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Can't play an artist's discography on the desktop app

Plan Premium Device PC / Android My Question or Issue This happened a few days ago. Normally when i clicked an Artist > Discography > Show All > And play a song, the next song was from the next album of the artist. Now, the next song is a random one ...

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Issue : no volume control in spotify when exclusive mode is activated

Premium member, France, Windows 10 64 bits updated, Focusrite Audio solo usb external soundcard updated, Desktop app updated I talk with the customer service, we try to solve my problem and they told me that it should be an issue that I have to talk ...

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MIKAAAAEL

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Black Screen (June 15 2026 install)

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktop PC IntelOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueFollowed clean re-install instructions after getting black screen at startup. Installed the latest June 15 version from the Windows Store. Ran once without p...

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Windows Troubleshooting Guide

Having trouble with the Spotify desktop app? Here’s a step-by-step guide of general troubleshooting steps known to resolve a multitude of issues. Basic troubleshooting Restart the Spotify app as well as your PC. Make sure both the app and Windows are...

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"Spotify can't play this right now." for every single song on the app.

PlanPremiumCountryAUOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify has been giving me the "Spotify can't play this right now." error for the past three hours. I have tried logging in/out, installing/uninstalling the app entirely (including an...

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Plan Premium Country AU Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify has been giving me the "Spotify can't play this right now." error for the past three hours. I have trie...

kaworu_bloodpaw

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accidentally added a bunch of songs to a playlist, no one sees them

I accidentally added my playlist (the angry birds theme, 8100 times) into a group playlist, and now it shows up for me, but no one else, and I wanna use the playlist, but not its almost all the angry birds theme song

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I accidentally added my playlist (the angry birds theme, 8100 times) into a group playlist, and now it shows up for me, but no one else, and I wanna use the playlist, but not its almost all the angry...

kaworu_bloodpaw

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trouble in login in my windows

while login its showing ,a firewall may be blocking spotify .

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while login its showing ,a firewall may be blocking spotify .

kaworu_bloodpaw

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Superuser Contribution Spotify stoppt nach einem Song

Hallo zusammen, ich habe ein Problem mit Spotify auf dem Windows PC. Wenn ich diesen Starte, schalte ich Spotify eigentlich sofort an und höre den Song weiter den ich zuletzt gehört habe. Wenn dieser allerdings ein gestreamter Song ist, hört die Musi...

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Hallo zusammen, ich habe ein Problem mit Spotify auf dem Windows PC. Wenn ich diesen Starte, schalte ich Spotify eigentlich sofort an und höre den Song weiter den ich zuletzt gehört habe. Wen...

OscarDC

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Superuser Contribution can't resize the friend activity bar

PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDeviceSamsung LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI used to be able to resize the friend activity bar to my liking whether it was just the profile pictures of my following showing or the biggest size the bar c...

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Plan Premium Country Turkey Device Samsung Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I used to be able to resize the friend activity bar to my liking whether it was jus...

Adude_1

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Cannot play any media on desktop app

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePC/DesktopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueUnable to play any media through the desktop app. I have reinstalled, updated and followed all other options provided by Spotify Support.

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Plan Premium Country USA Device PC/Desktop Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Unable to play any media through the desktop app. I have reinstalled, updated and followed al...

zromoser98

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web player not playing after 10 seconds

currently using web player and it is skipping the first 4 songs of every playlist and then not playing any song for more than 10 seconds. Any advice?

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currently using web player and it is skipping the first 4 songs of every playlist and then not playing any song for more than 10 seconds. Any advice?

kaworu_bloodpaw

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Premium user, webplayer at desktop (windows) keeps skipping songs

After clicking "play" on a playlist, it just skips through some songs after 1 second and then freezes. Only having this issue on the webplayer (I can't download the app on this desktop). Very frustrating and now I can't use it and play music while wo...

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After clicking "play" on a playlist, it just skips through some songs after 1 second and then freezes. Only having this issue on the webplayer (I can't download the app on this desktop). Very frustra...

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Superuser Contribution Connect stuttering when problem device isn't the one playing?

Hello,I am using a Win11 pc with a BT dongle in order to connect to my soundbar, which works well.I have a droid phone, which I sometimes use for volume control or skip on my pc as I am moving around the house for convenience, so I don't have to keep...

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Hello, I am using a Win11 pc with a BT dongle in order to connect to my soundbar, which works well. I have a droid phone, which I sometimes use for volume control or skip on my pc as I am moving ar...

