, ctr+f5. But the play bu...
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Superuser Contribution Don't have an equalizer

PlanFree/PremiumCountryIndiaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 pro My Question or IssueWhy don't I have an equalizer in my desktop version of Spotify?I tried deleting the "prefs" folder and the "Users" subfolder - it didn't help!

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country India Device PC Operating System Windows 10 pro   My Question or Issue Why don't I have an equalizer in my desktop version of Spotify? I tried de...
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Superuser Contribution New Windows menu style can cause severe flicker/flashing

My Question or Issue: New Windows menu style can cause severe flicker/flashingWhen opening any submenus of the main right-click menu (with add to playlist, remove, add to queue etc) such as when adding to a playlist, if the user has right clicked in ...

  • Casual Listener
  • My Question or Issue: New Windows menu style can cause severe flicker/flashing When opening any submenus of the main right-click menu (with add to playlist, remove, add to queue etc) such as when ad...
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I accidentally hit CTRL + A and deleted all the songs out of my Liked Songs

I accidentally had clicked on Spotify, instead of PowerPoint, and had selected CTRL + A and DELETE to delete the contents of the slide, and instead removed ALL of the songs out of my Liked Songs.It won't let me undo, and it doesn't fall in the 'Recov...

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  • I accidentally had clicked on Spotify, instead of PowerPoint, and had selected CTRL + A and DELETE to delete the contents of the slide, and instead removed ALL of the songs out of my Liked Songs. ...
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Superuser Contribution Liked songs not showing as liked on artist page (ALL DEVICES, NOT JUST DESKTOP)

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceLITERALLY HAPPENING ON EVERY DEVICE I OWN (windows 10, android, ios, macbook) My Question or IssueSome artists not showing the liked tracks that are sitting in my liked tracks. Yes i've made sure it's not another album/etc.

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device LITERALLY HAPPENING ON EVERY DEVICE I OWN (windows 10, android, ios, macbook)   My Question or Issue Some artists not showing the liked tracks tha...
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