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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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A firewall may be blocking Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceAsus Zenbook ProOperating SystemWindows 10 (dual partition with Ubuntu) My Question or IssueI recently decided to switch from using Linux (Ubuntu) on my Zenbook to Windows. However, I am getting this error message when tryi...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Asus Zenbook Pro Operating System Windows 10 (dual partition with Ubuntu)   My Question or Issue I recently decided to switch from using Linux (Ubun...

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If I try to skip a song Spotify skips multiple songs

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueIf I try to skip one song with a shortcut on my keyboard Spotify either skips two or multiple songs. Mostly it happens when I'm in a videogame or if I open Teamspeak 3.Sometimes Spotify just st...

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Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue If I try to skip one song with a shortcut on my keyboard Spotify either skips two or multiple songs.  Mostly it happens when I...

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can't login into computer ?

can't login into spotify via computer. firewall error keeps popping up. any ideas?PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevice / Operating System(Win10 Version, Desktop Version)

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can't login into spotify via computer. firewall error keeps popping up. any ideas? Plan Premium Country Germany Device / Operating System (Win10 Version, Desktop Version)  

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Clicking the playlist on the left doesn't start at the beginning of the playlist.

When I click on the left, it always starts about halfway down the list. The worst part is that it's ALWAYS the same song that it starts on. No matter how many songs I add to the playlist. Something I have just noticed whilst writing this, however, is...

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When I click on the left, it always starts about halfway down the list. The worst part is that it's ALWAYS the same song that it starts on. No matter how many songs I add to the playlist. Something I...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Unable to shuffle liked songs on Windows 10

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Up until a day or two ago, when I selected "liked songs" in my library, I could select the shuffle icon to shuffle all the songs there. Now the shuffle icon is greyed out an...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Up until a day or two ago, when I selected "liked songs" in my library, I could select the sh...

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keyboard shortcut to play 'next track' is now the 'shift' key??????? HELP

I don't know how this happened but now everytime I press shift my song changes and it's really annoying to the point I'm about to say byebye spotify and your stupid shortcuts that I can't even disable????? Does anyone know if I could've mistakenly pr...

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I don't know how this happened but now everytime I press shift my song changes and it's really annoying to the point I'm about to say byebye spotify and your stupid shortcuts that I can't even disabl...

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Spotify windows app need help deleting recently played album/playlist

PlanFree/PremiumCountryAustralia Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI'm trying to delete an album/playlist from in recently played from my home page but it doesn't work. I tried deleting it using the left hand...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Australia   Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I'm trying to delete an album/playlist from in recently p...

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Spotify can't play this right now.

PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDeviceDesktop DeviceOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueNo songs play after downloading Netflix. I'm getting an error called Spotify can't play this right now. Since I don't have an internet connection, I am looking ...

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Plan Premium Country Turkey Device Desktop Device Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue No songs play after downloading Netflix. I'm getting an error called Spotify can't play thi...

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Se reproduce música en el web player sin yo haberla puesto

Se reproduce música que yo no pongo. PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceHuawei P10Operating SystemWindows 8 My Question or IssueSe reproducen canciones en web player que yo no he puesto. Lo veo en el movil cuando yo no estoy reproduciendo nada en ningún di...

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Se reproduce música que yo no pongo.  Plan Premium Country Spain Device Huawei P10 Operating System Windows 8   My Question or Issue Se reproducen canciones en web player que yo ...

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Unknown Webplayer randomly starts playing

I have only ever used the spotify application. Never once have I touched a webplayer and lately I've had someone listening to terrible music on my spotify. Sometimes they will even interrupt my session. I haven't given my account details to anyone. I...

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I have only ever used the spotify application. Never once have I touched a webplayer and lately I've had someone listening to terrible music on my spotify. Sometimes they will even interrupt my sessi...

