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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 [All Platforms][Playlists] sort/filter songs by the artist name

The possibility to sort the songs in a playlist by the artist name is not available anymore. We can now only filter by 'title', 'album' and 'date added'. No 'artist name' filter is available anymore...Please bring it back!

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  • The possibility to sort the songs in a playlist by the artist name is not available anymore. We can now only filter by 'title', 'album' and 'date added'. No 'artist name' filter is available anymore....
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't sort by artist anymore on the NOV 30 2020 update

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDevice(PC)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueEver since 30 November update I cant sort by artist in playlists anymore and it bothers me quite a bit since I've always found it really nice to find certain song...

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Ever since 30 November update I cant sort by artist in playlists anymore  and it ...
  • MattSuda
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Artist column missing.

Major bug since the new UI, makes big playlists impossible to navigate easily.PlanPremiumCountry Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue

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  • Major bug since the new UI, makes big playlists impossible to navigate easily. Plan Premium Country   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  
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Superuser Contribution Where is the album column in playlists? Why was it taken out?

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSADeviceWindows 10 PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Home My Question or IssueWhat happened to the album column in playlists? It was there until the latest update of the Spotify Desktop App for Windows of 10/29 19. I find that extr...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device Windows 10 PC Operating System Windows 10 Home   My Question or Issue What happened to the album column in playlists? It was there until the latest...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 500 ()

gew4-spclient.spotify.com/gabo-receiver-service/v3/events:1 Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 500 ()WEB PLAYER DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONTROLS ACTIVEVOLUME CONTROL DOES NOT DO ANYTHING WITH THE VOLUME

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  • gew4-spclient.spotify.com/gabo-receiver-service/v3/events:1 Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 500 () WEB PLAYER DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONTROLS ACTIVE VOLUME CONTROL DOE...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution New user question

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueNew user questionHi,I'm a new Spotify premium user and I'm running out of resources for my local Spotify cache.I read in a German computer magazine to delete a fil...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue New user question Hi, I'm a new Spotify premium user and I'm running out of reso...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Liked songs not visible on albums

PlanFree Country Operating SystemWindows 10 version 1.1.64.561. My Question or IssueSo I was re-listening some artist I follow and I found 1 problem, some of songs I liked aren't visible on albums where I liked them from. First attachment is proof th...

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  • Plan Free   Country     Operating System Windows 10 version 1.1.64.561.   My Question or Issue So I was re-listening some artist I follow and I found 1 problem, some of ...
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Superuser Contribution Podcast are not sync between different devices

The sync between the podcast on desktop and mobile is not working every time... i think this problem consists so long and nothing changed... also I think we need a new "mark as played" button on desktop....

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  • The sync between the podcast on desktop and mobile is not working every time... i think this problem consists so long and nothing changed...   also I think we need a new "mark as played" butto...
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Superuser Contribution Certain FLAC files bug out

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 2H22 My Question or IssueThe only flac files i have on my local desktop do not import properly, for some reason have infinite repeating artist names, do not show image, and cause the spo...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 2H22   My Question or Issue The only flac files i have on my local desktop do not import properly, for some reaso...
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Superuser Contribution The Spotify Web Player is randomly blanking out whenever I move the mouse.

PlanPremium DuoCountryUSA BABY!DeviceWindows 10 PCOperating Systemgoogl My Question or IssueSpotify Webplayer blanking out This issue has been prominent since I've gotten premium. I tried clearing all of my spotify cookies, cache and browsing history...

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  • Plan Premium Duo Country USA BABY! Device Windows 10 PC Operating System googl   My Question or Issue Spotify Webplayer blanking out   This issue has been prominent since I've g...
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Spotify only playing same 2 songs on shuiffle

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssuePlayed music while gaming with my friends on discord.Playlist was on shuffle and after a coupple of songs it started to only play 2 songs over and over again. Tried skipping track...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Played music while gaming with my friends on discord. Playlist was on shuffle and after a coupple of songs...
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Superuser Contribution Nonliked songs playing in the liked songs playlist.

