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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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Superuser Contribution Playlists/Liked Songs/Radio Do Not Work On Windows 10

PlanFreeCountryUnited States of AmericaDeviceDell LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My IssueNo songs appear in any playlist I open. All it says is "This playlist is currently empty." My phone does not have this issue, it only occurs on my laptop. This...

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Plan Free Country United States of America Device Dell Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Issue No songs appear in any playlist I open. All it says is "This playlist is currently ...

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Title sorting is ignored

PlanPremiumCountryRomaniaDevicePC DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI was listening to music in the default Liked Songs playlist and my songs were sorted in ascending order by title. So the natural flow would be that if I listen t...

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Plan Premium Country Romania Device PC Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I was listening to music in the default Liked Songs playlist and my songs were sorted ...

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Superuser Contribution Unable to upload profile picture

I am using the Spotify desktop app and I am unable to upload a picture for my profile. Spotify says there is a "change" button that appears on my avatar when I click on my account on the top right, however that button does not appear on mine. It just...

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I am using the Spotify desktop app and I am unable to upload a picture for my profile. Spotify says there is a "change" button that appears on my avatar when I click on my account on the top right, h...

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Spotify for windows wakes pc from sleep

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited StatesPlatformPCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy pc routinely wakes itself from sleep when I put it to sleep with Spotify opened, and I used the last wake command to check and found a Spotify wake timer ...

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Plan Free/Premium Country United States Platform PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My pc routinely wakes itself from sleep when I put it to sleep with Spotify opene...

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Local File MP3s upload and are playable but cannot be added to playlist and have no options

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceCustom Built Desktop (Intel I7 processor)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI downloaded some songs I bought from an artist on Bandcamp because they (the songs) were not on Spotify. I downloaded them as mp3's an...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Custom Built Desktop (Intel I7 processor) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I downloaded some songs I bought from an artist on Bandcamp...

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Solved!! Spotidy community will not recognise the URI code even though it is valid

PlanPremiumCountryUK My Question or IssueI am trying to post a playlist onto the playlist exchange and I had succesfully inserted the spotify URI into the place where I need to, yet spotify doesn't acknowledge it. Any help?I have attached a screensho...

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Plan Premium Country UK   My Question or Issue I am trying to post a playlist onto the playlist exchange and I had succesfully inserted the spotify URI into the place where I need to, yet ...

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Solved!! Ad Doesn't Play, is Stuck

I'm from the US, using the Spotify desktop player with Windows 7. Every time this specific ad comes up, it doesn't progress on the time bar and I can't switch to any other song. The workaround is exiting and reopening Spotify, but it happens every si...

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I'm from the US, using the Spotify desktop player with Windows 7. Every time this specific ad comes up, it doesn't progress on the time bar and I can't switch to any other song. The workaround is exi...

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There is no option for me to change my profle picture on my desktop app.

There is no option given to change my profle picture when I bring my mouse over to my prolfe picture and right clicking also doesnt do anything either, I've uninstalled and reinstalled Spotfity multipule times yet there is serouly no "change" button ...

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There is no option given to change my profle picture when I bring my mouse over to my prolfe picture and right clicking also doesnt do anything either, I've uninstalled and reinstalled Spotfity multi...

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Continuously Skipping

Premium Desktop app and Web app Win 10 Whenever I try and play a song/album/playlist/radio etc the program just keeps skipping through songs and does not play anything. Spotify had been working fine until today. I've restarted spotify, rebooted OS, r...

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Premium   Desktop app and Web app   Win 10   Whenever I try and play a song/album/playlist/radio etc the program just keeps skipping through songs and does not play anything.&nbs...

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Spotify fails to close

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceCustom built PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe Spotify desktop app fails to close out completely when I exit out of the app, the 4 processes still remain and use up a lot of CPU. The spotify icon in the t...

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  Plan Premium Country USA Device Custom built PC Operating System Windows 10    My Question or Issue The Spotify desktop app fails to close out completely when I exit out o...

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Is Spotify Daily Mix Lists Can Dissapear?

