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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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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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Superuser Contribution Crash app windows 11 - playing local files

Hello, I did everything, install, réinstall, test the store version, the app version... create a new account, make new playlists... My app randomly stop to work. Buton are not responsive. Playlist stop to charge, i have to crash the app in windows, r...

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Hello,   I did everything, install, réinstall, test the store version, the app version... create a new account, make new playlists... My app randomly stop to work. Buton are not responsive. Pl...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify can't play songs

PlanFreeCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify can't play music with me I get the error in the screenshot translated to English it says: spotify can't play this now. if the file is on your compute...

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Plan Free Country The Netherlands Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify can't play music with me I get the error in the screenshot translated to ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify stuck in Offline mode

Periodically, on Windows 10, spotify believes that there is no internet connection when there is. This is abolutely infuriating, as the only way to fix it is to restart my PC. Has anyone else had this issue?

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Periodically, on Windows 10, spotify believes that there is no internet connection when there is.   This is abolutely infuriating, as the only way to fix it is to restart my PC. Has anyone els...

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Can't play a specific artist's top songs? (bug)

I've never had this issue before, but I've been trying to play a specific artist's top songs on her page and the player just goes blank every time. The window on the right also shows the "find something to play." I've tried closing and reopening Spot...

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I've never had this issue before, but I've been trying to play a specific artist's top songs on her page and the player just goes blank every time. The window on the right also shows the "find someth...

Jose_M

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Solved!! Desktop Spotify can't play liked song

I've had this everlasting issue, Where my liked songs would sync from my iPhone to the desktop if I had liked a song on my phone (as in the library of liked songs would be up-to-date from whatever I liked on my phone.) but when I try to press play on...

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I've had this everlasting issue, Where my liked songs would sync from my iPhone to the desktop if I had liked a song on my phone (as in the library of liked songs would be up-to-date from whatever I ...

Amay

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Superuser Contribution Can't play a large playlist

Windows 10. Premium. Latest Spotify.I have a playlist with around 6,000 songs in it. I can no longer play any songs in it.

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Windows 10. Premium. Latest Spotify. I have a playlist with around 6,000 songs in it. I can no longer play any songs in it.  

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Full screen artwork broken at high resolutions with scaling

PlanPremium DeviceWindows / macOS desktop apps (tested on both) My Question or IssueWhen using a 4k display with scaling enabled on both windows and mac the artwork is not visible in full screen mode until the app is manually scaled up using ctrl/cmd...

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Plan Premium   Device Windows / macOS desktop apps (tested on both)   My Question or Issue When using a 4k display with scaling enabled on both windows and mac the artwork is not vis...

ribezaz

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Scrolling too fast in a discography results in "Spotify can't play this right now"

Windows 11, Windows Store installed with winget. 1. Open a large discography.2. Hold down the end-key to scroll to the bottom as quickly as possible.3. Play a track near the bottom.4. "Spotify can't play this right now" This seems to be connected to ...

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Windows 11, Windows Store installed with winget.   1. Open a large discography. 2. Hold down the end-key to scroll to the bottom as quickly as possible. 3. Play a track near the bottom. 4. ...

Joan

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Desktop app shuffle button not changing

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOn the desktop app I will try to switch between smart shuffle, shuffle, or no shuffle. The icon changes for a split second only to change back to the previous one i...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue On the desktop app I will try to switch between smart shuffle, shuffle, or no shuffle. T...

Amay

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Superuser Contribution Different queue with smart connect

PlanPremiumCountryUkraineDeviceSamsung S23 Ultra/PCOperating SystemAndroid/Windows When I connect PC to play I see different queue song on the phone and on the pc My Question or Issue

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Plan Premium Country Ukraine Device Samsung S23 Ultra/PC Operating System Android/Windows     When I connect PC to play I see different queue song on the phone and on the pc &nbs...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Why is my Spotify so slow ?

Hey everyone ! Since the last 2or 3 updates, my Spotify is running so slow, it feels like I'm using a very old PC with like 1 MB of RAM Every other program on my PC is working just fine, but opening a playlist, navigating through them, switching back...

