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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 Huge drop on playlist follower count

I have a playlist that I started three years ago that was up to near 520 followers now it has lost it half followers in less than 24 hours ! I've seen followers come and go, but not like this. Is there any explaination for this other than all of thes...

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  • I have a playlist that I started three years ago that was up to near 520 followers now it has lost it half followers in less than 24 hours !  I've seen followers come and go, but not like this. ...
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Superuser Contribution Unable to custom order playlists in folders

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceChromebookOperating SystemChrome My Question or IssueLately, I have been unable to custom order my playlists in different folders. This used to not be a problem, but for some reason, it suddenly stopped letting me. It gives ...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device Chromebook Operating System Chrome   My Question or Issue Lately, I have been unable to custom order my playlists in different folders. This used to not ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Win 11, wrong sound routing

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueOn each start of Spotify, it keeps routing on the motherboard sound card which is *not* the default one. I have to switch the default to motherboard (which has no output a...

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  • Plan Premium Country France Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue On each start of Spotify, it keeps routing on the motherboard sound card which is *not* the def...
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Superuser Contribution Facing Some Issues with i3 10th Generation Desktop and Spotify Product - Any Advice?

Hi everyone,I hope you’re doing well. I’m having some issues with my i3 10th Generation desktop while using Spotify Version 1.2.6.1234. These problems are affecting my ability to use the application effectively, and I’m looking for some advice on how...

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  • Hi everyone, I hope you’re doing well. I’m having some issues with my i3 10th Generation desktop while using Spotify Version 1.2.6.1234. These problems are affecting my ability to use the applicatio...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify changes Windows volume when changing between app focus.

Example: I set windows volume to 20. I then click on Spotify app and the volume set in windows goes down to 10. Clicking away from Spotify, the volume goes back up to 20. It does this with and without music playing. NOT volume normalization - affects...

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  • Example: I set windows volume to 20. I then click on Spotify app and the volume set in windows goes down to 10. Clicking away from Spotify, the volume goes back up to 20. It does this with and withou...
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Specific or certain song(s) NOT showing up in "On Repeat" playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 13 ProOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueNow I want to preface this that I am aware that Spotify stops recording data for your Yearly Wrapped around October or in general the fall season. However, I have ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 13 Pro Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Now I want to preface this that I am aware that Spotify stops recording data for your Y...
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Superuser Contribution Navigating playlist with arrow keys can cause selection to go outside of the main UI

PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 64-bit My Question or IssueI've had this issue since the introduction of the new UI refresh. I use the keyboard to navigate the playlist and noticed from day 1 that the selection on the song...

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  • Plan Premium Country Finland Device PC Operating System Windows 10 64-bit   My Question or Issue I've had this issue since the introduction of the new UI refresh. I use the keyboard to...
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Superuser Contribution All my PRIVATE playlists have been made public by you. How do I undo that?

Premium/Windows.You have probably buried this 'move' in one of your incessantly update EULAs, I only care about setting all of my playlists to private again without having to go to each one and tick a box. How?

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  • Premium/Windows. You have probably buried this 'move' in one of your incessantly update EULAs, I only care about setting all of my playlists to private again without having to go to each one and tic...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution I want to delete an unwanted daily mix.

There are no options to dislike or delete the recurring daily mixes and 'made for you' playlists. I have searched old comments but cannot find a solution. I would be happy if I could just hide the suggestions altogether so they do not automatically d...

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  • There are no options to dislike or delete the recurring daily mixes and 'made for you' playlists. I have searched old comments but cannot find a solution. I would be happy if I could just hide the s...
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Playing Spotify on two devices in my home at the same time

I have a computer in my bedroom and one in the living room. I pull spotify up on both of them and both computers are connected to a sound system. However, it will only play on one or the other?!? **bleep**? They are both using the same cable/Internet...

