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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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Solved!! My Music is gone :(

PlanFreeCountryGermany DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue For some time now I have had the problem that my music is not updated anymore, so I logged out once and logged in again and all my music was gone. I've already reinstalled...

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  Plan Free Country Germany   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   For some time now I have had the problem that my music is not updated any...

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Spotify Desktop Completely Unusable

This issue began a couple weeks ago and is getting worse. It is completely unpredictable. I will be listening to music and suddenly it will go silent because the next song won't play. Sometimes it happens with every other song in an album, sometimes ...

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This issue began a couple weeks ago and is getting worse. It is completely unpredictable. I will be listening to music and suddenly it will go silent because the next song won't play. Sometimes it ha...

Mantisentil

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High CPU usage

Im using windows 10 and every time i want to hear music, spotify uses 50% of my CPU. I already tried with un-/reinstall but it did not help. I also shut down some settings.

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  Im using windows 10 and every time i want to hear music, spotify uses 50% of my CPU. I already tried with un-/reinstall but it did not help. I also shut down some settings.

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Spotify isn't showing any songs

PlanFreeCountry UKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have multiple playlists that i have created with lots of songs in each on however all of a sudden the Spotify app on my pc isn't showing any songs in any playlists. This is n...

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Plan Free Country  UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I have multiple playlists that i have created with lots of songs in each on however a...

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Atividade de Amigos "bugada"

PlanPremiumCountryBrasil Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue Boa noite, pessoal! Desde que comecei a utilizar o app do Spotify versão desktop, venho tendo problemas para visualizar as atividades de amigos. Está habilitada e alguns amigos j...

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Plan Premium Country Brasil    Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue  Boa noite, pessoal!   Desde que comecei a utilizar o app do Spotify versão deskto...

Bittencourt

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Solved!! Playlist are completely empty

Free version, operating on the desktop player which has been reliable for years and all of a sudden I can't play songs that arent on one of my playlists. Then I can't make a queue. So I reinstalled the desktop player for windows and not all my playli...

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Free version, operating on the desktop player which has been reliable for years and all of a sudden I can't play songs that arent on one of my playlists. Then I can't make a queue. So I reinstalled t...

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connecting to FB and Twitter

My Question or Issuecan anyone help with this connect spotify desktop app to Facebook and Twitter, for some it doesnt want to or do it now, it used togoing to FB or Twitter apps I can't see a revoke or remove and app isn't there on either All I have ...

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My Question or Issue can anyone help with this connect spotify desktop app to Facebook and Twitter, for some it doesnt want to or do it now, it used to going to FB or Twitter apps I can't see a rev...

Sebasty

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Superuser Contribution Having trouble spotify skips 10 or 16 second from the song

PlanFreeOperating System( Windows 8.1) My Question or Issuei use spotify for windows and when i am on playlist and spotify start the next song he skips 10 or 16 second from the song but when i add the songs to queue the software play them without any...

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Plan Free Operating System ( Windows 8.1)   My Question or Issue i use spotify for windows and when i am on playlist and spotify start the next song he skips 10 or 16 second from the song ...

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Superuser Contribution A song always skips at 3:59

Specifically Surface's Echoes by Beyond Creation. It always skips to the next song on the album at that specific time. It's only this song too. This only seems to happen on the web player on my PC, not my phone though. I'm using windows 10.

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  Specifically Surface's Echoes by Beyond Creation. It always skips to the next song on the album at that specific time. It's only this song too.  This only seems to happen on the web pla...

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[Windows] Universal App for Windows 10 (UWP)

Masaüstü uygulamamda önce hata kodu 4 (çevrimdışı modu)'nu aldım . Ardından önerilen DNS ayarlarını uyguladım fakat sonuç değişmedi. Uygulamayı kaldırıp tekrar yüklemek zorunda kalmama rağmen bu sefer de hata kodu 7 bildirimini aldım ve hesabıma gire...

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Masaüstü uygulamamda önce hata kodu 4 (çevrimdışı modu)'nu aldım . Ardından önerilen DNS ayarlarını uyguladım fakat sonuç değişmedi. Uygulamayı kaldırıp tekrar yüklemek zorunda kalmama rağmen bu sefe...

