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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2024-03-14 3:38:28 PM
2 weeks ago
James335
Casual Listener
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-06-26 8:42:18 AM
a week ago
rednblu
Roadie
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278 replies
22 likes

83832 Views
278 replies
22 likes

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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-04-28 8:08:45 PM
2023-04-29 10:41:16 PM
MattSuda
Spotify Star
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1 replies
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5988 Views
1 replies
6 likes

[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...

Goodman
Spotify Legend
2013-09-17 11:47:47 AM
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Offline access withdrawn

I dont understand why, my subscription is fine. Even my phone is fine, however I lost all my playlist here but not on my phone. Any possible solution?

nthesman
Casual Listener
I dont understand why, my subscription is fine. Even my phone is fine, however I lost all my playlist here but not on my phone. Any possible solution?
2014-08-24 4:38:54 AM
2014-08-25 1:31:30 PM
Peter__
Community Legend
966 Views
2 replies
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Windows

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Lost all of my Starred songs

I logged in just now and I don' t have any of my starred songs :cplease please please help

Nestalgia
Casual Listener
I logged in just now and I don' t have any of my starred songs :c please please please help
2014-08-25 2:42:28 AM
2014-08-25 1:20:21 PM
Peter__
Community Legend
1460 Views
1 replies
0 likes
Windows

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Solved!! Is there "Follow Artist" limit?

I'm wondering if there is limit to following artists in Your Music? I'm painfully, butthurtingly aware of the 10,000 track limit. As a work around I was thinking of just following the remaining artists I can't fit. It's a few extra steps, but I reall...

johnwdickenson
Regular
I'm wondering if there is limit to following artists in Your Music? I'm painfully, butthurtingly aware of the 10,000 track limit. As a work around I was thinking of just following the remaining artis...
2014-06-11 6:48:02 AM
2014-08-25 12:01:11 PM
Peter__
Community Legend
19363 Views
33 replies
5 likes
Windows

19363 Views
33 replies
5 likes

Playlist/History empty but still premium

Hello, I just logged in today and my playlist & history is suddenly empty, I've read similiar problems but that also the premium is gone, but that's still there. The playlist is also still available on my Android phone & web player. Thanks

PizzaDevil
Casual Listener
Hello, I just logged in today and my playlist & history is suddenly empty, I've read similiar problems but that also the premium is gone, but that's still there. The playlis...
2014-08-24 1:00:21 PM
2014-08-24 8:22:54 PM
PizzaDevil
Casual Listener
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3 replies
0 likes
Windows

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my account was overwritten?

My soon to be wife must have been logged into my facebook when she created an account or something, after she created an account it erased all my play lists and now it says I am logged in as her I cannot even log in as me, I re-installed spotify, log...

danothemano
Newbie
My soon to be wife must have been logged into my facebook when she created an account or something, after she created an account it erased all my play lists and now it says I am logged in as her I ca...
2014-08-23 6:29:12 PM
2014-08-23 7:57:28 PM
kbrooksc
Community Legend
1414 Views
1 replies
0 likes
Linux
Windows

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Slowly accumulating hard drive space

Here's the skinny. It seems that Spotify is slowly taking up more and more space. When I've left Spotify running over the period of a few hours (while in my dorm room homeworking or some such business), I'll check OS (C:) and there will be less space...

Business-Socks
Casual Listener
Here's the skinny. It seems that Spotify is slowly taking up more and more space. When I've left Spotify running over the period of a few hours (while in my dorm room h...
2014-08-22 4:24:21 AM
2014-08-22 12:57:42 AM
Business-Socks
Casual Listener
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2 replies
0 likes
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Windows

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Hide Music Announcements on Browse page

I have the "hide music on discover page" checked, and they are hidden when I go to the discover tab on the browse page, but I don't want announcements ever. Thanks! (I'm on version 0.9.12.10)

awfulshot
Music Fan
I have the "hide music on discover page" checked, and they are hidden when I go to the discover tab on the browse page, but I don't want announcements ever. Thanks! (I'm on version 0.9.12.10)
2014-08-22 7:48:06 PM
389 Views
0 replies
1 likes
Windows

389 Views
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Installation failure

Hello. I've been using spotify for a longer period, but suddenly one day it would not open. I delete spotify and tried to reinstall it . But it's like spotify did not install completely. When I start SpotifySetup it downloads and install spotify but ...

Morten140
Regular
Hello. I've been using spotify for a longer period, but suddenly one day it would not open. I delete spotify and tried to reinstall it . But it's like spotify did not install completely. When I s...
2014-08-17 9:06:42 PM
2014-08-22 6:10:27 PM
Peter__
Community Legend
1250 Views
1 replies
0 likes
Windows

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App for windows Surface Tablet

Any update on when Spotify might become available for Windows store anybody? Thanks!!

cloleaf
Newbie
Any update on when Spotify might become available for Windows store anybody? Thanks!!
2014-08-18 9:29:27 PM
2014-08-22 6:08:42 PM
Peter__
Community Legend
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1 replies
0 likes
Windows

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1 replies
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Spotify quick share feature

So i have spotify 0.9.7.16 and i miss the feature of dragging a song over someones name to share it like in 0.9.1. is there a way to get it in 0.9.7? i will not be updating past 9.7 because i hate the big bulky black theme and everyones pissed about ...

