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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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ohyaz6

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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 Spotify messing with Windows 10 Pictures.

Some weeks ago I started having problems opening pictures in Windows 10. The picture program would either not start, or it would just go black. I tried to Google it, but could not find any solutions to it. One day I realised that there were multiple ...

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Some weeks ago I started having problems opening pictures in Windows 10. The picture program would either not start, or it would just go black. I tried to Google it, but could not find any solutions ...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Where has the repeat button gone November 2020

I don’t understand why some Spotify user interface changes are made when they make the experience WORSE. Where is the user research informing that users don’t want the repeat functionality (or clear visibility of this functionality) anymore??? I now ...

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I don’t understand why some Spotify user interface changes are made when they make the experience WORSE. Where is the user research informing that users don’t want the repeat functionality (or clear ...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Local Files New Issue

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Just yesterday all of my local files suddenly disappeared. I rescanned everything and then only the local files that were specifically in my playlist were the only ones...

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  Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Just yesterday all of my local files suddenly disappeared. I rescanned everythi...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Windows 10 freezes for 2 seconds, Spotify quality drops afterwards

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWin10Spotify build: 1.1.46.916.g416cacf1 My Question or IssueFor the last several weeks, I have had an issue where my computer will freeze for 2 seconds and then Spotify's audio quality will drop. A common...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Win10 Spotify build: 1.1.46.916.g416cacf1   My Question or Issue For the last several weeks, I have had an issue where my comp...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution "Playlist is currently empty" problem in spotify pc application + problems in web version

PlanPremiumCountryPhilippinesDeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI cannot see the songs in the playlists that I have created in the spotify pc application. The page says "the playlist is currently empty". You also could not ...

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Plan Premium Country Philippines Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I cannot see the songs in the playlists that I have created in the spotify pc appli...

Ivan

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Superuser Contribution Can no longer remove songs from Made For You

Plan PremiumCountry UK DeviceLenovo Thinkpad T480Operating SystemWindows 10 1903 My Question or IssueThe option to remove songs from my Made For You > My Daily Mix playlists has disappeared, was this an intentional update or is there somethingn wrong...

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Plan Premium Country UK   Device Lenovo Thinkpad T480 Operating System Windows 10 1903   My Question or Issue The option to remove songs from my Made For You > My Daily Mix play...

Mario

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[Desktop][Developer] Now Playing display / home display bug in version 1.1.47.684.g136419d9-a

This is on Windows 10. I just re-downloaded and then updated the app to the newest version. Home screen shows some messed up markup and Now Playing shows a blank black screen.

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This is on Windows 10. I just re-downloaded and then updated the app to the newest version.    Home screen shows some messed up markup and Now Playing shows a blank black screen.

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Superuser Contribution Multi user for spotify family

PlanFamilyCountryItalyDeviceBoxTVOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI have Spotify Family used in my living room by all my family. It's installed in a tv box with Windows 10 operating system. The problem is each time a member wants to list...

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Plan Family Country Italy Device BoxTV Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have Spotify Family used in my living room by all my family. It's installed in a tv box with Windows...

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Superuser Contribution Offline and online songs are not played

PlanPremiumCountrySwitzerland DevicePC, Sound Card Creative AE-5 plus (G6 USB soundcard i tried too)Operating SystemWindows 10 pro 64bit My Question or IssueIf i try to play a song its not working at all.If I try play songs from a play list its jumpi...

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Plan Premium Country Switzerland   Device PC, Sound Card Creative AE-5 plus (G6 USB soundcard i tried too) Operating System Windows 10 pro 64bit   My Question or Issue If i try t...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Cache Location

PlanPremiumCountryTurkey DevicePCWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hello changing cache location doesn't work on Windows. I set the cache location in a different hard drive but spotify still stores data in my main windows partition. Need help

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Plan Premium Country Turkey   Device PC Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Hello changing cache location doesn't work on Windows. I set the cache location in a different ha...

