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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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Spotify Automatically Adds Every Song I hear to one playlist

PlanFreeCountryNew Zealand DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo I made a playlist for lofi awhile back now and only recently I've had to start removing songs from it because I noticed a pile of songs from my other playlists in th...

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Plan Free Country New Zealand   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue So I made a playlist for lofi awhile back now and only recently I've had to st...

lotuxx

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Cannot connect my account with facebook account

PlanPremium familyCountryNew ZealandDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have been through all of the instructions, but cannot get my account to connect with facebook.When I use the 'log in with facebook' option, I get the...

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Plan Premium family Country New Zealand Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have been through all of the instructions, but cannot get my account to c...

Les4921

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Solved!! Playlists out of order

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI just logged out and logged back in to my account, and suddenly all my playlists are out of order and placed randomly in wrong folders. I have hundreds of playlists, so...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I just logged out and logged back in to my account, and suddenly all my playlists are out of ...

dinomight

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Desktop Interface is glitched when first opening the app

Plan: Premium.Country: Australia.Device: PC.Operating System: Windows 10, but using desktop app, not the Windows 10 specific app.My question or Issue:I use a screen-reader, and have had accessibility issues with Spotify before, but this one is surely...

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Plan: Premium. Country: Australia. Device: PC. Operating System: Windows 10, but using desktop app, not the Windows 10 specific app. My question or Issue: I use a screen-reader, and have...

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Spotify window is too large

CountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen the spotify window is maximized, as in it fills out the entire screen, the X to close the windo about one pixel larger than the rest of the window and protrudes to the screen o...

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Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When the spotify window is maximized, as in it fills out the entire screen, the X to close the windo about on...

Sebasty

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Superuser Contribution Liked songs not working.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceLaptop, HP Pavilion.Operating SystemWindowsMy Question or IssueRight, let me begin, just want to clarify my liked songs on other devices are working fine, such as on my phone and on my iPad and on the website pla...

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Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Laptop, HP Pavilion. Operating System Windows My Question or Issue Right, let me begin, just want to clarify my liked songs on other devices are wo...

Katerina

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Invisible profile and playlist

PlanFreeCountryItaly DeviceHP Pavilion NotebookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello,I noticed that my spotify profile is invisible to other people and also all my playlist that are clearly public. In fact, if i search my username, the...

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Plan Free Country Italy   Device HP Pavilion Notebook Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello, I noticed that my spotify profile is invisible to other people an...

Anna1241

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Local Files

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue: Hello, im having problems to import local files for my playlists because some days ago the local files options simply disappeared from my Spotify, can't find it in ...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue: Hello, im having problems to import local files for my playlists because some days ago the...

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Local files (problem solved)

I started this some time ago: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Local-Files/m-p/4955108#M86288 today an "update" option appeared so i updated and it is solved.

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I started this some time ago: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Local-Files/m-p/4955108#M86288         today an "update" option appeared so i updated and ...

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Solved!! No Option To Import

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI want to import some playlists from iTunes, but can't see the option to import them. I've checked my settings in iTunes, plus made sure that Local Files is set to on in Spoti...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I want to import some playlists from iTunes, but can't see the option to import them. I've checked ...

dinomight

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New Spotify version uses too much RAM

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceLenovo ideapad 520Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue The latest Spotify version (1.1.34.694) uses too much RAM and gives the computer an excesive amount of work.I have already disabled hardware acceleration a...

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Plan Premium Country Spain Device Lenovo ideapad 520 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   The latest Spotify version (1.1.34.694) uses too much RAM and gives the ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Deletes All Songs Every Time My Computer is Turned On

PlanFamily PremiumCountryJapanDeviceDell Inspiron 17 3000Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueEvery time I turn my computer off and on again, Spotify logs me out and deletes all of my songs. I have almost 400 songs on my playlist, so I don'...

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Plan Family Premium Country Japan Device Dell Inspiron 17 3000 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Every time I turn my computer off and on again, Spotify logs me out an...

Elena

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Crash in 20 seconds everytime

PlanFamilyCountryFranceDeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSince like 5 days my app Spotify (only on computer) crash everytime in approximately 20 seconds. I try all the solution like disconnect my account or uninstall and re...

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Plan Family Country France Device Computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Since like 5 days my app Spotify (only on computer) crash everytime in approximately 20 se...

Sebasty

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APPCRASH

PlanFreeCountryBrazilDevice.Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue Hi. Does anybody can help me?When I try to run the Spotify, It says "APPCRASH" I just tried change the windows DEP and its dont work

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Plan Free Country Brazil Device . Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue   Hi. Does anybody can help me? When I try to run the Spotify, It says "APPCRASH"  ...

Sebasty

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Play on desktop and Amazon Echo independently?

How can I play Spotify on my desktop and the Amazon Echo independently? I can't figure out how to stop my desktop from being a remote when somebody asks Alexa to play a song. If that's not possible, I need to disconnect my desktop from that device. P...

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How can I play Spotify on my desktop and the Amazon Echo independently? I can't figure out how to stop my desktop from being a remote when somebody asks Alexa to play a song. If that's not possible, ...

Sebasty

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Solved!! Small Song Banner left down corner disappeared

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevice(Microsoft Surface Pro 3)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issue As you can see in the screenshot, my song banner is not visible anymore. Is there a fix for that problem to view it back on screen? -creed

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device (Microsoft Surface Pro 3) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue  As you can see in the screenshot, my song banner is not visible...

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Local File Problems

Here is my problem, I have some local files that Spotify will let me play, but it will not let me add to playlists. This problem only occurs with a few files. I have done everything I could think of to fix this. The files are not corrupted, they aren...

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Here is my problem, I have some local files that Spotify will let me play, but it will not let me add to playlists. This problem only occurs with a few files. I have done everything I could think of ...

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How to not startscreen?

Is there any way to not have the startscreen to show up after starting the app but the last playlist used? I just want to open it in the state I closed it. I know I can change the order of the playlists but keeping them alphabetical helps remembering...

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Is there any way to not have the startscreen to show up after starting the app but the last playlist used? I just want to open it in the state I closed it. I know I can change the order of the playli...

dinomight

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Solved!! Spotify Beta testing on Windows?

PlanFreeCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 version 2004 My Question or Issueis there a closed/open Beta or alpha testing for Windows ?if not is Spotify possibly planning to do it in future?

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Plan Free Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 version 2004   My Question or Issue is there a closed/open Beta or alpha testing for Windows ? if not is Spotify possibly p...

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What happened to "appears on" on desktop!?!?

PlanPremium (Students)CountryUnited States Device(MacBook Air)Operating System(MacOS Sierra) My Question or IssueI know this has been a thing on the app for awhile, but I usually just use desktop so it wasn't the end of the world for me. But now the ...

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Plan Premium (Students) Country United States   Device (MacBook Air) Operating System (MacOS Sierra)   My Question or Issue I know this has been a thing on the app for awhile, bu...

EthanS1

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