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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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Unable to play songs and friend list not showing fully

PlanPremiumCountryIndonesiaDeviceAcer aspireOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueMy spotify app can't play songs, even when downloaded. It will show a message "Spotify is unable to play this song right now." And it happens when I try to play...

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Plan Premium Country Indonesia Device Acer aspire Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue My spotify app can't play songs, even when downloaded. It will show a message "Spoti...

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Spotify Search Engine always brings up "No Results"

Same issue as https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Spotify-Search-Engine-always-brings-up-quot-No-Results-quot/m-p/4532190#M62865 Happens on Mobile (Android) and Windows (Desktop)

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Same issue as https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Spotify-Search-Engine-always-brings-up-quot-No-Results-quot/m-p/4532190#M62865   Happens on Mobile (Android) and Windows (De...

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unable to Control the Volume of Ads

PlanFreeCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am no longer able to change the audio levels for ads in spotify . where a lot of ads are fine . some times they come in WAY to loud . I used to be able to just adjust the V...

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Plan Free Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I am no longer able to change the audio levels for ads in spotify . where a lot of ads are fine . ...

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Songs available in USA missing in India at random, only new albums available, is there a reason?

PlanPremiumCountry IndiaDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueMany albums I used to listen to back when I had the free service in the USA are missing here, will they be back at some point or are they simply unavailable here? Many ba...

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Plan Premium Country  India Device Laptop Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Many albums I used to listen to back when I had the free service in the USA are missing h...

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New Fresh Finds Spotify Playlist Request

Hi, i am a big fan of Fresh Finds, but i do have a little suggestion with the spin-off genre playlists. And because i am a die-hard christian, i would like to suggest a new fresh finds spin-off playlist.Fresh Finds: Rejoice: a new Fresh Finds playlis...

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Hi, i am a big fan of Fresh Finds, but i do have a little suggestion with the spin-off genre playlists.  And because i am a die-hard christian,  i would like to suggest a new fresh finds s...

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Ability to Create Playlist of ALL Liked Songs REMOVED

Hey all,I used to regularly create custom playlists of all my liked songs (4k+) and mix it with my local files of songs that aren't on Spotify which I then randomized on random.org to get a true shuffled playlist of ALL my songs. With the last few mo...

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Hey all, I used to regularly create custom playlists of all my liked songs (4k+) and mix it with my local files of songs that aren't on Spotify which I then randomized on random.org to get a true sh...

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Cannot Organize Particular Playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceDell DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI cannot reorganize a particular playlist. I am able to reorganize others, but not this one. I am ready to recreate it and see if that works, but takes too much tim...

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Plan Premium Country US   Device Dell Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I cannot reorganize a particular playlist. I am able to reorganize others, but no...

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Unable to Download Music

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI cannot download any music onto my desktop. Music will download to my phone on the same account, but when I click to download on desktop the tab will not slid...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I cannot download any music onto my desktop. Music will download to my phone on the...

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Spotify can't play this right now. If you .... blabla.

PlanPremiumDeviceAcer PredatorOperating SystemWindows 10 I cant play any song on my laptop. Even all of the downloaded songs dont wont to play. Spotify shuffle 5-10 songs, dont play them at all and then stops. I try to clear the cache, reinstal, logo...

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Plan Premium Device Acer Predator Operating System Windows 10   I cant play any song on my laptop. Even all of the downloaded songs dont wont to play. Spotify shuffle 5-10 songs, dont pla...

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Spotify Desktop App funktioniert nicht

Ich habe mir ein neues Audio Interface (Komplete Audio 6 MK2) zugelegt und alles funktioniert super. Nur sagt die Spotify Desktop nun, wenn ich einen Song abspielen möchte folgendes: Spotify kann dies zurzeit nicht abspielen. Wenn sich die Datei auf ...

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Ich habe mir ein neues Audio Interface (Komplete Audio 6 MK2) zugelegt und alles funktioniert super. Nur sagt die Spotify Desktop nun, wenn ich einen Song abspielen möchte folgendes:   Spotify...

