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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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hroski

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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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Superuser Contribution Search giving no results

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands Operating SystemWin 10 My Question or IssueExact same issue as this one from 2020: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Spotify-Search-Engine-always-brings-up-quot-No-Results-quot/idi-p/4886459 And this one fr...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands   Operating System Win 10   My Question or Issue Exact same issue as this one from 2020: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Spoti...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution Spotify incredibly slow to respond, even after complete Windows 10 reinstall

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceMSI MAG X570 Tomahawk , Ryzen 7 3800X, NVME Gen 4.0, 32GB RAM, 32Mb broadband Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've been plagued by this issue for a while now. Spotify is very slow. Clicking play ma...

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Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device MSI MAG X570 Tomahawk , Ryzen 7 3800X, NVME Gen 4.0, 32GB RAM, 32Mb broadband  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Iss...

Ver

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[DESKTOP] No possibility to make playlist "Public" or "Secret" any longer

Keine der folgenden Informationen ist erforderlich. Je mehr Sie uns jedoch zur Verfügung stellen, desto einfacher wird es für uns, Ihnen zu helfen.PlanenGratisprämieLandGermanyGerätPCBetriebssystemWindows 10 Meine Frage oder ProblemSince a few days, ...

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Keine der folgenden Informationen ist erforderlich. Je mehr Sie uns jedoch zur Verfügung stellen, desto einfacher wird es für uns, Ihnen zu helfen. Planen Gratisprämie Land Germany Gerät PC Be...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify application not responding

Edit: Sadly this again proved to be a shitty temporary fixhttps://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/The-Spotify-application-is-not-responding/m-p/5201726As before, spotify needs to be shut down 6 times in task manager. Hello, I got the common ...

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Edit: Sadly this again proved to be a shitty temporary fix https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/The-Spotify-application-is-not-responding/m-p/5201726 As before, spotify needs to be shut...

Julian

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Superuser Contribution Artist's album page not loading all albums

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueArtist's album page (in grid view) doesn't load all albums, only the first 25. Toggling to list view and back to grid view loads the remaining albums.Only occurs when window is...

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Plan Premium Country Australia Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Artist's album page (in grid view) doesn't load all albums, only the first 25. Toggling to list view and...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution Spotify profile won't load properly

PlanPremiumCanada DeviceAsus ZenbookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello, I am also experiencing a problem: whenever myself or others try to click on the "see all" button on my Spotify profile, it wouldn't load and just show a blank p...

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Plan Premium Canada   Device Asus Zenbook Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello, I am also experiencing a problem: whenever myself or others try to click on the...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Doesn't play, song progress bar not advancing

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 - Up to date My Question or IssueSpotify won't play songs directly on my PC. I can choose songs as usual. When double-clicking or clicking play, the button on the bottom part of spotify chan...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10 - Up to date   My Question or Issue Spotify won't play songs directly on my PC. I can choose songs as usual. When dou...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Desktop Won't Load Pages

PlanPremium DeviceWindows PC DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueJust as the title says, just recently Spotify won't load some pages that aren't about me. As in it won't load my homepage, album pages, artist pages, my own profile or...

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Plan Premium   Device Windows PC Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Just as the title says, just recently Spotify won't load some pages that aren't about me...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution i can't sign up using facebook login

PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceInspiron 15 3000 seriesOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI can't sign up using facebook I don't know why this is happening to me. First I tried to sign up using my gmail it said this gmail account has a account ...

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Plan Free Country India Device Inspiron 15 3000 series Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I can't sign up using facebook I don't know why this is happening to me. First...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify No Longer Showing Unavailable songs

I uninstalled Spotify, and downloaded and re-installed spotify to fix the issue of my local files metadata not showing up correctly. That resolved that issue but I can no longer see unavailable files, and I no longer see the option to turn that back ...

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I uninstalled Spotify, and downloaded and re-installed spotify to fix the issue of my local files metadata not showing up correctly.  That resolved that issue but I can no longer see unavailable...

