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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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Connect error multiple devices

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceXiaomi Redmi Note 7Windows 10 DesktopOperating SystemMIUI Global 10 My Question or IssueHello everyone.I've being facing this problem for a while. Before that time everything worked great on all my devices.The problem oc...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Windows 10 Desktop Operating System MIUI Global 10   My Question or Issue Hello everyone. I've being facing this problem for a ...

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No playback and only skips tracks

PlanFreeDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Hi everyone. I have used spotify for years and never encountered this. For some reason whenever I hit play, I get no audio and the tracks continue skipping one track to the next immediately one after...

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Plan Free Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   Hi everyone. I have used spotify for years and never encountered this. For some reason whenever I hit play, I get no audio and th...

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Superuser Contribution Synchronisation Problems - issue known since 7 years!

I have a Premium Account based in Switzerland, i use my Android Phone as well as a PC (Win 10) My problem ist, that my Desktop Version never synchronizes with my mobile Version. I know you can go to settings and go offline for 10 min and then it shou...

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I have a Premium Account based in Switzerland, i use my Android Phone as well as a PC (Win 10)     My problem ist, that my Desktop Version never synchronizes with my mobile Version. I kn...

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Deleting local file from playlist deletes it everywhere

PlanPremiumCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhenever I remove a local file song from a playlist, it deletes it from my Spotify library completely. The only way I can get it back is by "resetting" my local files by deleting the...

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Plan Premium Country USA Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Whenever I remove a local file song from a playlist, it deletes it from my Spotify library completely. The onl...

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Despite Spotify Premium via the app only Shuffle

I recently purchased Spotify Premium, but can still only use shuffle mode on an artist's site and cannot access individual albums or songs via the android app. I have already uninstalled and reinstalled the app. I also deleted the cache and all memor...

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I recently purchased Spotify Premium, but can still only use shuffle mode on an artist's site and cannot access individual albums or songs via the android app.   I have already uninstalled and...

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Unexpected change of device to unknown one

For about 3 weeks I'm experiencing strange behavior. I happened 3 times, Spotify out of itself changed selected device on my laptop with Win10. I have 4 devices I could connect but this unexpected change is into some, randomly sounded, like "Jaida". ...

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For about 3 weeks I'm experiencing strange behavior. I happened 3 times, Spotify out of itself changed selected device on my laptop with Win10. I have 4 devices I could connect but this unexpected ch...

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Why is the dislike/remove this song/hide this song button gone?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(Windows 7 desktop app) My Question or Issue Why have you removed the ability to hide/remove/dislike songs in Spotify created mixes. You used to be able to remove a song and choose whether you don't want to hear the song an...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device (Windows 7 desktop app)     My Question or Issue   Why have you removed the ability to hide/remove/dislike songs in Spotify created mixes.&nbs...

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Spotify Breaks my WiFi

PlanPremiumCountrySouth AfricaDeviceDell laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIf I run The Spotify App or stream from directly from the site my WiFi stops working, no connectivity, dropped packets on PING. But if I listen on my phone,...

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Plan Premium Country South Africa Device Dell laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue If I run The Spotify App or stream from directly from the site my WiFi stops wor...

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Disable volume control

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceNokia (Android 9)Operating SystemWin 10 My Question or IssueI can't find a way to disable the volume control.I use my PC for playing music and though my Spotify App is not started my smartphone sets the volume of the PC...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Nokia (Android 9) Operating System Win 10   My Question or Issue I can't find a way to disable the volume control. I use my PC for playing music an...

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Songs won't sync between devices

Songs I liked on my phone won't show up in the desktop application.I have this issue for several months now. There are workarounds, but what I want is a fix.

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Songs I liked on my phone won't show up in the desktop application. I have this issue for several months now. There are workarounds, but what I want is a fix.

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How queueing works

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI don’t understand how queueing is supposed to work in Spotify. Suppose I want to play two albums, X and Y, in succession without my having to start Y manually after X has ended: I thought que...

Gig Goer

Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I don’t understand how queueing is supposed to work in Spotify. Suppose I want to play two albums, X and Y, in succession wi...

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Spotify is always going automaticly on pause in my phone and my computer

Hello, all is said in the title. When I'm playing music, spotify always going on pause, in my Samsung s10+ and in my computer. For first, I thinked the problem was on my phone, but this happens on my computer. So can i have a solution because it's no...

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Hello, all is said in the title. When I'm playing music, spotify always going on pause, in my Samsung s10+ and in my computer. For first, I thinked the problem was on my phone, but this happens on my...

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Daily Mix Change?

Edit: I didn't mean to post this in the Windows discussion area, newbie mistake. My bad. Plan: Premium FamilyCountry: US Device: iMac Late 2013Operating System: Mojave 10.14.3 Was there a change in how the Daily Mixes are built? Yesterday I had the u...

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Edit: I didn't mean to post this in the Windows discussion area, newbie mistake. My bad.   Plan: Premium Family Country: US   Device: iMac Late 2013 Operating System: Mojave 10.1...

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Error Code 17,18 and 53 - Spotifyfullsetup.exe

After the latest automatic update (20181129) spotify can't start. The usual fix didn't solve it either.Usually everytime when spotify doesn't start after an upgrade I run the below script( you can copy below text and open notepad and paste text and s...

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After the latest automatic update (20181129) spotify can't start. The usual fix didn't solve it either. Usually  everytime when spotify doesn't start after an upgrade I run the below scrip...

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Desktop title bar detached from app after resume from sleep

Family planPremiumNew Zealand DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10App version 1.1.17.543.geb9254e9 (Microsoft Store version) My Question or IssueWhen Spotify is open and the PC goes to sleep, when it resumes from sleep, the Windows title bar is detache...

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Family plan Premium New Zealand   Device PC Operating System Windows 10 App version 1.1.17.543.geb9254e9 (Microsoft Store version)   My Question or Issue When Spotify is open...

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Solved!! Playlist always play in shuffle mode

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWith the Spotify app my playlists always play in shuffle mode even if I change the mode, it remains played randomly, I can not listen to the songs of the same album a...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue With the Spotify app my playlists always play in shuffle mode even if I change the mode, i...

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Locate already downloaded songs

Hey,I've got 2 OS on my laptop and I've been wondering if I can somehow point the second os spotify to where all my songs are located. Seems like my only option is to download everything again but that is just wasting space to be honest. So, is there...

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Hey, I've got 2 OS on my laptop and I've been wondering if I can somehow point the second os spotify to where all my songs are located. Seems like my only option is to download everything again but ...

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Spotify insists on being Offline, even though my computer is connected to the internet

I've had this problem for about a week or so- my Spotify desktop app has randomly decided that it's offline, even though I am most definitely connected to the internet. So far, I have tried- "X"ing out of Spotify then opening it again- Ending it with...

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I've had this problem for about a week or so- my Spotify desktop app has randomly decided that it's offline, even though I am most definitely connected to the internet. So far, I have tried - "X"ing...

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No internet connection detected, spotify keeps going offline.

PlanPremiumDeviceAsus laptop Operating Systemwindows 10 My Question or IssueHello, ive recently moved out to a different apartment, and joined another wifi network, it works well on my laptop, but for some reason Spotify keeps going offline every few...

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  Plan Premium Device Asus laptop  Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello, ive recently moved out to a different apartment, and joined another wifi network, ...

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