Roadie

Hey everyone !   Since the last 2or 3 updates, my Spotify is running so slow, it feels like I'm using a very old PC with like 1 MB of RAM 😅 Every other program on my PC is working just ...

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Superuser Contribution The application is not responding

Spotify gets unresponsive -> You close it. Try to reopen it and you get a message box with "The Application is not responding". Only works again if you go to task manager and kill any process that's related to Spotify. This has been reported before b...

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Spotify gets unresponsive -> You close it. Try to reopen it and you get a message box with "The Application is not responding". Only works again if you go to task manager and kill any process that...

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Superuser Contribution None of the content in my playlists are available

This problem started this morning: None of the content in my playlists are available. I can add them to liked songs and they're then suddenly playable. I did the steps of deleting data and restarting program, enabling and disabling hardware accelerat...

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This problem started this morning: None of the content in my playlists are available. I can add them to liked songs and they're then suddenly playable. I did the steps of deleting data and restar...

Maria

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Running EXTREMELY Slowly

PlanPremiumCountryU.S.A.DeviceLaptop & Samsung S24 UltraOperating SystemWindows 10, Android 14 My Question or IssueI have the same issue with spotify on both devices. On my computer, Spotify runs EXTREMELY slowly, to the point that opening the softwa...

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Plan Premium Country U.S.A. Device Laptop & Samsung S24 Ultra Operating System Windows 10, Android 14   My Question or Issue I have the same issue with spotify on both devices. &n...

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Superuser Contribution Previews of tracks (or Playlist-Preview, as I call it)

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or issue: The "Scroll through previews of tracks from this playlist" thingy is glitchy.The "Preview Pop-Up" has issues with its playback & scrolling, when I muted a song from the mu...

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Plan Premium Country India Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or issue:         The "Scroll through previews of tracks from this playlist" thingy is gl...

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Superuser Contribution wl.spotify.com is not opening/working

I requested my account data, and I received an email asking me to verify the request. When I click on the 'VERIFY' button, it attempts to direct me to wl.spotify.com; however, this site doesn't open; my browser says 'Can't reach this page'. I've trie...

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I requested my account data, and I received an email asking me to verify the request. When I click on the 'VERIFY' button, it attempts to direct me to wl.spotify.com; however, this site doesn't open;...

brian6932

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BUG: odd extra entries in recent listening history & more ads played

PlanFreeCountryNetherlandsDevicePC HP - intel 3th gen processorOperating SystemWindows 10 Home My Question or Issuesee image. The 3 arrows on the right point to tracks not listened to nor skipped, they were added by Spotify without interaction from m...

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Plan Free Country Netherlands Device PC HP - intel 3th gen processor Operating System Windows 10 Home   My Question or Issue see image. The 3 arrows on the right point to tracks not li...

Jose_M

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Auto starting even when disabled

Spotify is opening on startup. I have never had it set to auto start and auto-start is set to "No". I am using Windows 10.I have already gone to Edit > Preferences > [Show Advanced Settings] > Startup and Window Behavior > Open Spotify automatically ...

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Spotify is opening on startup. I have never had it set to auto start and auto-start is set to "No". I am using Windows 10. I have already gone to Edit > Preferences > ...

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Superuser Contribution Video Podcasts make the screen go black

I've tried with and whiteout hardware acceleration. every time i turn on joe rogan the whole screen goes black and i have to CTRL+ALT+Delete out of it. very annoying, basically i can't watch video podcasts on desktop for some reason PlanPremiumCountr...

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I've tried with and whiteout hardware acceleration. every time i turn on joe rogan the whole screen goes black and i have to CTRL+ALT+Delete out of it.  very annoying, basically i can't watch vi...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify can't play, nor log me in on desktop

PlanIndividual PremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI have a group of issues with my Spotify Desktop app - the main one being that there are random songs in my playlists that the app refuses to play (...

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Plan Individual Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I have a group of issues with my Spotify Desktop app - the main one bein...

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