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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...

MattSuda
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2024-03-14 3:38:28 PM
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notworking117
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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...

MattSuda
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2023-06-26 8:42:18 AM
2 weeks ago
whatintheworldisthis
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-04-28 8:08:45 PM
2023-04-29 10:41:16 PM
MattSuda
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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...

Goodman
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2013-09-17 11:47:47 AM
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Lost all my song

Hey so i star my computer opened spotify and all my song and song in my playlist are gone but i can see the playlist name etc. On my phone i have all my song and everything works fine.I tried uninstallig spotify and reinstalling it and it didnt work....

D4rkAnge
Casual Listener
Hey so i star my computer opened spotify and all my song and song in my playlist are gone but i can see the playlist name etc. On my phone i have all my song and everything works fine. I tried unins...
2019-02-20 8:29:13 PM
2019-02-24 7:59:56 AM
Mantisentil
Community Legend
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Can't play particular song.

Country DenmarkDeviceSpotify apps across all platforms. PC/Mobile etc. My Question or Issue I haven't been able to play "Vicetone - Walk Thru Fire" for the last couple of months. It displays the error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If yo...

C-Lind
Newbie
Country Denmark Device Spotify apps across all platforms. PC/Mobile etc. My Question or Issue I haven't been able to play "Vicetone - Walk Thru Fire" for the last cou...
2019-02-23 1:38:40 AM
2019-02-24 7:28:55 AM
OneByBoo
Roadie
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Solved!! Desktop Spotify can't play any songs (mobile works)

Plan - Premium Country - US Devices - iPhone 10s (works perfectly fine, has all songs) and Windows (doesn't work)Operating Systems - (iOS 12.1.4, Windows 10,) My Issue - The desktop version of my Spotify randomly stopped working, I can't play any mus...

twitaker
Casual Listener
Plan - Premium Country - US Devices - iPhone 10s (works perfectly fine, has all songs) and Windows (doesn't work) Operating Systems - (iOS 12.1.4, Windows 10,) ...
2019-02-24 2:55:33 AM
2019-02-24 4:23:47 AM
twitaker
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No songs in playlist

Hi, my spotify started by not playing any songs that weren't in my playlist and wouldn't add songs that I would add to my playlists on my PC but would add on my phone. A few days ago, no songs would show up in any playlist I would open. I have tried ...

kpplejuice
Newbie
Hi, my spotify started by not playing any songs that weren't in my playlist and wouldn't add songs that I would add to my playlists on my PC but would add on my phone. A few days ago, no songs would ...
2019-02-24 2:57:35 AM
2019-02-24 3:48:42 AM
A_Musicophile
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Solved!! Nothing loads or plays

PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDevicePCOperating System Windows 10My Question or Issue I have been having this issue for a while but its been getting really annoying, It started off a couple months ago when i first got premium anything added to my p...

nick23king9
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have been having this issue for a while but its been getting reall...
2019-02-23 11:28:57 PM
2019-02-23 12:03:12 AM
nick23king9
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Songs wont load at all and wont play

PlanFreeCountry IsraelDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy issue is simple, spotify wont play any songs, buffers all of the time before displaying this. AND always shows this on pc. How ever i tried playing it on mutliple other n...

nkl157
Newbie
Plan Free Country Israel Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My issue is simple, spotify wont play any songs, buffers all of the time before displaying t...
2019-02-23 9:48:27 PM
2019-02-23 11:18:04 PM
Mantisentil
Community Legend
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Solved!! Not playing any song.

Hi! I use the free version of Spotify on a Windows 10 Pro PC. Whenever I tryed to play some songs nothing happened and they had no title or artist, as shown in the pic below. Now it happens on every song that I play, after reinstalling Spotify.

Rares15
Newbie
Hi! I use the free version of Spotify on a Windows 10 Pro PC. Whenever I tryed to play some songs nothing happened and they had no title or artist, as shown in the pic below. Now it happens o...
2019-02-23 8:31:31 PM
2019-02-23 8:56:46 PM
Mantisentil
Community Legend
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Solved!! Not playing songs, Going from bad to worse

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceBrand new Windows 10 PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOriginally my windows spotify app was randomly not playing certain songs, after doing some google fu i tried a few troubleshooting suggestions. I did ...

br4d24
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Brand new Windows 10 PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Originally my windows spotify app was randomly not playing certain...
2019-02-18 4:47:32 AM
2019-02-23 8:33:04 PM
br4d24
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Solved!! Spotify Opening at Start Up...

PlanPremium CountryCanada DeviceMacBook Pro Mid-2012Operating SystemWindows 10 via BootCamp My Question or Issue Starting yesterday (Feb 22, 2019), Spotify has been opening on it's own when I start my computer even though I have it set to not open an...

LeroyDartagnan
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Canada Device MacBook Pro Mid-2012 Operating System Windows 10 via BootCamp My Question or Issue Starting yesterday (Feb 22, 2019), Spotify...
2019-02-23 4:16:21 PM
2019-02-23 5:34:10 PM
Sebasty
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Startup Bug

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Superuser Contribution SpotifyMigrator.exe Help

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceASUS LabtopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When I try opening up spotify it gives me this error.Does anyone know how to fix this? I've tried deleting all the Spotify files and restarting my computer and it ...

