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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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bluehallon

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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...

Moderator

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Friends missing from Friend Activity

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOver the past few days, I am randomly missing friend in my friend activity. I know they have been on and listening to music. I have tried reinstalling spotify, unfollowi...

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  Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Over the past few days, I am randomly missing friend in my friend activity. I know th...

xxt07d

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Spotify song counter doesn’t update properly for artist

There is an artist, well, not even small artist in my country, whom I wanted to support with listening her music, thus increasing her top song’s counter to get above 100,000 plays by today morning. And I’m really her great fan! In my country, the Spo...

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There is an artist, well, not even small artist in my country, whom I wanted to support with listening her music, thus increasing her top song’s counter to get above 100,000 plays by today morning. A...

Clancy_2

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Cannot connect to another device

PlanPremiumDeviceOnePlus5 Hi all,I'm having an issue with connecting from my PC to my Android. I don't see my Phone/PC in the connect to a device window (while music is running).Both are connected to the same network and both are updated.It worked be...

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Plan Premium Device OnePlus5   Hi all, I'm having an issue with connecting from my PC to my Android. I don't see my Phone/PC in the connect to a device window (while music is running). Bo...

OneByBoo

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[Daily Mixes] Static Playlists

PlanFreeCountryUnited States of AmericaDeviceLenovo Legion Y520Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAre the daily mix playlists supposed to be static playlists?In the Windows 10 desktop application in the Made For You tab of the Your Librar...

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Plan Free Country United States of America Device Lenovo Legion Y520 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Are the daily mix playlists supposed to be static playlists? In...

Tyguy1997

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Radio from Song Greyed out and Radio from Playlists has 80% songs not playable

PlanPremiumCountry USA Device(PC/client)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueRadio from Song Greyed out and Radio from Playlists has 80% songs not playable

Roadie

Plan Premium Country  USA   Device (PC/client) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Radio from Song Greyed out and Radio from Playlists has 80% songs not pla...

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Music stops playing after 5 seconds! Help!

PlanFreeCountrySpainDevicePCOperating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueI am having issues when playing music on Spotify (desktop version). I play a song and after 5 seconds, it stops and a blue bar with the text "Can't play the current song". I...

Casual Listener

Plan Free Country Spain Device PC Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue I am having issues when playing music on Spotify (desktop version). I play a song and after 5 sec...

Koruleo

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Spotify Connect

Hey Spotify-Team, we need the option to deny spotifyconnect for some devices.My Question or IssueOften i got the problem, that my Spotify connects with some random devices from other people i dont know. Its sad, that i cant shut down spotify connect....

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Hey Spotify-Team,   we need the option to deny spotifyconnect for some devices. My Question or Issue Often i got the problem, that my Spotify connects with some random devices from other peo...

MauriceMV

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Plötzlich Random Play

PlanFreeCountryGermanyDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHallo zusammen,seit ein paar Tagen springt mein Spotify immer wieder von Alphabetischer Reihenfolge auf Random-Play. Meist nach der Werbung.Dabei ist auch seltsam, dass...

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Plan Free Country Germany Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hallo zusammen, seit ein paar Tagen springt mein Spotify immer wieder von Alphabetischer Re...

Emilia_8

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Need Lyrics feature in Spotify PC

Hi Devs,The complete experience about spotify is awesome for me and for everyone that i talk to about the app. But most of the guys and including me think that you should bring the lyrics feature in pc mode also it works on the mobile so it means you...

Newbie

Hi Devs, The complete experience about spotify is awesome for me and for everyone that i talk to about the app. But most of the guys and including me think that you should bring the lyrics feature i...

phum_pmtiao

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Superuser Contribution follow artist/artist collection not working

PlanPremiumCountryGermany Device(Macbook Pro, Windows Desktop, Iphone) My Question or Issue1) The Artist list is not syncing between my devices.2) When I click "follow" on any device it directly changes to again "follow" instead of "following", it be...

Newbie

Plan Premium Country Germany   Device (Macbook Pro, Windows Desktop, Iphone)   My Question or Issue 1) The Artist list is not syncing between my devices. 2) When I click "follow" ...

jbailey27112000

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Spotify is Crazily Slow and I'm Microsoft Windows Whizz Kid...

My Question or Issue The latest version of Spotify is Crazily Slow and I'm Microsoft Windows Whizz Kid... It also often just gives a permanent black screen at start-up too. The Microsoft Store version is also even more buggy than the Windows standalo...

Roadie

My Question or Issue   The latest version of Spotify is Crazily Slow and I'm Microsoft Windows Whizz Kid...   It also often just gives a permanent black screen at start-up too.   ...

OneByBoo

Roadie

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Inaccurate popularity bars?

PlanFree/PremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDell LatitudeOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueWhen I do a search all the popularity bars/meters for each song seem to be identically full. It's useless. I haven't used Spotify for at least 6 months, but...

Visitor

Plan Free/Premium Country Canada Device Dell Latitude Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue When I do a search all the popularity bars/meters for each song seem to be ident...

OneByBoo

Roadie

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Solved!! Song length Column

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI have been a user for a while but I went on to spotify today and have found that the song le...

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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 I have ...

AeroZ

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[Desktop] Can't see track duration column

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueThis is what my spotify desktop client looks likeHow do I add track duration as a column ?

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Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue This is what my spotify desktop client looks like How do I add track duration as a column ?

AeroZ

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Spotify Portable for Win 10

Hi,Im running Win10 x64 and wanted to know if Spotify plan on releasing an official portable version? My main reason for asking is because the Win version after installing creates many files and folders as one plays different songs in the application...

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Hi, Im running Win10 x64 and wanted to know if Spotify plan on releasing an official portable version?    My main reason for asking is because the Win version after installing creates ma...

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Is there any way at all to import iTunes playlists into Spotify?

I am bewlidered! When I had first tried Spotify premium 4-5 months ago, it had automatically copied all my playlists from iTunes. If my memory didn't fail me, the only thing I did after that was formatting my PC. However, I installed the same Windows...

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I am bewlidered! When I had first tried Spotify premium 4-5 months ago, it had automatically copied all my playlists from iTunes. If my memory didn't fail me, the only thing I did after that was form...

GregBrock

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Sorting massive playlist by specific terms (artists, words)

Hi all, I have a massive miscellaneous playlist with more than 7000 tracks.In previous Spotify's versions, let's say I wanted to listen to Radiohead in shuffle mode and I just needed to do CTRL+F in order to only have their tracks played.This functio...

Casual Listener

Hi all,   I have a massive miscellaneous playlist with more than 7000 tracks. In previous Spotify's versions, let's say I wanted to listen to Radiohead in shuffle mode and I just needed to do...

AeroZ

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Solved!! Songs start not at beginning

PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDeviceDesktop ComputerOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue With the new playlists (with a new look, picture below "newdesign") songs do not start at 0:00.When a song is over it jumps to second 15 or second 8 or in ...

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Plan Premium Country  Germany Device Desktop Computer Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue  With the new playlists (with a new look, picture below "newdesign") s...

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Superuser Contribution Windows desktop application very slow to respond

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe windows desktop application is very slow almost to the point of being unresponsive. I always have to resort to my web browser which is less efficient than the appl...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The windows desktop application is very slow almost to the point of being unresponsive. I a...

Revontisk

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