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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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Spotify Song Picture disappeared

My Problem is that somehow the picture of the currently played song disappeared one day, i don't know if i simply missclicked or if this is a bug. Every song can still be played and everything, but this just looks kinda empty...

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My Problem is that somehow the picture of the currently played song disappeared one day, i don't know if i simply missclicked or if this is a bug. Every song can still be played and everything, but t...

Loxer

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Superuser Contribution Thumbnails are messed up and tracks are disappearing

Last night I noticed that the new update went live. However, after the update went live I noticed some errors here and there. The first problem I encountered was that the thumbnails got updated with the wrong images. As you can see here, the first fe...

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Last night I noticed that the new update went live. However, after the update went live I noticed some errors here and there.    The first problem I encountered was that the thumbnai...

MauriceMV

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Solved!! Recovering all tracks accidentally deleted from Songs section of library

Hi all, Hoping an admin can help me out here. I accidentally managed to delete all of my music library (went to delete a duplicate track in the Songs section of my library in the Windows app and “ctrl + A” must have been pressed because all tracks we...

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Hi all,   Hoping an admin can help me out here.   I accidentally managed to delete all of my music library (went to delete a duplicate track in the Songs section of my library in t...

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Certain songs causing spotify to crash

PlanFreeCountryAustralia Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue I have been experiencing a glitch since yesterday where certain songs will freeze at the very end and Spotify will crash on my PC.I have noticed when some songs are queued the "<...

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Plan Free Country Australia   Operating System Windows 7  My Question or Issue   I have been experiencing a glitch since yesterday where certain songs will freeze at the very ...

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Solved!! Song's tab is not appearing on the library

PlanFree/PremiumCountry BrazilDevicePC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue: In The library, where it shows the tabs Artists, Albuns, Favorite songs, Podcasts.. ETC... It used to have a tab for Songs or Music, now It is gone, I see all th...

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Plan Free/Premium Country  Brazil Device PC  Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue:  In The library, where it shows the tabs Artists, Albuns, Favo...

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Can you download a single song on the computer?

I have a premium account and I like how I can download my favorite albums, but for certain artists/albums I would mostly like one or two songs. I have them saved but I don't know how to download them individually. Is that just not a feature yet or am...

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  I have a premium account and I like how I can download my favorite albums, but for certain artists/albums I would mostly like one or two songs. I have them saved but I don't know how to downl...

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spotify keeps redownloading songs

PlanPremiumCountryNorway DevicepcOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuespotify keeps redownloading songs.It's not all my songs only like 20/40 songs every time i restart spotify it wants to download them over again, I didnt have this problem...

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  Plan Premium Country Norway   Device pc Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue spotify keeps redownloading songs. It's not all my songs only like 20/40 songs...

DennyEMufc

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Superuser Contribution Folder and Playlist Naming

Stop delete and change features in Spotify. Instead add new ones!!!!What the point to change the order o the Folder and Playlist's naming!?It always have been Artist - Album Name, now out of the sudden is the inverse Album Name - Artist, which does n...

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Stop delete and change features in Spotify. Instead add new ones!!!! What the point to change the order o the Folder and Playlist's naming!? It always have been Artist - Album Name, now out of the ...

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Bring back old playlist naming

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI noticed that playlist that are created by dragging an album to a playlist folder are now named [Album title - Artist]. It used to be [Artist - Album title]. This...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I noticed that playlist that are created by dragging an album to a playlist folder are ...

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Solved!! Black Screen + spotify.exe missing

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I've already reinstalled a thousand times (clean manual unistall/register removal), i've tried like a million solutions, but it keeps happen. My screen gets black, while the app is running (if i dont cl...

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    Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I've already reinstalled a thousand times (clean manual unistall/register removal), i've tried like a million solutio...

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Wrong song playing

Removed songs from my own playlist. Playing that playlist on shuffle, it always plays the same sequence of songs and it plays songs in the playlist that I have deleted from the playlist.PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceDell laptopOperating SystemWindows 1...

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Removed songs from my own playlist. Playing that playlist on shuffle, it always plays the same sequence of songs and it plays songs in the playlist that I have deleted from the playlist. Plan Premi...

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Attention To All Members: How To Update Desktop App!!

The following screen shots shows the correct way to upgrade! When an update is available, you'll see a blue dot on the right side of your profile name. Click on the drop down menu and select "Restart Now." Spotify will then install and configure your...

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The following screen shots shows the correct way to upgrade! When an update is available, you'll see a blue dot on the right side of your profile name. Click on the drop down menu and select "Restart...

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Can't login to Spotify App on Windows 10

PlanFreeCountry United States of America DeviceHP Probook 440 G2 Operating SystemWindows 10 1803 My Question or Issue So whenever I try to login to Spotify on Windows 10, I get an error 17 which says A firewall may be blocking Spotify. Please update ...

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Plan Free Country  United States of America   Device HP Probook 440 G2   Operating System Windows 10 1803   My Question or Issue  So whenever I try to login to Sp...

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Superuser Contribution Daily Mix - Missing from Left Panel

I believe there was a recent update to Spotify on Windows and now the Daily Mix does not appear on the left panel under "Your Library". I can still find it if I search Daily Mix but this is an additional inconvenient step. Is there a way to put it ba...

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I believe there was a recent update to Spotify on Windows and now the Daily Mix does not appear on the left panel under "Your Library". I can still find it if I search Daily Mix but this is an a...

SergioDavid

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so i have spotify on my phone and computer

so i have spotify premium i add songs on my phone but they don't show up on my computer any way to fix this?

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so i have spotify premium i add songs on my phone but they don't show up on my computer any way to fix this?    

Loxer

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I Saw A Private Playlist

On Tuesday I saw my friend listening to a private playlist on Spotify. It showed the playlist, I clicked it and followed because it looked like just another playlist. Now he's convinced I did something underhanded to get access. How the **bleep** is ...

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On Tuesday I saw my friend listening to a private playlist on Spotify. It showed the playlist, I clicked it and followed because it looked like just another playlist. Now he's convinced I did somethi...

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App forgets last played position/song (no queue either)

DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSince the Windows 10 version of Spotify installed it no longer remembers the last position/song I was playing when I start my PC.I've ended up clean uninstalling and reinstalling with the win32 a...

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Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Since the Windows 10 version of Spotify installed it no longer remembers the last position/song I was playing when I start my P...

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Superuser Contribution Lost ALL saved songs library

PlanPremiumCountry SpainDeviceDell XPS 15 / HTC One M8Operating SystemWindows 10 / Android Marshmallow My Question or Issue So surprise to me this morning, my +2000 songs library got erased or lost, call it whatever you want. Instead, a lot of albums...

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Plan Premium Country  Spain Device Dell XPS 15 / HTC One M8 Operating System Windows 10 / Android Marshmallow   My Question or Issue  So surprise to me this morning, my +2000...

Alfredo

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