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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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bluehallon

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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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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 ...

OneByBoo

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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...

OneByBoo

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Solved!! Certain songs won´t play

Operating SystemWindows 10Spotify Version1.0.99.250 My Question or IssueWell, since some days i have the problem that im not able to play some songs of random artist.After reinstalling Spotify it used to work but some days later it´s starting to do i...

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 Operating System Windows 10 Spotify Version 1.0.99.250   My Question or Issue Well, since some days i have the problem that im not able to play some songs of random artist. Aft...

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Local Files Sync - Wired Computer with a Wireless Phone

So, an ongoing issue that I have with syncing my local files is it's impossible to do it when my computer is connected via ethernet and my phone is connected via wireless. I tried to do a USB connection with a hotspot on my phone, and that didn't wor...

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So, an ongoing issue that I have with syncing my local files is it's impossible to do it when my computer is connected via ethernet and my phone is connected via wireless. I tried to do a USB connect...

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Followers cannot rearrange collaborative playlist

Hi! I have created a collaborative playlist, but followers of that list report that they are unable to rearrange the playlist (reorder songs). They can add and remove songs, but not, as I said, rearrange the songs. Is this is limitation of collaborat...

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  Hi!   I have created a collaborative playlist, but followers of that list report that they are unable to rearrange the playlist (reorder songs). They can add and remove songs, but not,...

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Song wrongly marked as local file so I can't play or add the online version to a playlist

So when I first installed Spotify I thought it would be helpful to add my own collection of music to it as well, thinking to get the best of both worlds.Soon I found out that when I have a local file on my computer, that song will play from there, bu...

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So when I first installed Spotify I thought it would be helpful to add my own collection of music to it as well, thinking to get the best of both worlds. Soon I found out that when I have a local ...

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Playlists not syncing between devices

My playlists between my phone and windows 10 PC do not seem to sync. I have done some research and it seems as though this has been an issue for some users for quite some time how. How the heck has this not been fixed yet? Does anyone have a solution...

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My playlists between my phone and windows 10 PC do not seem to sync. I have done some research and it seems as though this has been an issue for some users for quite some time how. How the heck has t...

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windows cortana link to spotify

so im on windows 10 and trying to get spotify linked to cortana but when i do i get long lines of text wich i can only read halve of and then there is nothing more i can do.and i do have premium.the lines of text are in the attachement.

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so im on windows 10 and trying to get spotify linked to cortana but when i do i get long lines of text wich i can only read halve of and then there is nothing more i can do. and i do have premium. ...

mischmi

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Spotify won't play songs that aren't already installed.

PlanPremiumCountryEnglandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue For some odd reason, Spotify refuses to play songs that are not installed onto my computer, the progress bar doesn't even move. I uninstalled Spotify from my device then...

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Plan Premium Country England Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  For some odd reason, Spotify refuses to play songs that are not installed onto my comput...

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Solved!! Certain songs/albums won't play

PlanFreeCountry PortugalDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 This started happening about 1-2 weeks ago, where specific songs won't play, seemingly all from the same album. The albums I can and can't play seem to change from restart to restart too. Whe...

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Plan Free Country  Portugal Device PC Operating System Windows 10   This started happening about 1-2 weeks ago, where specific songs won't play, seemingly all from the same album. ...

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Spotify Automatically Starting On Windows 10 Boot

PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue The Spotify desktop app keeps opening on startup, despite me specifically setting the option to NOT open on startup. I've already tried uninstalling, rebooti...

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Plan Premium Country  United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  The Spotify desktop app keeps opening on startup, despite me specifical...

goatpimp

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify can't connect through Chromecast (via browser)

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDevicePersonal Computer through Chrome BrowserOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hello.I'm getting a lot of problems when I try to use Spotify through chromecast. Every time I try to stream it from my computer to ...

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  Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Personal Computer through Chrome Browser Operating System Windows 10  My Question or Issue   Hello. I'm getting a lot of problems when ...

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how to upload from MediaPlayer??

My Question or Issue Hey guys! I'm having a beast of a time trying to upload an album/playlist from Windows MediaPlayer into Spotify. I know I've done it once before, years ago, but just can't make it happen now...Can anyone help?

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    My Question or Issue  Hey guys! I'm having a beast of a time trying to upload an album/playlist from Windows MediaPlayer into Spotify.  I know I've done it once before, yea...

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Is there a shortcut to changing the volume of Spotify while the window is closed?

DevicePcOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI want to be able to change the volume of Spotify while I’m using a different program without having to either change the volume of the whole computer or go to Spotify to change the volume. If th...

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  Device Pc Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I want to be able to change the volume of Spotify while I’m using a different program without having to either change t...

Bittencourt

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Spotify wont play some songs

PlanFreeCountryUnited Kingdom DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When I try to play a song that I haven't listened to before, it comes up with a blank song cover, no song title and author and the progress bar doesnt move. Been ha...

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Plan Free Country United Kingdom   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  When I try to play a song that I haven't listened to before, it comes up wit...

Romaryho

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version 09.15.27.g87efe634 stopped working on a Windows XP mediaplayer

PlanPremiumCountry NL:DeviceMedia player embeded Windows XPOperating System(Windows XP) My Question or IssueI have version 09.15.27.g87efe634 running on a XP mediaplayer and it stopped working a few days ago. Spotify still finds the playlists, start ...

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Plan Premium Country  NL: Device Media player embeded Windows XP Operating System (Windows XP)   My Question or Issue I have version 09.15.27.g87efe634 running on a XP mediaplayer...

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Solved!! Songs won't start playing

Premium User - Greece Dell LaptopWindows 7 I'm unable to play certain songs on my laptop app, even though they normally play when using my android app. Changing devices from android to windows will also stop the tracks playing and changing from windo...

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  Premium User - Greece   Dell Laptop Windows 7   I'm unable to play certain songs on my laptop app, even though they normally play when using my android app. Changing ...

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Spotify doesn't play songs from search

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueHey All!My spotify seems to be really broken-- not sure how, though. Whenever I search for a song via the search bar at the top, none of the results play when clicked on. I get the symbol over ...

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Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hey All! My spotify seems to be really broken-- not sure how, though. Whenever I search for a song via the search bar at the t...

KMOX4

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Can't Play Songs on Windows Spotify App and Browser Spotify

PlanPremiumCountry US DeviceInspiron Windows LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue So before you give me the generic have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling advice, yes I have uninstalled and reinstalled. I did it multiple times ...

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Plan Premium Country  US   Device Inspiron Windows Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  So before you give me the generic have you tried uninstall...

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