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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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Local files matching songs on spotifys server

Hello, I have recently come back to spotify but i noticed that a lot of my local files/songs are being matched with songs or albums on spotifys servers even if they arnt technically available on spotify anymore. Is there anyway of stopping this happe...

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  • Hello, I have recently come back to spotify but i noticed that a lot of my local files/songs are being matched with songs or albums on spotifys servers even if they arnt technically available on spot...
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How to restore deleted songs from the library

I accidently unsaved an album from my library, is there a way to undo this?

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  • I accidently unsaved an album from my library, is there a way to undo this?
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How to sync download song on my phone to my desktop?

Hi,when I download song on my smartphone, but my desktop doesn't download the song, how to make it when I download on my phone and at the same time it can sync to my desktop? so I dont have to download it twice.

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  • Hi, when I download song on my smartphone, but my desktop doesn't download the song, how to make it when I download on my phone and at the same time it can sync to my desktop? so I dont have to down...
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Spotify plays the wrong song

In a non-shuffled playlist of mine Spotify keeps jumping to the start of the playlist after any song from the playlist finishes or I press skip. Pressing back on any song makes it jump to a certain song about 2/3 of the way through the playlist the p...

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  • In a non-shuffled playlist of mine Spotify keeps jumping to the start of the playlist after any song from the playlist finishes or I press skip. Pressing back on any song makes it jump to a cert...
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Solved!! I can't change my profile picture. Help!

So, i've been using Spotify premium for a few months. The thought of sharing your favorite playlists with other people and personalizing your account was amazing, i tried to upload a picture to my profile. It didn't accept my pictures, so i tried a r...

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  • So, i've been using Spotify premium for a few months. The thought of sharing your favorite playlists with other people and personalizing your account was amazing, i tried to upload a picture to my pr...
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Cut off end

I have listened to many piece with its end being cut off, I will give you a few examples (go to the last seconds): https://open.spotify.com/album/7IFB0DF2iHBlyHddaaRP4D (every movement)https://open.spotify.com/album/34P4VsIM4FIEDgaffz8lw9 (S124 2nd m...

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  • I have listened to many piece with its end being cut off, I will give you a few examples (go to the last seconds):   https://open.spotify.com/album/7IFB0DF2iHBlyHddaaRP4D (every move...
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Only Showing iTunes Playlist not the Spotify's I had before

Hello,I'm using wind 8.1 I recently imported my iTunes playlist and Spotify showed the playlist "iTunes" on top on my list and then the Spotify playlist I've created. I also was able to open the iTunes playlist and see a detail of all the playlist I ...

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  • Hello, I'm using wind 8.1 I recently imported my iTunes playlist and Spotify showed the playlist "iTunes" on top on my list and then the Spotify playlist I've created. I also was able to open the iT...
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Unlisted Hotkeys!

The official support article for the US Spotify hotkeys is out of date, so heres what's missing: Shift+(Left,Right) Skip five seconds back/fwdCtrl+r Toggle Repeat mode (Once, infinitely, off)Ctrl+s Toggle Shuffle on/offCtrl+Shift+a Deselect (Tested o...

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  • The official support article for the US Spotify hotkeys is out of date, so heres what's missing:   Shift+(Left,Right)      Skip five seconds back/fwd Ctrl+r &nbs...
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Superuser Contribution Music won't play offline - Spotify Premium

Hello. I have spotify premium and use Spotify in my smartphone and laptop. In the phone, Spotify works perfectly and I can listen to all the music offline with no problem. But in the laptop it just doesnt happens. When I try to listen to the music of...

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  • Hello. I have spotify premium and use Spotify in my smartphone and laptop. In the phone, Spotify works perfectly and I can listen to all the music offline with no problem. But in the laptop it just d...
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Error 14

Every time Spotify updates automatically I receive an error message (error 14 - see attachment - sorry, is in Dutch). Only a clean install of Spotify (after uninstalling) resolves this problem. This problem exists for at least two years now. Can this...

