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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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MIKAAAAEL

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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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hroski

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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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Superuser Contribution Spotify completely died

PlanFreeCountryEnglandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueYesterday I reinstalled Spotify for no reason, after I installed it, all my song from my playlist were gone and when I attempted at playing any song nothing worked, the song...

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Plan Free Country England Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Yesterday I reinstalled Spotify for no reason, after I installed it, all my song from my playlist...

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Improve discover weekly. This is what it looks like now

Discover Weekly doesn't do a good job suggesting music: it's only suggesting **bleep** that doesn't match the music I usually listen to.

Roadie

  Discover Weekly doesn't do a good job suggesting music:   it's only suggesting **bleep** that doesn't match the music I usually listen to.

Pep

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Recently played not changing

Plan PremiumCountryUKDeviceSurface book 2Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOn both the windows store app and installing seperately my recently played is not changing and hasnt changed for a while, I have reinstalled both versions without...

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Plan  Premium Country UK Device Surface book 2 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue On both the windows store app and installing seperately my recently played is not...

morgan2001b

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Can't add songs to playlist on DeskTop

PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceWindows 10 Laptop and Android PhoneOperating SystemWindows 10Hi, I'm unable to add tracks to my playlist since 13/09/2019. When i do it on my desktop, and try and drag a track in, i get the stop/prohibition sign and when i ...

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Plan Premium Country UK   Device Windows 10 Laptop and Android Phone Operating System Windows 10 Hi,   I'm unable to add tracks to my playlist since 13/09/2019. When i do it on m...

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Spotify Does Not Open

PlanPremiumMy Question or IssueHello,Up until a few months ago, the Spotify Player (Windows 10) was working fine. However, now when I try to open it, nothing happens. There are no tasks with "Spotify" in it running in the Task Manager.I have already ...

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Plan Premium My Question or Issue Hello, Up until a few months ago, the Spotify Player (Windows 10) was working fine. However, now when I try to open it, nothing happens. There are no tasks with ...

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Home - Resting State EP Unavailable. Why?

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10, android 5.0 My Question or IssueWhy is the EP Resting State by Home unavailble for listening? I know spotify has these tracks, but for some reason I can't play them. Why? https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0kD4DB...

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Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10, android 5.0   My Question or Issue Why is the EP Resting State by Home unavailble for listening? I know spotify has these tracks, but for some rea...

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spotify non funziona pc

salve, spotify è da un po di tempo che non funziona più nel mio pc. se seleziono una canzone non suona. ho gia provato a disinstallare e reinstallare spotify, ma non funziona lo stesso. le canzoni non suonano. la canzone va in "play" ma non esce alcu...

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salve, spotify è da un po di tempo che non funziona più nel mio pc. se seleziono una canzone non suona. ho gia provato a disinstallare e reinstallare spotify, ma non funziona lo stesso. le canzoni no...

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Spotify bugging in Windows

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceDesktop and Samsung Galaxy S8Operating SystemWindows 10 and Android 9 Pie My Question or IssueSo, Spotify is working perfectly fine on my phone but I have shared its details here just in case it's helpful. The problem i...

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Plan Premium Country Denmark Device Desktop and Samsung Galaxy S8 Operating System Windows 10 and Android 9 Pie   My Question or Issue So,  Spotify is working perfectly fine on my...

Jacob

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Spotify adding pre-ordered songs that I keep removing

My Question or IssueSo few days ago I pre-ordered a playlist and now that it's released bunch of playlist songs were added to my liked playlist and that's fine, but there's some songs I don't want and whenever I unlike them they get added back.I pre-...

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My Question or Issue So few days ago I pre-ordered a playlist and now that it's released bunch of playlist songs were added to my liked playlist and that's fine, but there's some songs I don't want ...

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'Playlist Radio based on ....' Like/Dislike - Something went wrong Error

PlanPremium CountryUnited States DeviceiPhone 7 Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm noticing an issue with my mobile app for iPhone. Being an avid user for finding new music, I often go to the last song on my playlist then skip the son...

