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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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Yordan

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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 Find people's profiles on spotify

Hello - I used to be able to search a person's name in the search bar on the desktop or mobile app and find people's profiles and view their public playlists. About a month ago lots of profiles seemed to have disappeared and no longer show up in the ...

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Hello - I used to be able to search a person's name in the search bar on the desktop or mobile app and find people's profiles and view their public playlists. About a month ago  lots of profiles...

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Superuser Contribution Bluetooth/USB DAC notifications causing tracks to pause

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceRazerblade laptop/HTC U11 phone/Ear Studio ES100 DACOperating SystemWindows 10/Android Oreo 8.0.0Spotify Version1.0.85.257.g0f8531bdMy Question or Issue I also sent this to Ear Studio's support email address: I have the ES...

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Plan Premium Country USA  Device Razerblade laptop/HTC U11 phone/Ear Studio ES100 DAC Operating System Windows 10/Android Oreo 8.0.0 Spotify Version 1.0.85.257.g0f8531bd My Question or...

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Superuser Contribution Can't watch videos on Android Device and Desktop App in Austria

PlanFree/PremiumCountryAustria/ViennaDeviceBQ Aquaris XOperating SystemAndroid 8.1 + Latest Spotify Version My Question or Issue I can't see and play any Videos on any Platform (PC or Andoid Device) via Spotify!The Release of Spotify Video was in 201...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Austria/Vienna Device BQ Aquaris X Operating System Android 8.1 + Latest Spotify Version   My Question or Issue  I can't see and play any Videos on ...

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Searching not working

Nothing is foundPlanPremiumCountry CZDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 EDIT1: Sent tweet to @SpotifyCaresEDIT2: @SpotifyStatus Something’s out of tune. We’re currently investigating, and we’ll keep you posted here!EDIT3 (2hrs of the outage): Still no...

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Nothing is found Plan Premium Country  CZ Device PC Operating System Windows 7     EDIT1: Sent tweet to @SpotifyCares EDIT2: @SpotifyStatus  Something’s out of tune....

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Can't search/filter by year in application anymore?

Hello. Tried a search within the Windows application, year:1990-1999, which worked fine before, didn't work. Tried in the android application too. But no luck there either. Tried differens terms like years: and "year:1990, 1991" and so on. But it did...

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Hello.   Tried a search within the Windows application, year:1990-1999, which worked fine before, didn't work. Tried in the android application too. But no luck there either.   Tri...

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Import songs from local library, then link them to online version so I can delete the local mp3's

PlanPremiumCountryBE DeviceWindows laptopOperating SystemWindows 7, windows 10 My Question or IssueI want to convert my local files to a spotify playlist and then delete my local files.Not all mp3-tags are correct, but most of them should be working....

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  Plan Premium Country BE  Device Windows laptop Operating System Windows 7, windows 10   My Question or Issue I want to convert my local files to a spotify playlist and the...

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Superuser Contribution [Playlists] See in which of my Playlists a Song is in

Desktop App My Question or Issue I am missing an esential feature that makes it apparent in which playlist a currently playing song is. (the orange circle in playlist panel on the picture) closed: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Closed-Ideas/Playlis...

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  Desktop App   My Question or Issue   I am missing an esential feature that makes it apparent in which playlist a currently playing song is. (the orange circle in playl...

Alfredo

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Help: Greyed song in mobile playlist, but not in windows - and more on grey songs

My Question or Issue Songs are greyed out in my phone's playlist, but won't even appear on the same playlist on windows.1 - Why is that?2 - If I download a song that later becomes greyed out, will I be able to keep it?3 - If not, am I correct in assu...

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My Question or Issue  Songs are greyed out in my phone's playlist, but won't even appear on the same playlist on windows. 1 - Why is that? 2 - If I download a song that later becomes greyed o...