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  • Every time Spotify updates automatically I receive an error message (error 14 - see attachment - sorry, is in Dutch). Only a clean install of Spotify (after uninstalling) resolves this problem. This ...
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[Windows 7] Silent playback after 1min (ish)

Hi all,Is anyone else experiencing Spotify going silent midway through a song yet still playing on the seek bar? It's a fresh Spotify installation (again) on a fresh Windows 7 Ultimate installation. Any help on this would be appreciated. Additonal in...

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  • Hi all, Is anyone else experiencing Spotify going silent midway through a song yet still playing on the seek bar?   It's a fresh Spotify installation (again) on a fresh Windows 7 Ultimate ins...
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Lag

I've been experiencing lag.Its getting frustrating, I want an older version bringing back that uses less RAM.Anybody experiencing the same?The old grey UI versions used less RAM, I really wish Spotify would bring them back.

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  • I've been experiencing lag. Its getting frustrating, I want an older version bringing back that uses less RAM. Anybody experiencing the same? The old grey UI versions used less RAM, I really wis...
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Spotify Not Loading Anything

Hi, My spotify used to work fine but i restarted my computer and now nothing loads when i click the spotify icon, i was just wondering if anyone who is better with spotify problems then me could tell me whats wrong and what i have to do to fix it. He...

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  • Hi,   My spotify used to work fine but i restarted my computer and now nothing loads when i click the spotify icon, i was just wondering if anyone who is better with spotify problems then me c...
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Spotify doesn't remembering songs

Recently, from around mid 2016, whenever spotify is restarted or opened after restarting my computer it doesn't remember the last song I played. It always defaults to the same song (which I do not know how it is chosen, seems pretty random). This iss...

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  • Recently, from around mid 2016, whenever spotify is restarted or opened after restarting my computer it doesn't remember the last song I played.  It always defaults to the same song (which ...
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Songs in Alphabetical Order

Why am I no longer able to click on "Songs" in a playlist in order to put them in alphabetical order? Huge step back because now I cant take out songs that artists doubled up on in multiple albums.

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  • Why am I no longer able to click on "Songs" in a playlist in order to put them in alphabetical order?   Huge step back because now I cant take out songs that artists doubled up on in multiple ...
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Spotify installation works, but app won't launch

So, here's what's happening:I had an issue a few days ago with my PC that I had to factory reset it and wipe clean all of my software.When I tried to reinstall Spotify's desktop app, it simply didn't work.I tried everything I searched here in the for...

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  • So, here's what's happening: I had an issue a few days ago with my PC that I had to factory reset it and wipe clean all of my software. When I tried to reinstall Spotify's desktop ap...
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Solved!! Search not working in 3rd party clients

Hi, this is my first post here, so apologies in advance if anything is "stupid", obvious, or whatever. If this has already answered, I've haven't been able to find it.I've been using Spotify Premium with 3rd party clients Clementine and Spotiamp/Spot...

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  • Hi, this is my first post here, so apologies in advance if anything is "stupid", obvious, or whatever. If this has already answered, I've haven't been able to find it. I've been using Spotify Prem...
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Why is this greyed out?

Now, I know that greyed out songs aren't available in my country (IT), but I read on a different thread that it was possible to know why certain songs are unavailable and I was curious to know as to why this particular song isn't available. I'm talki...

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  • Now, I know that greyed out songs aren't available in my country (IT), but I read on a different thread that it was possible to know why certain songs are unavailable and I was curious to know as to ...
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Search won't work. / No sirve el buscador.

Search wont' work. Not on PC nor on Android. Displays this message: "An error has occurred. Try again." on both devices. It plays from my library but the search won't work.What can I do?/No sirve el buscador. Ni en la PC ni en el Android. Pone este m...

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  • Search wont' work. Not on PC nor on Android. Displays this message: "An error has occurred. Try again." on both devices. It plays from my library but the search won't work. What can I do? / No sir...
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