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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 Cannot play ANY song?! - Windows Desktop App

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueHi there. I use the Spotify desktop app on Windows every day. All of a sudden, I'm unable to play any song! Nothing works. No updates to my PC, no updates to Spotify. Nothin...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Desktop Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Hi there. I use the Spotify desktop app on Windows every day. All of a sudden, I'm unable to play...
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Superuser Contribution Windows shows multiple audio output from Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueWindows shows multiple audio output from Spotify, usually 2 to 3, only one of them actually outputs audio. I find it annoying as I often use the sound mixer for all my applications...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Windows shows multiple audio output from Spotify, usually 2 to 3, only one of them actually outputs audio. I find i...
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Superuser Contribution The default zoom on the Spotify app on Windows is too zoomed in?

Every time I open the Spotify app on Windows it looks super zoomed in and I have to manually zoom out. Is there any way to set up the default zoom upon app start? I can provide a screenshot if necessary.

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  • Every time I open the Spotify app on Windows it looks super zoomed in and I have to manually zoom out. Is there any way to set up the default zoom upon app start? I can provide a screenshot if necess...
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How do i remove this?

How do i remove the new sidebar on the right side of the screen? 

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  • How do i remove the new sidebar on the right side of the screen? 
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Superuser Contribution Discord not displaying listening status

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(Windows 10 desktop pc, iPhone 12 mini)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueDiscord wont display my listening activity from my desktop. When i try to play music on my spotify on my pc which i have the app downlo...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device (Windows 10 desktop pc, iPhone 12 mini) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Discord wont display my listening activity from my desktop....
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Superuser Contribution Spotify volume won't change

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDevicePCOperating Systemwindow 11 My Question or IssueWhen i am using the app on my computer i can't change the audio volume i can't lower it or raise it in any way. I have already try to reinstall the app but it doesn't work....

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  •   Plan Premium Country France Device PC Operating System window 11   My Question or Issue When i am using the app on my computer i can't change the audio volume i can't lower it ...
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offline mode

I encountered an years old problem of perma spotify offline mode. I can play songs by using the green button, but not choose the exact songs.Edit: I reinstalled spotify, removed absolutely everything from regedit, changed dns... and no fix, but then,...

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  • I encountered an years old problem of perma spotify offline mode. I can play songs by using the green button, but not choose the exact songs. Edit: I reinstalled spotify, removed absolutely everythi...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Volume wont adjust on desktop.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueAs stated, the volume won't adjust at all on desktop, neither the app slider or the volume mixer via Windows affects the volume. Universal volume adjustments do work, but tha...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue As stated, the volume won't adjust at all on desktop, neither the app slider or the volume mixer v...
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Superuser Contribution Installed Sound Blaster Audigy Fx V2 for Desktop. No speaker or headphone sound now.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWin11 My Question or IssueSpotify won't play on Windows after installing a new Sound Blaster. The error message is "Spotify can't play this right now (etc..)After researching and trying all the fixes here ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Win11   My Question or Issue Spotify won't play on Windows after installing a new Sound Blaster. The error message is "Spotify can...
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Removing connectable devices from the Spotify app on PC

There are certain devices from my network I want to remove from my connectable devices. It's possible on the web player, but not in the application itself. Are there ways remove them?

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  • There are certain devices from my network I want to remove from my connectable devices. It's possible on the web player, but not in the application itself. Are there ways remove them?
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Superuser Contribution I can't see the lyrics

PlanPremiumCountryIndonesiaOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI can't press mic button to see the lyrics even tho i'm premium user, but i can see it on my phone. how to fix it?

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  • Plan Premium Country Indonesia Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I can't press mic button to see the lyrics even tho i'm premium user, but i can see it on my phone. how ...
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Superuser Contribution How to save Spotify charts as playlist?

Spotify published its charts, such as the Global Hits, at https://charts.spotify.com/charts/view/regional-global-weekly/latest. I want to save the chart as a playlist so that I can play all the songs from the chart. How to do this?Also, can I save a ...

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  • Spotify published its charts, such as the Global Hits, at https://charts.spotify.com/charts/view/regional-global-weekly/latest. I want to save the chart as a playlist so that I can play all the s...
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How to reset my personal preferences and music taste

Is there any way for me to reset my entire personalised music taste for my account or smth like that.?

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  • Is there any way for me to reset my entire personalised music taste for my account or smth like that.?
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Solved!! Add all songs from queue to a playlist

PlanPremiumCountry UK My Question or Issue I want to add all the songs from my current queue to a playlist.I know there are two ways to add songs to a playlist after selecting them (with 'Ctrl + a): 1) Select the song/s and right click to bring up a ...

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  • Plan Premium Country  UK     My Question or Issue I want to add all the songs from my current queue to a playlist. I know there are two ways to add songs to a playlist after s...
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How to fix, "You Can't play this content on spotify" due to Realtek Drivers

I had a problem these days with spotify desktop App.For Window Users, this problem may appears when you try to play a song. Your speakes are working normally on other apps, but in Spotify Desktop app your Realtek drivers could not work correctly. You...

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  • I had a problem these days with spotify desktop App. For Window Users, this problem may appears when you try to play a song. Your speakes are working normally on other apps, but in Spotify Desktop...
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rembolso

me hicieron un reembolso pero no me llego ningun correo que me iban a rembolsar alg, quisiera saber si efectuaran el reembolso?

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  • me hicieron un reembolso pero no me llego ningun correo que me iban a rembolsar alg, quisiera saber si efectuaran el reembolso?
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Superuser Contribution Spotify will not update with elevated admin privileges

PlanFreeCountryCanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 home My Question or IssueI tell spotify to run as an administrator so that a password is required to run the app.Every week or so the desktop app tries to perform an automatic update, but n...

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  • Plan Free Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 11 home   My Question or Issue I tell spotify to run as an administrator so that a password is required to run the app....
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Desktop app (Windows) not working, multiple issues

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify desktop application has been having multiple issues, I have already followed the Help article for a clean reinstall and made sure there were no files/folders on my d...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify desktop application has been having multiple issues, I have already followed the H...
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