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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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Superuser Contribution Some local files skipped from being sync in the Spotify Desktop App.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10Spotify Version1.1.46.916.g416cacf1 I have a problem about local files in Spotify, I was able formerly to sync all local files there, but now, I noticed some songs imported from my lapt...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Spotify Version 1.1.46.916.g416cacf1   I have a problem about local files in Spotify, I was able formerly to s...

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Superuser Contribution Go forward: Command + ] on windows Alt + ], how to disable it ?

Hi, I would like to disable this " ALT + ] " shortcut in spotify on a windows to use a simple "]" without next the music. And furthermore it would be realy good to custom our own shortcut on spotify ! If it's not possible I'll going on Deezer to try ...

Casual Listener

Hi,  I would like to disable this " ALT + ] " shortcut in spotify on a windows to use a simple  "]" without next the music.  And furthermore it would be realy good to custom our...

Jeremy

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[Desktop][Playlists][Bug] Adding song to playlist adds it to the beginning of the playlist

Hi!As of 2020-11-23, w ith the new Spotify Desktop app on Windows 10 adding a song to a playlist adds the song to the beginning of the playlist, which is unexpected behaviour. Previously songs were added to the end of the playlist, which is the usual...

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Hi! As of 2020-11-23, w ith the new Spotify Desktop app on Windows 10 adding a song to a playlist adds the song to the beginning of the playlist, which is unexpected behaviour. Previously songs were...

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Superuser Contribution Playlists now defaults to recently added at the top instead of at the bottom

Give us an option to choose which order we want instead of letting users be forced to be accustomed to recently added at the end and then changing default sort behavior. Also if i proceed to manually sort of date, the sort state is not kept in betwee...

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Give us an option to choose which order we want instead of letting users be forced to be accustomed to recently added at the end and then changing default sort behavior.   Also if i p...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Spotify broken

So a day, i started my Spotify and wanted to play music. First of all it says that all my playlists are empty and after that also the search bar was broken. Or if it did worked and i clicked on a song the song will not be played.I reinstalled spotify...

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So a day, i started my Spotify and wanted to play music. First of all it says that all my playlists are empty and after that also the search bar was broken. Or if it did worked and i clicked on a son...

Mihail

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Solved!! [Windows 8.1] No results found for ...

PlanFreeCountryMacedoniaDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 8.1 My Question or IssueWhenever i search something, this comes up. I got the problem this morning. I tried logging in and out and its the same. Any solutions?

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Plan Free Country Macedonia Device Laptop Operating System Windows 8.1   My Question or Issue Whenever i search something, this comes up. I got the problem this morning. I tried logg...

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Superuser Contribution Local files work until app is closed

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesOperating SystemWindows 10 (Non-Microsoft Store version)My Question or IssueWhen I open the app local files in a playlist are all greyed out. I have the correct location set under settings for local files. I go to the l...

Casual Listener

Plan Premium Country United States Operating System Windows 10 (Non-Microsoft Store version) My Question or Issue When I open the app local files in a playlist are all greyed out. I have the c...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution Where are the stats that show from what country and city people listen to the artist?

PlanPremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating SystemWidnows 10 My Question or IssueI can't find the stats that show listeners' cities and countries

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Plan Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System Widnows 10   My Question or Issue I can't find the stats that show listeners' ci...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Major bug in remote listening.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone XR / Windows DesktopOperating SystemiOS 14.2.1 / Windows 10 Version 10.0.19042 Build 19042My Question or Issue Remote listening has always been buggy since it's introduction, but now it straight up doesn't work anymo...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone XR / Windows Desktop Operating System iOS 14.2.1 / Windows 10 Version 10.0.19042 Build 19042 My Question or Issue   Remote listening has always b...

Mihail

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Maximized window broke after minimize to tray

To reproduce:1. Turn on option "Close button should minimze the Spotify window to the tray"2. Click "maximize window" button3. Click "close window"4. Double click spotify icon on tray. The result is not maximized window. Will show in screencastPlanPr...

