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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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szkill

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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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betterhalf

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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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earthbound

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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...

Moderator

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Repeat Track Disengages After Hitting Next Track

PlanPremiumCountry New Zealand Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hello! Just got (back) into Spotify with Premium. Unfortunately, I am experiencing unexpected behaviour when using Spotify's repeat single track function. When I change to...

Newbie

Plan Premium Country  New Zealand   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Hello! Just got (back) into Spotify with Premium. Unfortunately, I am experiencing...

Loxer

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local files not downloading between two pc's

Plan:PremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue On my old pc, I had local files on there that I turned into playlists on spotify. I just go a new pc and wanted to dowload those playlists in spotify on the new pc. but whe...

Newbie

Plan: Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  On my old pc, I had local files on there that I turned into playlists on spotify. I just go...

Sebasty

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Solved!! Spotify frezze computer while playing song

PlanPremiumDeviceWindowsOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue I updated spotify to 1.0.86.337 and came to this error. Spotify appears "Can't play current song" each time I play different song, and about 15' later, the song stop playing but t...

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Plan Premium Device Windows Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue    I updated spotify to 1.0.86.337 and came to this error. Spotify appears "Can't play current song" eac...

Sebasty

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Friends not showing up on friends feed

Premium México Windows 10 My Question or IssueCertain friends are not showing up on my friends feed unless I stop following them and follow them again. Have to do this everytime I start Spotify. Known issue?

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  Premium   México    Windows 10   My Question or Issue Certain friends are not showing up on my friends feed unless I stop following them and follow them again. Have...

AndresRossonero

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Can I put a image on my files for my playlists?

PlanPremiumCountry USADevice(iPhone 8, Desktop)Operating System(iOS 10, Windows 10,) My Question or Issue I just recently organized my playlists into files... I just want to know if I am able to put an image on the file instead of it being the defaul...

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Plan Premium Country  USA Device (iPhone 8, Desktop) Operating System (iOS 10, Windows 10,)   My Question or Issue  I just recently organized my playlists into files... I jus...

Loxer

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[UI-Bug] Icons not aligned

Windows-Client: 1.0.86.337.ga8d5cef9 Issue:UI: Icons of the like and dislike buttons in the lower left corner of the player controls:a) do not have the same height (15 Pixels vs 16 Pixels) andb) are also not vertical aligned. Screenshot see attachmen...

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  Windows-Client: 1.0.86.337.ga8d5cef9   Issue: UI: Icons of the like and dislike buttons in the lower left corner of the player controls: a) do not have the same height (15 Pixels vs ...

Jose_M

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Superuser Contribution Daily Mix lists don't show many of my previously saved cuts as saved

Starting a few days ago, certain cuts are showing on my Daily Mix as NOT having been previously saved (no check mark), even though the same songs from the same albums are showing on my "song" list as having been saved on a prior date. When I save the...

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Starting a few days ago, certain cuts are showing on my Daily Mix as NOT having been previously saved (no check mark), even though the same songs from the same albums are showing on my "song" list as...

hemophobe

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Superuser Contribution On my desktop Spotify app, the song cover picture is not longer showing at the bottom left corner.

PlanPremiumCountryMaltaDeviceDell Inspiron 13Operating SystemWindows My Question or IssueOn my desktop Spotify app, the song cover picture is not longer showing at the bottom left corner.

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Plan Premium Country Malta Device Dell Inspiron 13 Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue On my desktop Spotify app, the song cover picture is not longer showing at the bottom...

sugar_princess6

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Annoying pop ups on premium desktop and crashes on android

PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDeviceDesktop Windows 10 & Android Mate 7 My Question or Issue Desktop:Clicking anything inside the application takes me to a pop up window in the browser, the pop up window closes in a second and nothing happens in the app it...

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Plan Premium Country Turkey Device Desktop Windows 10 & Android Mate 7  My Question or Issue   Desktop: Clicking anything inside the application takes me to a pop up window in ...

spimuch

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spotify not working on windows

Hi I've been going through this problem for awhile now and this problem is and on and off situation So basically,Whenever i try and start up spotify it would say Spotify application not responding then i tried getting help online in the community the...

Newbie

Hi I've been going through this problem for awhile now and this problem is and on and off situation  So basically,Whenever i try and start up spotify it would say Spotify application not respon...

