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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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Bug: Constant writes for creating download and user directories, cpu usage and unable to close

PlanFreeCountryUKDeviceAsus Republic of GamersOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm using the windows desktop app. For the last 3 years it has taken a constant 10% of my cpu, even when idle, or the app is closed. Closing the app keeps th...

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Plan Free Country UK Device Asus Republic of Gamers Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm using the windows desktop app. For the last 3 years it has taken a constant 1...

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BUG no Windows 10 - Músicas Pulando

PlanFree/PremiumOperating SystemWindows 10Tenho o Spotify instalado no meu PC, porém as músicas ficam pulando simultâneamente o tempo todo e sozinhas, em uma velocidade muito rápida. A interface do windows que aparece no canto superior esquerdo fica ...

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Plan Free/Premium Operating System Windows 10 Tenho o Spotify instalado no meu PC, porém as músicas ficam pulando simultâneamente o tempo todo e sozinhas, em uma velocidade muito rápida. A interf...

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Finding artists

PlanFreeCountry DeviceanyOperating Systemany My Question or IssueI'm looking for albums from John Zorn. I first search via Google and that gave me several links. However if i open Spotify (desktop and Android) and i search for John Zorn i do not find...

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Plan Free Country   Device any Operating System any   My Question or Issue I'm looking for albums from John Zorn. I first search via Google and that gave me several links. However...

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Superuser Contribution One song always stuck in the top

Plan - PremiumCountry - Israel Device - Windows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I am sorting by date (last that added)i have one song that is in the top of the list that was added 4 years ago

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  Plan - Premium Country - Israel   Device - Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I am sorting by date (last that added) i have one song that is in the top of the l...

Ivan

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Friends activity only shows 3 friends

Hey guys, what's up?So, my "friend activity" bar only shows 3 friends when I am actually following 7 people, and I'm pretty sure they're not on "off-line mode" 24/7. It doesn't even have the option "show more friends", it says "find friends" instead....

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Hey guys, what's up? So, my "friend activity" bar only shows 3 friends when I am actually following 7 people, and I'm pretty sure they're not on "off-line mode" 24/7. It doesn't even have the option...

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Spotify keeps crashing when I open it

PlanFreeCountryEnglandDeviceHPOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhenever I try and run Spotify it crashes upon opening. I've ran it as administrator and it still wouldn't open. I reinstalled Spotify, but it did the same thing. What shoul...

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Plan Free Country England Device HP Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Whenever I try and run Spotify it crashes upon opening. I've ran it as administrator and it still...

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Roadie

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Superuser Contribution I can't remove a podcast from my playlist.

I've got a playlist with 230 followers. But i also got a problem with editing songs. I added some podcasts in this playlist but then they are deleted from spotify, now i cant remove them from my playlist. They are just appearing in desktop app i cant...

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I've got a playlist with 230 followers. But i also got a problem with editing songs. I added some podcasts in this playlist but then they are deleted from spotify, now i cant remove them from my play...

Ivan

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Playing music on the installed Spotify app crashes and reboots computer

PlanPremiumCountryRomaniaDeviceWindows 10, 16 Ram, Ryzen 5My Question or IssueWhenever I use the Spotify App(from windows store or the installer) and I play a song, it plays for several seconds before everything freezes, makes a buzzing noise and reb...

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Plan Premium Country Romania Device Windows 10, 16 Ram, Ryzen 5 My Question or Issue Whenever I use the Spotify App(from windows store or the installer) and I play a song, it plays for several...

Ivan

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Superuser Contribution Spotify plays one random song which cannot be switched

PlanPremiumCountry IsraelDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Hi,I have a problem that one specific random song , let me call it X , cannot be switched, or turned off. As I said, no matter which song I choose to play, no matter which playlist it is fro...

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  Plan Premium Country  Israel Device PC Operating System Windows 10   Hi, I have a problem that one specific random song , let me call it X , cannot be switched, or turne...

Mario

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Superuser Contribution Computer crashes when spotify is opened

Hey. For the past week my computer crashed 3-4 times a day. Yesterday I found that spotify was causing the computer to crash. I saw some other threads about this problem but I couldn't fix it. I tried reinstalling spotify and installing the pc versio...

