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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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Re: Inbox and messages

This is exactly the problem. Music can be something that is quite intimate, and spotify has just killed the possibility for that by requiring that we not only engage in social media but share our feelings with all of our followers.

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  • This is exactly the problem. Music can be something that is quite intimate, and spotify has just killed the possibility for that by requiring that we not only engage in social media but share our fee...
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Just play original album, avoiding 'bonus tracks'

To my disappointment some of my favorite albums have extra tracks on spotify, which I cannot easily skip. As an example I love the 'Born Sandy Devotional' album of The Triffids, which stops with the lovely song 'tender is the night'.But on spotify th...

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  • To my disappointment some of my favorite albums have extra tracks on spotify, which I cannot easily skip. As an example I love the 'Born Sandy Devotional' album of The Triffids, which stops with the ...
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No Bluetooth support

Spotify! Please please please add Bluetooth support. Life would be soooo much better if you did! Thanks for staying with me through that long message. Just needed to get that out of my system

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  • Spotify! Please please please add Bluetooth support. Life would be soooo much better if you did! Thanks for staying with me through that long message. Just needed to get that out of my system
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Certain local files not showing

Yesterday I was having some trouble with local files, so I fiddled with the local files settings in the Preferences menu a bit. I reset the options a second later, and all my local files came back, but the only ones that weren't showing were the ones...

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  • Yesterday I was having some trouble with local files, so I fiddled with the local files settings in the Preferences menu a bit. I reset the options a second later, and all my local files came back, b...
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Superuser Contribution Sort playlists by most followed

Hi,I have a question that I can't seem to find a definitive answer to (not by Googling and searching this community). I'm a new Spotify Premium member (and I have never used Spotify as a non Premium member so basically I'm a newbie all around). I'm j...

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  • Hi, I have a question that I can't seem to find a definitive answer to (not by Googling and searching this community). I'm a new Spotify Premium member (and I have never used Spotify as a non Premiu...
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Offline music on desktop delete

Hola, estoy teniendo problemas con mi Spotify PC, descargue hace una semana varias playlist y en el dia de hoy ingrese al modo offline para escucharlas y no estaban. ¿Puede ser que se esten borrando? ¿O no estoy encontrandolas? gracias!Hi!, I'm havin...

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  • Hola, estoy teniendo problemas con mi Spotify PC, descargue hace una semana varias playlist y en el dia de hoy ingrese al modo offline para escucharlas y no estaban. ¿Puede ser que se esten borrando?...
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Re: Inbox and messages

@formulaic666 wrote: So, because you didn't use it, you're going to keep dumping all over this thread trying to get people to accept that there's been a solution, even though there's been no official response and none of the concerns of dozens of use...

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  • @formulaic666 wrote: So, because you didn't use it, you're going to keep dumping all over this thread trying to get people to accept that there's been a solution, even though there's been no ...
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Re: Inbox and messages

So, because you didn't use it, you're going to keep dumping all over this thread trying to get people to accept that there's been a solution, even though there's been no official response and none of the concerns of dozens of users who feel pretty st...

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  • So, because you didn't use it, you're going to keep dumping all over this thread trying to get people to accept that there's been a solution, even though there's been no official response and no...
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Re: Inbox and messages

@nfoster14 wrote: Wrong - Soundcloud has direct messaging within the app. On the free version, no less. Also, we get you are a Spotify "Rock Star" but it's okay to not agree with every move they make blindly just to protect whatever false community s...

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  • @nfoster14 wrote: Wrong - Soundcloud has direct messaging within the app. On the free version, no less.   Also, we get you are a Spotify "Rock Star" but it's okay to not agree with every ...
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Re: Inbox and messages

Wrong - Soundcloud has direct messaging within the app. On the free version, no less. Also, we get you are a Spotify "Rock Star" but it's okay to not agree with every move they make blindly just to protect whatever false community status you cherish....

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  • Wrong - Soundcloud has direct messaging within the app. On the free version, no less.   Also, we get you are a Spotify "Rock Star" but it's okay to not agree with every move they make blindly ...
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Re: Inbox and messages

There are pros/cons to each. Tidal's mobile app is pretty ridiculous, but it's the only service that has a queue that works the way I think a queue should work. That's a huge benefit to me. Also, it's the only one (I think) that has metadata for many...

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  • There are pros/cons to each. Tidal's mobile app is pretty ridiculous, but it's the only service that has a queue that works the way I think a queue should work. That's a huge benefit to me. Also, it'...
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Re: Inbox and messages

@missingrdio wrote: Exactly, so it no longer differentiates itself from other services in this regard... one less reason to remain loyal. To be fair, all other music services have AWFUL applications compared to Spotify, Google Play Music has a disgus...

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  • @missingrdio wrote: Exactly, so it no longer differentiates itself from other services in this regard... one less reason to remain loyal. To be fair, all other music services have AWFUL appl...
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Re: Inbox and messages

Exactly, so it no longer differentiates itself from other services in this regard... one less reason to remain loyal.

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  • Exactly, so it no longer differentiates itself from other services in this regard... one less reason to remain loyal.
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Re: Inbox and messages

@missingrdio wrote: So, in other words, now is a great time to try out other streaming music services? No, because no other music streaming service even offers a direct messaging type of thing. Spotify was the only one that did, until now. Now no mus...

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  • @missingrdio wrote: So, in other words, now is a great time to try out other streaming music services? No, because no other music streaming service even offers a direct messaging type of thi...
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Superuser Contribution Cannot remove Facebook info from account

I was attempting to share a link to a song on the Spotify Windows desktop client, but I've run into a very irritating issue. I didn't use a Facebook account when signing up for Spotify, just an email address. In the share dialog, I entered my Faceboo...

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  • I was attempting to share a link to a song on the Spotify Windows desktop client, but I've run into a very irritating issue.   I didn't use a Facebook account when signing up for Spotify, just...
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Re: Inbox and messages

Then the direct messaging in Spotify DEFFINETLY needs to come back! 

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  • Then the direct messaging in Spotify DEFFINETLY needs to come back! 
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Re: Inbox and messages

You're missing the point... The messaging functionality WITHIN the app allowed you to have access to your shared music across your devices... Again, every other app has direct messaging capability. Spotify isn't going to turn around their bottom line...

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  • You're missing the point... The messaging functionality WITHIN the app allowed you to have access to your shared music across your devices... Again, every other app has direct messaging capability. S...
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Re: Inbox and messages

@Ashthemash wrote: You're right! Then the desktop also needs to incorporate Facebook Messenger! It can't. Facebook doesn't offer the proper hooks for Spotify to implement the required hooks in the desktop app IIRC.

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  • @Ashthemash wrote: You're right! Then the desktop also needs to incorporate Facebook Messenger! It can't. Facebook doesn't offer the proper hooks for Spotify to implement the required hooks ...
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Re: Inbox and messages

You're right! Then the desktop also needs to incorporate Facebook Messenger!

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  • You're right! Then the desktop also needs to incorporate Facebook Messenger!
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Re: Inbox and messages

@Ashthemash wrote:Yes please bring it back and update the notifications! Or put the inbox in an easier place to find! It was hidden in the app, which is why people probably didn't use it so much! Should have been easily assessable, and maybe better m...

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  • @Ashthemash wrote: Yes please bring it back and update the notifications! Or put the inbox in an easier place to find! It was hidden in the app, which is why people probably didn't use it so much! S...
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