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Superuser Contribution Random Music Playing

So, I've got Spotify Premium; my account is linked to my iPhone and my Windows 10 Desktop, and my login uses my facebook information exclusively. I haven't really been able to find answers or questions relating to this particular issue, so I apologiz...

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So, I've got Spotify Premium; my account is linked to my iPhone and my Windows 10 Desktop, and my login uses my facebook information exclusively. I haven't really been able to find answers ...

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Superuser Contribution Songs saved to library refuse to play - show up as unavalible

FamilyPremiumNew Zealand Device(Macbook Pro late 2014) In the last couple of days, Spotify has refused all requests to play songs saved to my personal library, saying that they are unavailable. I use the google chrome web player, and the browser is u...

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Family Premium New Zealand   Device (Macbook Pro late 2014)     In the last couple of days, Spotify has refused all requests to play songs saved to my personal library, saying ...

Guido

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Why can't I sort Spotify searches anymore?

PlanPremiumCountry AustraliaDevice(DELL 2018)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issue Why can't I sort Spotify searches anymore? My issue is when I search for songs (e.g Blue moon) I am unable to sort that search result by Artist, Title, wha...

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Plan Premium Country  Australia Device (DELL 2018) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue   Why can't I sort Spotify searches anymore?   My issue i...

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Spotify Doesnt Shuffle Properly

Spotify has the issue where is new songs are added to a playlist it wont shuffle those, instead it just put them at the bottom no matter how many time you reshuffle them This problems seems to be on Windows and Android, but there is really no reason ...

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Spotify has the issue where is new songs are added to a playlist it wont shuffle those, instead it just put them at the bottom no matter how many time you reshuffle them   This problems seems ...

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Solved!! Spotify extremely slow to play songs on Windows

PlanPremiumCountryUnited Arab EmiratesDeviceDell Laptop (also an S10)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I play a song/change the spotify volume half of the time it takes quite some time to respond to my actions (upwards oh 20 seconds...

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Plan Premium Country United Arab Emirates Device Dell Laptop (also an S10) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I play a song/change the spotify volume half of the t...

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When I unselect downloaded music the space isn't cleared.

Hey Everyone, Actually I already found the solution but I want to share it with you guys/gals... So I have this small desktop with only an SSD so space is an issue. When I unselect 'download' for lists that I previously downloaded (but don't want to ...

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Hey Everyone,   Actually I already found the solution but I want to share it with you guys/gals...   So I have this small desktop with only an SSD so space is an issue.   When I ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can I sort the playlist by saved songs or not as favorites?

I am a premium user. Sometimes I listen to a playlist with many songs and many of them I already have in my favorite song lists and they have a strong heart, is there any way to sort the playlist for the songs with my heart marked? I mainly use the d...

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I am a premium user. Sometimes I listen to a playlist with many songs and many of them I already have in my favorite song lists and they have a strong heart, is there any way to sort the playlis...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution I can't update my profile picture

PlanPremiumCountryColombiaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueI'm experiencing some issues when uploading or updating my profile picture.When I upload my profile picture everything "works" fine, but when I change sections (so to spe...

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Plan Premium Country Colombia Device PC Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue I'm experiencing some issues when uploading or updating my profile picture. When I upload my ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Daily mix no longer enless mix, normal playlist instead

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceThinkpad T480s, Thinkpad X260, Intel NUC, Oneplus 2Operating SystemWindows 10, OxygenOS 3.6.1 (Android 6.0.1) My Question or IssueMy daily mixes have over the course of the last few days gone from being endless mixes to ...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Thinkpad T480s, Thinkpad X260, Intel NUC, Oneplus 2 Operating System Windows 10, OxygenOS 3.6.1 (Android 6.0.1)   My Question or Issue My daily mixes...

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Certain Songs Will NOT PLAY / Not Recognized in Playlist

I dont know if anyone has a solution to this but so far Sonos support cannot figure this out. I manage my music and create playlists on my desktop (I use a program called MusicBee). When I create a Playlist and then open the Sonos Desktop App and Upd...

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I dont know if anyone has a solution to this but so far Sonos support cannot figure this out.   I manage my music and create playlists on my desktop (I use a program called MusicBee).  &...

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