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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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Superuser Contribution Incorrect index returned when finding song in playlist with non default sorting

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceXPSOperating SystemWindows 10 Okay, so this has been a bug for SO long! Essentially, I have some playlists that are fairly long and I sort them by the date they were added and when I'm listening to music, I would like to cli...

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Plan Premium Country US Device XPS Operating System Windows 10     Okay, so this has been a bug for SO long!    Essentially, I have some playlists that are fairly long...

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"Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it."

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo I have been getting this error when trying to play music from the Spotify Music App on my desktop. I have followed all of the different advice on each of the previous threads on this topic ...

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Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue So I have been getting this error when trying to play music from the Spotify Music App on my desktop. I have followed all of...

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Superuser Contribution Liked Music and Music Added to Playlist Not Appearing

PlanFreeCountryUSDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 I reinstalled Spotify onto my laptop, and found that none of my songs were in neither my playlists or liked songs. However, when I went to readd my 200+ songs to my liked songs to my annoyance, ...

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Plan Free Country US Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10   I reinstalled Spotify onto my laptop, and found that none of my songs were in neither my playlists or liked songs. Howev...

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Every single song anywhere shows as saved to my "liked" songs.

Only on the Windows app, not on my iphone or ipad. I obviously did not "like" all these. Anybody know anything about this? Thanks!

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Only on the Windows app, not on my iphone or ipad.  I obviously did not "like" all these.  Anybody know anything about this?   Thanks!  

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Still at the album limit after the new update

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceAll devicesMy Question or IssueIf I understand the most recent update correctly, saving an album no longer 'likes' all the songs. Hence the limit to songs and albums should now be separate. However this does not apply, for w...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device All devices My Question or Issue If I understand the most recent update correctly, saving an album no longer 'likes' all the songs. Hence the limit to songs and ...

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Cant play music at all

PlanFreeCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueHi, for about a year now (i know i should have come earlier) i have been having many issues with playback on spotify. It started slowly where i would play a song, and about 6 ...

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Plan Free Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, for about a year now (i know i should have come earlier) i have been having many issues with playback ...

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Recent Update removed most important function-- viewing songs you added by artist

[THIS IS A REPOST OF A TOPIC FROM THE ANDROID THREAD. I am angry enough about this that I'm reposting it to the threads for all the devices I use. It's apparently a months old problem but hasn't even been addressed by Spotify at all. I will be cancel...

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[THIS IS A REPOST OF A TOPIC FROM THE ANDROID THREAD.  I am angry enough about this that I'm reposting it to the threads for all the devices I use. It's apparently a months old problem but hasn'...

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Superuser Contribution Webplayer freezes constantly

Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: Dell LaptopOperating System: Windows 10Platform: Webplayer in Browser My IssueWhen using the webplayer in browser I constantly have an issue with freezing. The song I am playing will pause and clicking pause/play does...

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Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: Dell Laptop Operating System: Windows 10 Platform: Webplayer in Browser   My Issue When using the webplayer in browser I constantly have ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How do you find podcasts?

I read that in addition to video Spotify now has podcasts, but where are they on the desktop version?

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I read that in addition to video Spotify now has podcasts, but where are they on the desktop version? 

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Windows 10 app not functioning, web works fine

PlanFreeCountry Devicelenovo thinkpad t440Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello everyone, My Spotify app, as seen in the image, does not work properly. A while ago, i found out that newer music did not load anymore but the older music ...

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Plan Free Country   Device lenovo thinkpad t440 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello everyone,   My Spotify app, as seen in the image, does not work pro...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Remove from startup

Spotify automatically starts up when I turn my computer on. How do I stop that? I am using windows 7 os.

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Spotify automatically starts up when I turn my computer on. How do I stop that? I am using windows 7 os.    

Daisy

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Connect Exploit - Spotiamb 0.2.1. - hijacks user accounts to play songs.

Hi all,Just wanting to draw attention to this. It appears that there is an exploit for Spotify Connect which uses the Spotiamb 0.2.1 extension to hijack user accounts and play a set list of songs. Affected users will see "Spotiamb 0.2.1" appear as an...

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Hi all, Just wanting to draw attention to this. It appears that there is an exploit for Spotify Connect which uses the Spotiamb 0.2.1 extension to hijack user accounts and play a set list of songs. ...

Peter

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Connect Not Working At All

Still got premium. It's worked for months, until today it decided to randomly stop working. I can see only the PS4 on both my iPod and Desktop. This is extremely frustrating as i'm paying for this service and i just sorted out all my tech issues. I'v...

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Still got premium. It's worked for months, until today it decided to randomly stop working. I can see only the PS4 on both my iPod and Desktop. This is extremely frustrating as i'm paying for this se...

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No Explicit Filter?

So let me see if I've got this straight. You want me to pay for Premium, but you are incapable of coming up with a way for me to block explicit songs? This should take a developer worth his salt about half a day to implement. Its mind boggling that t...

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So let me see if I've got this straight.  You want me to pay for Premium, but you are incapable of coming up with a way for me to block explicit songs?  This should take a developer worth h...

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Nissan Advertisment Fails to Play

PlanFreeCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueHello, I am experiencing issues consistently with a Nissan advertisement that fails to play. In order to continue playing music I have to shutdown/restart Spotify. I have uninstalled/rei...

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Plan Free Country USA Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue Hello, I am experiencing issues consistently with a Nissan advertisement that fails to play.  In order to c...

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Solved!! Search for all Artists

Premium plan, Family.UK.Laptop/Tablet/Phone Ok, have just joined, and I want to do a big excercise and create a playlist of all music I like. My memory however needs jogging, and I have tried for example putting 'c' in the search bar, hoping to get a...

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Premium plan, Family. UK. Laptop/Tablet/Phone   Ok, have just joined, and I want to do a big excercise and create a playlist of all music I like. My memory however needs jogging, and I have ...

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Search bar gone

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueThe search bar is gone, now I can only go to it by scrolling all the way up and pressing search.

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The search bar is gone, now I can only go to it by scrolling all the way up and pressing s...

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"Recommended Artists" in recent update is useless. Please bring back saved artists!

Title says it all. There are numerous complaints in this forum and across the internet from disgruntled users. Spotify needs to make a change ASAP or they will lose large numbers of subscribers. An easy fix would be to make "Recommended Artists" incl...

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Title says it all.   There are numerous complaints in this forum and across the internet from disgruntled users.  Spotify needs to make a change ASAP or they will lose large numbers of...

chrismurray

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random album art not appearing

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFor numerous, seemingly random albums the album art doesn't appear when viewed in my library or while playing. I've tried rebooting and reinstalling but I just can't shake thi...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue For numerous, seemingly random albums the album art doesn't appear when viewed in my library or whi...

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Artists List Not Working

PlanPremiumCountry USA Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating SystemAndroid 8.0 My Question or IssueI think this started happening in the last month or two. The Artists list used to display an alphabetized list of artists ...

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Plan Premium Country USA   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System Android 8.0   My Question or Issue I think this started happening in the las...

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