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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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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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Saved mobile songs not syncing with Desktop

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevice(Samsung Galaxy S9, Windows 10 Desktop)Operating System(Windows 10, Samsung OS) My Question or IssueSo I use the "Songs" tab for my playlists, and usually it works perfectly fine, but recently some songs I save to it don...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device (Samsung Galaxy S9, Windows 10 Desktop) Operating System (Windows 10, Samsung OS)   My Question or Issue So I use the "Songs" tab for my playlists, a...

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cant play songs on my windows but on my phone i can

PlanPremiumCountry usDevicewindow desktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue so my spotify has been acting up and whenever i add a new song on my phone it never shows up on my desktop spotify ,same acount by the way .so i delete spotify o...

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Plan Premium Country  us Device window desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  so my spotify has been acting up and whenever i add a new song on my phone ...

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When i choose a song, the tittle and artist doesn't show up and there is no audio.

Plan: FreeCountry: Mexico DeviceAcer LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10So, it all started on friday, i started spotify and choosed a song and noticed that the name of the song and the artist wasn't showing up and there was no audio even tho the playing...

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Plan: Free Country: Mexico  Device Acer Laptop Operating System Windows 10 So, it all started on friday, i started spotify and choosed a song and noticed that the name of the song and...

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Spotify Connect with Windows 10 does not see devices

Music plays fine on its own, however my question is related to Windows 10 and Spotify Connect specifically. While using Windows 10, I cannot see ANY of my Spotify devices inside my network unless music is already playing on one of my devices. I have ...

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  Music plays fine on its own, however my question is related to Windows 10 and Spotify Connect specifically. While using Windows 10, I cannot see ANY of my Spotify devices inside my network un...

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I can't listen to songs outside of my playlist.

As the title says. Can't play songs that are not in my playlist.

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As the title says. Can't play songs that are not in my playlist.

Bittencourt

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Spotify Desktop Client Automatically Transliterates Cyrillic

PlanFreeCountry USADevice(Acer Desktop)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issue My spotify desktop client had no issues a few weeks ago and still kept a few Russian artist's names in Cyrillic but after some sort of update a bunch of more art...

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Plan Free Country  USA Device (Acer Desktop) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue  My spotify desktop client had no issues a few weeks ago and still kept a fe...

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Browing a song list while playing a song boots me back to the home screen

PlanPremiumCountry USDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I've had Spotify on my pc for years and haven't had a problem but I restarted my pc earlier and, ever since, if I'm looking at an artist's page or a playlist and I start pla...

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  Plan Premium Country  US Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I've had Spotify on my pc for years and haven't had a problem but I restarted m...

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Spotify bug

Hello I have a bug for a while there's music that I can not read, in more if I add the music, for my saves, the music does not appear in the list of my musics.The cover of the music is not displayed on the left.I have already empty the cache, reinsta...

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Hello I have a bug for a while there's music that I can not read, in more if I add the music, for my saves, the music does not appear in the list of my musics. The cover of the music is not displaye...

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Explicit filter is broken on Desktop

The Desktop player has a bug in that if you have enabled explicit filter on a mobile device and are connected via Spotify Connect to a device with explicit filter enabled then the desktop will show an error that the track can't be played every time y...

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The Desktop player has a bug in that if you have enabled explicit filter on a mobile device and are connected via Spotify Connect to a device with explicit filter enabled then the desktop will show a...

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So, if I was living in Madagascar, then my Home page was going to be filled with Saoela & Jaojo?

PremiumCountry ?!!?!!?!!!!!!!!!!!! Windows 10 My Question or Issue What kind of prejudice idea is to promote music and artists according to Spotify account owner's name and geographical presence? So if I was living Madagascar, my Home page would be f...

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Premium Country ?!!?!!?!!!!!!!!!!!!   Windows 10   My Question or Issue  What kind of prejudice idea is to promote music and artists according to Spotify account owner's nam...

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Not all files show up in Local Files

So I've been looking for a solution to this problem for a while now. I am a Premium Spotify member, but using Spotify for years. The problem I'm having is occurring on my desktop. I mainly use playlists with a mix of songs on Spotify and songs with l...

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So I've been looking for a solution to this problem for a while now. I am a Premium Spotify member, but using Spotify for years. The problem I'm having is occurring on my desktop. I mainly use playli...

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Spotify isnt finding Songs

PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue Good afternoon,I got a very unusual problem with my Spotify and I could use some help.The problem is that all Songs arent found by Spotify. Here is a little example:If I...

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Plan Premium Country  Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue  Good afternoon, I got a very unusual problem with my Spotify and I could use some help. ...

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Playlist Leer nach neu installation.

Ich kann keinen Song hören und meine Playlists sind auch alle leer. Ich habe schon alle mir mögliche ausprobiert. Auf anderen Geräten läuft alles.PlanFree/PremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue

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Ich kann keinen Song hören und meine Playlists sind auch alle leer. Ich habe schon alle mir mögliche ausprobiert. Auf anderen Geräten läuft alles. Plan Free/Premium Country Germany Device PC ...

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Solved!! App won't play any music I've not played previously now.

Spotify free, United States, Windows 10. Spotify is refusing to play any muisc that I've not previously played before at some point, and shows on albums the speaker with music (indicating that song is playing) yet shows only a blank album cover space...

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Spotify free, United States, Windows 10.   Spotify is refusing to play any muisc that I've not previously played before at some point, and shows on albums the speaker with music (indicating th...

pregenesis

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Spotify não está reproduzindo as músicas!

Meu software instalado está atualizado e ao tentar escutar músicas antigas e lançamentos o mesmo não os reproduz, porém, em meu app no celular as músicas rodam normalmente.

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   Meu software instalado está atualizado e ao tentar escutar músicas antigas e lançamentos o mesmo não os reproduz, porém, em meu app no celular as músicas rodam normalmente.

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Solved!! Several problems with Spotify

PlanFreeCountry ItalyOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi there. My spotify does not work as it should. Initially it worked fine but I could not play only the tracks of new album, so I tried to reinstall it and after that it did not work...

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Plan Free Country  Italy Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi there. My spotify does not work as it should. Initially it worked fine but I could not play only the t...

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spotify is completely broken

PlanFreeCountry Czech republic Operating SystemWindows 7 Ultimate 64 bit My Question or Issue I cannot play anything, still not fixed after multiple reinstalls and resets.

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  Plan Free Country  Czech republic  Operating System Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit   My Question or Issue  I cannot play anything, still not fixed after multiple reinst...

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After new installation: cant hear songs, no songs in playlist!!! please help

PlanFree/PremiumCountry GermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWin 7 My Question or Issue I cant hear any song, my playlists are empty on my 2. PC. After 5 reinstallations the same problem. I hope anyone can help me.

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Plan Free/Premium Country  Germany Device PC Operating System Win 7   My Question or Issue  I cant hear any song, my playlists are empty on my 2. PC. After 5 reinstallations ...

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Recently added date is gone

PlanFreeCountrySweden DevicePC DesktopOperating SystemWindows My Question or Issue With the new Spotify update on PC recently added date is gone, when i added a song with earlier versions it said "added one day ago" so i could sort after that. attach...

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Plan Free Country Sweden   Device PC Desktop Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue   With the new Spotify update on PC recently added date is gone, when i added a...

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Solved!! Can't play any song and every playlist is empty

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueHello,As I said above, I can only play songs which are already on my computer. Also every playlist, not only made by me, is completely empty for me. I tried using Spot...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Computer Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Hello, As I said above, I can only play songs which are already on my computer. Also every...

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