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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 Spotify local files not working Agin

What do I need to do to spotify to find my local files?why can not my spotify playlists find my local files?but spotify can find them?but when I look in local files on spotify, I can find them.one of the picture shows my playlist.The other shows the ...

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What do I need to do to spotify to find my local files? why can not my spotify playlists find my local files? but spotify can find them? but when I look in local files on spotify, I can find them....

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Buggy Advert for Google Home Hub

Using the desktop app on Windows 7 in the UK, I'm getting an advert for Google Home Hub a lot, and every single time it comes up, the advert doesn't start, and Spotify just stops. i.e. sits there waiting for the advert which never starts. Clicking on...

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  Using the desktop app on Windows 7 in the UK, I'm getting an advert for Google Home Hub a lot, and every single time it comes up, the advert doesn't start, and Spotify just stops. i.e. sits t...

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Windows 7 crash

PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueHi,for about a week my desktop Spotify app is constantly crashing.Suddenly about 1 second of a song is being looped and the app is not really responding to any actions.The same happpens (not a...

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Plan Premium   Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue Hi, for about a week my desktop Spotify app is constantly crashing. Suddenly about 1 second of a song is being loop...

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Podcast not showing on Library

EDIT: Great just saw a post with the same problem...PlanPremiumCountryPortugal DeviceMacbook ProOperating SystemmacOS Mojave So, since yesterday, under My Library the Podcast option disapeared. I still have the follows on my regular podcasts but I ca...

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EDIT: Great just saw a post with the same problem... Plan Premium Country Portugal   Device Macbook Pro Operating System macOS Mojave   So, since yesterday, under My Library th...

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Spotify Local Files, Play Queue will not load.

PlanFreeCountry > AUS DevicePC Desktop Recent Version on EVERYTHINGOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have a lot of songs in local files so I noticed straight away since I normally use, play queue to see what's coming up instead of scro...

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Plan Free Country > AUS   Device PC Desktop Recent Version on EVERYTHING Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have a lot of songs in local files so I noticed st...

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FIXED! Can't move playlist out of folder...

I FIXED THIS ALREADY SO THANKS ANYWAYS! I moved a few playlists into a folder on the Desktop app, and I accidentally moved a playlist I didn't want to move, and when I tried to drag the playlist out from the folder, the playlist wouldn't move. So my ...

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I FIXED THIS ALREADY SO THANKS ANYWAYS! I moved a few playlists into a folder on the Desktop app, and I accidentally moved a playlist I didn't want to move, and when I tried to drag the playlist out ...

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1.0.95.289.g342899da update issue

PlanPremiumCountryTurkey DevicePCOperating SystemWin 7 My Question or Issue With the last update, my Spotify always crashes in multiple times. The issue is when i want to listen a song after a while from my Spotify Desktop App and it won't respond at...

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Plan Premium Country Turkey   Device PC Operating System Win 7   My Question or Issue   With the last update, my Spotify always crashes in multiple times. The issue is when...

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Ability to Delete Radio Stations

PlanFreeCountryGermany Operating SystemWindows 10, Chrome My Question or Issue I cant access to Radio on the app, and I can't reech the browser app, i'm getting message NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID

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Plan Free Country Germany   Operating System Windows 10, Chrome   My Question or Issue  I cant access to Radio on the app, and I can't reech the browser app, i'm getting messa...

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Music Keeps Pausing Every 2 Seconds on both Desktop and iPhone

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceDesktop & iPhone 10 Operating SystemWindows 10 and iOS 12.1My Question or Issue For some weird reason my Spotify is suddenly pausing every two seconds on both my hom desktop and my iPhone. Oddly it doesn't pause on my work...

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  Plan Premium Country USA  Device Desktop & iPhone 10  Operating System Windows 10 and iOS  12.1 My Question or Issue  For some weird reason my Spotify is...

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¨Friends listening¨ not working

CountryNorway Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo lately The Friends Listening has not been working and its telling me to Find Friends (which you will see in the screenshot). Its been like this for quite a while unistalled Spotify and i...

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Country Norway    Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue So lately The Friends Listening has not been working and its telling me to Find Friends (which you will see ...

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Shuffle and Repeat missing

Repeat and Shuffle are not working! i.imgur.com/jgl3Wzg.jpg PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10

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Repeat and Shuffle are not working!   i.imgur.com/jgl3Wzg.jpg   Plan Premium Country Argentina Device PC Operating System Windows 10  

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Spotify desktop overlay still appears although I disabled it many times!!

Although I disabled this option ((Show desktop overly when using media keys))on Spotify settings but this annoying desktop overlay still appears everytime I click on any media or volume buttons on my laptop and I tried uninstalling Spotify then insta...

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Although I disabled this option ((Show desktop overly when using media keys)) on Spotify settings but this annoying desktop overlay still appears everytime I click on any media or volume buttons on ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Web player doesn't work

PlanPremiumCountry ChileDeviceWebOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Some time ago the web player stopped working in my account, in my phone and in the application works well, but on the web does not respond.I've already cleared the cache...

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  Plan Premium Country  Chile Device Web Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Some time ago the web player stopped working in my account, in my phone a...

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Sorting searches by popularity.

Not sure if this is the right place to ask this but here goes. I used to be able to sort songs from artists by popularity (search for artist > see all songs > click on thumbs up icon) , but recently clicking on the icon doesn’t do anything. Anyone kn...

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Not sure if this is the right place to ask this but here goes. I used to be able to sort songs from artists by popularity (search for artist > see all songs > click on thumbs up icon) , but rec...

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Sopotify Using Incorrect Resolution

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify for some reason as of late has been fullscreening at an incorrect resolution. I tried uninstalling and resinstalling but that didn't help. This happens on all 3 of my ...

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Plan Premium Country   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Spotify for some reason as of late has been fullscreening at an incorrect resolution. I t...

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Songs "Unavailable" in playlists

A recent Spotify update has removed the ability to play local files that synced with unavailable songs in playlists. Local files are seen and can be played, but they would usually sync with the "unavailable songs" on playlists. Now it doesn't seem to...

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A recent Spotify update has removed the ability to play local files that synced with unavailable songs in playlists. Local files are seen and can be played, but they would usually sync with the "unav...

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Spotify muffles/distores headset when in foreground

Driver issue, check your "profiles" Additional info: Operating SystemWindows 10 PeripheralsLogitech headset (G933) My problem was that the Logitech controller tried changing between profiles based on the open window, also the profile had one of the e...

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  Driver issue, check your "profiles"   Additional info:   Operating System Windows 10  Peripherals Logitech headset (G933)   My problem was that the Logitech contr...

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No longer select multiple songs??

PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Im trying to make a playlist in spotify web player and am adding songs from a mixture of my other playlists and seem to no longer be able to select multiple songs at once, and am stuck to th...

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  Plan Premium   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Im trying to make a playlist in spotify web player and am adding songs from a mixture of my other play...

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Keeps changing songs by itself

PlanPremiumCountry SwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi!My spotify keeps changing songs by itself to some playlist I've never listened to or followed before. At first I thought someone else accessed my account and switched ...

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  Plan Premium Country  Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi! My spotify keeps changing songs by itself to some playlist I've never listen...

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Music Stops on PC

Within the Spotify Player on Desktop, the music that I am playing will stop randomly in the middle of a song. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling Spotify and still having these issues. What can I do to ensure that this doesn't continue happening...

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Within the Spotify Player on Desktop, the music that I am playing will stop randomly in the middle of a song.  I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling Spotify and still having these issues. Wha...

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