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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 Picking specific songs on Liked Songs not working

So I'm browsing through my Liked Songs and sometimes there's a specific song I want to listen to first (or just in general), so I try and play it, but then it doesn't work. But if I play my entire Liked Songs playlist, it'll play albeit without my fi...

  • Casual Listener
  • So I'm browsing through my Liked Songs and sometimes there's a specific song I want to listen to first (or just in general), so I try and play it, but then it doesn't work. But if I play my entire Li...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't play song on PC but works on Phone

PlanPremiumCountryEnglandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Home My Question or IssueI am trying to listen to some songs on spotify but whenever I go to play one on my computer I get this message "Spotify can't play this song right now. If you have t...

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  •   Plan Premium Country England Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Home   My Question or Issue I am trying to listen to some songs on spotify but whenever I go to play one on m...
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Windows windows control buttons now are not aligned to the border.

Kinda dumb, but after an update the windows controls are aligned above the edge, when maximized I usually drop the cursor on the top edge to close the program (minimize when closed activated) but now i need to place the cursor in the close button tha...

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  • Kinda dumb, but after an update the windows controls are aligned above the edge, when maximized I usually drop the cursor on the top edge to close the program (minimize when closed activated) but now...
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Superuser Contribution Web player pausing songs

I've been experiencing issues with web player it keeps pausing the song on its own with no effective solution in sight. Anyone facing the same issue and know what to do? PlanFree and PremiumCountryBrazilOperating SystemWindows Google Chrome 64 bits v...

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  • I've been experiencing issues with web player it keeps pausing the song on its own with no effective solution in sight.  Anyone facing the same issue and know what to do?   Plan Free and...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Using Discord 'Listen Along' have delay in 46 sec with other user

PlanPremiumCountryRussiaOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueHello. I've been experiencing a problem with the 'Listen Along' feature on Discord. I'm not sure if it's a specifically a Spotify or a Discord issue. My friend starts off listening...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Russia Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello. I've been experiencing a problem with the 'Listen Along' feature on Discord. I'm not sure if it's a ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Playlist cover art with transparent background color changes to black after restarting the app.

PlanPremium StudentCountryBrazilOperating System(Windows 10, iOS 17.0.3, macOS Sonoma 14.0)My Question or IssueI have customized several cover arts with transparent backgrounds in PNG format, however after applying them to a playlist the background c...

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  • Plan Premium Student Country Brazil Operating System (Windows 10, iOS 17.0.3, macOS Sonoma 14.0) My Question or Issue I have customized several cover arts with transparent backgrounds in PNG...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Buffering while playing music (with fast internet connection)

PlanPremiumCountrySouth AfricaOperating SystemWindows 10 (Spotify Web on Google Chrome) My Question or IssueHi there, I have been struggling with issue where music will randomly buffer as if I'm on a slow internet connection meanwhile that is not the...

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  • Plan Premium Country South Africa Operating System Windows 10 (Spotify Web on Google Chrome)   My Question or Issue Hi there, I have been struggling with issue where music will randomly ...
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Superuser Contribution Cross-device play issues

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceMacbook pro, windows pc, iphoneOperating SystemiOS, windows 10 My Question or IssueI have persistent issues when operating Spotify with my current setup.My output device is a windows 10 PC. While working, I control spotify...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   Device Macbook pro, windows pc, iphone Operating System iOS, windows 10   My Question or Issue I have persistent issues when operating Spotify with my ...
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Superuser Contribution Daily mixes inconsistent on different devices

PlanPremiumCountryEnglandDevicePhone 8 PlusChromebook/Web connectionOperating SystemiOS/ChromeOS Chrome Browser My Question or IssueDaily mixes are not showing the same songs on different devices.This has been reported before:https://community.spotif...

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  •   Plan Premium Country England Device Phone 8 Plus Chromebook/Web connection Operating System iOS/ChromeOS Chrome Browser   My Question or Issue Daily mixes are not showing the ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Where are my downloaded Spotify songs on my PC??

Firstly it's taken half an hour to get here just figuring out how to post this question! Do Spotify design that on purpose?I downloaded a bunch of songs from Spotify when I had premium but now I can't find any of them on my PC. I'm not sure what fold...

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  • Firstly it's taken half an hour to get here just figuring out how to post this question! Do Spotify design that on purpose? I downloaded a bunch of songs from Spotify when I had premium but now I ca...
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will not play music on PC

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMusic stopped playing on my windows 10 desktop PC. Pop up says "spotify cannot play right now if you have the file on your computer you can import it all my music plays fine when using my android phone

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  •   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Music stopped playing on my windows 10 desktop PC. Pop up says "spotify cannot play right now if you have the file on your computer...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Error code auth 2 when login in Windows 10 Spotify App

PlanPremiumDeviceWindows ComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro 1909 My Question or IssueI couldn't sign in Spotify via Facebook on Windows 10, it showed "The username or password is incorrect(Error code:auth:2)". It worked fine before I reinstalled ...

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  •   Plan Premium Device Windows Computer Operating System Windows 10 Pro 1909   My Question or Issue I couldn't sign in Spotify via Facebook on Windows 10, it showed "The username or...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Friend Activity - Not recorded when output via Sonos from Spotify app.

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDell Windows LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHey Team, I love the friend activity feature, I use it to see what family/friends are listening too, and some do with me. I noticed recently, members of my ho...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Dell Windows Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hey Team,   I love the friend activity feature, I use it to see what family...
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Solved!! No songs play on Win11 Desktop App or Webbrowser. iPhone works perfectly

I have the Problem that my Spotify Desktop App as well as the Webplayer do only show blackscreens, and sometimes after loading for a few minutes show the start page, but are unable to play any songs. I tried All regular troubleshooting options in the...

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  • I have the Problem that my Spotify Desktop App as well as the Webplayer do only show blackscreens, and sometimes after loading for a few minutes show the start page, but are unable to play any songs....
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Superuser Contribution Why can I not select the spotify version I want to use?

PlanPremiumCountryMultipleDevicePCOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueI cannot log in using older version for windows ever since Spotify decided to log me out of every. Have tried reinstalling the older version and wiping all the spotify data...

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  • Plan Premium Country Multiple Device PC Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue I cannot log in using older version for windows ever since Spotify decided to log me out of ever...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Playlists] I can't see the track numbers in my playlist

PlanPremiumCountryPolandOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOn one playlist instead of number of song i can see only note, but on others normally i can see the song numbers. Also i can see "release date" under which nothing is written, whe...

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  • Plan Premium Country Poland Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue On one playlist instead of number of song i can see only note, but on others normally i can see the song nu...
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Superuser Contribution Why does Spotify keeps skipping my podcasts back by 5-10 seconds?

Hi, I'm using the Spotify Web Player, and this issue only affects my laptop - I haven't noticed it happening on my iPad where I use the app.I usually listen to podcasts on 1.1-1.2x speed, but the issue persists on normal speed. Spotify randomly skips...

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  • Hi, I'm using the Spotify Web Player, and this issue only affects my laptop - I haven't noticed it happening on my iPad where I use the app. I usually listen to podcasts on 1.1-1.2x speed, but the i...
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Superuser Contribution unable songs

i want to listen to some songs of an artist but they dont show up for me, but for my friends it shows everything

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  • i want to listen to some songs of an artist but they dont show up for me, but for my friends it shows everything
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution empty song in queue when dragging from now playing

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceGeneric desktop & laptopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhen I drag the currently playing song into the queue below it, the queue interface refreshes, but the song is not added in the interface. Howev...

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Generic desktop & laptop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue When I drag the currently playing song into the queue below it, ...
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