Ehusch
Newbie
Plan Premium Country USA Device ASUS Labtop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I try opening up spotify it gives me this error. Does anyon...
2019-02-03 4:34:49 AM
2019-02-23 2:40:09 PM
Katerina
Spotify Legend
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Solved!! My Music is gone :(

PlanFreeCountryGermany DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue For some time now I have had the problem that my music is not updated anymore, so I logged out once and logged in again and all my music was gone. I've already reinstalled...

Domme6789
Music Fan
Plan Free Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue For some time now I have had the problem that my music is not updated any...
2019-02-23 12:55:15 PM
2019-02-23 1:46:38 PM
wesleyb1989
Newbie
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Spotify Desktop Completely Unusable

This issue began a couple weeks ago and is getting worse. It is completely unpredictable. I will be listening to music and suddenly it will go silent because the next song won't play. Sometimes it happens with every other song in an album, sometimes ...

walrus321
Newbie
This issue began a couple weeks ago and is getting worse. It is completely unpredictable. I will be listening to music and suddenly it will go silent because the next song won't play. Sometimes it ha...
2019-02-18 12:16:41 AM
2019-02-23 11:28:31 AM
Mantisentil
Community Legend
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High CPU usage

Im using windows 10 and every time i want to hear music, spotify uses 50% of my CPU. I already tried with un-/reinstall but it did not help. I also shut down some settings.

iMxMiKE
Casual Listener
Im using windows 10 and every time i want to hear music, spotify uses 50% of my CPU. I already tried with un-/reinstall but it did not help. I also shut down some settings.
2019-02-22 6:55:45 PM
2019-02-23 1:33:14 AM
Loxer
Community Legend
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Spotify isn't showing any songs

PlanFreeCountry UKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have multiple playlists that i have created with lots of songs in each on however all of a sudden the Spotify app on my pc isn't showing any songs in any playlists. This is n...

Brandon_Rut
Casual Listener
Plan Free Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have multiple playlists that i have created with lots of songs in each on however a...
2019-02-22 2:09:31 PM
2019-02-22 9:13:01 PM
centauribeing
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Atividade de Amigos "bugada"

PlanPremiumCountryBrasil Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue Boa noite, pessoal! Desde que comecei a utilizar o app do Spotify versão desktop, venho tendo problemas para visualizar as atividades de amigos. Está habilitada e alguns amigos j...

PedroChilingue
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Brasil Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Boa noite, pessoal! Desde que comecei a utilizar o app do Spotify versão deskto...
2019-02-20 3:39:15 AM
2019-02-22 8:54:09 PM
Bittencourt
Spotify Star
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Solved!! Playlist are completely empty

Free version, operating on the desktop player which has been reliable for years and all of a sudden I can't play songs that arent on one of my playlists. Then I can't make a queue. So I reinstalled the desktop player for windows and not all my playli...

jbone44
Casual Listener
Free version, operating on the desktop player which has been reliable for years and all of a sudden I can't play songs that arent on one of my playlists. Then I can't make a queue. So I reinstalled t...
2019-02-22 6:51:51 AM
2019-02-22 4:55:53 PM
dragorult
Newbie
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connecting to FB and Twitter

My Question or Issuecan anyone help with this connect spotify desktop app to Facebook and Twitter, for some it doesnt want to or do it now, it used togoing to FB or Twitter apps I can't see a revoke or remove and app isn't there on either All I have ...

MorkMarmite
Casual Listener
My Question or Issue can anyone help with this connect spotify desktop app to Facebook and Twitter, for some it doesnt want to or do it now, it used to going to FB or Twitter apps I can't see a rev...
2019-02-21 6:51:04 PM
2019-02-22 4:46:06 PM
Sebasty
Community Legend
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Superuser Contribution Having trouble spotify skips 10 or 16 second from the song

PlanFreeOperating System( Windows 8.1) My Question or Issuei use spotify for windows and when i am on playlist and spotify start the next song he skips 10 or 16 second from the song but when i add the songs to queue the software play them without any...

friothai
Regular
Plan Free Operating System ( Windows 8.1) My Question or Issue i use spotify for windows and when i am on playlist and spotify start the next song he skips 10 or 16 second from the song ...
2019-02-21 12:42:24 AM
2019-02-22 3:13:19 PM
friothai
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Superuser Contribution A song always skips at 3:59

Specifically Surface's Echoes by Beyond Creation. It always skips to the next song on the album at that specific time. It's only this song too. This only seems to happen on the web player on my PC, not my phone though. I'm using windows 10.

algoryyythm
Regular
Specifically Surface's Echoes by Beyond Creation. It always skips to the next song on the album at that specific time. It's only this song too. This only seems to happen on the web pla...
2019-02-20 8:51:08 PM
2019-02-22 1:56:52 PM
Jemi
Spotify Legend
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[Windows] Universal App for Windows 10 (UWP)

Masaüstü uygulamamda önce hata kodu 4 (çevrimdışı modu)'nu aldım . Ardından önerilen DNS ayarlarını uyguladım fakat sonuç değişmedi. Uygulamayı kaldırıp tekrar yüklemek zorunda kalmama rağmen bu sefer de hata kodu 7 bildirimini aldım ve hesabıma gire...

ozguroo
Newbie
Masaüstü uygulamamda önce hata kodu 4 (çevrimdışı modu)'nu aldım . Ardından önerilen DNS ayarlarını uyguladım fakat sonuç değişmedi. Uygulamayı kaldırıp tekrar yüklemek zorunda kalmama rağmen bu sefe...
2019-02-22 11:02:26 AM
2019-02-22 1:50:26 PM
Mantisentil
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