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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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Songs won't show on desktop, only local files

On my desktop the only songs in my playlist shown are local ones, the rest disappeared. But on my phone it's all ok, I can see every song.Ex. on my desktop one of my playlists has 23 songs, all local files.On my phone it has 367, from spotify and loc...

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On my desktop the only songs in my playlist shown are local ones, the rest disappeared. But on my phone it's all ok, I can see every song. Ex. on my desktop one of my playlists has 23 songs, all loc...

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Solved!! Spotify Bold Text

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceASUS fx503Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello, I am having an issue where my spotify has bold text all of a sudden and it is really giving me a headache. I have tried reinstalling and it fixes it...

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  Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device ASUS fx503 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello,   I am having an issue where my spotify has bold text all...

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Spotify has deteriorated compared to a few years ago - How to make it better?

I think almost everyone who reading this agrees with me... A few years ago, everything was just perfect... almost everything was easy to listening, searching was much better then now, especcially the Desktop version, because it sucks nowadays... You ...

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I think almost everyone who reading this agrees with me...    A few years ago, everything was just perfect... almost everything was easy to listening, searching was much better then now, ...

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Solved!! no songs appearing in playlists

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue i noticed that a lot of soungs wouldn't play, and not display any title, cover art, or artist. there was no sound, and the progress bar wasn't movingi reinstalled spotify, only to now not hav...

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Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   i noticed that a lot of soungs wouldn't play, and not display any title, cover art, or artist. there was no sound, a...

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You keep playing me Swedish music even though I'm not Swedish

PlanPremium (the non Swedish premium)CountryHungary (a little south to Sweden) Operating SystemWindows 8.1 (non Swedish) My Question or Issue (in English)Hello, would you please stop playing Swedish music for me? I'm not Swedish, I don't speak Swedis...

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  Plan Premium (the non Swedish premium) Country Hungary (a little south to Sweden)   Operating System Windows 8.1 (non Swedish)   My Question or Issue (in English) Hello, wo...

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Downloaded Music

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDell Inspirion 15 5000 Series LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am trying to find the music I downloaded, I just signed up for the free 30-day trial of Spotify Premium and Hulu and I proceeded...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Dell Inspirion 15 5000 Series Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I am trying to find the music I downloaded, I just sig...

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Home playlists

How do I close, hide or delete the sugestions at my home in Spotify?I really don't want to see anything about my country.Spotify is my refuge to listen whatever I want, when I want.I hate that stupid sugestions so much and I do not want to see it at ...

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How do I close, hide or delete the sugestions at my home in Spotify? I really don't want to see anything about my country. Spotify is my refuge to listen whatever I want, when I want. I hate that ...

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Custom Thumbnails not working properly

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesOperating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueChecked on ios and this works fine its own.these are the custom thumbnailsCustom thumbnails aren't working correclty on my own music the thumbnails are all the same for all ...

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  Plan Free Country United States Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Checked on ios and this works fine its own. these are the custom thumbnails Custom ...

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Clicking a playing song, sends you to the wrong position in a playlist.

https://i.imgur.com/f5RmoM5.gifPlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited States DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueClicking the currently playing song sends you to the wrong index in the playlist.https://i.imgur.com/f5RmoM5.gifWhat I've tri...

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https://i.imgur.com/f5RmoM5.gif Plan Free/Premium Country United States   Device Desktop Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Clicking the currently playing son...

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Full Songlist not Loading

Oh great, another killer feature (bug): Search an artist, then click songs, then page down. You only get 80 with the spinning icon that never leaves.Another KILLED feature of Spotify. Was OK a couple days ago.This is getting pathetic.

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Oh great, another killer feature (bug):   Search an artist, then click songs, then page down. You only get 80 with the spinning icon that never leaves. Another KILLED feature of Spotify. Was ...

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[Playlists] Sorting Disabled When a Video is One of the Songs

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceApplication on W10Operating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueThe table headers for sorting by title, artist, etc are disabled when a video is one of the songs in a playlist. I've seen this in both Rap Caviar and Clout Cu...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Application on W10 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The table headers for sorting by title, artist, etc are disabled when a video is one of th...

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Ghost Filtering After Clearing Filter

Plan PremiumCountry United StatesDeviceCustom PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro 64-Bit (1809) My Question or IssueNot really an issue, but more of a quirk. When I apply a filter in any playlist I create, it generates a list of all songs related to the...

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Plan  Premium Country  United States Device Custom PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit (1809)   My Question or Issue Not really an issue, but more of a quirk. When I ap...

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Song info missing

PlanPremiumCountryGermany DeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I just realized a öpissbile bug: for some songs in my playlist, either the enitre column is empty, or parts of info (song title, artis etc) are missing. I also just...

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Plan Premium Country Germany   Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   I just realized a öpissbile bug:   for some songs in my playlist, e...

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musique introuvable

bonjour/bonsoir voilà mon problème c'est que depuis quelque semaine sur mon pc spotify (free) ne trouve aucune musique exemple je veux écouter therapie taxi mais il y'a rien dans la playlist j'ai essayer de me deco reco de desistaller reinstaller mai...

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bonjour/bonsoir voilà mon problème c'est que depuis quelque semaine sur mon pc spotify (free) ne trouve aucune musique exemple je veux écouter therapie taxi mais il y'a rien dans la playlist j'ai ess...

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No music showing up in playlist

PLAN PremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or Issuei reinstalled spotify because when i added a song to my playlist it wasn't showing up but now no songs in any of my favorite playlist are showing up at all but on my phone i...

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PLAN   Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue i reinstalled spotify because when i added a song to my playlist it wasn't showing up but ...

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Spotify automatically plays if no other audio is playing

PlanPremiumCountry Device(Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWhenever I stop watching a video with audio from youtube or any other website, Spotify will realize that no audio is playing and will automatically ...

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Plan Premium Country   Device (Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Whenever I stop watching a video with audio from youtube or any oth...

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Hundreds of artist saved in library have recently disappeared on both my phone and computer

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(iPhone 8Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have recently lost hundreds of artist from the artist tab in my library. I have no idea where they are or what happend. I went from hundreds of artist and now im dow...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device (iPhone 8 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have recently lost hundreds of artist from the artist tab in my library. I have no idea w...

Brunelicia

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Mark Podcast As Played

Please add the ability to mark podcasts as played (or unplayed for that matter) individually or in group selections for major platforms (Windows, Android, & iOS). Searching this site shows multiple requests for such a feature on each platform back in...

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Please add the ability to mark podcasts as played (or unplayed for that matter) individually or in group selections for major platforms (Windows, Android, & iOS).   Searching this site sho...

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Solved!! Help creating a Playlist

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueHey, not sure if this is the right place to ask but i would like to know if there's a way making a playlist adding all the songs of an ARTIST, not adding one song by one (like addi...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hey, not sure if this is the right place to ask but i would like to know if there's a way making a playlist adding ...

MartinStoichkov

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Spotify Desktop doesn't display all local files, search not possible

PlanFree/Premium Operating System/DeviceWindows 10Spotify Desktop: 1.1.2.285.ga97985ef My Question or IssueHi I've imported all my 20.000 Songs in Spotify Desktop. But maybe that's too much for the software? I cannot see all the files (s. screenshot)...

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Plan Free/Premium   Operating System/Device Windows 10 Spotify Desktop: 1.1.2.285.ga97985ef   My Question or Issue Hi   I've imported all my 20.000 Songs in Spotify Desk...

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