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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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Dear Spotify, please increase the number of songs and albums in the NEW RELEASES column

How many songs or albums are released a week worldwide? Apparently it's something like 100,000. Yet I go to the New Releases column under Browse and there are only 100 entries in 25 lines over 4 columns. Just 100 new releases – out of 100,000 That's ...

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How many songs or albums are released a week worldwide? Apparently it's something like 100,000.   Yet I go to the New Releases column under Browse and there are only 100 entries in 25 lines ov...

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Typing more than 1 character in Filter (Ctrl + F) in Albums/Artists causes the list to disappear

PlanFree and PremiumCountryCzech RepublicOperating SystemWindows 10Spotify Version1.1.10.540.gfcf0430f My Question or IssueTyping more than 1 character in Filter (Ctrl + F) in Albums/Artists causes the list to disappear.The page is then completely em...

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Plan Free and Premium Country Czech Republic Operating System Windows 10 Spotify Version 1.1.10.540.gfcf0430f   My Question or Issue Typing more than 1 character in Filter (Ctrl + F) i...

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Play Spotify on PC Connects to Other Devices that has never been connected before

PlanPremiumCountryMalaysiaDevices(iPhone XR, Windows PC)Operating System(iOS, Windows 10) My Question or IssueI have an issue where whenever I play a spotify songs on my pc, my sister's phone spotify will play the playlist I am playing, I have never ...

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  Plan Premium Country Malaysia Devices (iPhone XR, Windows PC) Operating System (iOS, Windows 10)   My Question or Issue I have an issue where whenever I play a spotify songs on...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How do I find the "Your Daily Mix " on a Laptop/PC?

I noticed the "Your Daily Mix" lists that get presented to you when you use the cell phone app, but I don't see on the full desktop application on my laptop. Can someone tell me where I can find these when using the applicaiton on a Windows laptop? T...

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I noticed the "Your Daily Mix" lists that get presented to you when you use the cell phone app, but I don't see on the full desktop application on my laptop. Can someone tell me where I can find thes...

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I can't listen music on my pc

PlanFreeCountry DeviceWindows 10Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI can't listen music on my pc but i can listen on web player .I tried things on this site but it didn't solvehttps://support.spotify.com/tr/using_spotify/troubleshooting/p...

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Plan Free Country   Device Windows 10 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I can't listen music on my pc but i can listen on web player .I tried things on this site ...

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No thumbnails

I'm using freemium but still, i cant see any thumbnails on my desktop, song cover is visible but no album art or playlist thumbnails. Although everything is fine on my android app. any clues?

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I'm using freemium but still, i cant see any thumbnails on my desktop, song cover is visible but no album art or playlist thumbnails. Although everything is fine on my android app. any clues?

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Solved!! Local files first track missing artist and song name

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceHPOperating SystemWin10 1903My Question or IssueI am able to see a count of MP3 files matching on Windows Media Player and Spotify. Of the 6 albums, only 1 has the first song properly imported. All the other albums have 'Tra...

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Plan Premium Country US Device HP Operating System Win10 1903 My Question or Issue I am able to see a count of MP3 files matching on Windows Media Player and Spotify. Of the 6 albums, only 1...

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Solved!! My Spotify won't play songs after a couple of seconds

I have been using spotify for the past couple of years now at this point and this is the first issue that I have personally came accross. I have been using the basic windows spotify version but I am recently bought a subscripton for spotify. for some...

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I have been using spotify for the past couple of years now at this point and this is the first issue that I have personally came accross. I have been using the basic windows spotify version but I am ...

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Discord

Hallo, Ich habe meinen Spotify Account mit dem Discord Client verbunden. Wenn ich nun Musik höre dann wird das auch dort angezeigt. Höre ich Musik aus der normalen Spotify Liste werden alle angaben wie gewohnt angezeigt (Bild 1). Spoiler (Highlight t...

