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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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Superuser Contribution Cursor Pointer Doesn't Change on Some Control Bar Buttons

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Home My Question or IssueOn the Desktop app, the back button, play/pause, next track button, loop button, connect-to-device button, and volume control slider all use a standard text cursor i...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Home   My Question or Issue On the Desktop app, the back button, play/pause, next track button, loop button, connect-...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Ads not playing at all

PlanFreeCountryPoland DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI noticed my free version of Spotify on PC isn't playing ads. Last time I got an ad must've been like 2 months ago. I didn't mind the ads and i want to support the app that l...

  • Casual Listener
  •   Plan Free Country Poland   Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I noticed my free version of Spotify on PC isn't playing ads. Last time I got an ad must'v...
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No cover art for local Music library files on windows, iOS works fine.

- I add a track to Apple Music on Windows and add a cover by going to the track's properties or using a program like MP3tag (makes no difference).- When I open Apple Music on my iPhone, the cover shows up fine.- Spotify on all my devices is configure...

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  • - I add a track to Apple Music on Windows and add a cover by going to the track's properties or using a program like MP3tag (makes no difference). - When I open Apple Music on my iPhone, the cover s...
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Playlists] Date Added (computer mode)

Now that you've updated computer mode, it's hard to make sure that you can flip the date added column. There used to be a specific column with the date it was added on computer mode, and now that's completely gone. So when you put it to sort by date ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Now that you've updated computer mode, it's hard to make sure that you can flip the date added column. There used to be a specific column with the date it was added on computer mode, and now that's c...
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I don't see browse all section on my desktop app

When I click search normally there used to be a browse all section under the recent searches section. But for 2 weeks mine browse all section just dissappeared. When I log into the web app I can see the browse all section but I cannot see it in the d...

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  • When I click search normally there used to be a browse all section under the recent searches section. But for 2 weeks mine browse all section just dissappeared. When I log into the web app I can see ...
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Superuser Contribution "Something went wrong while loading the artist'"

PlanPremium FamilyCountryNorwayDevice(Windows Desktop)Operating System(Windows 11) My Question or IssueTrying to load any artist profile times out after a while with the "Something went wrong" message. I have no idea what went wrong. The same can hap...

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  • Plan Premium Family Country Norway Device (Windows Desktop) Operating System (Windows 11)   My Question or Issue Trying to load any artist profile times out after a while with the "Som...
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Superuser Contribution Mark all as played - status synchronisation between mobile and dekstop

Hi everyone, I seem to be facing a peculiar problem. I marked most old episodes on a podcast as 'played' on the movile app. But the status does not sync with Desktop client. Its frustrating because that would seems like a logical thing that should ha...

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  • Hi everyone, I seem to be facing a peculiar problem. I marked most old episodes on a podcast as 'played' on the movile app. But the status does not sync with Desktop client. Its frustrating because...
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Superuser Contribution Can't get spotify to stop opening a bad playlist that I never followed/searched for. How to fix?

PlanPremiumCountry CanadaDeviceTwo different Windows 10 PCs and a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge as well.Operating SystemWindows 10 and Android 8.0.0 My Question or Issue Random times that I open spotify on any device it keeps defaulting me to this specific ...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Canada Device Two different Windows 10 PCs and a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge as well. Operating System Windows 10 and Android 8.0.0   My Question or Issue  R...
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Solved!! Delete/Remove a song from a playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceLenovo ThinkCentreOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue How do I delete/remove a song from Local Files playlist?

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  • Plan Premium Country United States   Device Lenovo ThinkCentre Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue  How do I delete/remove a song from Local Files playlist?
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Superuser Contribution The desktop app lies to you when hiding a song on the release radar

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFor over a year now my release radar has been including unknown artists that I never listen to. So I use the included "hide" feature which displays the following mess...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue For over a year now my release radar has been including unknown artists that I never liste...
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Superuser Contribution Shuffle play adds playlist twice or worse

Whenever I click to shuffle play a playlist, it adds the playlist twice in the queue if it's a shorter playlist (less than 40 songs) or will add songs from the start of the playlist randomly in the middle of the queue order if it's a longer playlist....

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  • Whenever I click to shuffle play a playlist, it adds the playlist twice in the queue if it's a shorter playlist (less than 40 songs) or will add songs from the start of the playlist randomly in the m...
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Superuser Contribution Пауза при прослушивании песен. В Discord Высвечивается "Пауза".

Ставиться пауза при прослушивании треков.Ни у кого нет доступа к моему акку, я уже нажимал "Выйти ото всюду".Пауза связана с Дискордом, то есть высвечивается сообщение "Your mic has been transmitting for 30 seconds. SpotyFy playback paused". Ни в дис...

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  • Ставиться пауза при прослушивании треков. Ни у кого нет доступа к моему акку, я уже нажимал "Выйти ото всюду". Пауза связана с Дискордом, то есть высвечивается сообщение "Your mic has been transmit...
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Superuser Contribution premium works except for Joe Rogan podcast

I'm getting several of the premium features (e.g., unlimited skips), but I still can't listen to the Joe Rogan podcast, which is the only reason I signed up for premium.

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  • I'm getting several of the premium features (e.g., unlimited skips), but I still can't listen to the Joe Rogan podcast, which is the only reason I signed up for premium.
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Superuser Contribution my spotify keeps pausing every few seconds and i cant fix it

my spotify pauses every few seconds like every 30 or so seconds and ive tried deleting and reinstalling, clearing cache, logging in and out and it still wont work

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  • my spotify pauses every few seconds like every 30 or so seconds and ive tried deleting and reinstalling, clearing cache, logging in and out and it still wont work
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Superuser Contribution First song or most recent song added to "Liked Songs" playlist won't play

Adding a new song to the "Liked Songs" playlist results in Spotify app not being able to play the song - error "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it". However, if I add another song to the playlis...

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  • Adding a new song to the "Liked Songs" playlist results in Spotify app not being able to play the song - error "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import...
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Superuser Contribution Cannot open Spotify from any shortcuts if minimized to system tray

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceCustom built desktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10Spotify Version1.2.28.581.gd0e8a92cMy Question or IssueIf I enable "Close button should minimize the Spotify window", then close it, I cannot reopen it from any shortcut (either...

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  • Plan Free Country USA Device Custom built desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 Spotify Version 1.2.28.581.gd0e8a92c My Question or Issue If I enable "Close button should minimize the Spo...
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Superuser Contribution Keyboard shortcut ctrl+alt+F (Search in Your Library) not working with colemak layout

PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 EnterpriseSpotify App VersionSpotify for Windows (64 bit)1.2.30.1135.g02fef27a My IssueThe keyboard shortcut for "Search in Your Library" ctrl-alt-F is not working. I figured that some keyboard layout/lan...

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  • Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Enterprise Spotify App Version Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.30.1135.g02fef27a   My Issue The keyboard shortcut for "Search in Yo...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify desktop app not filling screen / small gap on Windows 11

Device PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue When I maximize Spotify there's a thin gap left over at the bottom which is slightly annoying. You can see it just slightly above the Windows taskbar.

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  • Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue When I maximize Spotify there's a thin gap left over at the bottom which is slightly annoying. You can see it just s...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify should support hardware yubikes

HI I was wanting to now something does spotify support Hardware keys. I am on a free spotify plan. The reason I am asking is because I will have a hardware key through a legit company named:yubico.comWindows 11 home64 bit operating system Spotify sho...

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  • HI I was wanting to now something does spotify support Hardware keys.  I am on a free spotify plan.  The reason I am asking is because I will have a hardware key through a legit company nam...
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