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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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Clicking the album cover to jump to a song is broken on various conditions

PremiumUnited StatesWindows 10 I've always noticed that clicking the album cover to jump to the currently working song generally doesn't work. In some updates years ago it did work, but then it broke again in future updates. I did a little bit of tes...

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Premium United States Windows 10   I've always noticed that clicking the album cover to jump to the currently working song generally doesn't work. In some updates years ago it did work, but ...

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Bass playing too loud

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi, on my computer that I built and got running lately it has been playing the bass really loud to the point where it's overpowering the treble and I can bar...

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Plan Premium Country United States   Device Computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi, on my computer that I built and got running lately it has been playing...

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Spotify keeps looping without playing

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDevicePC, Laptop, using some tracer pc speakers through audio interface Behringer 404UMC HDOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I'm playing music on spotify app or web player, app keeps looping through tracks, b...

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Plan Premium Country Poland Device PC, Laptop, using some tracer pc speakers through audio interface Behringer 404UMC HD Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I'm pla...

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Spotify connect and current playing song list don't work...

PlanPremiumCountryFRANCE Deviceagust wr320 Audio WiFi Multiroom BluetoothOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWith Spotify connect, when I add titles to the list of pending songs, these files play well but do not appear in the current playi...

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  Plan Premium Country FRANCE   Device agust wr320 Audio WiFi Multiroom Bluetooth Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue With Spotify connect, when I add t...

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UNSORT Your Daily Drive

DeviceSamsung tablet with touchscreenOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen you start using Your Daily Drive, it comes with a particular sort that starts with the date greeting and then mixes songs and podcasts. I picked up the tablet an...

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  Device Samsung tablet with touchscreen Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When you start using Your Daily Drive, it comes with a particular sort that starts with th...

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Local files crash when starting.

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceDesktopOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueAs soon as I click on Music library, Spotify starts loading songs at about 1k, Spotify crashes. When restarted local files is turned off.

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Plan Premium Country USA   Device Desktop Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue As soon as I click on Music library, Spotify starts loading songs at about 1k, ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify won't show any music include my save music

PlanFree DevicepcOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or Issuehi, I have spotify pc for a while. last month I became a premium user because I traveled abroad and needed music offline. now I came back ands I cancelled my premium. I went to the PC sp...

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  Plan Free   Device pc Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue hi, I have spotify pc for a while. last month I became a premium user because I traveled abroad and...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify cannot play certain songs on the desktop client.

PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindowns 10 My Question or Issue Spotify cannot play certain songs on the desktop client. For example the UNDERTALE Soundtrack, "Ghost fight" can play without issue but "Spider dance" cannot (image...

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  Plan Premium Country UK   Device Desktop PC Operating System Windowns 10   My Question or Issue  Spotify cannot play certain songs on the desktop client. For example...

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Spotify Hoykeys

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've been using Spotify for a couple months now. Tonight while playing a game songs suddenly started randomly stopping and starting. Or the queue started skipping. Turns o...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I've been using Spotify for a couple months now. Tonight while playing a game songs sudden...

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Still no animations Windows PC?

PlanPremiumCountryUnunited States of Dramamerica.DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro v.2004 My Question or IssueYa know, when you minimize or restore any other folder, windows app, program or window, it animates as it shrinks down towards the user...

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  Plan Premium Country Ununited States of Dramamerica. Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro v.2004   My Question or Issue Ya know, when you minimize or restore any other fol...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Windows 7] App crashes every time when clicking any 'play' button for the 2nd time after launching.

Operating SystemWindows 7 App Version 1.1.39.612.g1e7e78a4 My Question or IssueAfter recent update app started crashing when clicking on any play button for the second time after launching the app. It doesn't happen when you click play button for the...

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Operating System Windows 7   App Version 1.1.39.612.g1e7e78a4   My Question or Issue After recent update app started crashing when clicking on any play button for the second time af...

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Não consigo ver a letra da música no Computador

Não consigo ver a letra da música no Computador. Eu vi eles falando para clicar no ícone do microfone mas no meu computador não tem esse ícone.

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Não consigo ver a letra da música no Computador. Eu vi eles falando para clicar no ícone do microfone mas no meu computador não tem esse ícone.

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Cannot play certain songs

PlanFree Country UKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have noticed since last week that almost every song I have not already favorited are not available to me to play or even listen to. Only a small selection of new songs I hav...

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Plan Free   Country  UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   I have noticed since last week that almost every song I have not already favorit...

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Album Art missing

So I got this problem 6 months ago but this is actually triggering me more. The Album cover is missing only at the upper left corner when using media keys, I have enabled the option(Show desktop overlay when using media keys).PlanPremiumCountry Spain...

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So I got this problem 6 months ago but this is actually triggering me more.  The Album cover is missing only at the upper left corner when using media keys, I have enabled the option(Show deskt...

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Superuser Contribution liked songs not synchronized between devices

PlanPremiumCountry NetherlandsDeviceSurface pro 2017Operating SystemWindows 10 pro x64 1709 My Question or Issue My liked songs are not synchronizing between my phone and laptop. On my phone the likes are up to date but on my laptop they're outdated ...

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Plan Premium Country  Netherlands Device Surface pro 2017 Operating System Windows 10 pro x64 1709   My Question or Issue  My liked songs are not synchronizing between my pho...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution Error 16/126 - Proxy/Firewall HELP

Have all of a sudden had issues with running spotify from my desktop (windows) . I usually log on via my facebook account but now getting error codes 126/16. Have tried using the troubleshooting tips described on forums. 1. turning off firewall has n...

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Have all of a sudden had issues with running spotify from my desktop (windows) .  I usually log on via my facebook account but now getting error codes 126/16.  Have tried using the troubl...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution Suggested Songs for Playlist is broken

I shuffle through a playlist of about 4,500 songs. There's a ton of diversity in the music, and less than 100 of the songs are 70's rock songs from various African countries. For some reason, the Recommended Songs based on the playlist are nothing bu...

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I shuffle through a playlist of about 4,500 songs. There's a ton of diversity in the music, and less than 100 of the songs are 70's rock songs from various African countries. For some reason, the Rec...

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Superuser Contribution Create similar playlist not working anymore

I got hyped when i heard about the "create similar Playlist" function in the spotify desktop client.Tried it with 2 of my playlists and it worked fine.After burning through the new, created playlists and adding some of the songs to my other playlists...

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 I got hyped when i heard about the "create similar Playlist" function in the spotify desktop client. Tried it with 2 of my playlists and it worked fine. After burning through the new, created...

Mihail

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I cant unblock the artist.

PlanPremiumCountryRussian FederationLanguageEng or RusDeviceSamsung Galaxy A50, Acer Aspire E 15Operating SystemAndroid, Windows 10 My Question or IssueHello, i`ll tell you a full story. First I added a couple of songs good artists. Listening further...

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Plan Premium Country Russian Federation Language Eng or Rus Device Samsung Galaxy A50, Acer Aspire E 15 Operating System Android, Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello, i`ll t...

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Spotify no reproduce las canciones cuando quiero escuchar junto a un amigo en Discord

PlanPremium FamiliarCountryChileDeviceNotebookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueA pesar de tener vinculada mi cuenta de discord y spotify además de pagar una suscripción familiar, cuando en discord pongo "Escúchalo con X" Spotify pone la...

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Plan Premium Familiar Country Chile Device Notebook Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue A pesar de tener vinculada mi cuenta de discord y spotify además de pagar una sus...

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