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Hallo,    Ich habe meinen Spotify Account mit dem Discord Client verbunden. Wenn ich nun Musik höre dann wird das auch dort angezeigt. Höre ich Musik aus der normalen Spotify Liste werden...

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Listening Party

PlanPremiumCountryUS/UkDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueIn the fast few weeks spotifys been acting really odd when it comes to listening parties.. i joined up onto a friends party and the song doesnt play right away.. generally w...

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Plan Premium Country US/Uk Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue In the fast few weeks spotifys been acting really odd when it comes to listening parties.. i joined up o...

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Discord not showing music playing

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceAcer Nitro 5 LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFor some reason, when I don't have a game open, it doesn't show what music I'm listening to on Spotify via Discord. I don't know why this happens or how long it...

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Plan Free Country USA Device Acer Nitro 5 Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue For some reason, when I don't have a game open, it doesn't show what music I'm liste...

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Upload files with RSS

PlanFreeCountry: Greece DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueCan I upload files from RSS?

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Plan Free Country: Greece   Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Can I upload files from RSS?

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Recently Play Artist not showing?

PlanFreeCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 7 Question or Issue My Webplayer on Firefox / Chrome virtually any browser used to display like the last 4 or 5 Artist (Album Cover) on the left under HomeSearchYour library here's where it would display the ...

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Plan Free Country USA Operating System Windows 7   Question or Issue   My Webplayer on Firefox / Chrome virtually any browser used to display like the last 4 or 5 Artist (Album Cov...

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Upload Musics

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHow i can uploadd song to spotify?

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue How i c...

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Superuser Contribution Volume Slider and Song Seek Slider Won't Work

So for some reason, the volume slider and song seek slider (I never know what to call them) won't work. Whenever I try to drag the dot to the volume slider or the song seek slider, it won't work. Everything else works perfectly fine, but it's those t...

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So for some reason, the volume slider and song seek slider (I never know what to call them) won't work. Whenever I try to drag the dot to the volume slider or the song seek slider, it won't work. Eve...

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Any song I play is added to one of my playlists, even if I’m playing that playlist.

I’m a premium user and while the app for Spotify has been working flawlessly, the desktop app doesn’t. I’m running windows 7 and as you can tell by the subject, any song I play on the desktop app is added to a specific playlist I have. This leads to ...

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I’m a premium user and while the app for Spotify has been working flawlessly, the desktop app doesn’t. I’m running windows 7 and as you can tell by the subject, any song I play on the desktop app is ...

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Spotify de escritorio es viejo, no customizable, lento, horrible y poco funcional

PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi.The spotify website shows the podcasts that I have scheduled but the desktop application does not do so having them scheduled from the application. Spotify desktop i...

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Plan Premium Country Argentina Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi. The spotify website shows the podcasts that I have scheduled but the desktop applicatio...

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Solved!! Desktop overlay shows chrome.exe even if it is turned off

PlanPremiumCountry Finland DevicePCOperating SystemWin 10 My Question or IssueIssue #1So after the latest spotify patch 1.1.8.439.g8502297d the overlay that pops up when you switch songs etc. comes on automatically even if it's turned off everytime s...

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  Plan Premium Country  Finland   Device PC Operating System Win 10   My Question or Issue Issue #1 So after the latest spotify patch 1.1.8.439.g8502297d the ove...

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Application Stuck on a Single Artist/Album

PlanFreeCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueA week or so ago, I decided to listen to the whole album of "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds." Ever since then, while I can search for other music and go into my ow...

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Plan Free Country USA Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue A week or so ago, I decided to listen to the whole album of "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds." Ever...

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Uninstalled Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryPhilippinesDeviceAcer Aspire E 14Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've been dealing with this for weeks now. I've tried clean reinstall, I've tried the Program version, the App version. I've tried disabling hardware ac...

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Plan Premium Country Philippines Device Acer Aspire E 14 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I've been dealing with this for weeks now. I've tried clean reinstall, I've ...

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