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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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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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Cannot listen to a certain artist

PlanStudent PremiumCountry UKDeviceiPhone 6, Laptop, Desktop, iPad AirOperating SystemiOS 11, Windows 10 My Question or IssueFor quite a while now I have not been able to listen to the artist While She Sleeps. They should be available in my region as...

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Plan Student Premium Country  UK Device iPhone 6, Laptop, Desktop, iPad Air Operating System iOS 11, Windows 10   My Question or Issue For quite a while now I have not been a...

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Can't find the Play Queue on windows 10?

PlanPremium FamilyCountry USADeviceMac running windows 10Operating Systemwindows 10 My Question or IssueSo when I open the desktop spotify app I can right click add to queue but no songs show up in the queue when I open play.spotify.com I can add son...

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  Plan Premium Family Country  USA Device Mac running windows 10 Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue So when I open the desktop spotify app I can right click ...

Sebasty

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ability to see play counts on album pages gone on desktop

ive noticed with the recent updates the option to see playcounts (when hovering over the bar, play count comes up) has been taken away from album pages ONLY. why is this? on artist pages it still works as normal, but on album pages it doesnt work at ...

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  ive noticed with the recent updates the option to see playcounts (when hovering over the bar, play count comes up) has been taken away from album pages ONLY. why is this? on artist pages it s...

Sebasty

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I can't play local files

Hello everybody, i have annoying problem with spotify. I literally can't play any local file. Bcs Spotify deleted xxxtentacion songs i love and i rly want to listen, especially King of the Death, i had to download it, add as local file and play. But ...

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Hello everybody, i have annoying problem with spotify.  I literally can't play any local file.  Bcs Spotify deleted xxxtentacion songs i love and i rly want to listen, especially King of ...

Sebasty

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Web Player without App downloaded

Windows 7, Chrome browser, strong private cable internet connectionMy Question or Issue I have not downloaded the App (nor do I want to do so) and am using (or trying to) the web player. I am having a lot of trouble. I do not see a Radio heading in t...

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  Windows 7, Chrome browser, strong private cable internet connection My Question or Issue  I have not downloaded the App (nor do I want to do so) and am using (or trying to) the web pla...

Sebasty

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Desktop App crashes

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceDell XPS 13Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueProblem occurs from time to time. Sometimes there is no problem during 2-3 days. sometimes it happens every 30 minutes. Sound stops. Sign "Can't play current song" ...

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Plan Premium Country  USA Device Dell XPS 13 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Problem occurs from time to time. Sometimes there is no problem during 2-3 days. so...

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Desktop Client Not Displaying Subfolders

PremiumOn the desktop client when i select a folder i see all the playlists in it, like so: But when subfolders are in there too then it dosent display anything, like so:It used to display all playlists and subfolders.Please Help!

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Premium On the desktop client when i select a folder i see all the playlists in it, like so:  But when subfolders are in there too then it dosent display anything, like so: It used to...

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Superuser Contribution Search bar not evaluating correctly

This issue happens on desktop (windows 10), android app and web spotify. If you were to input a resource on the bar, the term will not get evaluated, resulting in: 'No results found for "spotify:album:0WKeD3HWbimSq1MjE23htS"' On the desktop version y...

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This issue happens on desktop (windows 10), android app and web spotify.   If you were to input a resource on the bar, the term will not get evaluated, resulting in: 'No results found for "spo...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution iTunes music won't play on Spotify

PlanPremiumCountry UKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have an itunes album of over 1000 songs saved to my pc from before I had Spotifty. All of this plays fine, however within Spotify when i go to play any song from my old co...

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Plan Premium Country  UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I have an itunes album of over 1000 songs saved to my pc from before I had Spotifty. Al...

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Odd noise on one track

PlanFreeCountryUK DeviceSpotify appOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhile playing the Paladin albun Jazz attack the second track seems to skip like a CD would at 2m30s then again 3mNot really a big problem just thought I'd point it out ...

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Plan Free Country UK   Device Spotify app Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue While playing the Paladin albun Jazz attack the second track seems to skip like a CD ...

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No es posible reproducir canción actual

He descargado el spotify en mi nueva laptop de trabajo (windows 10), cuando estoy escuchando una lista de reproducción solo puedo escuchar una canción y tengo que pasar a la siguiente manualmente, he descargado las listas que escucho e igual tengo el...

