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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 I can't uninstall Spotify on Windows 7

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindwos 7My Question or IssueI can not uninstall Spotify on Windows 7 i dont know why but the crashes program when i try to uninstall it from all ways, via Control Panel or the Command line, I dont know what to do... Also i...

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Plan Premium Operating System Windwos 7 My Question or Issue I can not uninstall Spotify on Windows 7 i dont know why but the crashes program when i try to uninstall it from all ways, via Contro...

Peter

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Superuser Contribution "Spotify Can't play this right now If you have the file you can import it."

PlanFamilyCountryScotland DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am playing U2 songs of experience delux edition and its skipping most files with this error. Anyone know how to sort it ?

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Plan Family Country Scotland   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I am playing U2 songs of experience delux edition and its skipping most files with thi...

Peter

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Not able to change playlist cover

PlanPremiumCountry ItalyDevicePCOperating SystemLatest Windows 10 with october update My Question or Issue I'm not able to change the cover of one of my playlists. No errors from spotify, the green bar fills correctly, but as soon as I switch view an...

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Plan Premium Country  Italy Device PC Operating System Latest Windows 10 with october update   My Question or Issue  I'm not able to change the cover of one of my playlists. ...

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Superuser Contribution Pause-Taste funktioniert nicht mehr

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Ich habe seit drei Tagen folgendes Problem: Immer wenn ich die Pause-Taste drücke, pausiert die Musik für ungefähr vier Sekunden - dann spielt sie einfach weiter. Um die Musik z...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Ich habe seit drei Tagen folgendes Problem: Immer wenn ich die Pause-Taste drücke, pausiert die Musi...

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Solved!! How do I copy downloaded albums & playlists from PC to SD card

PlanPremiumCountry UKDevices - PCOther DevicesiPhone 6, iPad 2Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I am a premium Spofify user, accessing music on the iPad, iPhone and PC (Windows 10). I would like to copy the albums and playlists to an SD...

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  Plan Premium Country  UK Devices - PC Other Devices iPhone 6, iPad 2 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   I am a premium Spofify user, accessing mus...

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Superuser Contribution Syncing local files from phone back to PC

Hello community, I just have a little question. So I had tons of custom files I uploaded to spotify (I'm on the premium subscription btw), but I uploaded them to playlists and synced them to my phone so I can play them when I'm not home. However I re...

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Hello community, I just have a little question. So I had tons of custom files I uploaded to spotify (I'm on the premium subscription btw), but I uploaded them to playlists and synced them to my pho...

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Superuser Contribution Daily Mix changing

PlanPremium My Question or IssueMy daily mixes (both on iPhone and Windows desktop) change when I am listening to them. I find I like the first 10/15 songs and go back to listen to them 30 minutes later (without closing the app) and that daily mix ha...

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Plan Premium  My Question or Issue My daily mixes (both on iPhone and Windows desktop) change when I am listening to them. I find I like the first 10/15 songs and go back to listen to them 30...

Peter

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Superuser Contribution Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the files you can import it.

PlanFreeCountry U.S.A.DeviceLenovo PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I keep getting the Spotify Can't play this now error, but only with certain songs. I use my favorites as a playlist, and it is unable to play any songs by Hollywood ...

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Plan Free Country  U.S.A. Device Lenovo PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I keep getting the Spotify Can't play this now error, but only with certain son...

Peter

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Superuser Contribution New Releases

PlanPremiumCountrySouth Africa DeviceAny/AllOperating SystemAny/All My Question or IssueHi there I know about the "new releases for you" section in the discover tab, and that all your songs appear in release radar when they don't appear in the "new r...

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  Plan Premium Country South Africa  Device Any/All Operating System Any/All   My Question or Issue Hi there   I know about the "new releases for you" section in the ...

Peter

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Superuser Contribution How do I show album covers for local files?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry New ZealandDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue How do I apply album art cover to local files?

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Plan Free/Premium Country  New Zealand Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  How do I apply album art cover to local files?

