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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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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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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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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Superuser Contribution Queue won’t show up offline

PlanFree/PremiumCountryI am have a issue with my queue offline, I can put songs into queue and they will play offline but All I can see in my queue is grey blocks, no word and I can’t do anything with them like switch songs, I run windows 10 on a lap...

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Plan Free/Premium Country I am have a issue with my queue offline, I can put songs into queue and they will play offline but All I can see in my queue is grey blocks, no word and I can’t do anyth...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Your Library] Improve performance when loading playlists

PlanPremiumCountrySweden Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI realized I probably posted this issue in the wrong place as an "idea", please remove it if necessary; https://community.spotify.com/t5/Idea-Submissions/Desktop-Your-Library-Loa...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I realized I probably posted this issue in the wrong place as an "idea", please remove it if necess...

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Superuser Contribution Error auth 15

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have been trying to long into my spotify account and it works on my xbox but when I try to use it on my PC and Web Browser it doesn't work. I've tried a Fresh i...

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  Plan Free Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have been trying to long into my spotify account and it works on my xbox but...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Windows: Playlist limited to 50 tracks

PlanPremiumCountryPortugalDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI can't add more than 50 tracks to a playlist on Windows. This works fine on Android.Take, for example, this album that contains 58 tracks: https://open.spotify.com/...

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Plan Premium Country Portugal Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I can't add more than 50 tracks to a playlist on Windows. This works fine on Android. Ta...

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Solved!! Spotify instantly closes automatically on application startup

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDell Laptop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAlright so it's been a while since I've had a big issue with Spotify, things have seemed to generally run well. I've had problems in the past with it be...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Dell Laptop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Alright so it's been a while since I've had a big issue with Spotify, things...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify stops working after some idle time.

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Hey guys, i've got the following problem for some time now. After Spotify went into a kind of sleep state after not being used for about an hour, it doesnt come back alive, i cant start new ...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10   Hey guys,   i've got the following problem for some time now. After Spotify went into a kind of sleep state a...

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Superuser Contribution New .mp3 files won't sync to desktop app Local Files

PlanPremiumCountryAustralia DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have around 200 local files currently synced with my Spotify desktop app. I have around 10 more I'm now wanting to add, however they are just not syncing at ...

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Plan Premium Country Australia   Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have around 200 local files currently synced with my Spotify desktop app...

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Superuser Contribution Discord Listening Party

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 8 I've been having issues with listening parties and discord. When I try to join, it says that I'm already listening along but the song itself doesn't play. The songs updates with the other person ...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 8   I've been having issues with listening parties and discord. When I try to join, it says that I'm already listening along ...

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Superuser Contribution Shuffle play stacking duplicates together every time.

PlanPremiumCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen Shuffling multiple playlists together by use of folders, i am getting duplicate songs stacked together one after the other. I know that the song should be there multiple times i...

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  Plan Premium Country USA Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When Shuffling multiple playlists together by use of folders, i am getting duplicate songs stacked tog...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution When viewing playlists the "sort" filter returns to top of page when clicked

PlanIssue occur on both Free & PremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen trying to view playlists in the Desktop App the "sort" drop down menu does not drop down but instead returns to the top of the page when click...

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Plan Issue occur on both Free & Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When trying to view playlists in the Desktop App the "sort" drop do...

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[Desktop][Connect] Samsung galaxy book pro 360 crash

The app downloaded from samsung galaxy book pro 360 doesn't work. It's a black window without anything when opened. The same goes to both Microsoft Shop or web download. Anyone experiencing the same?

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The app downloaded from samsung galaxy book pro 360 doesn't work.  It's a black window without anything when opened.  The same goes to both Microsoft Shop or web download.  Anyone expe...

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop Windows] There is no scrollbar for bad synchronized lyrics from musixmatch

PlanPremiumCountryColombiaOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI like to use lyrics in some songs, and I prefer the current provider (2021-06), "musixmatch", over the last one, "genius". I prefer just to see lyrics without interruptions. But...

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Plan Premium Country Colombia Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I like to use lyrics in some songs, and I prefer the current provider (2021-06), "musixmatch", over the last one,...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Desktop app won't play local files

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesOperating SystemWindows 10 The desktop app won't play my local files anymore. Every time I try to play any of them I get an error message that says "This content is not available." I have checked to make sure that local...

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Plan Premium Country United States Operating System Windows 10   The desktop app won't play my local files anymore. Every time I try to play any of them I get an error message that says "...

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