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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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Solved!! Download an albume

hi guys, I wonder that can we download an albume on windows desktop to listen offline? I can download just playlists. Thanks for help

Casual Listener

hi guys, I wonder that can we download an albume on windows desktop to listen offline? I can download just playlists. Thanks  for help

MattSuda

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Edits to playlists not registering properly since update

Operating SystemWindows 10 Ever since the recent update on the Desktop App there's been this constant bug where changes made to playlists across different platforms will not register properly on the Desktop App. For example I will re-order a bunch of...

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Operating System Windows 10   Ever since the recent update on the Desktop App there's been this constant bug where changes made to playlists across different platforms will not register prope...

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Superuser Contribution Permanent fix to "the spotify application is not responding"?

I've been having the same problem outlined in this post. https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/the-Spotify-application-is-not-responding/td-p/1051125#:~:text=Re%3A%20the%20Spotify%20application%20is%20not%20responding,-Mark%20as%20New&text...

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I've been having the same problem outlined in this post.    https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/the-Spotify-application-is-not-responding/td-p/1051125#:~:text=Re%3A%20the%20S...

Novy

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Superuser Contribution Keyboard search

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceAll PC's, laptops & Macs.Operating SystemWindows Vista/7/8/10. MacOS My Question or IssueSo, the reason I use spotify instead of Soundcloud or Youtube or any other application like that is the accessibility, functionalit...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device All PC's, laptops & Macs. Operating System Windows Vista/7/8/10. MacOS   My Question or Issue So, the reason I use spotify instead of Soundcloud ...

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution Yes! Today's update returned old client! (v1.1.57.443)

As of yesterday, both my computers received a new Spotify update to v1.1.57.443 - and the old client is BACK! I'm haven't seen Spotify officially acknowledging this anywhere. Is the change for good? Or is maybe just a delay till the new client has re...

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As of yesterday, both my computers received a new Spotify update to v1.1.57.443 - and the old client is BACK!   I'm haven't seen Spotify officially acknowledging this anywhere. Is the change f...

Novy

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Superuser Contribution Information about muscians missing

Hi There used to be an 'about' where you can find information about the musician/band. Am I missing something or was that removed?thanksclem

Music Fan

Hi   There used to be an 'about' where you can find information about the musician/band.  Am I missing something or was that removed? thanks clem

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution My Homepage/Recently played has been bugged for a long time now.

PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueHi, I've been having this issue for a very long time now. Since my account was compromised like 2-3 months ago, my home page won't refresh. My 'Recently played' section ...

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Plan Premium Country Argentina Device PC Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue Hi, I've been having this issue for a very long time now. Since my account was compromised li...

Bruno70

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Missing favourite songs in desktop and android app

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIn the spotify web player I've 500+ songs marked as favourite. But when I open my favourite library in the desktop or android app there are just about 30 songs in the lis...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue In the spotify web player I've 500+ songs marked as favourite. But when I open my favourite li...

CarlosE

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution What is the "browser" folder?

I found the "browser" folder in AppData\Local\Spotify and I just want to know what its purpose is.

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I found the "browser" folder in AppData\Local\Spotify and I just want to know what its purpose is.  

Novy

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Superuser Contribution Spotify UI Reverted

PlanPremium FamilyCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueToday I upgraded to the premium family plan. Everything works fine but it made the Spotify desktop app revert to the old UI. I tried restarting, re-signing in, uni...

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Plan Premium Family Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Today I upgraded to the premium family plan. Everything works fine but it made the Spotify des...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution Playlists/local/Amazon Echo

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceIphone X Operating SystemiOS 10, Windows 10, My Question or IssueHello, is it possible to play playlists of local files located on my desktop with Amazon Alexa/Echo? It seems that it's not possible? If I want to play an...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Iphone X  Operating System iOS 10,  Windows 10,   My Question or Issue Hello, is it possible to play playlists of local files located on m...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Scroll bar is very broken on a podcast

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWin 10 64 bit My Question or IssueScroll bar on the "Hello Internet" podcast is broken, If you scroll down to the bottom of the page it jumps up and down and bugs out. Gif of the bug. I have replicated...

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  Plan Premium Country US Device Desktop Operating System Win 10 64 bit   My Question or Issue Scroll bar on the "Hello Internet" podcast is broken, If you scroll down to the bot...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution cant receive new design update

i deinstalled and reinstalled spotify for several times but i still dont have the new update. what am i doing wrong?

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i deinstalled and reinstalled spotify for several times but i still dont have the new update. what am i doing wrong?

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[Desktop][Playlists] Custom Order and Date added removal of order ticker (ascending/descending)

Hey I just noticed on playlists there's no way to change the descending/ascending order in which songs appear in a playlist (specifically my starred playlist). Can we get the date added (oldest to newest) and date added (newest to oldest) feature bac...

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Hey I just noticed on playlists there's no way to change the descending/ascending order in which songs appear in a playlist (specifically my starred playlist). Can we get the date added (oldest to ne...

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[Desktop][Playlists] Move your playlist

Ok, it doesn't seem like much, but all I want is for me to organize my playlists. As in, move the order of my playlists. I want my most listened playlist to be the front of the page and for all my other rarely listened to playlist to be in the back. ...

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Ok, it doesn't seem like much, but all I want is for me to organize my playlists. As in, move the order of my playlists. I want my most listened playlist to be the front of the page and for all my ot...

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Superuser Contribution Hard to locate Downloaded podcasts

PlanPremiumCountryTanzaniaDevice(PC)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueI downloaded random episodes from Joe Rogan and Conan O'Brien, and my problem now is to locate those episodes. So my problem is to locate those episodes easier rathe...

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Plan Premium Country Tanzania Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue I downloaded random episodes from Joe Rogan and Conan O'Brien, and my problem now is to l...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution Windows 10: black screen

I upgraded to Windows 10 recently. When I now use Spotify, I get a black screen after a couple of minutes so that Windows isn't usable anymore. Just the taskbar, the start menu and shortcuts like Ctrl + Alt + Del are working. The black screen does no...

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I upgraded to Windows 10 recently. When I now use Spotify, I get a black screen after a couple of minutes so that Windows isn't usable anymore. Just the taskbar, the start menu and shortcuts like Ctr...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Please bring back the ability to create a playlist by dragging an album into a folder

I use playlists because Spotify allows me to organize playlists into folders.I used to be able to drag an album name into a folder, creating a playlist (with the artist name and album name) within the folder. Now, I need to click on the three dots, c...

Casual Listener

I use playlists because Spotify allows me to organize playlists into folders. I used to be able to drag an album name into a folder, creating a playlist (with the artist name and album name) withi...

Jeremy

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution No more play Local Files?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI used to be able to play my local files in Spotify so I can have all of my music from Spotify and my computer in one place. Now it's completely gone with this new UI ch...

Casual Listener

Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I used to be able to play my local files in Spotify so I can have all of my music from Spotif...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution album artwork missing from now playing bar -- windows desktop

United states premium member. Spotify window desktop app, windows 10. My “now playing” bar at the bottom of the screen does not include album artwork, only the artist and song names. If I expand it to full screen the artwork is there on the full scre...

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United states premium member. Spotify window desktop app, windows 10.   My “now playing” bar at the bottom of the screen does not include album artwork, only the artist and song names.  I...

Eni

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