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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!!Superuser Contribution Right Button on Band Pictures

on Desktop Windows 10 The issue is that the right button on band pictures slide to the precedent pics, like the left buttonThat make no sense, and it's just a little bug but it's annoyingSteps to recreate :- go to any artist- go on about panel- click...

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on Desktop Windows 10   The issue is that the right button on band pictures slide to the precedent pics, like the left button That make no sense, and it's just a little bug but it's annoying ...

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution New UI; Desktop update

PlanFree/Premium DeviceDesktop Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueDoes anyone know when will be the new UI update out to the public? I see that many people are not satisfied with it but still, will it be coming out any time soon?Thanks fo...

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Plan Free/Premium   Device Desktop   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Does anyone know when will be the new UI update out to the public? I see that many peo...

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Solved!! Clicking cover art jumps to wrong song/position when playlist is sorted

Consider a large playlist that is playing songs randomly. In that case the current song (green) is not reflected in the playlist, so I hit the cover art and the playlist will jump to the location where the current song is (marked in green). That way ...

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Consider a large playlist that is playing songs randomly. In that case the current song (green) is not reflected in the playlist, so I hit the cover art and the playlist will jump to the location whe...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify is not responsive with 1.1.8.439.g8502297d (05 Jun 2019) onwards.

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDevicedesktop PC(i5-7500,16gb RAM,SSDOperating SystemWindows 10 PRO x64 My IssueWith version 1.1.7.13766.gf9dc3904 (22 May 2019) I have no problemWith version 1.1.8.439.g8502297d (05 Jun 2019), at the first start it is ok, from...

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Plan Premium Country Italy Device desktop PC(i5-7500,16gb RAM,SSD Operating System Windows 10 PRO x64   My Issue With version 1.1.7.13766.gf9dc3904 (22 May 2019) I have no problem Wit...

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Playlists] Custom order of songs

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDevice(Dell XPS 8920)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueWhenever I wanted to customize the track order on my playlist I would add an album/song, select them and drag them up to where I wanted them to be. However ...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil Device (Dell XPS 8920) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Whenever I wanted to customize the track order on my playlist I would add an alb...

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution New PC version - Copy and Paste into Playlist at selected position

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueA few months ago my PC version of Spotify App was very kindly updated to the new shiny version.In the old version I could copy a track and paste it into any position in a play...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue A few months ago my PC version of Spotify App was very kindly updated to the new shiny version. In...

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution Playlist sorted by date always starts with the oldest song

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceComputerOperating SystemWin 10 18363.719, Spotify 1.1.28.721.g5b5ee660 My Question or IssueFor about a week now, the songs in the playlist have stopped playing in the correct order. I always sort my playlist with the da...

Gig Goer

Plan Premium Country Germany Device Computer Operating System Win 10 18363.719, Spotify 1.1.28.721.g5b5ee660   My Question or Issue For about a week now, the songs in the playlist have...

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Solved!! Discover Weekly - will not update

PlanFreeCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue: My Spotify weekly playlist isn't updating. I performed a clean uninstall of Spotify, reinstalled, unsubscribed to the playlist, resubscribed. It will not update. I am not liste...

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Plan Free Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue:   My Spotify weekly playlist isn't updating. I performed a clean uninstall of Spotify, reinstal...

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Solved!! Arrow navigation at about gallery doesn't work

PlanFreeCountryRussiaDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueArrow navigation at about photo gallery doesn't work

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Plan Free Country Russia Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Arrow navigation at about photo gallery doesn't work

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[Desktop] keeps turning off after 5-10 seconds

While I'm trying to download an album to a library or playlist using the SHARE option spotify turns off and I have to restart the program and within 5 to 10 seconds it turns off a so the cycle goes on and on. I have tried to uninstall and reinstall S...

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While I'm trying to download an album to a library or playlist using the SHARE option spotify turns off and I have to restart the program and within 5 to 10 seconds it turns off a so the cycle goes o...

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Superuser Contribution pixel earbuds can't pause play or skip songs on laptop

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My pixel earbuds work perfectly with spotify on my google pixel phone. On my laptop there are issues. I can only change the volume, I can't pause, play or skips songs with my pixel earbuds...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My pixel earbuds work perfectly with spotify on my google pixel phone.   On my laptop there are issues. I c...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution [Queue] Incorrectly adds a song twice to queue

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen dragging a song title over to the Queue icon and releasing, it adds the song twice to the queue. If dragging a whole album over to the Queue icon this way, the entire alb...

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Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When dragging a song title over to the Queue icon and releasing, it adds the song twice to the queu...

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Solved!! [BUG] Artist Image Gallery Navigation Arrows

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOn any Artists "About"-tab, the image gallery navigation arrows (both left and right) lead to the previous image. No UI element is available to navigate to the next image.

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Plan Premium Country Norway Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue On any Artists "About"-tab, the image gallery navigation arrows (both left and right) lead to t...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Connect to a device (almost) never works

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAfter searching this forum I'm seeing lots of users with the same issue but I haven't found an answer yet. When I run the Spotify application on my Windows 10 laptop it (almost) never finds my Sonos spea...

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Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue After searching this forum I'm seeing lots of users with the same issue but I haven't found an answer yet.   When I run the Spotify ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Album cover gone, no way to get it back?

I just accidentally removed the album cover from the bottom left corner. This has happened before but the option to get it back is not there anymore, nor is there any option related to it in Account Preferences.Any way to get it back?

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I just accidentally removed the album cover from the bottom left corner. This has happened before but the option to get it back is not there anymore, nor is there any option related to it in Account ...

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Superuser Contribution Scrolling issues

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen you go into an artist's profile, click "About", scroll all the way down, and then click the back button to go back to the "Overview", Spotify automatically scrolls all t...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When you go into an artist's profile, click "About", scroll all the way down, and then click the b...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify skips all the songs

Plan - PremiumCountry - NorwayDevice - PCOperating System - Windows 10My Question or IssueHappend a few days ago that whenever I want to play a song, it is just skipped.i've tried to turn off and on hardware accellerator, reinstall Spotify, delete th...

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Plan - Premium Country - Norway Device - PC Operating System - Windows 10 My Question or Issue Happend a few days ago that whenever I want to play a song, it is just skipped....

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Issues playing local files offline (Desktop Version)

PlanPremiumCountryGermany Operating SystemWindows 10 Pro (PC) My Question or IssueSome of my local files aren't playable and grayed out in my playlists as soon as Spotify is in offline mode or my PC has lost its connection.If I go to library and ther...

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Plan Premium Country Germany   Operating System Windows 10 Pro (PC)   My Question or Issue Some of my local files aren't playable and grayed out in my playlists as soon as Spotify ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't Get Fullscreen Option

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFor some reason the two arrows at the bottom right for fullscreen are not visisble on the Windows Desktop app for me. Is there a way to access the apps fullscreen ...

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Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue For some reason the two arrows at the bottom right for fullscreen are not visisble on t...

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Superuser Contribution Lost features and different appearence

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo one day the entire appearance of my spotify changed. And a lot of features on the tab to the left are gone. For example I don't have the "recently added" tab. I only ha...

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Plan Premium Country Norway Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue So one day the entire appearance of my spotify changed. And a lot of features on the tab to the...

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