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Solved!! 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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How can i remove a Spotify Connect Hama device

I connectect my Android Phone with a Hama device via Spotify Connect once. Now it's listed in my device list alle the time. I can't find the device in my "Offline" list on the Spotify Website.Is there a way to remove it?

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  • I connectect my Android Phone with a Hama device via Spotify Connect once. Now it's listed in my device list alle the time. I can't find the device in my "Offline" list on the Spotify Website. Is th...
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Volume slider has no impact on volume when using Motu 8pre FireWire interface

Brief description:The slider on the bottom right of the Spotify desktop client can be changed but does not affect the volume. This is noticeable for all states of the slider. Attachment 1 shows the connection diagram. Steps to reproduce this issue:No...

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  • Brief description: The slider on the bottom right of the Spotify desktop client can be changed but does not affect the volume. This is noticeable for all states of the slider. Attachment 1 shows the...
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Solved!! Spotify crashes randomly

Hey. I use spotify premium on my laptop, with Windows 10. Over the past few days it's been crashing randomly after two or three songs and I have to restart it all over again (doesn't go back to where it was). Can you help me, please? It's kind of ann...

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  • Hey. I use spotify premium on my laptop, with Windows 10. Over the past few days it's been crashing randomly after two or three songs and I have to restart it all over again (doesn't go back to where...
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Re: Inbox and messages

We don't want a playlist, we want to be able to share songs again. Why is that so hard to understand?

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  • We don't want a playlist, we want to be able to share songs again. Why is that so hard to understand?
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Spotify is not working

OK so when i start spotify its just pops up the tab and starts blinking but when i click on it it just a black tab i can even go to log in screen . i Tried reinstalling it multiple times but i does not seem to work but for my android it seems to work...

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  • OK so when i start  spotify its just pops up the tab and starts blinking but when i click on it it just a black tab i can even go to log in screen . i Tried reinstalling it multiple times but i ...
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No puedo reproducir ninguna canción

Hola, soy usuario premium de Spotify en Chile. Desde ayer, cualquier canción que quiero escuchar en la app, la cual esta descargada en mi pc (windows 7), no se reproduce y me aparece el mensaje "Esta canción no está disponible. Si tienes el archivo e...

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  • Hola, soy usuario premium de Spotify en Chile. Desde ayer, cualquier canción que quiero escuchar en la app, la cual esta descargada en mi pc (windows 7), no se reproduce y me aparece el mensaje ...
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Spotify Crashing and Going Slow

Spotify app starts up fine but after a minute or two of playing a song if I attempt to go to a different playlist, artist or album the app becomes extremely slow, or just doesn't load. I have to close the app but then if I try to open it back up it s...

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  • Spotify app starts up fine but after a minute or two of playing a song if I attempt to go to a different playlist, artist or album the app becomes extremely slow, or just doesn't load. I have to clos...
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Spotify closes at the end of a song?

Earlier today Spotify was working as usual and then suddenly it just stopped playing music. I went back to my PC and found it had just closed. I opened it and the same thing happened again. There are no error messages and it sometimes plays a few son...

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  • Earlier today Spotify was working as usual and then suddenly it just stopped playing music. I went back to my PC and found it had just closed. I opened it and the same thing happened again. There are...
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Solved!! Weird Badge appears when opening Spotify on PC

Every time I open the app a badge comes up that says: "No CD found. Please insert CD in unit 1" and it won't go away. I can use Spotify and my PC but it's very annoying, can anyone tell me how to make it go away pleease?Thanks!! x

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  • Every time I open the app a badge comes up that says: "No CD found. Please insert CD in unit 1" and it won't go away. I can use Spotify and my PC but it's very annoying, can anyone tell me how to mak...
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¿Cuantas veces se puede cambiar la foto de perfil en Spotify?

He cambiado mi foto de perfil en Spotify y no se ha visto como planeaba y ahora quiero cambiarla de nuevo pero para cambiar la foto de perfil le pongo clic en cambiar y no sale nada para seleccionar la foto simplemente no sale nada, ¿será porque solo...

