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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 Help! My songs in playlista aren't playing or are skipping to random songs?

Hi all, This has been happening for at least two days, but my playlists seem to be acting up. I've tried turning off Smart Shuffle, turning off Shuffle completely, and switching playlists, but it still has the same error. It will play the first song ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi all, This has been happening for at least two days, but my playlists seem to be acting up. I've tried turning off Smart Shuffle, turning off Shuffle completely, and switching playlists, but it s...
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Superuser Contribution Cannot browse to spotify on windows

I am attempting to login to the spotify.com website on windows in order to sign up for premium as this cannot be done through the app.Accessing spotify.com forwards me to https://open.spotify.com/ which sits indefinitely before ending at a white scre...

  • Casual Listener
  • I am attempting to login to the spotify.com website on windows in order to sign up for premium as this cannot be done through the app. Accessing spotify.com forwards me to https://open.spotify.com...
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Superuser Contribution I have spotify premium. How do I tell spotify I don't like a song?

I'm in a Daily Mix. I don't like a song, but when I click on the three dots next to the song, the only options I have are: Add to playlist; Save to your Liked Songs; Add to queue; Go to song radio; Go to Artist; Go to album; Show credits; and Share. ...

  • Casual Listener
  • I'm in a Daily Mix. I don't like a song, but when I click on the three dots next to the song, the only options I have are: Add to playlist; Save to your Liked Songs; Add to queue; Go to song radio; G...
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Superuser Contribution Unable to resume after pausing for a few minutes

Hi!I'm on Windows 10 and have been experiencing this issue with my Spotify Desktop App for about a week. Whenever I pause for a few minutes and try to resume the song again Spotify has already completely stopped playback and the queue is empty as wel...

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  • Hi! I'm on Windows 10 and have been experiencing this issue with my Spotify Desktop App for about a week.   Whenever I pause for a few minutes and try to resume the song again Spotify has alr...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution One playlist not showing up

PlanPremiumCountrySingaporeOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOne of my playlists on my desktop app is not showing up... Not sure what the issue is? I didn't notice it till today, but it could be because I only used this playlist again to...

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  • Plan Premium Country Singapore Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue One of my playlists on my desktop app is not showing up... Not sure what the issue is? I didn't notice i...
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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 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 Something went wrong try reloading the page

Device(PC)Operating System(Windows 11) My Question or IssueEvery page I go to in the Spotify app just wont work and say "Something went wrong try reloading the page" but music still plays and I have connection. It's been happening for 3 days. apparen...

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  •   Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 11)   My Question or Issue Every page I go to in the Spotify app just wont work and say "Something went wrong try reloading the page" but musi...
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How to view previoulsy played Daily Mix playlists on spotify?

I clicked on a Daily Mix playlist yesterday and i liked the songs that were in the playlist but i didnt save the playlist. today, i want to view my previously played Daily Mix playlists on spotify to find it

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  • I clicked on a Daily Mix playlist yesterday and i liked the songs that were in the playlist but i didnt save the playlist. today, i want to view my previously played Daily Mix playlists on spotify to...
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Superuser Contribution Song skipping and 10 seconds of audio before going silent

Plan: PremiumCountry UK DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 Spotify app not browser window. My Question or Issue When I choose a song to play it skips several songs then plays a random one, then I get 9 or 10 seconds of audio before it goes silent. if...

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  • Plan: Premium Country UK   Device PC Operating System Windows 11   Spotify app not browser window.   My Question or Issue   When I choose a song to play it skips sever...
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spotify saying unable to play this song right now

whenever i try to play any song on spotify it says unable to play this right now, if you have the file on your computer you can import it. and i tried to reload spotify and play songs other than my playlist, but it doesnt work, and it hasnt for a few...

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  • whenever i try to play any song on spotify it says unable to play this right now, if you have the file on your computer you can import it. and i tried to reload spotify and play songs other than my p...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution I keep getting the "something went wrong" error in desktop.

I keep getting the "something went wrong" error in desktop app for windows for almost a week. The app works perfectly fine on my iPhone 11 but I cannot use the desktop app.

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  • I keep getting the "something went wrong" error in desktop app for windows for almost a week. The app works perfectly fine on my iPhone 11 but I cannot use the desktop app.
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Superuser Contribution How do I fix Spotify not letting me change songs and restarting the song?

Sometimes when I am using Spotify, the app plays the first second of a bunch of random songs then once it starts playing, it will restart and not let me change the song. This is most common when using Apple Carplay or the Desktop App. This makes the ...

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  • Sometimes when I am using Spotify, the app plays the first second of a bunch of random songs then once it starts playing, it will restart and not let me change the song. This is most common when usin...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify randomly maxes out volume

Every time I change song the volume maxes out including my downloaded songs and also whenever I startup the app.Tried clearing cache, reinstalling, logging out and back in, and messing with the volume normalizer. Spotify for Windows (64 bit)1.2.47.36...

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  • Every time I change song the volume maxes out including my downloaded songs and also whenever I startup the app. Tried clearing cache, reinstalling, logging out and back in, and messing with the vol...
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Superuser Contribution Something went wrong Try reloading the page

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevice, Operating SystemWindows 11 23H2 PC My Question or IssueI'm at my wit's end, this is only happening on Windows Desktop / Windows 11 23H2ChromeEdgeDesktop App(Firefox works!)I suspect there is some Windows API that these bro...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device, Operating System Windows 11 23H2 PC   My Question or Issue I'm at my wit's end, this is only happening on Windows Desktop / Windows 11 23H2 Ch...
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Superuser Contribution Play OPUS files on desktop app

I recently sorted a bunch of OPUS files into newly created Spotify playlists on my phone.Now, I wanted to play them on my PC using the desktop app. So, I imported all the files from my phone to my PC, but they don't appear in the 'Local Files' sectio...

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  • I recently sorted a bunch of OPUS files into newly created Spotify playlists on my phone. Now, I wanted to play them on my PC using the desktop app. So, I imported all the files from my phone to my ...
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Superuser Contribution Error code: accesspoint:34

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceOMEN 25L DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueWhenever I try to log in to Spotify, I get this error, "A firewall may be blocking Spotify. Please update your firewall to allow Spotify. Additionally you cou...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device OMEN 25L Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Whenever I try to log in to Spotify, I get this error, "A firewall may be blocking Spotif...
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Superuser Contribution 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...

Start Jam Menu - Desktop App.png Queue Right Sidebar.png
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  • Spotify is bringing Jam to the desktop app! 🥳 🖥️ 💻 Now you can start or join a listening party with your friends, family, colleagues, and classmates, with the Spotify desktop app in ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Audio Suddenly Extremely Crackly

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI can't pinpoint the exact date when this began happening but as of late my Spotify has been extremely crackly on songs that are bass heavy. I have changed ...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I can't pinpoint the exact date when this began happening but as of late my Spot...
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Superuser Contribution Cannot Scroll While Reordering Song in Playlist

PlanPremium CountryUSA DeviceMacbook Pro M2 Operating SystemmacOS Sonoma 14.1 My Question or IssueWhen I am dragging a song in a playlist, I cannot use the scroll wheel to scroll the playlist. This used to work as recently as around a month or two ag...

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  • Plan Premium   Country USA   Device Macbook Pro M2   Operating System macOS Sonoma 14.1   My Question or Issue When I am dragging a song in a playlist, I cannot use t...
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