When starting to play music (after listening to the liked songs ONLY on this computer and the last device having listened to liked songs previously) Spotify will have every 3-5th song be a nonliked song. I understand suggesting music when I'm listeni...

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  • When starting to play music (after listening to the liked songs ONLY on this computer and the last device having listened to liked songs previously) Spotify will have every 3-5th song be a nonliked s...
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[Desktop] After Microsoft Teams call with audio, Spotify remains muted in Audio Mixer

Using Windows 10 Pro (Version 10.0.19041 Build 19041)and the Spotify (Version 1.1.28.721.g5b5ee660).... After I finish a Microsoft Teams call with audio, Spotify is unaware the call ends and never unmutes itself from the volume mixer (see attachment)...

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  • Using Windows 10 Pro (Version 10.0.19041 Build 19041) and the Spotify (Version 1.1.28.721.g5b5ee660)....   After I finish a Microsoft Teams call with audio, Spotify is unaware the call...
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Superuser Contribution The music on my Spotify has been lowered by a key

PlanPremiumCountryAU Device/OSLaptop/Windows 10 My Question or IssueThis is a weird thing to post, but for some reason, my music on Spotify is now all playing about a key lower than normal. I thought things sounded different yesterday but couldn't pu...

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  •   Plan Premium Country AU   Device/OS Laptop/Windows 10   My Question or Issue This is a weird thing to post, but for some reason, my music on Spotify is now all playing abou...
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Superuser Contribution How a Premium Duo plan member can login on spotify desktop app?

My daughter is my premium duo plan member and she uses spotify on her iphone 7 plus, but now she needs to use it on Spotify desktop app. Which username and password must she use? PlanPremium DuoCountryMéxicoDevice(iPhone 7 plus)Operating System(Windo...

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  • My daughter is my premium duo plan member and she uses spotify on her iphone 7 plus, but now she needs to use it on Spotify desktop app. Which username and password must she use?   Plan Premi...
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Superuser Contribution Windows LogIn "redirect_uri: Illegal redirect_uri"

PlanPremiumCountryUnited Arab EmiratesDeviceHP PCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI tried multiple troubleshooting scenarios but unable to Log In always getting "redirect_uri: Illegal redirect_uri". Ive tried through the Microsoft Store...

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  • Plan Premium Country United Arab Emirates Device HP PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I tried multiple troubleshooting scenarios but unable to Log In always getting...
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Superuser Contribution Featuring song not showing up at liked songs

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceAll My Question or IssueWhen I look at this song for example: https://open.spotify.com/track/2lhN56t6G51gXjnHLbt124?si=4da68f2c30e14602It is featured on the album 'Vuurwerk' by Camille and she is also one of the two...

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device All   My Question or Issue When I look at this song for example: https://open.spotify.com/track/2lhN56t6G51gXjnHLbt124?si=4da68f2c30e14602 It is ...
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Superuser Contribution Alphabetizing songs in playlist on web browser

How do you alphabetize songs in a playlist on the web browser version of spotify? I see how to do it on the phone app, but not the web.

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  • How do you alphabetize songs in a playlist on the web browser version of spotify?  I see how to do it on the phone app, but not the web.
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Superuser Contribution Download Tag Being Applied To Library When Switching Folders

Hello,I'm having an issue with the "download" filter being applied constantly when switching around in my music folders. I've made sure I'm not hitting the button to apply the tag. It's constantly happening and making it annoying to use your service ...

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  • Hello, I'm having an issue with the "download" filter being applied constantly when switching around in my music folders. I've made sure I'm not hitting the button to apply the tag. It's constantl...
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Superuser Contribution [Playlist] Unable to invite collaborators

CountryIndonesiaDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 11 pro My Question or IssueWhen I'm gonna invite my friend to my playlist (btw i only could access this acc on laptop). I use Microsoft Edge to open my spotify acc. And when i about to copy link for...

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  • Country Indonesia Device Laptop Operating System Windows 11 pro   My Question or Issue When I'm gonna invite my friend to my playlist (btw i only could access this acc on laptop). I use ...
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