Ver

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Superuser Contribution Disliking a song skips next song

PlanFreeDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10Spotify App Version1.1.62.583.gdac868ed-a My Question or IssueBest explained with an example:Let's say we have Song #1, Song #2 and Song #3, and there is going to be an ad break between Song #1 and Song #2.If...

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Plan Free Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Spotify App Version 1.1.62.583.gdac868ed-a   My Question or Issue Best explained with an example: Let's say we have Song #1, Song #2 an...

Xenia

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Superuser Contribution black screen when starting spotify

PlanPremiumCountry Devicesamsung 360 bookWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen i start spotify i get a black screen. I tried everything. Uninstall, clean uninstall i searched the faq and tried everything and i still get a black screen. Can anyone help ...

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Plan Premium Country   Device samsung 360 book Windows 10   My Question or Issue When i start spotify i get a black screen. I tried everything. Uninstall, clean uninstall i searche...

Elena

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Superuser Contribution unable to see Yamaha receiver from Windows 10

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDevicePC & Yamaha RVX 473Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Receiver is designed with airplay and i often stream from my iphone to it.I recently tried connecting from my Windows 10 PC and Spotify can no longe...

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device PC & Yamaha RVX 473 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My Receiver is designed with airplay and i often stream from my iphone ...

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Superuser Contribution Swipe and next previous song are broken on iOS

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceIphone XOperating Systemios My Question or IssueWhen I'm listening to spotify on another device, but want to use my iphone to control, it's massively broken. For example: I start playing the second song in my liked songs pl...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Iphone X Operating System ios   My Question or Issue When I'm listening to spotify on another device, but want to use my iphone to control, it's massive...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution Can you combine two playlists but keep original date added?

I would like to combine two of my playlists but I like to organize them from when I added them so I can see how my music preferance has changed. Is it possible to combine both my playlists into one and have the orignal dates for both?

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I would like to combine two of my playlists but I like to organize them from when I added them so I can see how my music preferance has changed. Is it possible to combine both my playlists into one a...

Xenia

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify APP PC crash within 30 minutes listening

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceMSIOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello, Spotify consumes a lot of RAM when I change playlists and crashes after 30 or even 40 minutes of listening.

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Plan Premium Country France Device MSI Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello, Spotify consumes a lot of RAM when I change playlists and crashes after 30 or even...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution Can't select multiple songs/albums from one artists at a time

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicedell g3 laptopOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or IssueI noticed that I am no longer able to use shift, or ctrl, to select multiple songs from an artist unless they are in one album. ctrl+a also only selects songs on o...

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Plan Premium Country US Device dell g3 laptop Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue I noticed that I am no longer able to use shift, or ctrl, to select multiple songs from...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution 'Appears on' section now jumbled

Plan -PremiumCountry - U.K DeviceIPhone & PCOperating SystemIOS and Windows 10 My Question or IssueThe 'appears on' section on an artist page used to be a good way to find the latest tracks an artist has appeared on, or guest featured in. The dates u...

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Plan -Premium Country - U.K   Device IPhone & PC Operating System IOS and Windows 10   My Question or Issue The 'appears on' section on an artist page used to be a good way to ...

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Superuser Contribution Cannot view my profile after turning off data processing from facebook

PlanFreeCountryPolandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI cannot view my spotify profile on desktop app or web browser when logged in. I can view my profile as unregistered user via link in web browser. This error started after I ...

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  Plan Free Country Poland Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I cannot view my spotify profile on desktop app or web browser when logged in. I can view ...

Novy

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[Windows] Consistent deterioration of functionality until Spotify crashes and then won't restart

PlanPremium CountryDenmark DeviceDell XPS - Intel(R) Core(TM)**bleep** 2.90 GHzOperating SystemWindows 10 Enterprise My Question or Issue1. Spotify opens when the machine boots up2. Functionality slowly deteriorates (e.g. when selecting a playlist no...

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Plan Premium   Country Denmark   Device Dell XPS - Intel(R) Core(TM)**bleep** 2.90 GHz Operating System Windows 10 Enterprise   My Question or Issue 1. Spotify opens w...

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