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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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The library of my mobile does not synchronize with the pc

PlanPremiumCountrySpain DeviceIphone7plus and apple watch s4Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue It only synchronizes once a month, meanwhile my pc library has fewer songs than on my phone, the last songs added do not come out, there are s...

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  • Plan Premium Country Spain  Device Iphone7plus and apple watch s4 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  It only synchronizes once a month, meanwhile my pc libra...
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Can only play saved music

Hello,I have Spotify free and on my laptop (windows 10) I've been having some trouble.For about a week now I'm not able to listen to any music that I didn't save. When I try, the song doesn't appear on the bottom left, the titel and artist will stay ...

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  •   Hello, I have Spotify free and on my laptop (windows 10) I've been having some trouble. For about a week now I'm not able to listen to any music that I didn't save. When I try, the song doe...
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Steam streaming audio drivers won't work with spotify

PlanPremiumCountry NODeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hello,Not sure if this is a Spotify or steam problem.The problem is that when I enabled Steam In Home Streaming on my computer and started a game, steam prompted me to...

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  • Plan Premium Country  NO Device Computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Hello, Not sure if this is a Spotify or steam problem. The problem is that ...
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Collaborative Playlist Issue

Hey guys, I'm a regular user of Spotify, on both my computer and my phone. My friend used to have a collaberative playlist with other people, and everytime he played a song, you were able to see the playlist it came up on, so other of his friends can...

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  •     Hey guys, I'm a regular user of Spotify, on both my computer and my phone. My friend used to have a collaberative playlist with other people, and everytime he played a song, you were ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify crashes on computer every time I remove my headphone jack.

PlanPremiumCountryNorway DevicePCOperating SystemWindows My Question or Issue I am having trouble with Spotify crashing EVERY time I unplug my headphones. The program with then repeat a second of sound endlessly. Reinstalling the program doesn't work...

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  • Plan Premium Country Norway   Device PC Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue  I am having trouble with Spotify crashing EVERY time I unplug my headphones.&nb...
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Multiple issues following latest update

I have a Student account and write from Italy. I'm experiencing a couple of very annoying issues following the latest update in the desktop app. I can only play music from my favourites. I cannot add new music to favourites, nor play music from the a...

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  • I have a Student account and write from Italy.   I'm experiencing a couple of very annoying issues following the latest update in the desktop app.   I can only play music from my favour...
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Spotify won't play a majority of songs.

I'm a free spotify user and recently my spotify won't play a majority of songs. The problem started happening this week. I reinstalled spotify and it didn't really work, only one or two songs became avaliable. That was yesterday, today about 80% of t...

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  •    I'm a free spotify user and recently my spotify won't play a majority of songs. The problem started happening this week. I reinstalled spotify and it didn't really work, only one or two...
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Spotify search won't let me play any songs while I'm on my computer

PlanFreeCountry U.K.DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Enterprise My Question or Issue If I try and search for a song, it refuses to play. The button appears off to the side, and pressing the play button results in nothing but a symbol of a spotify r...

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  • Plan Free Country  U.K. Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Enterprise   My Question or Issue  If I try and search for a song, it refuses to play. The button appears off to...
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Spotify won't show the right song

PlanPremiumCountry CanadaDeviceEssential Phone PH-1, desktop PC, Alexa EchoOperating SystemAndroid 9, Windows 10, ??? My Question or Issue Hi, since few weeks maybe months I notice Spotify won't show the right song I'm listening. Most of the time it'...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Canada Device Essential Phone PH-1, desktop PC, Alexa Echo Operating System Android 9, Windows 10, ???   My Question or Issue    Hi, since few wee...
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Popularity meter gone?

The popularity meter appears to have disappeared from my Windows version. And I'm talking about the 5 bars vs 4 bars etc that would come up when I do a generic search for songs and it would depict how popular a song is. Is this a permanent change? Te...

