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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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hroski

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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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Shuffle just doesn't work.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceGalaxy 10 Plus, WindowsOperating SystemAndroid 9.0, Windows 10 Pro My Question or IssueThe algorithm that Spotify employs to "shuffle" songs is a complete and utter joke. My library onspotify contains over 2,500 songs and y...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Galaxy 10 Plus, Windows Operating System Android 9.0, Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue The algorithm that Spotify employs to "shuffle" songs is a c...

xiacom

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Liked from Radio vs. Liked songs? No thumbs up or down

When I play a radio from a song or artist on my windows, and I like the song (little heart) it goes to Liked Songs, but not Liked from Radio. I don't see a "like" button anywhere, only a heart, and the option to "save song" which also selects the hea...

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When I play a radio from a song or artist on my windows, and I like the song (little heart) it goes to Liked Songs, but not Liked from Radio. I don't see a "like" button anywhere, only a heart, and t...

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Playlist Sorting Resets Every Restart

PlanPremium (trial) CountryUK Operating SystemFirst noticed on Windows 10 non-Store application version 1.1.16.522.g55a4b852. Just switched over to Store version and it does the same. My Question or IssueI tend to listen to my Liked Songs playlist an...

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Plan Premium (trial)   Country UK   Operating System First noticed on Windows 10 non-Store application version 1.1.16.522.g55a4b852. Just switched over to Store version and it d...

UKMatt2000

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Album don't show on artist page but is avible through link

PlanFree and PremiumCountryPolandDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAlbum "The Answer" isn't displaying on artist pageArtist page: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6GWciujSDoDzAAEcDp48spAlbum: https://open.spotify.com/album...

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Plan Free and Premium Country Poland Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Album "The Answer" isn't displaying on artist page Artist page: https://...

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Cannot play any songs

Hi PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHiI cannot play any songs on Spotify, On the desktop app, i get the message "Spotify cannot play this right now". I have searched for a solution but have not found anything ...

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Hi   Plan Premium Country Australia Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi I cannot play any songs on Spotify, On the desktop app, i get the message "Spotify canno...

OneByBoo

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Solved!! Unable to play any songs in Spotify Desktop App

PlanPremiumCountryMalaysiaDeviceAcer Aspire V15 NitroOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Spotify app cannot play any song. It just gives an error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can ...

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Plan Premium Country Malaysia Device Acer Aspire V15 Nitro Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My Spotify app cannot play any song. It just gives an error message "Spoti...

OneByBoo

Roadie

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[BUG] Spotify auto starts with windows, though I disabled this feature

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSince the Last update spotify chsnged my settings and starts automatically everytime windows boots. That makes windows slower on start witch is not desired.

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Plan Premium Country   Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Since the Last update spotify chsnged my settings and starts automatically everytime windo...

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Solved!! Next song starts at random time. Crossfade is OFF.

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDevicePC Lenovo Early 2015Operating SystemW10 My Question or IssueJust discovered this in a playlist i just started following. The next song that is coming up starts at random times. When manually playing next track it starts ...

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Plan Premium Country Norway Device PC Lenovo Early 2015 Operating System W10   My Question or Issue Just discovered this in a playlist i just started following. The next song that is c...

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Cannot see songs in my playlists

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI cannot see songs in any playlists on the windows app be it to be Today's top hits or RapCaviar, etc. However, I can see them when I am using a web player. I tried re-i...

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Plan Premium Country India Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I cannot see songs in any playlists on the windows app be it to be Today's top hits or RapCaviar, et...

OneByBoo

Roadie

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Betterfy

Ok so here's something that's been on my mind lately; Spotify is an amazing tool that has elevated the music industry into the future as well as evolved how we listen to music in general. But at the same time, it severely lacks basic almost 'common s...

Roadie

Ok so here's something that's been on my mind lately; Spotify is an amazing tool that has elevated the music industry into the future as well as evolved how we listen to music in general. But at the ...

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Folder Redirections.... seriously?

How on earth is it that this software still doesn't support folder redirections, or the option to forcefully install locally without always attempting to store stuff in the Roaming folder?

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How on earth is it that this software still doesn't support folder redirections, or the option to forcefully install locally without always attempting to store stuff in the Roaming folder?

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Proxy Auto Detect not working when changing networks

PlanPremiumCountryUS DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueBetween the home network and work, the proxy setting has to be changed. I have a powershell script that updates proxy settings before putting the PC to sleep to travel to or ...

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Plan Premium Country US  Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Between the home network and work, the proxy setting has to be changed.  I have a powers...

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Spotify Not Responding on Windows

For the past 3 days I haven't been able to open the spotify app on my computer. A message pops up saying "The Spotify application is not responding". 3 days ago, I was on Spotify and then it just stopped working, said no internet connection even thou...

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For the past 3 days I haven't been able to open the spotify app on my computer. A message pops up saying "The Spotify application is not responding". 3 days ago, I was on Spotify and then it just sto...

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Full screen breaks program and no option to change profile picture after update

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceCustom desktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro x64 My Question or IssueSince I received an update a few days ago, hitting the fullscreen player button displays a fullscreen black image. The cursor is visible, but nothing else...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Custom desktop Operating System Windows 10 Pro x64   My Question or Issue Since I received an update a few days ago, hitting the fullscreen player butto...

OneByBoo

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When copying a playlist several songs are lost

I copied a playlist, but I think that a previous version of the playlist was copied, and now I have lost many songs on that playlist. It has happened many times. I try to copy a certain playlist, but after looking at the copied playlist a moment late...

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I copied a playlist, but I think that a previous version of the playlist was copied, and now I have lost many songs on that playlist. It has happened many times. I try to copy a certain playlist, but...

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Can no longer see how many Liked Songs I have

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueUntil recently I could Select All of my Liked Songs and when I dragged it would show how many I currently have in that list (8000+). Now, although I still have that amount it o...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue Until recently I could Select All of my Liked Songs and when I dragged it would show how many I curr...

Sebasty

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Spotify peer to peer

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDevice(Dell)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueI cannot access Spotify from my work network. As per IT Spotify uses peer to peer networks which are banned at work. Is this the case? Does Spotify really use p...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device (Dell) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue I cannot access Spotify from my work network. As per IT Spotify uses peer to peer ne...

Sebasty

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Superuser Contribution Spotify completely died

PlanFreeCountryEnglandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueYesterday I reinstalled Spotify for no reason, after I installed it, all my song from my playlist were gone and when I attempted at playing any song nothing worked, the song...

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Plan Free Country England Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Yesterday I reinstalled Spotify for no reason, after I installed it, all my song from my playlist...

Petya

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Improve discover weekly. This is what it looks like now

Discover Weekly doesn't do a good job suggesting music: it's only suggesting **bleep** that doesn't match the music I usually listen to.

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  Discover Weekly doesn't do a good job suggesting music:   it's only suggesting **bleep** that doesn't match the music I usually listen to.

Pep

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Recently played not changing

Plan PremiumCountryUKDeviceSurface book 2Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOn both the windows store app and installing seperately my recently played is not changing and hasnt changed for a while, I have reinstalled both versions without...

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Plan  Premium Country UK Device Surface book 2 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue On both the windows store app and installing seperately my recently played is not...

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