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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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playlist gone in sidebar?

i no longer see my 'written' playlist on the left sidebar? it does show 'recently played' stuff, but not all my playlists? hitting "your music" only brings up album thumbnails on the page? help

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i no longer see my 'written' playlist on the left sidebar?  it does show 'recently played' stuff, but not all my playlists?   hitting "your music" only brings up album thumbnails on th...

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Solved!! 'This song is not available' Shows for EVERY song I try to play

Hi! I am unable to get spotify on my work PC to play any music. This has been an issue that has come and gone for a few weeks. For any given track I try to play (literally any) I recieve the message 'This song is not available. If you have the file o...

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Hi!   I am unable to get spotify on my work PC to play any music. This has been an issue that has come and gone for a few weeks.   For any given track I try to play (literally any) I re...

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Windows 10 Overlay

I've been trying to see other boards, and find nothing related to this in particular. When my overlay is opened up by tweaking volume, I click on the overlay (when Spotify is minimized), and it does not open Spotify. Additionally, when in app, I will...

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I've been trying to see other boards, and find nothing related to this in particular. When my overlay is opened up by tweaking volume, I click on the overlay (when Spotify is minimized), and it does ...

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Superuser Contribution No CONCERTS click on the artist page

there are no CONCERTS click on the artist page, therefore I can't follow my followed artist's shows there are no CONCERTS click on the artist page, therefore I can't follow my followed artist's shows

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there are no CONCERTS click on the artist page, therefore I can't follow my followed artist's shows     there are no CONCERTS click on the artist page, therefore I can't follow my foll...

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When I open an album on Spotify and try to play songs from within the album it does not play?

I am using Windows 10. Individual songs within the album will not play no matter how many times I click on the track. The only way I can play the song is if i search for it in spotify search or I play the whole album at once by clicking on the large ...

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I am using Windows 10.    Individual songs within the album will not play no matter how many times I click on the track. The only way I can play the song is if i search for it in spotify ...

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can not sign in to the application

I moved from Canada to the US, I changed the country in the profile settings, everything was as it should be, but when I log into the application, I still get an error that I'm not in my country and I have to change it in the settings (and I already ...

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I moved from Canada to the US, I changed the country in the profile settings, everything was as it should be, but when I log into the application, I still get an error that I'm not in my country and ...

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Superuser Contribution Win 10 Most Recent UI Lazy Updating

I forgot to grab a screenshot, but I've been noticing this bug for quite some time. Basically, if my computer goes to sleep and it wakes up to a change in state (i.e. listening to a different device, listening on this device, new song, etc) which als...

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I forgot to grab a screenshot, but I've been noticing this bug for quite some time. Basically, if my computer goes to sleep and it wakes up to a change in state (i.e. listening to a different device,...

SergioDavid

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Superuser Contribution Spotify no descarga canciones en windows

Spotify no me deja descargar las caciones aun cuando este conectado a internet, me indica que esta "esperando la conexion", cuando ya me encuentro conectado a una red de wifi, ya intente conectandome a otra red wifi porque crei que el problema estaba...

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Spotify no me deja descargar las caciones aun cuando este conectado a internet, me indica que esta "esperando la conexion", cuando ya me encuentro conectado a una red de wifi, ya intente conectandome...

SergioDavid

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Solved!! Can't play album or playlist if already listening to music

Recently i've encountered this strange bug, that won't let me listen to an album or playlist if something was already playing. Even if it was paused. I found 2 workarrounds (1: playing the album from the artist page (doesn't work for playlists); 2: a...

Casual Listener

Recently i've encountered this strange bug, that won't let me listen to an album or playlist if something was already playing. Even if it was paused. I found 2 workarrounds (1: playing the album from...

toledompm

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Create Similar Playlist

Just found this recently. Anyone else getting disappointing results (as in worse than useless)? I have a 16-track playlist that I tried it on. Got a single-track playlist as the result. Tried it several more times on the same playlist and got the sam...

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Just found this recently.  Anyone else getting disappointing results (as in worse than useless)?    I have a 16-track playlist that I tried it on.  Got a single-track playlist a...

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Cannot play any music, local or from the server

Hi everyone, recently I can not play any kind of music in personal computer, I week ago it was working perfectly but these days does not play anything. I have no idea why... In my cellphone, web and computer of my job I have no problem, it is only in...

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Hi everyone, recently I can not play any kind of music in personal computer, I week ago it was working perfectly but these days does not play anything. I have no idea why... 😞 In my cellphone, web a...

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Superuser Contribution Why has the Repeat button gone so bad [Desktop]

Older Versions of Spotify lost the Repeat Song function completely.The newest version is not better its like repeating the song for one time and then you gotta press that button again.And when you select another Song you need to activate this setting...

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Older Versions of Spotify lost the Repeat Song function completely. The newest version is not better its like repeating the song for one time and then you gotta press that button again. And when yo...

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution Windows Store Version of Spotify doesn't display certain characters properly

It seems like the umlaut displays properly in some cases, and in others, it displays this gibberish:This is on the Windows Store Version 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc

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It seems like the umlaut displays properly in some cases, and in others, it displays this gibberish: This is on the Windows Store Version 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution Old queue keeps coming back

For over a week now an old queue of aroung 50 songs I made keeps reappearing whenever it feels like on both my PC and my android. I have deleted this que over 8 times and listened through the whole thing 3 times and still it returns. I have uninstall...

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For over a week now an old queue of aroung 50 songs I made keeps reappearing whenever it feels like on both my PC and my android. I have deleted this que over 8 times and listened through the whole t...

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution How to remove all songs from the local files

HiMy music library is a bit messed up. I want to remove all songs from my library/local files on the desktop Spotify app. I have tried various methods I found on the internet, but none of them worked for me? Also, I have already turned off the folder...

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Hi My music library is a bit messed up.  I want to remove all songs from my library/local files on the desktop Spotify app.  I have tried various methods  I found on the internet, but...

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution Log in issues. Error 3 and Error 1003. Spotify authentication error.

My coworkers and I are having a log in issue. Between us we have 3 spotify accounts. 2 windows laptops. On laptop 1, me and coworker K were happily able to log in and out of our accounts for whenever we were working. One day I found it wouldnt let me...

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My coworkers and I are having a log in issue. Between us we have 3 spotify accounts. 2 windows laptops.   On laptop 1, me and coworker K were happily able to log in and out of our accounts for...

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution "Cant play the current song"

After I open the application, about 1-3 minutes in, this message appears on the window and not a single song will play until I restart. Restarting doesn't fix it though, it just lets me play music for another 1-3 minutes until it happens again. Tried...

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After I open the application, about 1-3 minutes in, this message appears on the window and not a single song will play until I restart. Restarting doesn't fix it though, it just lets me play music fo...

Alfredo

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Ability to search my playlists to control song repetition across playlists?

I have over 100 playlists that I create for my bike classes. I want to keep track of how often I use a particular song by knowing the playlists that I have added it to. How can I search the playlists that I created to see how many times I have used t...

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I have over 100 playlists that I create for my bike classes. I want to keep track of how often I use a particular song by knowing the playlists that I have added it to. How can I search the playlists...

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution Login repeat

It asks me to log in when opening the web app. when i do the webpage changes to where it should go to home but the screen only shows half of the logo and asks to login again. If i click home or my music it goes to those pages and shows my account in ...

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It asks me to log in when opening the web app. when i do the webpage changes to where it should go to home but the screen only shows half of the logo and asks to login again. If i click home or my mu...

SergioDavid

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