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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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Possible Bug
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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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Spotify VERY slow to do anything - from changing volume to load my albums.

Hello,My Spotify app has been extremely slow lately, songs won't play for seconds after I click them and music doesn't play/pause for long pauses after I click on the button, artists won' t load either, nothing at all. This started from nowhere, real...

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Hello, My Spotify app has been extremely slow lately, songs won't play for seconds after I click them and music doesn't play/pause for long pauses after I click on the button, artists won' t lo...

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Can't Play the Current Track

PlanPremiumCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWoke up this morning after using Spotify on my desktop app successfully all day yesterday. Now I can't play any songs without getting a message "Spotify can't play the current track....

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Plan Premium Country USA Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Woke up this morning after using Spotify on my desktop app successfully all day yesterday. Now I can't play an...

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Superuser Contribution Desktop App does not work

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe spotify desktop app on my PC won't play any music. If I double click a specific song, Spotify sends an error message saying that it can't play the song, but that "if you h...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The spotify desktop app on my PC won't play any music. If I double click a specific song, Spotify s...

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Spotify kann dies zurzeit nicht abspielen...

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIm getting always the same message since a few days... "Spotify kann dies zurzeit nicht abspielen...". I reinstalled Spotify and erased the cache. What can i do now?

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  Plan Free/Premium Country   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Im getting always the same message since a few days... "Spotify kann dies zurzeit ...

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Superuser Contribution Don't launch at startup

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify opens itself at startup even though I have it set not to. I've confirmed that this behavior happens with other Spotify users as well. How can I help to fix th...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify opens itself at startup even though I have it set not to. I've confirmed that this...

Elena

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Superuser Contribution Headphone problem

I have a pair of Bose A2 Soundlink wireless headphones. I can listen to iTunes or CDs with no problem. When I listen to Spotify, they keep cutting in and out. I can use them to listen to my phone, but it has issues on my desktop Windows 10 pc. I have...

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I have a pair of Bose A2 Soundlink wireless headphones. I can listen to iTunes or CDs with no problem. When I listen to Spotify, they keep cutting in and out. I can use them to listen to my phone, bu...

Elena

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Superuser Contribution Spotify closing on its own at random

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm currently having an issue with my desktop Spotify app where after about 15-20 seconds of opening and playing music the app closes on its own like it crashed. This has b...

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Plan Free Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm currently having an issue with my desktop Spotify app where after about 15-20 seconds of ope...

Ivan

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Superuser Contribution Major problems with getting Spotify to work at all.

PlanPremiumCountryUKOperating SystemWindows 10 Hi, Having major problems with Spotify desktop (Windows). When I click to open Spotify, a box appears (yet the app opens as well as the box) saying – The Spotify application is not responding – despite i...

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Plan Premium Country UK Operating System Windows 10   Hi,   Having major problems with Spotify desktop (Windows). When I click to open Spotify, a box appears (yet the app opens as ...

Elena

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Recently Played NOT updating

PlanPremiumCountryRomania DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I'm having the Home page always with 3 playlists present as Recently Played and it's really annoying because these are NOT the latest... not even close. Please fix...

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Plan Premium Country Romania   Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   I'm having the Home page always with 3 playlists present as Recently Play...

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Automatically starts playing, changing device, skipping songs wth

Hello there, So I am using spotify premium on my windows PC, and on my android phone. There wasn't any problem yet, but today i was sleeping, and i wake for random **bleep**ty rap music playing. Since then, spotify keep playing random music when it i...

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Hello there,   So I am using spotify premium on my windows PC, and on my android phone.  There wasn't any problem yet, but today i was sleeping, and i wake for random **bleep**ty rap mus...

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Expiring Playlist Link

PlanPremiumCountryNew ZealandDeviceAnyOperating SystemAny My Question or Issue Hey. I have recently put together a playlist of a bunch of songs I use in my YouTube videos. My subscribers have asked for a link to the playlist, so I put a link in the d...

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Plan Premium Country New Zealand Device Any Operating System Any   My Question or Issue   Hey. I have recently put together a playlist of a bunch of songs I use in my YouTube vid...

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Spotify App in WIn10 Skips Every SOng and wont play.

PlanPremiumCountryAUDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 1909 My Question or IssueSpotify skips every song. On pc.Able to play on Sonos via direct connect from PC.Reinstalled and restarted. Happened since last Spotify Software Update (1.1.35.458.g89167...

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Plan Premium Country AU Device PC Operating System Windows 10 1909   My Question or Issue Spotify skips every song. On pc. Able to play on Sonos via direct connect from PC. Reinstall...

Sebasty

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Playback on Windows laptop is corrupted.

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWhen playing back on my laptop, the songs pause/buzz/distorted/crackle etc. This does not hap...

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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.)   My Question or Issue When pl...

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PLAYBACK FROM OLDEST TO NEWEST

i wish to play an artist's albums from oldest to newest. But it only lists them from newest to oldest..is there a way to sort the albums with their oldest albums at the top of the page?..that way i can start at the begining of an artists career and p...

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i wish to play an artist's albums from oldest to  newest. But it only  lists them from newest to oldest..is there a way to sort the albums with their oldest albums at the top of the page?.....

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Superuser Contribution No songs are showing up on Liked Songs

PlanFamily PremiumCountryBrazilDeviceSamsung Odissey LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I listen on my phone, everything is normal, all songs are in Liked Songs as usual, however, in the desktop app, not a single song shows up,...

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Plan Family Premium Country Brazil Device Samsung Odissey Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I listen on my phone, everything is normal, all songs are in Li...

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Whenever I try to log into the Spotify Desktop app it closes

PlanFreeCountryU.SDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo when I I open up the Desktop App and log in with my Username and Password, it closes immediately. As soon as I hit enter it closes. I reinstalled it, it didn't work. I remove...

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Plan Free Country U.S Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue So when I I open up the Desktop App and log in with my Username and Password, it closes immediately. ...

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Solved!! Closed - Windows failed login

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePersonal computerOperating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueAs of this morning, I am no longer able to log into my account from the PC version of the app. After entering my correct email and password, I get the followin...

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Plan Premium Country   Device Personal computer Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue As of this morning, I am no longer able to log into my account from the PC ver...

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Spotify skips every song

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevice Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Since yesterday the windows client skips every single song, making it unusable. This does not occur when using either the web player or another device. Already t...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device   Desktop   Operating System   Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Since yesterday the windows client skips every single son...

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Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it.

PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceHpOperating SystemWindows 7My Question or IssueSpotify gives me the error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." whenever I try to play any song from any album o...

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Plan Free Country India Device Hp Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Spotify gives me the error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your com...

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Desktop app becomes unstable when scanning for local files in large Downloads folder

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro, version 2004, build 19041.329 My Question or IssueRecently, I experienced a problem when attempting to close the Spotify Desktop app. When right clicking on it's icon in the ...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 Pro, version 2004, build 19041.329   My Question or Issue Recently, I experienced a problem when attemptin...

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