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Superuser Contribution My Daily Mix, no new music

I have six Daily Mix lists, all of them very good and useful. However, they do not include music from the last few years. I play recent music, and have a great number of playlists with artists like Ed Sheeran, Selena Gomez, Camila Cabillo. How can I ...

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I have six Daily Mix lists, all of them very good and useful.  However, they do not include music from the last few years.  I play recent music, and have a great number of playlists with ar...

Jemi

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Not able to queue a playlist?

How can I queue a playlist after my current queue? It was available in 0.9 as "choose as current playlist", but I had to upgrade since it no longer works with connect.Is there a trick to it, or is this feature still not available in new versions of t...

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  How can I queue a playlist after my current queue? It was available in 0.9 as "choose as current playlist", but I had to upgrade since it no longer works with connect. Is there a trick to it...

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Solved!! Songs completely gone on desktop windows app

PlanFreeCountryUnited KingdomDeviceDesktop computerOperating SystemWindows 10 My IssueI launched the desktop app a day or two ago, and only then i stumbled upon the problem. There is no music on the app, also when I try to play the music, it will hig...

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  Plan Free Country United Kingdom Device Desktop computer Operating System Windows 10   My Issue I launched the desktop app a day or two ago, and only then i stumbled upon the p...

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Superuser Contribution Text encoding bug

PlanPremiumCountry USA DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueKaiser Chiefs biography text is showing to what I assume are localization/encoding issues:Kaiser Chiefs Biography

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Plan Premium Country  USA   Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Kaiser Chiefs biography text is showing to what I assume are localization/en...

Jemi

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Solved!! My music is gone

So, to start off, I use spotify for free. My computer runs on Windows 7.Now, to the issue. Well, it's actually two issues. The first issue is that music won't play. Only the music from my playlists plays, but nothing else. So, I look online for answe...

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So, to start off, I use spotify for free. My computer runs on Windows 7. Now, to the issue. Well, it's actually two issues. The first issue is that music won't play. Only the music from my playlis...

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Songs won't play (mostly new songs)

PlanFree DeviceLenovo LaptopWindows 10 My Question or Issue Certain songs are unable to play. They are highlighted green when I select them but a gray disc is in the corner instead of the cover, and the time bar does not move. This mainly occurs for ...

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Plan Free   Device Lenovo Laptop Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Certain songs are unable to play. They are highlighted green when I select them but a gray disc is in the co...

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Track info missing in All Out 00s created by Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceDesktop applicationOperating SystemWindows 10Software Version1.1.0.237.g378f6f25 My Question or Issue Many tracks in the All Out 00s are not being displayed when I open the playlist. The music does play when I start the tr...

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Plan Premium Country USA   Device Desktop application Operating System Windows 10 Software Version 1.1.0.237.g378f6f25   My Question or Issue  Many tracks in the All Out 0...

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Spotify app state overrided my dektop spotify previous state when i change from one to the other

Each time that I change from spotify phone to spotify desktop, the desktop previous "state" (song/list/random option/etc...) is overriden by the spotfy phone "state" so i lost the list/song/queue or random config I was playing on my desktop before......

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Each time that I change from spotify phone to spotify desktop, the desktop previous "state" (song/list/random option/etc...) is overriden by the spotfy phone "state" 😞 so i lost the list/song/q...

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Thank you for returning the Playlist Radio buttons!

It only took community outrage and my 10 year old account getting banned, but it was worth it! But seriously, thanks for listening and bringing it back. Please try not to randomly remove features if possible

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  It only took community outrage and my 10 year old account getting banned, but it was worth it!   But seriously, thanks for listening and bringing it back.  Please try not to rando...

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Search my local music library and add to Spotify (Not import MP3, but find them online)

Premium / Australia / Win10 Pro 1803 / Spotify Store 1.1.0.237.g378f6f25 (Windows Store version) My QuestionI have the exact same question as this poster: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Get-my-local-music-on-Spotify-Not-import-MP3-but-find-...

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Premium / Australia / Win10 Pro 1803 / Spotify Store 1.1.0.237.g378f6f25 (Windows Store version)     My Question I have the exact same question as this poster:  https://...

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