Katerina

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Superuser Contribution Opt-Out on the New Desktop Version

I never asked for, or was never asked to participate in this forced downgrade. As a paying customer i want the old version back NOW.

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I never asked for, or was never asked to participate in this forced downgrade. As a paying customer i want the old version back NOW.

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Superuser Contribution Some of my local files won't play

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI can only play a few of my local files on my PC some of them I can play, and some of them are greyed out but they're all still saved on my PC. I even have songs that show they...

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  Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I can only play a few of my local files on my PC some of them I can play, and some of them are grey...

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Solved!! Windows clean reinstall inconsistent instructions in different articles

The windows troubleshooting topic here: [Troubleshooting] Windows - The Spotify Communitylinks to this article for instructions on reinstalling the windows app: Reinstall Spotify - SpotifyElsewhere moderators keep posting links here instead: How can ...

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The windows troubleshooting topic here: [Troubleshooting] Windows - The Spotify Community links to this article for instructions on reinstalling the windows app: Reinstall Spotify - Spotif...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Most local files don't show up but used to

Most of my local files (that I've never previously had any issues with) have suddenly disappeared from the Local Files section and are greyed out in the playlist I added them to, so I can't listen to them through Spotify. Most of the missing files ar...

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Most of my local files (that I've never previously had any issues with) have suddenly disappeared from the Local Files section and are greyed out in the playlist I added them to, so I can't listen to...

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Superuser Contribution Typing to jump to songs no longer works

PremiumUnited StatesWindows 10 Spotify used to have this feature, but it disappeared a while ago and I haven't been able to find anything on here explaining why. Being able to start typing a song or artist or album (whatever your sort is set to) and ...

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Premium United States Windows 10   Spotify used to have this feature, but it disappeared a while ago and I haven't been able to find anything on here explaining why. Being able to start typi...

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Solved!! Local files don't appear on my desktop app.

PlanFamily premiumCountryUSADeviceDektop appOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueNo matter what I do, local files are not shown on my desktop app. I changed the preferences allowing local files and setting the music library folder, reinstal...

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Plan Family premium Country USA Device Dektop app Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue No matter what I do, local files are not shown on my desktop app. I changed the pre...

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Superuser Contribution Saved Songs Becoming Obsolete Versions of the Same Song

I have a collection of saved songs, like everyone does on Spotify. Every day, I log on to Spotify and start listening, and each day may main playlist queues some songs to download. Each day, a few new songs undergo this problem. The saved song I have...

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I have a collection of saved songs, like everyone does on Spotify. Every day, I log on to Spotify and start listening, and each day may main playlist queues some songs to download. Each day, a few ne...

mlidbo

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Superuser Contribution Playlist cover looks cropped

PlanPremiumCountryPhilippinesDeviceAcer Nitro 5Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFor some reason, the playlist covers in my Made for You section looks cut/cropped. Any idea how can I fix this? Thanks in advance. Edit: Found out the navig...

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  Plan Premium Country Philippines Device Acer Nitro 5 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue For some reason, the playlist covers in my Made for You section looks cu...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution 'New albums release' from spotify not updating....

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) hi, not sure if this is the right forum, I wanted to put it into the help to all spotify communitites rather than...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   hi, not sure if this is the r...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Back & Forward Shortcuts ( Alt+Left & Alt+Right) dont work any more

Operating SystemWindows 10Spotify 1.1.46.916.g416cacf1-a My Question or IssueSince this Version the Keyboard Shortcuts for the "Go Back" & "Go Forward" ( Alt+Left & Alt+Right) dont work any more. This is annoying because some (like me) use Mouse Gest...

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Operating System Windows 10 Spotify 1.1.46.916.g416cacf1-a   My Question or Issue Since this Version the Keyboard Shortcuts for the "Go Back" & "Go Forward" ( Alt+Left & Alt+Ri...

RyanCu

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