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  • I have a computer in my bedroom and one in the living room.  I pull spotify up on both of them and both computers are connected to a sound system.  However, it will only play on one or the ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Does Spotify count Local files as listened to?

I have whole mixtapes and albums which aren't on Spotify otherwise. Does anyone know if these actually get counted in places like Spotify.me and 20XX wrapped. So far from what I can see, they don't go on the 2018 wrapped playlist and they aren't anyw...

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  • I have whole mixtapes and albums which aren't on Spotify otherwise. Does anyone know if these actually get counted in places like Spotify.me and 20XX wrapped. So far from what I can see, they don't g...
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Superuser Contribution Xbox Spotify App Stereo / 5.1 toggle

Recently Spotify on my Xbox has stopped playing 5.1 surround audio. I've got an optical cable out of the console to my surround receiver. Before, Spotify would output 5.1. Now it only plays out of the front speakers. I've played with every setting, b...

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  • Recently Spotify on my Xbox has stopped playing 5.1 surround audio. I've got an optical cable out of the console to my surround receiver. Before, Spotify would output 5.1. Now it only plays out of th...
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Superuser Contribution What's New on Web player

I've logged into the Spotify web player for the first time in a while and noticed there's a What's New notification bell icon. This is brilliant and very handy on bigger screens. Any plans to add this to the Windows desktop app? Would be great.

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  • I've logged into the Spotify web player for the first time in a while and noticed there's a What's New notification bell icon. This is brilliant and very handy on bigger screens. Any plans to add thi...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution search by year and like

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceDesktop (windows) and Android phoneOperating SystemWindows 10 and Android My Question or IssueIs it possible to search by both (production)year and liked songs? I want to add music I already liked to a playlist by p...

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Desktop (windows) and Android phone Operating System Windows 10 and Android   My Question or Issue Is it possible to search by both (production)...
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Superuser Contribution хочу сбросить премиум подписку в аккаунте на бесплатную и не получается

сбросить премиум подписку в аккаунте на бесплатную

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Superuser Contribution New layout

PlanFreeCountryUSADevice PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI closed the application cause i didnt need it at that moment but then when i opened it, the display was completely different. it was as if the Web Player layout was now in the...

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  • Plan Free Country USA Device  PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I closed the application cause i didnt need it at that moment but then when i opened it, the di...
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Superuser Contribution Bug - Play button does not work for podcast

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDell XPS Operating SystemWin 11 My Question or IssueIf I have a Spotify playlist, like Jazz In The Background, playing, and I go to my Library, and find a podcast and select it, if I click on the Play button, nothing happen...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Dell XPS  Operating System Win 11   My Question or Issue If I have a Spotify playlist, like Jazz In The Background, playing, and I go to my Library...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify app skips songs repeatedly without input

I'll hit the skip button once, and Spotify will sometimes start skipping repeatedly. The number of skipped songs varies, from around 50 to hundreds. This happens both with and without shuffle on, and it's been occurring multiple times a day for sever...

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  • I'll hit the skip button once, and Spotify will sometimes start skipping repeatedly. The number of skipped songs varies, from around 50 to hundreds. This happens both with and without shuffle on, and...
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Superuser Contribution Slack is distorting Spotify Sound

Frequently throughout the day, Spotify sound will distort and get quiet. The songs are random but once it does it to a song, it's consistent at the same place even if I go back to that time or relisten later. So I assume it corrupts the cache but tha...

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  • Frequently throughout the day, Spotify sound will distort and get quiet. The songs are random but once it does it to a song, it's consistent at the same place even if I go back to that time or relist...
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Queue displaying random songs that don't play

The songs are not from the playlist I'm listening to. They show in the queue (sometimes repeating over and over) but never play. The actual next song is somewhere further down. I also can't remove songs from the queue either, but only sometimes.

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  • The songs are not from the playlist I'm listening to. They show in the queue (sometimes repeating over and over) but never play. The actual next song is somewhere further down. I also can't remove so...
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