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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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Hide recommended playlists so never appear again

Hi using windows desktop app. How can I hide recommended playlists so they never appear again. Just the sight of them offends me!

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Hi using windows desktop app.   How can I hide recommended playlists so they never appear again. Just the sight of them offends me!

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Solved!! "Spotify can't play this right now " after soundcard got switched to another PCI-E Slot

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi, i have switched my soundcard (Creative X-fi) to another PCI-E slot.Since then spotify shows the message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on yo...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi, i have switched my soundcard (Creative X-fi) to another PCI-E slot. Since then spotify sh...

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Superuser Contribution Type to search within playlists gone?

I used to be able to just start typing when viewing my playlist on the Desktop app, and it would go to that song. Has this feature been removed? It's very annoying to have to scroll down to find specific songs, when I used to be able to just start ty...

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I used to be able to just start typing when viewing my playlist on the Desktop app, and it would go to that song. Has this feature been removed? It's very annoying to have to scroll down to find spec...

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Windows App won't play without messing with soundcard quality

Background - Windows 10 1903, External USB DAC/Soundcard, Spotify Premium, app set to default to max quality. The Spotify desktop app has recently started throwing "spotify can't play this right now" errors at me. I've tried all of the usual suggesti...

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Background - Windows 10 1903, External USB DAC/Soundcard, Spotify Premium, app set to default to max quality.   The Spotify desktop app has recently started throwing "spotify can't play t...

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Random play several artists

Hi using Windows desktop app.How can I play random music from more than one of my favourite saved Artists? Thanks

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Hi using Windows desktop app. How can I play random music from more than one of my favourite saved Artists?    Thanks

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Windows 10 client not synchronizing

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceWindows 10 Desktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe desktop client doesn't sync when I add songs to my library on my phone. For example, I'm listening to Discover Weekly and save 2 songs, these songs d...

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Plan Premium Country Spain Device Windows 10 Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The desktop client doesn't sync when I add songs to my library on my phone. F...

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Spotify App: Start-up error

PlanFreeCountryUnited KingdomOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello! For the past few months, I've been using the Spotify app on my new computer, which is the one I'm using right now. I came to open the app last night and an error appea...

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    Plan Free Country United Kingdom Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello! For the past few months, I've been using the Spotify app on my new computer, wh...

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Spotify web and desktop do not work when using bluetooth

I have a windows 10 laptop with default, realtek audio drivers, playing music through my speakers works fine. But why the **bleep** would you want to listen to music on laptop speakers? the INSTANT i switch over to my bluetooth headphones I get "oops...

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 I have a windows 10 laptop with default, realtek audio drivers, playing music through my speakers works fine. But why the **bleep** would you want to listen to music on laptop speakers? the INS...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Music starts playing automatically 26 seconds after having paused

PlanPremium (Family plan) CountrySweden Operating SystemWindows 10 Pro, Version 10.0.17763, Build 17763 Spotify Version1.1.5.153.gf614956d IssueScenario: I am listening to music then I press pause. Without touching the mouse or the computer the music...

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Plan Premium (Family plan)   Country Sweden   Operating System Windows 10 Pro, Version 10.0.17763, Build 17763   Spotify Version 1.1.5.153.gf614956d   Issue Scenario:...

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Spotify doesn't play any music and my playlists have no music in them

I've been using Spotify for years now and for a while I've had this problem where I could only play music in my playlists. In order to play other music I'd have to reinstall the app, then I could play new music and add new music to my playlists. I ju...

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I've been using Spotify for years now and for a while I've had this problem where I could only play music in my playlists. In order to play other music I'd have to reinstall the app, then I could pla...

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Recent update - Library

PlanPremium My Question or Issue Alot of people on the Community seemed to have raised this, but I was surprised to see that all the albums and artists I have saved songs from had suddenly disappeeared under the last update. I have actually just swit...

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Plan Premium   My Question or Issue   Alot of people on the Community seemed to have raised this, but I was surprised to see that all the albums and artists I have saved songs from had...

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Superuser Contribution Continuously skipping

My desktop player on windows 10 is continuously skipping songs one second into the song. My account does not do this on iOS, web player or amazon alexa. I have tried to find answers through the community including uninstalling the windows app mulitpl...

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My desktop player on windows 10 is continuously skipping songs one second into the song. My account does not do this on iOS, web player or amazon alexa.  I have tried to find answers through ...

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Superuser Contribution [BUG] Folder Playlist Random Play not random

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm playing the folder of my top 100 of each year, but the random is not random as double play in row. So if the song is found in each 3 playlist, it will play 3 times in a row...

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  Plan Premium Country Canada Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm playing the folder of my top 100 of each year, but the random is not random as double play in r...

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When pause Spotify play by itself after ~10-15 seconds.

Plan : PremiumCountry : TürkiyeDevice : Lenovo X1 Carbon 6th Gen NotebookOperating System : Windows 10 64bitMy Question or IssueMy headset on the notebook, whenever I pause Spotify, it would unpause itself or just play by itself after ~10-15 seconds....

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Plan : Premium Country : Türkiye Device : Lenovo X1 Carbon 6th Gen Notebook Operating System : Windows 10 64bit My Question or Issue My headset on the notebook, whenever I pause Spotify, it ...

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Spotify PC app

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 use the free version of Spotify. This PC uses Windows 10 (64-bit) Home (1903, build 18362.1...

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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 use t...

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[Playlists] How to start tracks at specific point

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceiPhone X iOS 12, Windows 10 My Question or IssueUpon listening to a playlist I noticed that there is backend control over start times and fades uniqe to individual tracks, how would I go about using these advanced playli...

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  Plan Premium Country Canada Device iPhone X iOS 12, Windows 10   My Question or Issue Upon listening to a playlist I noticed that there is backend control over start times and fa...

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Google Cast devices don't appear unless I cast from another device first

My Cast Devices don't appear in Desktop unless I cast to them from a different device first. Example: I open Spotify Desktop app in Windows. Only my SONOS devices are visible: There's no sign of my Google Home devices! So I say to Google Home "Play x...

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My Cast Devices don't appear in Desktop unless I cast to them from a different device first.    Example: I open Spotify Desktop app in Windows. Only my SONOS devices are visible:  ...

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On a windows 10 desktop downloaded spotify music

PremiumCountry: New Zealand DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question: Spotify downloads are stored in a file in windows explorer, how do you play these music files??

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Premium Country: New Zealand   Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question: Spotify downloads are stored in a file in windows explorer, how do you play these music files?? &nb...

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Spotify Overlay

I have a very simple question. How do you enable the Spotify overlay? I have already enabled it in the settings, I just want to know what button combination you have to use in order to enable it in-game. I have tried CTRL+ Left/Right arrow, though th...

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I have a very simple question. How do you enable the Spotify overlay? I have already enabled it in the settings, I just want to know what button combination you have to use in order to enable it in-g...

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Can't listen to Japanese artists?

PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDevicePCOperating SystemWindwos 10 My Question or IssueI've been searching wide and far for a solution for this and I just can't find anything, or nothing fixes the issue. I can't listen to (over 85%) of any Japanese artists ...

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Plan Premium Country Finland Device PC Operating System Windwos 10   My Question or Issue I've been searching wide and far for a solution for this and I just can't find anything, or no...

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