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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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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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Fullscreen feature removed

So I noticed recently that the album art fullscreen feature was removed on the desktop app. I spoke to a rep and they told me the feature had been removed from the app. Really hoping they bring this back because I used this a lot, it was one of my fa...

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  • So I noticed recently that the album art fullscreen feature was removed on the desktop app. I spoke to a rep and they told me the feature had been removed from the app. Really hoping they bring this ...
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Superuser Contribution Black Screen of Death (Windows 11)

A couple of weeks ago, Spotify's Windows 11 desktop app was updated, and since then I haven't been able to use it at all. On launch, I get to see the player's UI for a second, then my PC's screen goes black. Completely. No error messages, nothing. I ...

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  • A couple of weeks ago, Spotify's Windows 11 desktop app was updated, and since then I haven't been able to use it at all. On launch, I get to see the player's UI for a second, then my PC's screen goe...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Connect on PC not detecting devices

PlanPremiumCountryThailandDevicePersonal ComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 22H2 My Question or IssueSpotify Connect on PC is not detecting devices or sync to other devices in same account at all. I saw that this problem occurs to many people on comm...

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  • Plan Premium Country Thailand Device Personal Computer Operating System Windows 10 22H2   My Question or Issue Spotify Connect on PC is not detecting devices or sync to other devices i...
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Superuser Contribution Repeat keeps disabling

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceSamsung S24Plush and Windows web player My Question or IssueThe Repeat button keeps disabling. Every time I open the web player or on my phone the button is disabled again. I just want the darn playlist to repeat, I don'...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device Samsung S24Plush and Windows web player   My Question or Issue The Repeat button keeps disabling. Every time I open the web player or on my phone the b...
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Solved!! My entire systems audio starts to glitch whenever spotify is playing.

Whenever I play audio on spotify it begins to glitch out my entire systems audio, not just the sound coming from spotify. I have tried many thing to fix the issue such as, disabling and reenabling hardware acceleration, restarting spotify, restarting...

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  • Whenever I play audio on spotify it begins to glitch out my entire systems audio, not just the sound coming from spotify. I have tried many thing to fix the issue such as, disabling and reenabling ha...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify for Windows (64 bit) version 1.2.51.345.gcc39d911.

I would like to give feedback regarding Spotify for Windows (64 bit) version 1.2.51.345.gcc39d911.I don't know if it was a deliberate update on your part, but when performing a search, I usually click on the back icon (<) until I return to the home p...

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  • I would like to give feedback regarding Spotify for Windows (64 bit) version 1.2.51.345.gcc39d911. I don't know if it was a deliberate update on your part, but when performing a search, I usually cl...
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Superuser Contribution Why does Spotify on PC suck so bad?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI'm just here to complain about Spotify on PC in vain hopes that they might one day make it a...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I'm jus...
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Solved!! No G-SYNC Fix yet?

So, why has no fix happened with Spotify to fix the annoying flickering when a user is using GSYNC? Only way to keep it from happening is to turn off hardware acceleration which can affect sound quality.

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  • So, why has no fix happened with Spotify to fix the annoying flickering when a user is using GSYNC?  Only way to keep it from happening is to turn off hardware acceleration which can affect soun...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify lagging and making games lag, only when playing games!

My old crappy computer used to play spotify fine when playing full-screen online games. Upgraded my rig last week and now a few days ago I noticed it starts stuttering when I start playing a game and now it not only stutters but also makes the game l...

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  • My old crappy computer used to play spotify fine when playing full-screen online games. Upgraded my rig last week and now a few days ago I noticed it starts stuttering when I start playing a game and...
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Superuser Contribution Favorite song icons not showing in my playlists

I run the Windows desktop application of Spotify. It looks like today the small green icon has changed that shows that you have added a song to your favorite songs. In this playlist and in all my others though, those icons do not show anymore: This i...

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  • I run the Windows desktop application of Spotify. It looks like today the small green icon has changed that shows that you have added a song to your favorite songs. In this playlist and in all my oth...
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Solved!! Weird Spotify sorting update

So, recently, I've been going through some artists I follow from bottom to top to check out music, always based on when they were uploaded. But recently over the past few days I've noticed some things have been out of place. That's when I figured out...

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  • So, recently, I've been going through some artists I follow from bottom to top to check out music, always based on when they were uploaded. But recently over the past few days I've noticed some thing...
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Не открывается вкладка браузера через приложение

Открыть браузер что бы войти (не перекидывает на ссылку браузера)

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Spofity will not stay pinned to Windows 10 Taskbar

At least monthly spotify becomes unpinned from my taskbar. It seems to happen everytime there is a new update to the app ready to install, but before it is installed. It only started happening 6 or so months ago when I switched to the Windows app.No ...

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  • At least monthly spotify becomes unpinned from my taskbar. It seems to happen everytime there is a new update to the app ready to install, but before it is installed. It only started happening 6 or s...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Mini Player button not appearing/working

I got a prompt today to try out the mini player that was recently added yet there is no button to enable this feature and after searching around it should be between the volume bar and fullscreen button yet it doesnt appear. I have freshly reinstalle...

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  • I got a prompt today to try out the mini player that was recently added yet there is no button to enable this feature and after searching around it should be between the volume bar and fullscreen but...
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Superuser Contribution Tracks are skipping 20-30 seconds ahead and skip to next with 3 minutes

Every track I play freezes and skips forward 20-30 seconds when it gets to about 1 minute and skips to the next track when it gets to about 3 minutes. I've already reinstalled the app, cleaned the cache and reduced the streaming quality, but nothing ...

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  • Every track I play freezes and skips forward 20-30 seconds when it gets to about 1 minute and skips to the next track when it gets to about 3 minutes. I've already reinstalled the app, cleaned the ca...
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can't add songs to public playlist

public playlist shared with me via link by a friend i'm following. cannot add songs to the playlist via desktop app or mobile app. no option appears to add to playlist. dragging song to playlist does not work: playlist greys out when attempting this.

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  • public playlist shared with me via link by a friend i'm following. cannot add songs to the playlist via desktop app or mobile app. no option appears to add to playlist. dragging song to playlist does...
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Canvas is crashing my monitor

Hi, every time I open the app on my desktop, it crashes my external monitor. The issue seems tied to the Canvas feature. When a song with Canvas enabled plays, the crash happens immediately. I disabled Canvas for songs, but the home screen also uses ...

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  • Hi, every time I open the app on my desktop, it crashes my external monitor. The issue seems tied to the Canvas feature. When a song with Canvas enabled plays, the crash happens immediately. I disabl...
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Superuser Contribution my home screen is black and my search screen doesn't refresh on windows 11

my search screen only displays my most recent searches, going back about 3 days. My home screen is also not loading at all. I need to force-close the app to get it to reload.

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  • my search screen only displays my most recent searches, going back about 3 days. My home screen is also not loading at all. I need to force-close the app to get it to reload.
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