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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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Spotify Wont Open

Windows 7Spotify App just stopped working about two weeks ago. The app won't even open.I am able to use the Webplayer straight from Spotify. I've read all the other posts and nothing worked.Spotify is not running in processes, its completely off.Rest...

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Windows 7 Spotify App just stopped working about two weeks ago. The app won't even open. I am able to use the Webplayer straight from Spotify.   I've read all the other posts and nothing wor...

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Album icons are way too big on home screen

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issuesee attached. how can i reduce the icon size to show more on the screen

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue see attached. how can i reduce the icon size to show more on the screen  

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Spotify playing song over and over. Can't pause/skip/stop.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung Galaxy S9Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue-----------------------Spotify has been playing a song (which I have never heard of, nor looked up in my entire life - not even in my own language) over and ov...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung Galaxy S9 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue ----------------------- Spotify has been playing a song (which I have never heard ...

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Media keys no longer working

Operating SystemWindows 10 I have a keyboard with standard media keys. THey have alwasy worked pefrectly with my spotify until today. I updated my computor, and now my media keys are stuck forcing my youtube tabs to start/stop playing. If i close out...

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Operating System Windows 10   I have a keyboard with standard media keys. THey have alwasy worked pefrectly with my spotify until today. I updated my computor, and now my media keys are stuck...

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Spotify CPU use is above 40% (Windows 10 - I7 - 16G RAM)

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceNotebookOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueSpotify is using a lot of CPU, much more than other "heavy Softwares" like Visual Studio or Eclipe.

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Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Notebook Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify is using a lot of CPU, much more than other "heavy Softwares" like Visual Studio or Eclip...

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Lost capability of finding friends to follow

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDevice(Dell Inspiron 15 7560 laptop computer)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueHi,I lost a capability of finding friends to follow. When I click "Find friends" button the window pops out with an error (see the s...

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  Plan Premium Country Poland Device (Dell Inspiron 15 7560 laptop computer) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Hi, I lost a capability of finding friends to f...

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I can't see some of my friends' activity

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceMacBook Pro 2011, IMac 2011, HP ElitebookOperating SystemMojave and Windows professional My Question or IssueI have followed ther same list of friends on Spotify for more than a year. Suddently, about 2 weeks ago, I can'...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device MacBook Pro 2011, IMac 2011, HP Elitebook Operating System Mojave and Windows professional   My Question or Issue I have followed ther same list of f...

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Liking on radios?

I recently noticed on the android app that thumbs turned into a heart and now "liking" does not alter my radio stations. This morning the whole thing is just missing on PC completely. Now my station just plays music in relation rather than altering i...

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I recently noticed on the android app that thumbs turned into a heart and now "liking" does not alter my radio stations. This morning the whole thing is just missing on PC completely. Now my station ...

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Superuser Contribution Song plays itself during album playback

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 I have a track that keeps playing itself when a completely different album. Typically, it starts after the first track of the album has been played.I have not selected it. The random teack wa...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10   I have a track that keeps playing itself when a completely different album. Typically, it starts after the first trac...

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Filtering songs/artist in playlist does not work anymore

PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDeviceiPhone 7Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I filter an artist/band spotify doesn't play the filtered ones and continues to play my playlist. I have 1800+ songs in my playlist and sometimes I want to list...

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Plan Premium Country Turkey Device iPhone 7 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I filter an artist/band spotify doesn't play the filtered ones and continues to play...

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Podcast cuts out and is choppy

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueNormal song play is fine, when trying to play a music podcast, it throws a message saying can't play song and is all choppy. Not sure why a 'podcast' wouldn't work but a playli...

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  Plan Premium Country   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Normal song play is fine, when trying to play a music podcast, it throws a message sayi...

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Superuser Contribution Songs not playing / Song timer not moving

PlanFreeCountryUSDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueNo songs are playing. I've tried playlists, favorites, and searching. The album cover/band/title/song length will all load but the song will never start. It sits with the...

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Plan Free Country US Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue No songs are playing. I've tried playlists, favorites, and searching. The album cover/band/tit...

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Playing random songs

PlanPremiumCountryBrasilDeviceIphone 4sOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issues :Sometimes my spotify start playing random songs, it skips the song i'm listening and starts to play this songs i've never heard before. It says i'm listening in ...

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Plan Premium Country Brasil Device Iphone 4s Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issues : Sometimes my spotify start playing random songs, it skips the song i'm listening and ...

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Podcast does not pick up from where you leave on web player (browser version)

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceLenovo DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen you listen to podcasts, and then pause and leave, when you come back, it does not remember where you paused. Therefore have to constantly note the...

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Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Lenovo Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When you listen to podcasts, and then pause and leave, when you come back, ...

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Google Mini in Canada

So I have received an email from Spotify asking me to redeem my Google Mini. I click the link from the email saying "get yours now" and I go to a Spotify page that gives me the 404 page not found error. Anyone know what link or address I go to so I c...

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So I have received an email from Spotify asking me to redeem my Google Mini. I click the link from the email saying "get yours now" and I go to a Spotify page that gives me the 404 page not found err...

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Why does Spotify not want to work properly on Windows 10?

Firstly, every time the program runs it gives me a warning popup "Spotify failed to migrate some of your data". Then, if one tries to uninstall then the spotifywebhelper prevents it from doing so. Force closing that and then uninstalling for a reinst...

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Firstly, every time the program runs it gives me a warning popup "Spotify failed to migrate some of your data".  Then, if one tries to uninstall then the spotifywebhelper prevents it from doing ...

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

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicewindows pcOperating SystemWindows 10 - 64bit My Question or Issueso i have uninstalled and reinstalled the app , i have tuirned off hardware acceleration, also deleted local-files.bnk and none of it worked but it playes jus...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device windows pc Operating System Windows 10 - 64bit   My Question or Issue so i have uninstalled and reinstalled the app , i have tuirned off hardware accele...

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My playlists aren't sorting properly.

I will tell one of my playlists to sort by artist and the playlist isn't sorting alphabetically. For example, when I'm scrolling through the M section of the playlist a bunch of artist A through Z will show up. How do I fix this? CountryUnited States...

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I will tell one of my playlists to sort by artist and the playlist isn't sorting alphabetically. For example, when I'm scrolling through the M section of the playlist a bunch of artist A through Z wi...

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Desktop App won't start and can't uninstall

Hi my desktop app won't start, when I click it the processing circle shows up for about 3 second and disappeared and nothing happened. When I click uninstall from the control panel the same thing happened and nothing relate to uninstall shows up. I a...

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Hi    my desktop app won't start, when I click it the processing circle shows up for about 3 second and disappeared and nothing happened.    When I click uninstall from the co...

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