Lyubka

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Superuser Contribution Can't search for local songs and they are no longer integrated in the interface

My Question or IssueSearch no longer finds local songs and local songs aren't integrated so don't show up under artist or anything. Previously if Spotify had song but it wasn't available in your region due to licencing reasons it would be greyed out,...

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My Question or Issue Search no longer finds local songs and local songs aren't integrated so don't show up under artist or anything.   Previously if Spotify had song but it wasn't available i...

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Solved!! GET request to sp://core-profile/v1/profiles failed with status code 500

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10.0.19045 Build 19045 My Question or IssueThe Spotify desktop application has not loaded for me today saying "Something went wrong" and "Try reloading the page". I tried logging out of all my a...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 10.0.19045 Build 19045   My Question or Issue The Spotify desktop application has not loaded for me today saying "Somethi...

dsherret

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Superuser Contribution English version of a song plays instead of Russian version

PlanFreeCountryEnglandDeviceallOperating Systemall My Question or IssueI have been listening to a song called Fukurou (Russian ver.) however, it plays the English version instead. It plays the Russian lyrics. The English version has no issues. After ...

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Plan Free Country England Device all Operating System all   My Question or Issue I have been listening to a song called Fukurou (Russian ver.) however, it plays the English version ins...

Harkened_Tongues

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Spotify for Windows stops updating to API after some time

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 11 & 10 My Question or IssueI have tested this on 3 different Windows PC on my account as well as a completely different house, PC, network, and account.Upon starting Spotify for ...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 11 & 10   My Question or Issue I have tested this on 3 different Windows PC on my account as well as a...

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Superuser Contribution Your Library does not work on Desktop or Web Application - Windows 10

Whenever I click on Your Library in the Spotify Desktop app on Windows 10 I get a screen that says: "Something went wrong", "Try reloading the page". There is a "RELOAD PAGE" button underneath. When I click it the whole app refreshes and I get redire...

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Whenever I click on Your Library in the Spotify Desktop app on Windows 10 I get a screen that says: "Something went wrong", "Try reloading the page". There is a "RELOAD PAGE" button underneath. When ...

MihailY

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Superuser Contribution When scrolling down the discography of an artist the scroll down resets

Let's say I'm in 2016, in the discography, and I click on a song from that year, I go back and the scroll down resets and goes to the top, to 2022

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Let's say I'm in 2016, in the discography, and I click on a song from that year, I go back and the scroll down resets and goes to the top, to 2022

MihailY

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Browse] adelanto música y se cambia de lista

Tengo Spotify premium y cada vez que trato de adelantar mi música se cambia a otra lista me pasa en el teléfono y pc, espero puedan arreglar ese fallo

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Tengo Spotify premium y cada vez que trato de adelantar mi música se cambia a otra lista me pasa en el teléfono y pc, espero puedan arreglar ese fallo 

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Superuser Contribution error instalacion

Una vez desistalada y borrado los archivos he recibo el mismo error a la ahora de installar.no se pudo iniciar sesion error codigo17

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Una vez desistalada y borrado los archivos he recibo el mismo error a la ahora de installar. no se pudo iniciar sesion error codigo17

OscarDC

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Superuser Contribution Playlist order of songs changes when app launches after reboot

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung Galaxy S20+ Android 12Operating SystemDesktop Windows 11 My Question or IssueOn desktop app in windows 11 Right now, I have it set to play all the songs in alphabetcal order by song title. When I reboot/boot up the ...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung Galaxy S20+ Android 12 Operating System Desktop Windows 11   My Question or Issue On desktop app in windows 11 Right now, I have it set to play ...

Vasil

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Solved!! Spotify Desktop won't play songs that aren't on my playlists

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceLenovo Y700 LaptopOperating SystemWin 10 My Question or Issue Spotify refuses to play anything that isn't on my playlists. The problem is always occuring on songs that aren't part of my playlists or current radios, and the...

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Plan Premium Country  USA Device Lenovo Y700 Laptop Operating System Win 10  My Question or Issue   Spotify refuses to play anything that isn't on my playlists. The problem i...

666satan666

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Superuser Contribution Spotify playlist stops playing after you continue listening to it

Premium / NetherlandsDesktop / Huawei phoneWindows 11, Android 12 Everytime I now want to continue listening to a playlist I listed to a couple hours back, he will finish the current song and then the playlist stops. The only thing I can do then is r...

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Premium / Netherlands Desktop / Huawei phone Windows 11, Android 12   Everytime I now want to continue listening to a playlist I listed to a couple hours back, he will finish the current son...

Mugundank

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