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Spotify Strip Getting Cut

PlanPremiumCountryIndia DeviceHP Envy 13tOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe strips on my Home menu when I switch on Spotify appears to cut the Album/Playlist art randomly and I cannot even scroll left or right. I have attached a pictu...

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Plan Premium Country India   Device HP Envy 13t Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The strips on my Home menu when I switch on Spotify appears to cut the Album/Pl...

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Can't delete local files that are in "liked songs" playlist.

So i saw that there are multiple posts on this already, but i've tried all resolutions and can't find a fix for it. To my Problem: in my "liked songs" there it shows local files some from 2018 some from 2019 that were once added to spotify but as of ...

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So i saw that there are multiple posts on this already, but i've tried all resolutions and can't find a fix for it.  To my Problem: in my "liked songs" there it shows local files some from 20...

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Playing the wrong playlist that

Through out the day, my Spotify account has been acting strange. Ever time I click a playlist it always takes a while to load the song. This is not on my part because my internet is perfectly fine. When ever I click shuffle my playlist, it always pla...

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     Through out the day, my Spotify account has been acting strange. Ever time I click a playlist it always takes a while to load the song. This is not on my part because my internet ...

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How do you organise your playlists/library?

Hi there all. So, as the subject says, how do you organise your playlists? I find spotify's ability to manage playlist incredibly subpar, and I don't believe they're about to do anything about it soon, instead focusing on crappy social features, rath...

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Hi there all.   So, as the subject says, how do you organise your playlists?   I find spotify's ability to manage playlist incredibly subpar, and I don't believe they're about to do...

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Superuser Contribution Why is my Spotify randomly playing music?

PlanPremium CountryFinland My Question or IssueMy Spotify starts randomly playing certain music that I don't listen to, turns the shuffle and repeat buttons on, likes certain songs and follows certain artists and playlists. I know that no one has con...

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Plan Premium   Country Finland   My Question or Issue My Spotify starts randomly playing certain music that I don't listen to, turns the shuffle and repeat buttons on, likes certain ...

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Humming is...not fun anymore

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceWindows (App and Web), AndroidOperating SystemAndroid Oreo, Windows 10, Ubuntu 20.04 My Question or IssueHi everyone, I wonder if someone can help me. I don't why but I'm the only one in my friends group that the lyrics ...

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  Plan Premium Country Canada Device Windows (App and Web), Android Operating System Android Oreo, Windows 10, Ubuntu 20.04   My Question or Issue Hi everyone,   I wo...

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Can't fix "Error code 4" no matter what I try

PlanPremiumDevicePC (connected to LAN)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hello Spotify community, This is the second or third time I am returning to the forum with this issue.My Spotify keeps giving me the famous "No internet connection ...

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Plan Premium Device PC (connected to LAN) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Hello Spotify community,   This is the second or third time I am returning to ...

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Windows 10 app won't update the recently played artists at all.

Windows 10 app (version 1.1.31.703.g256add22) hasn't updated the front-page where it's supposed to show recently listened at all lately (gone actually for many months, I think this started late last year).First of all, whenever I used my iPhone or iP...

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Windows 10 app (version 1.1.31.703.g256add22) hasn't updated the front-page where it's supposed to show recently listened at all lately (gone actually for many months, I think this started late last ...

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Spotify Desktop app won't play when music is connected to bluetooth devices

PlanFree/PremiumCountryGermanyDeviceLenovo Yoga Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen my airpods pro are connected to my Lenovo Yoga 310 running on windows 10 the music on my spotify desktop app will play but without playing the song, m...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Germany Device Lenovo Yoga  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When my airpods pro are connected to my Lenovo Yoga 310 running on windows...

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

So I know a lot of people have encountered this error before and I have checked all the possible solutions online. I hope someone can provide me a new solution that I haven't tried. I really love those songs, they are important to me (actually evey s...

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So I know a lot of people have encountered this error before and I have checked all the possible solutions online. I hope someone can provide me a new solution that I haven't tried. I really love tho...

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