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He descargado el spotify en mi nueva laptop de trabajo (windows 10), cuando estoy escuchando una lista de reproducción solo puedo escuchar una canción y tengo que pasar a la siguiente manualmente, he...

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Superuser Contribution My Queue is not Kept After Restarting the Windows Desktop Application

After closing the Spotify desktop application the queue is reverted to an older version and the current state is not kept. Today I opened the Spotify desktop app and the queue was reverted to its state of last week (seven days ago). This isn't always...

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After closing the Spotify desktop application the queue is reverted to an older version and the current state is not kept.   Today I opened the Spotify desktop app and the queue was reverted t...

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likes on tracks from discover weekly are not synced between devices

PlanFreeCountry CYDevice(iPhone 6, and dekstop 2 devices)Operating System(iOS 11.2.6, windows 7, windows 10 ) My Question or Issue When I like track from discover weekly playlist on one device, on another device it kept unliked. And it it not an issu...

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Plan Free Country  CY Device (iPhone 6, and dekstop 2 devices) Operating System (iOS 11.2.6, windows 7, windows 10 )   My Question or Issue   When I like track from discover...

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Web player stalled on an audio ad

PlanFree - daily userCountry CanadaDevicehp laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue The web player is stalled on an audio (Walmart) ad and has been for days. I've logged out of and back into the player, I've cleared the cookies/cache, I...

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Plan Free - daily user Country  Canada Device hp laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  The web player is stalled on an audio (Walmart) ad and has been fo...

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Solved!! Spotify stops playing a song and crashes, must be closed in task manager, sound stays until reboot.

Plan PremiumCountry USA Device Windows 10 PC with desktop client. My Question or Issue I'll be playing my music and then it will stop on a song and keep repeating the last 1 second or so and then I exit spotify and close all instances of spotify.exe ...

Gig Goer

  Plan Premium Country USA   Device Windows 10 PC with desktop client.   My Question or Issue   I'll be playing my music and then it will stop on a song and keep repea...

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No option to enable/disable explicit songs on desktop

PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I listen to Spotify on multiple devices and I frequently enable/disable the explicit filter based on the environment I am in. However, I left it switched to ...

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Plan Premium Country  United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I listen to Spotify on multiple devices and I frequently enable/disable...

billyb2

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Desktop Player

My Question or Issue My question is that everytime I play a playlist my player will skip around instead going in order. I don't like that I would like my player to go in order as the tracks are listed to play. How can I fix this issue? I try every th...

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    My Question or Issue  My question is that everytime I play a playlist my player will skip around instead going in order. I don't like that I would like my player to go in order ...

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BBC Global News Podcast -- current day does not play

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicesWindows 10 PC and iPhone 6sOperating SystemsWindows 10 latest and iOS 11.4.1 My Question or Issue I can no longer listen to the current day of the BBC Global News Podcast even though it shows up on the podcast titles. I ca...

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Plan Premium Country USA Devices Windows 10 PC and iPhone 6s Operating Systems Windows 10 latest and iOS 11.4.1   My Question or Issue  I can no longer listen to the current day o...

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Premium Subsciption payment is not being accepted

PlanFree/PremiumCountry South AfricaDeviceHauwei P9 Lite/ HP Probook 2016 model My Question or IssueSo I live in South Africa (this might be relevant), and I have been trying to pay for my premium subscription for the first time since I tried the fre...

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Plan Free/Premium Country  South Africa Device Hauwei P9 Lite/ HP Probook 2016 model   My Question or Issue So I live in South Africa (this might be relevant), and I have been tryin...

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Superuser Contribution Problema Configuración Social

PlanPremiumPaís EspañaDispositivoAcerSistema operativoWindowsMi pregunta o problema Hola! La opción de "mostrar mis artistas más escuchados actuales" se desactiva sola (se pone en gris) cada vez que cierro el programa. Pero es que cuando la activo (v...

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Plan Premium País  España Dispositivo Acer Sistema operativo Windows Mi pregunta o problema   Hola! La opción de "mostrar mis artistas más escuchados actuales" se desactiva sola (...

Peter

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