PlanPremiumCountryTurkey My Question or IssueMy account was hacked 15 days ago but i got back like in 3 days, while this happened hacker listened songs that i don't even know it's singer&rappers. Spotify made a daily mix from them now and i don't eve...

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Plan Premium Country Turkey   My Question or Issue My account was hacked 15 days ago but i got back like in 3 days, while this happened hacker listened songs that i don't even know it's si...

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Can't import songs through local files.

I can't seem to gte my local files working. I've followed all of the stpes to make them pop up in the local files in spotify but none of them do. I may have a sneaking suspicion that spotify may not support the songs I have but I just wanted to ask. ...

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I can't seem to gte my local files working. I've followed all of the stpes to make them pop up in the local files in spotify but none of them do. I may have a sneaking suspicion that spotify may not ...

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Spotify Installer installs Spotify at C:/Users/(username)/AppData/Roaming/Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceThinkpad P50Operating SystemWindows 10 Pro Hey Spotify, I've noticed that your installer from your website, installs all required files in C:/Users/(username)/AppData/Roaming/Spotify which causes a lot of failures...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Thinkpad P50 Operating System Windows 10 Pro   Hey Spotify,   I've noticed that your installer from your website, installs all required ...

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Solved!! Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer, you can import it.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceThinkpad P50Operating SystemWindows 10 Pro Hey Spotify, I've noticed this issue for about the last week. I've downloaded all of my songs so that I can listen to them offline, but every time I try to play an offlin...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Thinkpad P50 Operating System Windows 10 Pro   Hey Spotify,   I've noticed this issue for about the last week. I've downloaded all of my...

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WIN 10 APP DISPLAY OUT OF SYNC WITH PLAYED SONG

j_6tc6te-2qmk Newbie 5m ago I haveA SYNC PROBLEM BETWEEN DISPLAYED SONG AND PLAYED SONG IN A PLAYLIST OR ALBUM. problem, with the Spotify version for windows 10 on my lap top, and on the laptop screen the displayed song is out of sync withe the sound...

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j_6tc6te-2qmk   Newbie    5m ago   I haveA SYNC PROBLEM BETWEEN DISPLAYED SONG AND PLAYED SONG IN A PLAYLIST OR ALBUM. problem, with the Spotify version fo...

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Desktop app too quiet even though it's set to max? Solution here

If you set the volume to like 60% in BROWSER player, then try to change to DESKTOP player you'll notice that it's quiet even tough it's set to 100%. The problem is that it takes the BROWSER setting as a default value, so if you set it to 60% and the ...

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If you set the volume to like 60% in BROWSER player, then try to change to DESKTOP player you'll notice that it's quiet even tough it's set to 100%. The problem is that it takes the BROWSER setting a...

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Buttons and icons on desktop player are gone

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOn my Windows machine at work, I have do a workaround to install and update Spotify because the appdata\roaming folder is not allowed to run apps. Here's the workaround I ...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue On my Windows machine at work, I have do a workaround to install and update Spotify because the...

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"Spotify can't play this right now" error on every single song

Question or IssueWhen I attempt to play any song, I recieve the error "Spotify can't play this right now". I've restarted the app and re-dowloaded it and edited my settings and tried the online version and nothing is working. Several hours ago the ap...

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Question or Issue When I attempt to play any song, I recieve the error "Spotify can't play this right now". I've restarted the app and re-dowloaded it and edited my settings and tried the online ver...

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Clicking song doesn't work

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen clicking a song, I'm not being sent to its location. Instead another song is showing. Please see this video: https://gyazo.com/e84ef43f1f47281a220b3406a983f133

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When clicking a song, I'm not being sent to its location. Instead another song is showing. &nb...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify plays random songs

PlanFreeCountryTurkeyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI’ve been using Spotify on my desktop computer. And I tend to listen to my songs from A to Z. I list them from A to Z, never shuffle. Lately, whenever a song is finished or I...

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Plan Free Country Turkey Device PC Operating System Windows 10     My Question or Issue I’ve been using Spotify on my desktop computer. And I tend to listen to my songs from A to...

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