WoWees8
Casual Listener
So i have spotify 0.9.7.16 and i miss the feature of dragging a song over someones name to share it like in 0.9.1. is there a way to get it in 0.9.7? i will not be updating past 9.7 because...
2014-08-19 8:45:12 AM
2014-08-22 6:07:58 PM
Peter__
Community Legend
385 Views
1 replies
0 likes
Windows

385 Views
1 replies
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Mojibake AKA Scrambled Japanese Text

Hey there so I just got spotify and its a pretty solid service (Save for some musicians I like not being on there) but I ran into a problem when I went to browse my local files, that being the dreaded Mojibake. For those not in the know its an error ...

mkanke
Newbie
Hey there so I just got spotify and its a pretty solid service (Save for some musicians I like not being on there) but I ran into a problem when I went to browse my local files, that being the dreade...
2014-08-21 7:38:03 PM
2014-08-22 5:58:58 PM
Peter__
Community Legend
602 Views
1 replies
0 likes
Windows

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Why isn't it possible to search through an artists page with CTRL+F anymore?

I find this frustration I used to use the CTRL+F function a lot, for example to find which album a song in the "Popular" list belongs. Now i have to first use the main search function, to see the name of the album, and then manually scroll through th...

bjn
Newbie
I find this frustration I used to use the CTRL+F function a lot, for example to find which album a song in the "Popular" list belongs. Now i have to first use the main search function, to see the n...
2014-08-22 5:13:46 AM
2014-08-22 6:38:44 AM
user-removed
Not applicable
350 Views
1 replies
0 likes
Windows

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1 replies
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Audio ad stops playing

Hello, Usually when audio ad starts playing and I click on next song I want to play, it shows a message "(song name) will play after the commercial message". Now when I play a song from desktop app for Windows with latest version from Top Lists and i...

aivars_liepa
Newbie
Hello, Usually when audio ad starts playing and I click on next song I want to play, it shows a message "(song name) will play after the commercial message". Now when I play a s...
2014-08-21 11:02:48 PM
2014-08-22 2:45:37 AM
kbrooksc
Community Legend
456 Views
1 replies
0 likes
Windows

456 Views
1 replies
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Cant get music to play

Certain albums will not play, have cleared cache, and reinstalled spotify.

user-removed
Visitor
Certain albums will not play, have cleared cache, and reinstalled spotify.
2014-08-21 12:08:46 PM
2014-08-21 10:59:48 PM
kylitooo
Casual Listener
3897 Views
6 replies
0 likes
Windows

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Radio | Wont find playlist based songs

Hello, I started a new radio on one of my playlists. On the PL there are only cover songs from "String Tribute Players" and "Vitamin String Quartet" Vitamin String Quartet – Wake Me Up (String Quartet Tribute to Avicii) String Tribute Players – Throu...

Tatze
Casual Listener
Hello, I started a new radio on one of my playlists. On the PL there are only cover songs from "String Tribute Players" and "Vitamin String Quartet" Vitamin String Quartet – Wake Me Up (...
2014-07-10 2:47:46 PM
2014-08-21 10:53:32 PM
Tatze
Casual Listener
394 Views
2 replies
0 likes
Windows

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2 replies
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Webplayer pauses randomly

I'm using Google Chrome 36.0 on Windows 7 and the spotify webplayer will pause for 1-20 s randomly. The play button doesnt change but the playback timer just stops. I don't think it's a network problem because other websites stream music just fine an...

djzhou
Casual Listener
I'm using Google Chrome 36.0 on Windows 7 and the spotify webplayer will pause for 1-20 s randomly. The play button doesnt change but the playback timer just stops. I don't think it's a network probl...
2014-08-21 3:19:34 PM
2014-08-21 3:55:15 PM
grdave
Newbie
1481 Views
1 replies
1 likes
Windows

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1 replies
1 likes

Solved!! Latest update(0.9.12.6) broke embed.spotify.com, open.spotify.com and playing tracks from facebook.

As the topic says, the latest update for windows breaks the embed.* open.* and facebook "remote control" functionality in spotify. The webhelper seems to be doing what it should, but the spotify client is not handling the commands it should, only the...

Equalify
Gig Goer
As the topic says, the latest update for windows breaks the embed.* open.* and facebook "remote control" functionality in spotify. The webhelper seems to be doing what it should, but the spotif...
2014-08-13 1:57:03 PM
2014-08-21 10:01:24 AM
user-removed
Not applicable
2506 Views
13 replies
1 likes
Windows

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Solved!! Local files replacing streamed versions

I've noticed a bug that still hasn't been fixed in the 2 years I've been using Spotify. When I drag live versions of songs by an artist into Spotify, they replace all the album versions of the songs with the same name, even on the artist page. Even w...

czarship
Casual Listener
I've noticed a bug that still hasn't been fixed in the 2 years I've been using Spotify. When I drag live versions of songs by an artist into Spotify, they replace all the album versions of...
2014-08-20 1:04:57 AM
2014-08-20 4:24:42 AM
czarship
Casual Listener
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2 replies
0 likes
Windows

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Solved!! Question regarding the playlist

What are the plus sign "+" and the check mark for in the first colum beside the song title? What do they do?

Doc_Rock
Casual Listener
What are the plus sign "+" and the check mark for in the first colum beside the song title? What do they do?
2014-08-19 3:15:57 PM
2014-08-20 4:11:42 AM
kbrooksc
Community Legend
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1 replies
0 likes
Windows

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hi: The new single "strut" of Lenny Kravtiz doesn´t show in the album Please fix this

user-removed
Visitor
hi: The new single "strut" of Lenny Kravtiz doesn´t show in the album Please fix this
2014-08-19 5:04:02 PM
2014-08-20 4:01:40 AM
kbrooksc
Community Legend
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1 replies
0 likes
Windows

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