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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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Incorrect Display Following

Hello, I ran into such a problem I signed up for 5 artists but spotify writes me that only 4...The more I subscribe the more the difference Does anyone know how to fix this or is it a bug ?

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  • Hello, I ran into such a problem 😞 I signed up for 5 artists but spotify writes me that only 4... The more I subscribe the more the difference 😞 Does anyone know how to fix this or is it a ...
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Re: Inbox and messages

@gabirichter can you still send messages in the old version of Spotify?

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  • @gabirichter can you still send messages in the old version of Spotify?
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Re: Inbox and messages

very disappointed you got rid of this. my husband and i have been using this feature for years to send each other songs back and forth, and now all of those sweet messages / songs i never saved to a playlist are gone

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  • very disappointed you got rid of this. my husband and i have been using this feature for years to send each other songs back and forth, and now all of those sweet messages / songs i never saved to a ...
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uncomfortable navigation after last update

the slightly new layout update...it has like gigantic letters, everything became zoomed in and i just find it so uncomfortable. i only see a small part of the screen and the navigation it's annoying. please do something (or at least can i zoom out my...

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  • the slightly new layout update...it has like gigantic letters, everything became zoomed in and i just find it so uncomfortable. i only see a small part of the screen and the navigation it's annoying....
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Re: Inbox and messages

While I appreciate this and it's better than complete loss, the fact that it excludes albums means a large majority of the music shared amongst me and my friends is exluded.On top of that, does this include music that I've sent to others? I refer bac...

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  • While I appreciate this and it's better than complete loss, the fact that it excludes albums means a large majority of the music shared amongst me and my friends is exluded. On top of that, does thi...
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Sender/Radio - keine ununterbrochene Wiedergabe möglich

Die ununterbrochen Wiedergabe funktioniert nicht, eine Wiedergabeliste/Song-Radio oder Künstler-Radio wird nach einer Anzahl von Stücken abgebrochen - funktionierte in der nicht-Premium-Version bestens

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  • Die ununterbrochen Wiedergabe funktioniert nicht, eine Wiedergabeliste/Song-Radio oder Künstler-Radio wird nach einer Anzahl von Stücken abgebrochen - funktionierte in der nicht-Premium-Version beste...
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WHERE IS THE MESSAGES AND CONVERSATIONS?

witf spotify updates, my all messages had gone, also message box had gone ? really ? what messages did to you ? spotify ? my all conservations had gone, even you never send a archive with mail ? seriously? please bring back message box and all conser...

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  • witf spotify updates, my all messages had gone, also message box had gone ?    really ? what messages did to you ? spotify ? my all conservations had gone, even you never send a archive w...
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Volume starts too high

Using the spotify desktop app on Windows 10. I regularly experience that playback starts at a louder volume than current system volume when playing for the first time after startup. Adjusting the system volume immediately sets the right volume. The s...

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  • Using the spotify desktop app on Windows 10. I regularly experience that playback starts at a louder volume than current system volume when playing for the first time after startup. Adjusting the sys...
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Spotify continuously crashing.

So I have encountered this issue for the past week.Spotify used to not open first go, and i had to kill the task in Task Manager, and re-launch to get it to work. Last week, it showed there was an update available so I thought my problems were a thin...

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  • So I have encountered this issue for the past week. Spotify used to not open first go, and i had to kill the task in Task Manager, and re-launch to get it to work.   Last week, it showed th...
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Re: Inbox and messages

@arnbar doesn't work either... but thanks!hashtag at twitter is a great idea, i think most of the people don't realise this at once...

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  • @arnbar doesn't work either... but thanks! hashtag at twitter is a great idea, i think most of the people don't realise this at once...
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Re: Inbox and messages

@arnbar doesn't work either... but thanks!@Vannerman hashtag at twitter (or somewhere) is a great idea, i think most of the people don't realise this at once...

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  • @arnbar doesn't work either... but thanks! @Vannerman hashtag at twitter (or somewhere) is a great idea, i think most of the people don't realise this at once...
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Re: Inbox and messages

Is there a twitter hashtag already in use to address this?It should go viral.I have a lot of friends using the inbox feature, but htey aren't active within the Spotify Community.

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  • Is there a twitter hashtag already in use to address this? It should go viral. I have a lot of friends using the inbox feature, but htey aren't active within the Spotify Community.
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Superuser Contribution Facebook won't log in

I press the log in with facbook and it opens new browser window and says now it's okay to close it and Nothing happens. For more then a month. Seriously, when it came down to charge me for premium even though i didn't want it it was resolved fast, an...

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  • I press the log in with facbook and it opens new browser window and says now it's okay to close it and Nothing happens. For more then a month. Seriously, when it came down to charge me for premium ev...
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Control pop up not working when I hover over Spotify in start bar

Has anyone else noticed that the control pop up is sporadically not working when you hover over spotify minimised in the start bar. I see they've shrunk it, and it was working, but now it has stopped from working at all even after a restart Anyone el...

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  • Has anyone else noticed that the control pop up is sporadically not working when you hover over spotify minimised in the start bar.   I see they've shrunk it, and it was working, but now it ha...
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Artist List Disappeared

Came back to Spotify after at least a couple months absence and discovered only four or five of my artists are even listed. My songs are still there but all jumbled up and I don't see a way to arrange them by artist. I don't have a playlist and don't...

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  • Came back to Spotify after at least a couple months absence and discovered only four or five of my artists are even listed.  My songs are still there but all jumbled up and I don't see a way to ...
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My "play/pause" button isn't working

So for awhile now, I have binded three buttons on my mouse: one for play/pause, one for forward track, and one for backtrack. All of them have worked for a very long time now, but it seems that only recently has this stopped working for me. None of t...

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  • So for awhile now, I have binded three buttons on my mouse: one for play/pause, one for forward track, and one for backtrack. All of them have worked for a very long time now, but it seems that only ...
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