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Plan Premium   Country United States   Device iPhone 7   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm noticing an issue with my mobile app for iPhone. ...

eltoch

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Spotify search doesn't index all offline songs

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceWindows, Android and iOS My Question or IssueSo I have spotify Premium and I've downloaded some playlists for offline use. But whenever I try to find a song that I've downloaded to add to my queue, most of the time it doesn't...

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Plan Premium Country   Device Windows, Android and iOS   My Question or Issue So I have spotify Premium and I've downloaded some playlists for offline use. But whenever I try to fin...

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Spotify adding random playlists

PlanFreeCountryItalyOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify keeps on saving random playlist to my account. Usually it adds like 4 playlists once a week or so..Now, it's been a while since I used my computer (like a month), and I just o...

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Plan Free Country Italy Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify keeps on saving random playlist to my account.  Usually it adds like 4 playlists once a week or...

Emilia_8

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Solved!! When ı am open Spotify Windows(Desktop), my pc freezes

PlanFreeCountryTurkeyDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen ı open Spotify, ı can't use my pc. Everything freezes. I've been having this problem for a day.

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Plan Free Country Turkey Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When ı open Spotify, ı can't use my pc. Everything freezes. I've been having this problem...

Jacob

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Can't find Spotify on McAfee firewall [Windows 10]

PlanPremiumCountryU.S. DeviceiPhone7/Dell LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've been having problems getting my local files from my laptop spotify synced to my iPhone spotify. I think I've found the problem though. I'm pretty sure...

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Plan Premium Country U.S.   Device iPhone7/Dell Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I've been having problems getting my local files from my laptop spotify ...

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Spotify won't open

Recently, I have been experiencing problems opening Spotify program, with nothing happening when opening the app. The problem started simultaneously on 3 different computers and different OSs (Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04). After a few reinstalls, I m...

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Recently, I have been experiencing problems opening Spotify program, with nothing happening when opening the app. The problem started simultaneously on 3 different computers and different OSs (Window...

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ctrl+a only selects the currently visible songs in a playlist

PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuein my "liked songs", i was always able to ctrl+a and ctrl+c to select all 3000+ songs in there, to put them in a playlist. this no longer works. it only selects a...

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Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue in my "liked songs", i was always able to ctrl+a and ctrl+c to select all 3000+ songs ...

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Local Files Showing Gray On PC

Today when I got home I noticed 2 songs were grayed out from local files. Both of them being from albums, not singles. All the other songs in the album weren't grayed out. They are also both from diffrent albums. So they appeared grayed out but when ...

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Today when I got home I noticed 2 songs were grayed out from local files. Both of them being from albums, not singles. All the other songs in the album weren't grayed out. They are also both from dif...

eltoch

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Why I can't change my profile picture anymore?

PlanFree/PremiumCountryMXDevice(Spotify app for desk)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueI can't change my profile picture since a week ago.My spotify account is separated from Facebook, but not too long ago it was linked to Facebook to ...

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Plan Free/Premium Country MX Device (Spotify app for desk) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue I can't change my profile picture since a week ago. My spotify account ...

eltoch

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Missing songs in Liked Songs, but only on desktop

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindowsMy Question or IssueThe Liked Songs playlist on the Desktop application has not updated to show the additional songs I've added to it using the app on my Android phone over the past 14 days. Navi...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Laptop Operating System Windows My Question or Issue The Liked Songs playlist on the Desktop application has not updated to show the additional songs I've adde...

Emilia_8

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Superuser Contribution Daily Mix Updating and Other Playlist Question

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWindows, iPhone 7, MacBook ProMy Question or IssueA few days ago I realized that I had the ability to download and/or save my Daily Mixes to my Library. I did so without thinking, and am now noticing that they are not live ...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Windows, iPhone 7, MacBook Pro My Question or Issue A few days ago I realized that I had the ability to download and/or save my Daily Mixes to my Library. I did...

Emilia_8

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