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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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Possible Bug
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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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Albums sorted incorrectly by date

PlanFree/PremiumCountrySpainDeviceDesktop/Mobile My Question or IssueHello:I have received the new UI and I have noticed little issues regarding the sorting of albums. I've noticed that, in some cases, after opening the full discography of the artist...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Spain Device Desktop/Mobile   My Question or Issue Hello: I have received the new UI and I have noticed little issues regarding the sorting of albums. I've not...

Lousan92

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Superuser Contribution Sorting playlist by most recently added now breaks my flow

PlanFamily premiumCountryUSADeviceMSI laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 So, I sort my songs by most recently added. Up until the most recent update, it's been fine! For the most part, it's still fine. The only problem I've found is that, now, any full...

Casual Listener

Plan Family premium Country USA Device MSI laptop Operating System Windows 10   So, I sort my songs by most recently added. Up until the most recent update, it's been fine! For the most...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Songs don't play on one account but they play on another account [DESKTOP]

PlanFreeCountryUnited Arab EmiratesDeviceLenovo LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello! I've had this spotify account for nearly 3 years and have been using the desktop app for 2 out of those 3 years. Until 3 months back, I could ...

Casual Listener

Plan Free Country United Arab Emirates Device Lenovo Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello! I've had this spotify account for nearly 3 years and have been u...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Radio Stations maxing out at 50 songs, no longer auto discovery after.

Pretty much as long as I could remember... and this is going back years, creating a radio station from a song would auto discover, aka it would list 20+ songs, then at the end you'd see like a fade to next snapshot of songs. Since the recent update, ...

Roadie

Pretty much as long as I could remember... and this is going back years, creating a radio station from a song would auto discover, aka it would list 20+ songs, then at the end you'd see like a fade t...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Artists and albums reappearing in recently played

In the previous Windows 10 desktop app (you know, the good one), there was an option to remove items from the 'Recently Played' list. I play a lot of snippets for work, without ever wanting to be reminded of them, so I remove quite a lot. The thing i...

Casual Listener

In the previous Windows 10 desktop app (you know, the good one), there was an option to remove items from the 'Recently Played' list. I play a lot of snippets for work, without ever wanting to be rem...

Alex

Spotify Legend

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Recently played issue
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Superuser Contribution Album track list now reversed

Album track list now reversed when sorting from newest to oldest in playlists. this started with the latest update. i have not experienced this problem before. Not much point of listening to albums on spotify if they are not in the correct order. Pla...

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Album track list now reversed when sorting from newest to oldest in playlists. this started with the latest update. i have not experienced this problem before. Not much point of listening to alb...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Why the terrible updates?

This last update has broken so many classic features and workflows as well as blown up the interface that used to be compact and simple to use. I've been a paid member for a while, but my patience is near its end! With each update this app's UX becom...

Roadie

This last update has broken so many classic features and workflows as well as blown up the interface that used to be compact and simple to use. I've been a paid member for a while, but my patience is...

Jeremy

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't Log in (auth:15)

PlanPremiumCountryRussiaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueI can't log in to my account due to an authentication (error:15)To solve this problem I tried the following solutions:1. Added spotify.exe to the windows Defender excl...

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Plan Premium Country Russia Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue I can't log in to my account due to an authentication (error:15) To solve this problem I t...

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Superuser Contribution Friends' Activity only showing Connect to Facebook or Add Facebook Friends

PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFriends' Activity is only showing Connect to Facebook or adding friends from Facebook. There is no option to actually see their activity, only to add them to follow on S...

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Plan Premium Country US   Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Friends' Activity is only showing Connect to Facebook or adding friends from Facebook....

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Error code 39

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueCant log in from my PC after have done a fresh install of windows. It shows me (pic) and ive tried looking on youtube and google around. nothing works so far, tried with d...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Cant log in from my PC after have done a fresh install of windows. It shows me (pic) and ive tr...

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Superuser Contribution Can't drag from 'Now Playing' to playlist

I clicked "queue" and tried to drag the 'Now Playing' song to a playlist, but the tooltip says '0 items'.If I try the same thing with a song in the 'Next Up' section, it works fine. I'm on Windows 10

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I clicked "queue" and tried to drag the 'Now Playing' song to a playlist, but the tooltip says '0 items'. If I try the same thing with a song in the 'Next Up' section, it works fine.   I'm on...

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution No songs on artist page. Incorrect name of the artist?

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSome artists are incorrectly displayed on the desktop version, when you go to the artist page there are no songs.I did a clean reinstall of Spotify. I installed the latest version from the Win...

Regular

Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Some artists are incorrectly displayed on the desktop version, when you go to the artist page there are no songs. I did a c...

Novy

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Superuser Contribution Local files and top tracks, etc.

My Question or IssueI was wondering if local files were counted towards listening time or appear on any other features such as 'Top tracks this month' which you can check on your profile.

Visitor

My Question or Issue I was wondering if local files were counted towards listening time or appear on any other features such as 'Top tracks this month' which you can check on your profile.

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Desktop Randomly Syncs with Phone's Volume at Ramdom

I recently started noticing that my volume in the Spotify desktop app would adjust at seemingly random times. I eventually figured out that the volume in the desktop app was syncing with my phone's volume, even when the Spotify app wasn't directly op...

Regular

I recently started noticing that my volume in the Spotify desktop app would adjust at seemingly random times. I eventually figured out that the volume in the desktop app was syncing with my phone's v...

CarlosE

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Solved!! New application for Windows

So ... They took away some options in the desktop windows application. For example, I sorted the playlist by artists. I tagged some songs. I went into my own order and moved the marked songs, for example. But now it doesn't work, the marked songs wil...

Roadie

So ... They took away some options in the desktop windows application. For example, I sorted the playlist by artists. I tagged some songs. I went into my own order and moved the marked songs, for exa...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Songs are being skipped

PlanFreeCountryUS DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen an ad plays that is a video, the next song to be played is skipped and not played. If the ad that plays is just an audio ad, everything works as it should.

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Plan Free Country US   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When an ad plays that is a video, the next song to be played is skipped and not played. If the...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Browse] Am I the only who really dislikes the new design for desktop?

Normally I don't do this, but here it goes.. I feel the new spotify layout design for desktop is a big decline from how it was. Some things that I think are changes for the worse:- Artist's profiles don't have a clear timeline with releases anymore- ...

Regular

Normally I don't do this, but here it goes.. I feel the new spotify layout design for desktop is a big decline from how it was. Some things that I think are changes for the worse: - Artist's profi...

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution "see all" button for recently played missing and recently played is not updated

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOn the Home page in the Spotify desktop app, the "see all" button for recently played is missing. Recently played is also not updating as I listen to music....

Casual Listener

Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue On the Home page in the Spotify desktop app, the "see all" button for recently p...

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution Search not working properly in new UI

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi Support, since the UI upgrade I have persistent issues with the search functionality. It times out and then returns "Oops, something went wrong while loading the artist". ...

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  Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi Support, since the UI upgrade I have persistent issues with the search functionality. I...

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