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Hey. For the past week my computer crashed 3-4 times a day. Yesterday I found that spotify was causing the computer to crash. I saw some other threads about this problem but I couldn't fix it. I trie...

Elena

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Superuser Contribution Song skipping and no playlist control.

PlanPremiumCountryAustaliaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi, somewhat recently I have been experiencing an issue with the desktop app, where I have no control over my playlist.By this I mean that the only playlist that I can p...

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Plan Premium Country Austalia Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi, somewhat recently I have been experiencing an issue with the desktop app, where I have no...

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Spotify app goes into other monitor

Hello, I just noticed that part of the close button of Spotify goes into my other monitor (as seen in the picture below). I don't think this has ever happened to me before, however it bothers me now that there's a tiny sliver of it on there. Is there...

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Hello, I just noticed that part of the close button of Spotify goes into my other monitor (as seen in the picture below). I don't think this has ever happened to me before, however it bothers me now ...

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Cannot Access Local FilesOn Another Device

I am using Spotify Premium in the USA The Devices I am using are an Iphone 6, Macbook Pro (2009), and a Dell Laptop with Windows 10 Pro. My Question or Issue:My local files are on the Macbook Pro and have been successfully uploaded to the spotify app...

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I am using Spotify Premium in the USA   The Devices I am using are an Iphone 6, Macbook Pro (2009), and a Dell Laptop with Windows 10 Pro.   My Question or Issue: My local files are on...

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Superuser Contribution [Playlists]

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceiPhone XS MaxOperating SystemWindows 8.1 My Question or IssueSpotify keeps adding songs randomly from one playlist to another (in the screenshot it's the songs that have been added the most recently). This has been happening ...

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Plan Premium Country   Device iPhone XS Max Operating System Windows 8.1   My Question or Issue Spotify keeps adding songs randomly from one playlist to another (in the screenshot...

Ivan

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Potential Spotify Malware

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDevice(iPhone 5, HP Laptop)Operating System(iOS 10, Windows 10 Home) My Question or IssueI don't know why this happened, but this morning when I opened Spotify my desktop was cluttered with empty folders. 1 folder had some...

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  Plan Free Country United States Device (iPhone 5, HP Laptop) Operating System (iOS 10, Windows 10 Home)   My Question or Issue I don't know why this happened, but this morning ...

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Superuser Contribution Randomly set volume to zero, active repeat and change playlist

PlanFreeCountrySpainDeviceDeskTop Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRandonly, while I'm listening music, the sound stop. When I look the app, I see the volume set to 0, the "repeat one" option actived and playing a unkowned album. This h...

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Plan Free Country Spain Device DeskTop  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Randonly,  while I'm listening music, the sound stop. When I look the app, I see th...

Ivan

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Malware Windows 10 Version

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDevices(Windows, iPhone, Android)Operating Systems(iOS 10, Android Pie, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueToday BitDefender notified me that there was a malware in the AppData\Local\ folder. There's an image below that shows...

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Plan Premium Country Italy Devices (Windows, iPhone, Android) Operating Systems (iOS 10, Android Pie, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Today BitDefender notified me that th...

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Solved!! Spotify keeps pausing on laptop

PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceLaptop, windows 10My Question or IssueMy spotify keeps pausing in songs. As in, it sort of just lags the entire time? I've had spotify for a few months now, but it's been happening since yesterday.My laptop is o...

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Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device Laptop, windows 10 My Question or Issue My spotify keeps pausing in songs. As in, it sort of just lags the entire time? I've had spotify for a few m...

Nico

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How do I stop Spotify from accessing my Local Files?

PlanFree CountryUnited Kingdom DeviceLenovo Yoga 2 Operating SystemWindows 10 My question:Hi there, I recently installed Spotify on my Windows desktop PC. I noticed that as part of installation Spotify searched my PC and found my local music files. I...

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Plan Free   Country United Kingdom   Device Lenovo Yoga 2   Operating System Windows 10   My question: Hi there,   I recently installed Spotify on my Windows d...

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Superuser Contribution Can only see first four songs in Liked Songs

On the Windows app, I can only see the first four songs I've liked on Spotify. PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceFirst gen Surface LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue

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On the Windows app, I can only see the first four songs I've liked on Spotify.      Plan Premium Country UK Device First gen Surface Laptop Operating System Windows 10 &nbsp...

Ivan

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