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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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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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Discover Weekly Not Playing Tracks in playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10, My Question or IssueMy 'Discover Weekly' playlist is not playing in it's entirety. It will play one of the tracks that I double click on in the playlist, but instead of going onto the ne...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10,   My Question or Issue My 'Discover Weekly' playlist is not playing in it's entirety.  It will play one of t...

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Superuser Contribution Default name for playlist created from album doesn't include artist name anymore

Before the UI change when you created a playlist from an album the default name would be "Album name - Artist name" (at some point in the past, it used to be "Artist name - Album name" which I liked even more, but I can live with the other option as ...

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Before the UI change when you created a playlist from an album the default name would be "Album name - Artist name" (at some point in the past, it used to be "Artist name - Album name" which I liked ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify desktop client not playing any songs

PlanPremiumCountryAustriaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSince a few days, every single song in every public or private playlist is greyed out, as if it was removed. Doubleclicking on a greyed out song yields the familiar "This...

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Plan Premium Country Austria Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Since a few days, every single song in every public or private playlist is greyed out, as if i...

Jeremy

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Fehlercode 4 trotz bestehender Internetverbindung -Ursache IPv6??

PlanPremiumCountryDeutschlandDeviceDektopOperating SystemWin 10 Prof My Question or IssueGuten Tag,seit einiger Zeit versuche ich, den von der Desktop-App verursachten Fehlercode 4 zu beheben, So gut wie alle erreichbaren (hier und im Internet) Tipps...

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Plan Premium Country Deutschland Device Dektop Operating System Win 10 Prof   My Question or Issue Guten Tag, seit einiger Zeit versuche ich, den von der Desktop-App verursachten Fehl...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Interface bugged on startup

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWin10 My Question or IssueWhen I start up my machine I am always having issues with the interface on spotify. I can for example press play and listen to the last song that was playing but I cant search for ...

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  Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Win10   My Question or Issue When I start up my machine I am always having issues with the interface on spotify. I can for ex...

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Friend Feed] UI issue: Friends list on right covering the scroll bar

title says it all, I'm probably not the only one to notice. Trying to scroll through anything is a nightmare now, thanks to the friends list popping up over the scroll bar on the right. Please fix this. Also, if I'm paying for premium, why am I seein...

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title says it all, I'm probably not the only one to notice. Trying to scroll through anything is a nightmare now, thanks to the friends list popping up over the scroll bar on the right. Please fix th...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution Something went wrong Try reloading the page

Hello, i tried using the app on my new laptop but got an error that said :a fire wall maybe blocking spotify. i tried several guids to solve this issue but nothing worked so i decided to use the web player , there i got a "Something went wrong Try re...

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Hello, i tried using the app on my new laptop but got an error that said :a fire wall maybe blocking spotify. i tried several guids to solve this issue but nothing worked so i decided to use the web ...

Jeremy

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User Interface Bug on Windows Desktop App

Hi, I just wanted to report this, i don't know if this is a UI bug or something Everytime i maximize the size of the desktop app and i want to add a song to my playlist, i cannot see my playlist. I have a lot of playlist from different artist and eve...

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Hi, I just wanted to report this, i don't know if this is a UI bug or something   Everytime i maximize the size of the desktop app and i want to add a song to my playlist, i cannot see my play...

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Superuser Contribution How to see the entirety of the "Appears on" section from an artist?

PlanFree/PremiumCountryFranceDeviceASUSTek Computer Inc.Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAnybody has a solution to see the entirety of "Appears on" section from an artist like before? With the update it only shows randomly chosen albums...

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Plan Free/Premium Country France Device ASUSTek Computer Inc. Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Anybody has a solution to see the entirety of "Appears on" section from...

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Superuser Contribution Podcasts are not displaying

PlanPremiumCountrySaudi ArabiaDeviceAsus ROGOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am trying to listen to podcasts but whenever I click on the podcasts tab, it does not show any results. Or when I click on a link provided by a podcast publi...

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Plan Premium Country Saudi Arabia Device Asus ROG Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I am trying to listen to podcasts but whenever I click on the podcasts tab, it does...

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