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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...

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scrobbles to last fm

None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and hePlan UnlimitedCountry UKUKDevicedesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue No scrobbles to last Fm since last update, other...

Gig Goer

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kirashi

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Explicit songs blocked only on desktop app?

PlanFree/Country (Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueSo currently explicit songs are blocked only on the desktop app, the web version and mobile app both do playback of explicit songs just fine but then they are grayed out in the deskto...

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Plan Free/ Country   (Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue So currently explicit songs are blocked only on the desktop app, the web version and mobile app both do pl...

kirashi

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Solved!! Can't play music on my pc and my playlists are al empty

PlanPremiumCountryDominican RepublicDeviceHP laptopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI can listen to my music normaly on my android phone but i can't in my computer, when i go to one of my playlists all of them appear empty (on my phone i...

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Plan Premium Country Dominican Republic Device HP laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I can listen to my music normaly on my android phone but i can't in my computer, whe...

Nico

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Desktop Sync not working

Device(MacBook, Windows PC, Android Phone)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueI have a laptop that I use to listen to music on when I'm not home, I listened and added several songs to my library, then used my phone to listen to the same ...

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Device (MacBook, Windows PC, Android Phone) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue I have a laptop that I use to listen to music on when I'm not home, I listened and added se...

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Spotify can't play this right now - Desktop Windows

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 7 professional(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueNothing plays on my desktop app! I am about to cancel Spotify. No matter what I have tried it does not want to play an...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 7 professional (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Nothing plays on my desktop app! I ...

Nico

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Solved!! Send phone's local files to computer

I have an S9 and am running Windows 10. I had to reinstall Windows and the only thing I forgot to backup is my local music- so now there are no local files for me to download. However the files are still "synced" and playing on my S9, but are greyed ...

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I have an S9 and am running Windows 10. I had to reinstall Windows and the only thing I forgot to backup is my local music- so now there are no local files for me to download. However the files are s...

Nico

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How can i disable Spotify from auto updating?

I installed an older version of Spotify on by PC because the new Spotify doesnt has the features from the past. But after a few times there is this blue point at the right corner and says that an Update is ready. How can i disable this? I dont want t...

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I installed an older version of Spotify on by PC because the new Spotify doesnt has the features from the past. But after a few times there is this blue point at the right corner and says that an Upd...

dinomight

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Cannot find Spotify App for Samsung s3

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceSamsung s3 frontier/huawei p20 My Question or IssueI cannot seem to find the spotify app for samsung s3, either on the watches built in app store or on the samsung app store on the phone. Has the app been removed?

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  Plan Premium Country Denmark Device Samsung s3 frontier/huawei p20   My Question or Issue I cannot seem to find the spotify app for samsung s3, either on the watches built in app...

JNipper

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Solved!! Remove Spotify Playlist

Hello, i would like to remove two playlists created by Spotify:"Your Top Songs 2018" and "Your Top Songs 2017".Both playlists are located in the "Made for you" section inside "Your Library". Is there any way to remove those playlists?Here is an scree...

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Hello, i would like to remove two playlists created by Spotify: "Your Top Songs 2018" and "Your Top Songs 2017". Both playlists are located in the "Made for you" section inside "Your Library"....

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Solved!! "Spotify can't play this right now..."

Hi Spotify community! So there's a Brian May album on Spotify called Back to the Light, but when i try to play it, it says "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it."This album isn't showing up anywhe...

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Hi Spotify community!   So there's a Brian May album on Spotify called Back to the Light, but when i try to play it, it says "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your co...

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Folders within Album

Hi, there, i wanted to know how can i create folders with the "Album" folder. This is because i only hear full albums and not single musics, so the "Playlist" folder is useless to me.Thanks,Leporello

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Hi, there, i wanted to know how can i create folders with the "Album" folder. This is because i only hear full albums and not single musics, so the "Playlist" folder is useless to me. Thanks, Lepor...

OneByBoo

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Unidentified Remote Spotify Control

PlanFreeCountryUKDeviceOnePlus 5T, HP LaptopOperating SystemAndroid, Windows 10 My Question or IssueFor the past couple weeks, I have been noticing (especially on my laptop) another device that plays music for me. It comes up as Spotify Web player (C...

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Plan Free Country UK Device OnePlus 5T, HP Laptop Operating System Android, Windows 10   My Question or Issue For the past couple weeks, I have been noticing (especially on my laptop) ...

ltd2beast

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Font Difference

CountryAustraliaDeviceAsus UX360UAOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue So recently I've been having this weird font issue where it uses a different font in Spotify compared to the images displayed in: Image for example and seems to use a co...

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Country Australia Device Asus UX360UA Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue   So recently I've been having this weird font issue where it uses a different font in Spotify comp...

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Inconsistent and incomplete recommendation playlists

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceSurface pro 4Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy discover weekly and release radar playlists have become shorter and shorter as the weeks go by until they just update completely empty. I thought this wa...

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Plan Free Country United States Device Surface pro 4 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My discover weekly and release radar playlists have become shorter and shor...

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Solved!! Add button rearrange

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceDell Inspiron 7567Operating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssuePlease add option to rearrange buttons I love full screen mode but its to the rignt and I forget about it.

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Plan Premium Country India Device Dell Inspiron 7567 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Please add option to rearrange buttons I love full screen mode but its to the rignt and ...

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Sorting on a created playlist

Hi,Recently Spotify started sorting played songs at the bottom of the playlist, HOW can you disable this hugely annoying function? I could not care less to see what songs I have listened. Instead I want to my playlist be in the order I have added son...

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Hi, Recently Spotify started sorting played songs at the bottom of the playlist, HOW can you disable this hugely annoying function? I could not care less to see what songs I have listened. Instead I...

OneByBoo

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Spotify hidpi support is missing for 4k-5k monitors

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicei7 7700k, 16gb, 1080ti, 1tb SSDOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotfiy is blurly due to the lack of scaling at 5k 150% scaling.

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Plan Premium Country UK Device i7 7700k, 16gb, 1080ti, 1tb SSD Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotfiy is blurly due to the lack of scaling at 5k 150% scaling.

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Playlist in Grid View

PlanPremiumOperating System(Windows 7) When on the windows desktop app, Is there a way to have your saved playlists display in a gid fasion with artwork the same as when in Discovery or Recently Played, rather than in a list on the left hand side? Th...

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Plan Premium Operating System (Windows 7)   When on the windows desktop app, Is there a way to have your saved playlists display in a gid fasion with artwork the same as when in Discovery o...

Sebasty

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still cannot play on Spotify

a few months ago I posted about it and you didn't fix it, bet I don't have this issue on Deezer

Visitor

a few months ago I posted about it and you didn't fix it, bet I don't have this issue on Deezer

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