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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 Friend Feed not updating correctly

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)Windows My Question or Issue My Friend Activity bar is not updating at a regular pace. I have read other posts saying it should be fixed, but mine is not.

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Plan Premium Country United States   Device Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) Windows   My Question or Issue   My Friend Activity bar is not upd...

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Superuser Contribution Updates to saving 'Favorite Songs'

Hello Everyone, So something that i find rather annoying with spotify is that when you save an album to your library all songs go straight into 'favorite songs', this is frustrating as a favorites list should only have a few of your top songs in ther...

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  Hello Everyone,   So something that i find rather annoying with spotify is that when you save an album to your library all songs go straight into 'favorite songs', this is frustrating ...

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Sort list of playlists alphabetically

My Question or IssuePlaylists seem to be added in an arbitrary order to the library, meaning once we have more than a dozen or so playlists (quite likely if like me you have been using Spotify for years) it becomes difficult and annoying to locate a ...

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My Question or Issue Playlists seem to be added in an arbitrary order to the library, meaning once we have more than a dozen or so playlists (quite likely if like me you have been using Spotify for ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify (Google "Bug")

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceWindows (Chrome)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI found a bit of a strange "bug" when searching "spotify login" on Google.com. After a search for that query, underneath the listing for Spotify.com is t...

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Plan Free Country United States Device Windows (Chrome) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I found a bit of a strange "bug" when searching "spotify login" on Google.com...

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Duplicate Albums appearing and removing functionality.

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevice(Acer Aspire 5, Oneplus 3T, iPad 4th Gen)Operating System(Windows 10 Home, Android Oxygen OS, IOS 10.3.3) My Question or IssueOver the past year of using Spotify I have encountered the same issue that seems to crop up at lea...

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  Plan Premium Country UK Device (Acer Aspire 5, Oneplus 3T, iPad 4th Gen) Operating System (Windows 10 Home, Android Oxygen OS, IOS 10.3.3)   My Question or Issue Over the ...

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Album artwork

PlanFree/PremiumCountry U.S.DeviceHP Pavilion LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue The album artwork is no longer showing up on the bottom left whenever I listen to a song from a certain album (Be Here Now by Oasis) and it's only thi...

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Plan Free/Premium Country  U.S. Device HP Pavilion Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  The album artwork is no longer showing up on the bottom left whe...

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Music not syncing between devices

PlanStudent PremiumCountry United StatesDeviceDell Inspiron LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 x64 My Question or Issue I have some local files on my desktop which I uploaded to a Spotify playlist. I got them to upload to my phone no issue. Now I'm try...

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Plan Student Premium Country  United States Device Dell Inspiron Laptop Operating System Windows 10 x64   My Question or Issue  I have some local files on my desktop which I ...

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Lost Songs

PlanPremiumCountryUK DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue So, over 2000 songs have disappeared from my main playlist. My password is secure, I didnt delete them, I only have 1 account and i'm not account sharing. Any ideas how i ca...

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Plan Premium Country UK  Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   So, over 2000 songs have disappeared from my main playlist.  My password is secu...

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Multi-room group disappeared

I updated both the Alexa and Spotify apps and now my Alexa Multi-Room group no longer shows up or plays from Spotify on either iphone, PC or by telling Alexa to play on the "Everywhere" group.All Alexa devces are found and will all play individually....

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I updated both the Alexa and Spotify apps and now my Alexa Multi-Room group no longer shows up or plays from Spotify on either iphone, PC or by telling Alexa to play on the "Everywhere" group. All...

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Some radio stations always play the same list of songs

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceAsus laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have a few radio stations that play the same list of songs every time I listen to them, while other stations vary the song list every time I play them. Why is th...

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Plan Premium Country USA  Device Asus laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I have a few radio stations that play the same list of songs every time I lis...

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Album Art Has Disappeared...

I was just using Spotify as normal when all of a sudden the album art of the song I was listening to disappeared on the bottom left. I've tried changing songs and the album art just never seems to show anymore....I've already looked this up and some ...

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I was just using Spotify as normal when all of a sudden the album art of the song I was listening to disappeared on the bottom left.   I've tried changing songs and the album art just never se...

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Spotify is NOT letting me import music....

So I've got my local files on Spotify, however whenever I click on the 3 dots next to a song that usually brings up a menu to allow me to add the song to a playlist.....nothing happens. I've tried re-importing all of my local songs, I've tried copyin...

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So I've got my local files on Spotify, however whenever I click on the 3 dots next to a song that usually brings up a menu to allow me to add the song to a playlist.....nothing happens. I've tried re...

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Spotify crashes on startup | Windows 10

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify crashes on start up.Uninstalled Spotify, deleted local folders, restarted pc, reinstalled Spotify and still crashes. Any solution for this?

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Plan Premium Country Norway Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify crashes on start up. Uninstalled Spotify, deleted local folders, restarted pc, reinsta...

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Desktop 1.0.92.390 - Colour gradient line under artist banner

I recently upgraded to Spotify Desktop v1.0.92.390 on Windows 10 (Premium plan), and I immediately noticed that there is a colour gradient line under the artist banner. Please see the attached. Hope you can fix this quickly.

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I recently upgraded to Spotify Desktop v1.0.92.390 on Windows 10 (Premium plan), and I immediately noticed that there is a colour gradient line under the artist banner. Please see the attached. &nbs...

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My Playlist Cover Art Gets Deleted

PlanPremiumCountryUnited Kingdom DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Playlist Cover Art Gets Deleted, I made cover art on Photoshop that looks similar to something spotify would make, am I allowed?. I will link the playlist art ...

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  Plan Premium Country United Kingdom  Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My Playlist Cover Art Gets Deleted, I made cover art on Photoshop that lo...

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player doesn't recognize current song when reviewing same album

Operating System Windows 101. I'm listening to a song2. I click on the album name3. Spotify shows the album with all songs4. the song currently playing, from that very same album, SHOULD appear as "playing", that is, with the "pause" button instead o...

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  Operating System Windows 10 1. I'm listening to a song 2. I click on the album name 3. Spotify shows the album with all songs 4. the song currently playing, from that very same album...

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Organize music by genre

I kept wracking my brain trying to figure out how to organize my music by genre until I realized that Spotify had gotten rid of the feature. I've read countless posts requesting this.... Why on earth? I recently decided to switch from Apple Music, bu...

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I kept wracking my brain trying to figure out how to organize my music by genre until I realized that Spotify had gotten rid of the feature. I've read countless posts requesting this.... Why on earth...

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Superuser Contribution Find local songs in the Spotify database

PlanFreeCountry Canada Operating SystemWindows My Question or Issue I made a friend of mine a playlist, first through iTunes, and then I imported that playlist - and the songs in it - to Spotify. As it turns out, as almost all the songs are local son...

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Plan Free Country  Canada   Operating System Windows  My Question or Issue   I made a friend of mine a playlist, first through iTunes, and then I imported that playl...

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Moving a playlist OUT of a/ from folder

My Question or IssueHi. I have a few folders in my playlist-list. If I want to move a playlist out of a folder, back into the mainlist, what have I to do do make it done??? Is there any option like this?? Regards

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  My Question or Issue Hi. I have a few folders in my playlist-list. If I want to move a playlist out of a folder, back into the mainlist, what have I to do do make it done??? Is there any opt...

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