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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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only 160 kbps with premium subscripton

Plan PremiumCountry NetherlandsDevice pc desktop and web appOperating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue On 1 February I signed up for a premium Spotify subscription.According to the info on the Spotify website I should be able to stream in 320 k...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device pc desktop and web app Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   On 1 February I signed up for a premium Spotify subscription. A...

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Clean reinstall solves issue but it keep happenning again after a while

PlanPremium CountryMalaysia DeviceDesktop Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHaving issue with some song that I searched not playing. Also the playlist that I follow will not get updated when the issue happens (I know because I can see ne...

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Plan Premium   Country Malaysia   Device Desktop   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Having issue with some song that I searched not playing. Also th...

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Spotify App on Windows 10 lagged when played in background.

PlanPremiumCountryThailand DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro (1809 Build 17763.316) My Question or IssueSpotify App on Windows 10 had sound issued when played in background. See in the video for more detials.https://youtu.be/57MTrq_2GTQ

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Plan Premium Country Thailand   Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro (1809 Build 17763.316)   My Question or Issue Spotify App on Windows 10 had sound issued when played i...

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Volume Slider Does Not Work After Clicking it During Ads

Hello, When you click on the volume slider while an ad is playing, the volume slider disables itself. I know that this is so we have to listen to the ads. HOWEVER, the slider stays disabled even after the ads are finished playing and the music starts...

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Hello,   When you click on the volume slider while an ad is playing, the volume slider disables itself.  I know that this is so we have to listen to the ads.  HOWEVER, the slider sta...

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Spotify won't play certain songs

PlanSpotify premiumCountry FinlandDeviceCustom built PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue My spotify won't play certain songs. I have internet connection working properly and I've tried disabling firewall and proxy. Songs that won't play...

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Plan Spotify premium Country  Finland Device Custom built PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  My spotify won't play certain songs. I have internet con...

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Solved!! Can't play on PC, but iphone is normal

PlanFreeCountry JapanDeviceiPhone 7Operating SystemiOS 12 / Windows 10 My Question or Issue Now, so many song can play on my phone, but it can't play on windows.

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Plan Free Country  Japan Device iPhone 7 Operating System iOS 12 / Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Now, so many song can play on my phone, but it can't play on window...

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Convertine local files to Spotify

Credit goes todvs5552 This is not my idea, I'm just expanding on it. This would be great. I have many local files on my externeal hdd, I would love the ability to have Spotify, scan through them all and add the Spoitfy versions. Some way to convert a...

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Credit goes to dvs5552   This is not my idea, I'm just expanding on it.    This would be great. I have many local files on my externeal hdd, I would love the ability to have Spot...

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Spotify only shows Albums tab by Saved Albums Only

I have Spotify Premium, running on Windows 7. I always used the albums tab to listen to my saved music, however it has been completely ruined as of lately. I believe Spotify has just recently made album saving and song saving two different things, wh...

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I have Spotify Premium, running on Windows 7. I always used the albums tab to listen to my saved music, however it has been completely ruined as of lately. I believe Spotify has just recently made al...

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Solved!! Can't play at all a song on desktop app or web browser

PlanFree/PremiumCountry FranceDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 I've recently encountered the problem that I can't play at all songs on the deskop app or the web player, it shows me a blank cover when I try to play a song. I still can play the songs...

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Plan Free/Premium Country  France Device PC Operating System Windows 10  I've recently encountered the problem that I can't play at all songs on the deskop app or the web player, it...

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Can't create radio stations on win10

PlanPremium CountryCanada Operating SystemWindows 10 When I goto an artist and select go to Artist Radio it just goes to a playlist

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Plan Premium   Country Canada   Operating System Windows 10     When I goto an artist and select go to Artist Radio it just goes to a playlist  

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"Some Songs Won't Play" - The 3+yr Issue?

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemW10 My Question or Issue Here's what's hopefully a familiar-looking issue with maybe a little more detail than you usually get:On the desktop app, after a while of use, which is what I guess to be ...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System W10   My Question or Issue  Here's what's hopefully a familiar-looking issue with maybe a little more detail than you...

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Column sort in search gone?

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen searching for a song, artist, etc, the search results used to be sortable by column. For example, if I search for a song, many non-exact results show up, but it used to...

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  Plan Premium Country USA  Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When searching for a song, artist, etc, the search results used to be sortable by co...

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Can't play any songs by Fool's Garden

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceAsus Laptop and Galaxy S6Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Since a while back I haven't been able to play any song made by the artist Fool's Garden.

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Asus Laptop and Galaxy S6 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Since a while back I haven't been able to play any song made by th...

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Queue does not load full playlist

I have a playlist of about 250 songs. Queue does not load full playlist when I play a song in the playlist it just loads about 80 to 90 songs then stops playing when reaching the last song in the queue instead of adding the rest of the songs from the...

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I have a playlist of about 250 songs. Queue does not load full playlist when I play a song in the playlist it just loads about 80 to 90 songs then stops playing when reaching the last song in the que...

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Windows 10 app taking 10+ minutes to load and be usable.

PlanPremiumCountry united kingdomDevicewindows 10 Operating Systemwindows 10 My Question or Issue Why does this app performance degrade over time?Why do I have to wait for more than 10 minutes for spotify desktop to become usuable. Cant search, cant ...

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  Plan Premium Country  united kingdom Device windows 10  Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue   Why does this app performance degrade over time? W...

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Any chance the interface gets updated?

PlanPremiumCountry MYOperating SystemWindows 8.1spotify version: 1.0.99.250.g936eab8d My Question or IssueThe issues with songs not playing and/empty Discover Weekly aside, the last update's download icon seems really messy!I have a lot of downloaded...

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Plan Premium Country  MY Operating System Windows 8.1 spotify version: 1.0.99.250.g936eab8d   My Question or Issue The issues with songs not playing and/empty Discover Weekly ...

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Follower Count on Playlists Not Displaying

PlanPremiaweiumCountry U.S.DeviceHuawei Matebook DOperating SystemWindows 10 It appears that I can no longer see the number of followers on both other peoples playlists and my own. Is this a bug or is it an intended feature? And if it's an intended f...

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Plan Premiaweium Country  U.S. Device Huawei Matebook D Operating System Windows 10  It appears that I can no longer see the number of followers on both other peoples playlists and ...

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Saved songs not syncing

PlanPremiumCountry USDevice(iPhone, PC)Operating System(iOS 10, Windows 10) My Question or Issue I recently got Premium and I have Spotify installed on my phone and my computer. I have saved songs to my library on my phone and they don't show up in t...

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  Plan Premium Country  US Device (iPhone, PC) Operating System (iOS 10, Windows 10)   My Question or Issue  I recently got Premium and I have Spotify installed on my p...

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