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  • The popularity meter appears to have disappeared from my Windows version. And I'm talking about the 5 bars vs 4 bars etc that would come up when I do a generic search for songs and it would depict ho...
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I can listen to music on my phone, but not on windows 10

Hello, I have a problem with most music on spotify. I can listen to all the music on my spotify on android. But once I switch to my computer the music stops is stuck at 00.00. Thanks for your help

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  • Hello, I have a problem with most music on spotify. I can listen to all the music on my spotify on android. But once I switch to my computer the music stops is stuck at 00.00. Thanks for your help
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Playlist glitching

PlanFreeCountryUnited States DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo this also a issue on the web player. I was listening to the lo-fi beats playlist (btw such a good playlist) however, when it got passed the first song (Seymour by ...

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  • Plan Free Country United States   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue So this also a issue on the web player. I was listening to the lo-fi beats playlist...
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Hard Crash in Windows 7

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceDesktop PC: 16GB DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, Roland Edirol UA-4FX/Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 5RX (not simultaneously active)Operating SystemWindows 7 (build 7601), My Question or IssueJust installed the latest update for ...

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  • Plan Free Country USA Device Desktop PC: 16GB DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, Roland Edirol UA-4FX/Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 5RX (not simultaneously active) Operating System Windows 7 (build...
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Error 502 and 504

PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceDesktop & Samsung S8Operating SystemWin7 and Android My Question or IssueSpotify Browser has stopped working, circa 15:15 UK time. I've tried on Chrome, IE and on my android phone and all of them are displaying either error...

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  • Plan Premium Country  UK Device Desktop & Samsung S8 Operating System Win7 and Android   My Question or Issue Spotify Browser has stopped working, circa 15:15 UK time. I've tr...
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iOS app locks up. On restart, the queue resets

PlanFreeCountry USofADevice(iPad mini)Operating System(iOS 12.1.3)Spotify Appv 8.4.90 After pausing the music and switching to a different app, the Spotify app will occasionally be locked up when I go back to it. No response from the play button. Eve...

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  • Plan Free Country  USofA Device (iPad mini) Operating System (iOS 12.1.3) Spotify App v 8.4.90    After pausing the music and switching to a different app, the Spotify app w...
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Spotify weekly not showing on PC

PlanPremiumCountry USDeviceAndroidOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Opened up Spotify on my pc and clicked on discover weekly, only has one song. Opened on Android, initially was blank, now has full list. Can't get PC to show the full l...

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  • Plan Premium Country  US Device Android Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Opened up Spotify on my pc and clicked on discover weekly, only has one song. Open...
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Solved!! Podcast list view

PlanPremiumCountryPortugal DeviceWindows DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Is it possible to implement a "list view" option for followed podcasts (in the library teb) in the desktop app?The current view is similar to the album vi...

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  • Plan Premium Country Portugal  Device Windows Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue     Is it possible to implement a "list view" option for follo...
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Problemas para reproducir cualquier canción.

PlanPremiumCountry Mx Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Desde hace dias que no permite reproducir canciones a libre eleccion, no carga y crashea. Solo instalando la version anterior se soluciona pero con eso que la tienen programado a a...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Mx   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Desde hace dias que no permite reproducir canciones a libre eleccion, no carga y crashea. S...
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Weird playlist behavior (1200+ songs)

PlanPremiumCountry NLDeviceiPhone X/Windows 10 Pro PCOperating SystemiOS 12.0.1, Latest Win10 Pro build My Question or Issue So, I have this playlist of all of my music combined. Whenever I try to play it on shuffle, it keeps repeating a couple of so...

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  • Plan Premium Country  NL Device iPhone X/Windows 10 Pro PC Operating System iOS 12.0.1, Latest Win10 Pro build   My Question or Issue  So, I have this playlist of all of my m...
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Spotify stops working after a longer pause

PlanFree/PremiumCountry FinlandDeviceHP EliteBook 850 G3Operating SystemWindows 7 Enterprise, SP1Running Spotify as a desktop application My Question or Issue My spotify app is acting up every time it's paused and left alone for a while.When I boot u...

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  •   Plan Free/Premium Country  Finland Device HP EliteBook 850 G3 Operating System Windows 7 Enterprise, SP1 Running Spotify as a desktop application   My Question or Iss...
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