Loxer

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zombie process after uninstalling spotify

PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueI uninstalled Spotify to see if it would help with the zombie process because Spotify would hang and not close at all. Now that it's uninstalled there is still a Sp...

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Plan Premium Country  United States Device PC Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue I uninstalled Spotify to see if it would help with the zombie process because Spoti...

Billy-J

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Superuser Contribution Playlister sites in the playlist are they?

Hi everyone, I wanted to ask if this would be possible in the PL to create a PL? The background is this as we wanted to have several generations on our wedding we create 3 playlists dancing background music and generations above but we wanted to call...

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  Hi everyone,   I wanted to ask if this would be possible in the PL to create a PL?   The background is this as we wanted to have several generations on our wedding we create 3 p...

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution whenever it downloads, it stays a black screen

PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDeviceDellOperating SystemWindows 10 i think??? My Question or Issue i updated my windows last night and this morning i was faced with a problem. when i hit the spotify icon on my desktop it takes a while to download. ...

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Plan Premium Country  United States Device Dell Operating System Windows 10 i think???   My Question or Issue  i updated my windows last night and this morning i was faced wi...

Melody

Spotify

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[SOLVED] Artist Search Fails to Return All Songs

The problem with an artist search only returning a subset of available songs is solved.If you search and then immediately sort, many songs will be missed if the total list is roughly greater than two pages worth. This is because if there are more tit...

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The problem with an artist search only returning a subset of available songs is solved. If you search and then immediately sort, many songs will be missed if the total list is roughly greater than t...

Loxer

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Solved!! Changing song order (Windows, Android, Web player)

So, I've been using spotify premium for a while now. I can remember there being an option to change the order of the songs in your playlist by artist/album/etc, but I can't seem to find it anymore. I know you can change the order of your songs by dra...

Casual Listener

  So, I've been using spotify premium for a while now. I can remember there being an option to change the order of the songs in your playlist by artist/album/etc, but I can't seem to find it an...

dinomight

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Solved!! Windows 10 Shortcut

PlanFreeCountry United StatesDeviceHP Laptop (Intel) thats all i knowOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Is there a .exe i can create a shortcut to or something? I can't find anything.

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Plan Free Country  United States Device HP Laptop (Intel) thats all i know Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Is there a .exe i can create a shortcut to or s...

McFlyStudio

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Solved!! Spotify Desktop skips all songs on all of my playlists

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands DeviceDesktop pcOperating SystemWindows 64 bit Pro Since the day before yesterday Spotify desktop suddenly skips all of my songs on all of my playslists. It keeps skipping without an end (I have quite large playlists). W...

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  Plan Premium Country Netherlands  Device Desktop pc Operating System Windows 64 bit Pro   Since the day before yesterday Spotify desktop suddenly skips all of my songs on a...

arnoud

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Solved!! Missing some feature when switching Spotify account region

PlanPremiumCountrySwitching from US to VietnamDeviceBoth on my Windows PC and Android phone 7.0Operating SystemWindows 10 and Android 7.0 My Question or IssuePreviously, I was using US region or my account, then I moved and decided to change my accou...

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Plan Premium Country Switching from US to Vietnam Device Both on my Windows PC and Android phone 7.0 Operating System Windows 10 and Android 7.0   My Question or Issue Previously, I wa...

Loxer

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missing feature
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Superuser Contribution Suddenly, nothing exists anymore

PlanFreeDevicePC - Windows 7Operating SystemWindows 7 (SP2, 64-bit)My Question or Issue I logged back into Spotify today after the update, and uh, after logging back in, NOTHING exists. Literally nothing. All that is on the page is the Exit button an...

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Plan Free Device PC - Windows 7 Operating System Windows 7 (SP2, 64-bit) My Question or Issue  I logged back into Spotify today after the update, and uh, after logging back in, NOTHING ex...

Chris

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Solved!! I dont have Radio and Feed Of Friends.

PlanPremiumCountry Costa RicaDevicePcOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Why my Radio and Feed dont works, but in my celphone this works sucefully, i have this problem about 2 months ago.

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  Plan Premium Country  Costa Rica Device Pc Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Why my Radio and Feed dont works, but in my celphone this works suceful...

Loxer

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