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Problem in search

Nothing found in the searchPlanPremiumCountry IsraelDeviceWindows 10 appOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue

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Nothing found in the search Plan Premium Country  Israel Device Windows 10 app Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  

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trying to search for artists, but spotify is only searching for local files

PlanFreeCountry englandDevicedesktop pcOperating Systemwindows ten My Question or Issue when i try seaching for music, the only songs and artists in my local files are showing up, nothing thats on spotify

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Plan Free Country  england Device desktop pc Operating System windows ten   My Question or Issue   when i try seaching for music, the only songs and artists in my local...

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Error 17 on Spotify when signing in

PlanFree/PremiumCountry USADevice(iPhone 6s, HP Windows 10 laptop)Operating System(iOS 10, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Today I tried to sign into my main Spotify account and an error popped up that said A firewall may be blocking Spotify. P...

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Plan Free/Premium Country  USA Device (iPhone 6s, HP Windows 10 laptop) Operating System (iOS 10, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  Today I tried to sign into my main ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify app state overrided my dektop spotify previous state when i change from one to the other

Each time that I change from spotify phone to spotify desktop, the desktop previous "state" (song/list/random option/etc...) is overriden by the spotfy phone "state" so i lost the list/song/queue or random config I was playing on my desktop before......

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Each time that I change from spotify phone to spotify desktop, the desktop previous "state" (song/list/random option/etc...) is overriden by the spotfy phone "state" 😞 so i lost the list/song/q...

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Solved!! cant turn off recently played artists?

PlanPremiumCountry CanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Every time i try to toggle my recently played artists off nothing happens, restarting the program just toggles it back on.

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Plan Premium Country  Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 10   Every time i try to toggle my recently played artists off nothing happens, restarting the program just toggles ...

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Starts playing 30 sec into song

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktop Windows My Question or IssueOne song starts playing 30 seconds in when being played in a playlist with shuffle. Only one song seems to have this problem

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Plan Premium Country   Device Desktop   Windows  My Question or Issue One song starts playing 30 seconds in when being played in a playlist with shuffle. Only one song seems t...

Luke

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Only one daily mix

PlanPremiumCountrySpainOperating System Windows 10My Question or IssueI only get a daily mix, before I had three. It is normal?

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  Plan Premium Country Spain Operating System  Windows 10 My Question or Issue I only get a daily mix, before I had three. It is normal?  

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Noticing the Improvements

I've been using the Windows Desktop version nearly every day for a few months, and I just wanted to say "Thank You" for all the improvements that I've noticed to performance, data-syncing, keyboard shortcuts, etc. All the small improvements are addin...

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I've been using the Windows Desktop version nearly every day for a few months, and I just wanted to say "Thank You" for all the improvements that I've noticed to performance, data-syncing, keyboard s...

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Superuser Contribution Desktop Daily Mix Issue "not available offline"

I've seen a couple posts similar, but none with a fix.....I can get daily mix on the ios app, but when I type it into the search bar on the desktop version and click daily mix it gives me the message, "your daily mix is not available offline. Please ...

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I've seen a couple posts similar, but none with a fix.....I can get daily mix on the ios app, but when I type it into the search bar on the desktop version and click daily mix it gives me the message...

Alfredo

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PLAYLIST PICTURE

PlanPremiumCountry swedenDevice(PC)Operating System(windows 8.1) My Question or Issuehow can i download my own playlist pictures ? i really dont want to lose my picture and i would like to edit it

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Plan Premium Country  sweden Device (PC) Operating System (windows 8.1)   My Question or Issue how can i download my own playlist pictures ? i really dont want to lose my picture ...

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Spotify not installing correctly

Device(ASUS UX430UAR Signature Edition)Operating System(Windows 10 Enterprise version 1803) My Question or IssueBefore, I was getting a black screen when I run Spotify. I uninstalled and reinstalled it. Now, when I go to run Spotify, installed from t...

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    Device (ASUS UX430UAR Signature Edition) Operating System (Windows 10 Enterprise version 1803)   My Question or Issue Before, I was getting a black screen when I run Spotif...

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