Peter

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Superuser Contribution De downloadknop voor muziek werkt niet op mijn windows laptop.

PlanFree/Premium Ik heb spotify premium.Country NederlandDeviceASUS L402WOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) Ik heb windows 10.My Question or Issue Ik probeer nu al een tijdje om op mijn nieuwe laptop muziek van mijn afspeellijste...

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Plan Free/Premium  Ik heb spotify premium. Country  Nederland Device ASUS L402W Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)  Ik heb windows 10. My Question ...

Peter

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Superuser Contribution is there any tag information available related to the different playlists? accessible?

looking for a manner to sort playlists (links) with most complete available tag information available on Spotify. Using an Excel table, filter and then play my choice by clicking the playlist link in this Excel sheet. thanks

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looking for a manner to sort playlists (links) with most complete available tag information available on Spotify. Using an Excel table, filter and then play my choice by clicking the playlist link in...

Peter

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Superuser Contribution I'm hearing and seeing foreign language Ads

PlanFree/PremiumCountry AustraliaDeviceLenovo Yoga 510Operating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue I'm hearing and seeing foreign language ads and I don't know what to do to fix it either (I have uninstalled and reinstalled). Could you please help ...

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Plan Free/Premium Country  Australia Device Lenovo Yoga 510 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue  I'm hearing and seeing foreign language ads and I don't know what to d...

Peter

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Superuser Contribution Greyed out songs in playlist

When I view a playlist I created with 240 songs on a windows desktop, it now has many songs greyed out (seemingly randomly). When I click on the song, it comes up with "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can ...

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    When I view a playlist I created with 240 songs on a windows desktop, it now has many songs greyed out (seemingly randomly). When I click on the song, it comes up with "Spotify can't ...

Peter

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Superuser Contribution "spotify can't play this right now" Message on every song, won't play anything.

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue No songs are playing, about to cancel service

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Plan Premium Country  USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10  My Question or Issue   No songs are playing, about to cancel service   

Peter

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify plays by itself after being paused

Windows 10 and Free plan. On my headphones, Sennheiser HD 660 S, whenever I pause Spotify, it would unpause itself or just play by itself after ~10-15 seconds. It only does this on these headphones, I don't know if it is Spotify not working with it o...

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Windows 10 and Free plan.   On my headphones, Sennheiser HD 660 S, whenever I pause Spotify, it would unpause itself or just play by itself after ~10-15 seconds. It only does this on these hea...

Peter

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Superuser Contribution Spotify not playing any songs want to import all songs

PlanPremiumCountry EnglandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When ever i try to play anything that isnt downloaded or anything downloaded im asked to import it, it was playing fine a few minutes ago

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Plan Premium Country  England Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  When ever i try to play anything that isnt downloaded or anything downloaded im as...

Peter

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Connect won't let me play in browser

PlanFreeCountry USADeviceWindows Desktop (work) and Google home mini (home) My Question or IssueStarted spotify at work and the music never came on. I check the volume and see it says I'm playing to my "bedroom speaker". Call my wife and sure enough,...

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Plan Free Country  USA Device Windows Desktop (work) and Google home mini (home)     My Question or Issue Started spotify at work and the music never came on.  I che...

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Change offline songs folder bug

PlanPremiumCountry France DeviceDesktop computerOperating SystemWindows 10 October 2018 update My Question or IssueI am using the Windows store version of Spotify. Right after I installed Spotify and logged, I went to advanced settings to change the ...

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Plan Premium Country  France   Device Desktop computer Operating System Windows 10 October 2018 update   My Question or Issue I am using the Windows store version of Spotify...

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Superuser Contribution Unstable Windows Desktop Connection to Amazon Alexa devices

Picking up from the last post (in June) for this forum topic - playback using Spotify Connect is still randomly stopping when connected to Amazon Alexa devices like Dot and Echo and has been doing so since (at least) the beginning of 2017. During pla...

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Picking up from the last post (in June) for this forum topic - playback using Spotify Connect is still randomly stopping when connected to Amazon Alexa devices like Dot and Echo and has been doi...

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