Casual Listener

To reproduce: 1. Turn on option "Close button should minimze the Spotify window to the tray" 2. Click "maximize window" button 3. Click "close window" 4. Double click spotify icon on tray. &nbsp...

Ivan

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Superuser Contribution Spotify constantly flashes three times and closes.

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify constantly flashes three times and closes. Reinstalling Spotify, Spotify from the MS Store, or even reinstalling Windows 10 doesn't help. Please help.

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Plan Premium Country Poland Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify constantly flashes three times and closes. Reinstalling Spotify, Spotify from the MS St...

Ivan

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Superuser Contribution Spotify is becoming super sluggish and unresponsive in big playlists

So, I'm currently sitting on a few playlists, one of them at 3.2k, and I've noticed over the last months (progressively adding new music on and on), it's become unbearably slow and sluggish to navigate on the Windows Desktop app. Once the music plays...

Casual Listener

So, I'm currently sitting on a few playlists, one of them at 3.2k, and I've noticed over the last months (progressively adding new music on and on), it's become unbearably slow and sluggish to naviga...

Ivan

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[Desktop][Playlists] i want to put my songs on the bottom but of my plalist but can't

it its hard if you have a large plalist to move the songs about. spotify used to put the new songs at the bottom but now puts them at the top and on my laptop at least it basically makes it impossable to put the new songs were I like them at the bott...

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it its hard if you have a large plalist to move the songs about. spotify used to put the new songs at the bottom but now puts them at the top and on my laptop at least it basically makes it impossabl...

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[Desktop][Developer] New Update - Late November

The new update sucks ass. Everything is hidden behind 2 or more extra clicks. I.e, New Releases used to be on side bar. Now it's Search>New Releases>Scroll Down> See All. And still doesn't show if its a single or an album. The search bar is hidden ex...

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The new update sucks ass.    Everything is hidden behind 2 or more extra clicks. I.e, New Releases used to be on side bar. Now it's Search>New Releases>Scroll Down> See All. And ...

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Superuser Contribution Local file playback has really bad crackling/noise

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePC Windows 10 My Question or IssueSome local files appear to playback with audio crackling. I have a lot of electronic music I've purchased from iTunes and added to Spotify, and in some of the bassier tracks I'm getting som...

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  Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Windows 10   My Question or Issue Some local files appear to playback with audio crackling. I have a lot of electronic music I've purchased fro...

Ivan

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Superuser Contribution Local Files not showing (all of my) songs

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceASUS ROG Zephyrus G14Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueA few days ago I learned about Local Files and thus uploaded a couple of songs that I liked to my existing playlist. After having no issues for around half...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue A few days ago I learned about Local Files and thus uploaded a couple of songs ...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Can't jump from song to playlist

If I start playing a playlist, then click on a few other playlists, do some searching etc, how can I jump from the song that is playing to the playlist it is playing from? (I could perhaps press the back button until I find the playlist, but if the s...

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If I start playing a playlist, then click on a few other playlists, do some searching etc, how can I jump from the song that is playing to the playlist it is playing from?   (I could perhaps p...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Some local files greyed out but still saved on PC

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCWindows 10My Question or IssueSince last week, after I bought a new iPhone (been Android user before), I recognized after syncing a few local files from my PC to my phone, that most of them were suddenly greyed out an...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Windows 10 My Question or Issue Since last week, after I bought a new iPhone (been Android user before), I recognized after syncing a few local files fr...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution spotify won't play anything

PlanFreeCountryItalyDevicepc tower I builtOperating System Windows 10 My Question or Issueafter having some problems with the Microsoft store version of Spotify I decided to uninstall that version in favor of the standalone windows version of Spotify...

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  Plan Free Country Italy Device pc tower I built Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue after having some problems with the Microsoft store version of Spotify ...

Mihail

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