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  • He cambiado mi foto de perfil en Spotify y no se ha visto como planeaba y ahora quiero cambiarla de nuevo pero para cambiar la foto de perfil le pongo clic en cambiar y no sale nada para seleccionar ...
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No puedo ver mis artistas más escuchados actuales.

Desde que entré con otra cuenta para ver mi perfil en Spotify se veía solo mis playlist públicas lo cual fue raro porque yo tengo activado la opción de mostras mis artistas más escuchados actuales y luego entré a mi perfil por mi cuenta se ven solo m...

  • Casual Listener
  • Desde que entré con otra cuenta para ver mi perfil en Spotify se veía solo mis playlist públicas lo cual fue raro porque yo tengo activado la opción de mostras mis artistas más escuchados actuales y ...
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Solved!! spotify looks different

helloo can anyone help me with this issuelast week i logged onto spotify and it looked different in the sense that the center is a different shade than the outside. Usually, the shade is all the same dark gray. It really bothers me, is there a way to...

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  • helloo can anyone help me with this issue last week i logged onto spotify and it looked different in the sense that the center is a different shade than the outside. Usually, the shade is all t...
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Superuser Contribution Large playlist perpetually "Waiting..." for download

I have a playlist with 610 songs, all added to my music with the checkmark. No songs in gray, nothing unchecked. Yet the download status seems to be in progress when compared to my other playlists that have a green download status. Within the playlis...

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  • I have a playlist with 610 songs, all added to my music with the checkmark.  No songs in gray, nothing unchecked.  Yet the download status seems to be in progress when compared to my other ...
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Distorted User Interface After Minimizing - Win 10

Hi guys, I am having a recurring issue with the new desktop UI. Whenever I minimize the Spotify client for a period of time and then toggle back to it, I find that the user interface gets crammed into the left sixth of the screen and is no longer usa...

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  • Hi guys,   I am having a recurring issue with the new desktop UI. Whenever I minimize the Spotify client for a period of time and then toggle back to it, I find that the user interface gets cr...
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Friend Feed disappeared

A couple days ago my friend feed disappeared so I can't see what they have been listening to. I thought it was just a glitch and restarted my computer multiple times but it still isn't there.

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  • A couple days ago my friend feed disappeared so I can't see what they have been listening to. I thought it was just a glitch and restarted my computer multiple times but it still isn't there.
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Superuser Contribution SPOTIFY NOT WORKING OR DOWNLOADING

A week ago Spotify was working fine, it updated and then I couldn't open it. I double-clicked but it never opened so I uninstalled it and installed again, I even used the full installer and it worked just for that time, then it uopdated and the same ...

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  • A week ago Spotify was working fine, it updated and then I couldn't open it. I double-clicked but it never opened so I uninstalled it and installed again, I even used the full installer and it worked...
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Spotify quits on its own after playing a few tracks at the end of a random track

After the auto-installation of the newest Desktop-Client, the spotify client closes after about 10 minutes of playback at the end of a random track. Restart is possible without any error messages. Restarting and updating Win10 didn't solve the proble...

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  • After the auto-installation of the newest Desktop-Client, the spotify client closes after about 10 minutes of playback at the end of a random track. Restart is possible without any error messages.&nb...
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music cuts out

My music plays for about 5-10 seconds and then stops, thoughts

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  • My music plays for about 5-10 seconds and then stops, thoughts
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Whole song is not loaded to Spotify

Hello, I have run into this problem quite a number of times over the last months: Only part of a composition or song is loaded to spotify (say 48 seconds of a 4.5min song). For example, https://open.spotify.com/track/5P8BsKkfaWf8IA4KmtFU0c - only 55 ...

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  • Hello,   I have run into this problem quite a number of times over the last months:  Only part of a composition or song is loaded to spotify (say 48 seconds of a 4.5min song).  For e...
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