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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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betterhalf

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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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earthbound

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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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Can I stream music on PC using mobile data (Mobile plan includes data free music streaming)

PlanFreeCountry AustraliaDeviceAcer Aspire V13Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hey everyone,I have a mobile plan with Optus and included with the plan is free music streaming (Data-free) on Spotify. I have been using this quite a bit o...

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  Plan Free Country  Australia Device Acer Aspire V13 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Hey everyone, I have a mobile plan with Optus and included wi...

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help me I can not hear music in the application spotify by pc only when I open a song by google and there goes to spotify more when I open it by the app itself the music does not go and appears on top the spotify can not touch it at the moment and st...

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help me I can not hear music in the application spotify by pc only when I open a song by google and there goes to spotify more when I open it by the app itself the music does not go and appears on to...

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Solved!! Whenever I try to select a song, it says "Spotify can't play this right now"

PlanFreeCountryUSA DeviceHP PavilionOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue So the other day, Spotify stopped working for me. I couldn't listen to any of my music, and when it would even show a song and I would hit play, it would skip through...

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Plan Free Country USA  Device HP Pavilion Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  So the other day, Spotify stopped working for me. I couldn't listen to any of my...

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Queue Navigation Glitch

PlanFree/PremiumCountry USADevice(Lenovo T420)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssuePosting again since apparently I didn't put the first one in the "right" place and still not sure whether this one is "right" -So I found something weird t...

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Plan Free/Premium Country  USA Device (Lenovo T420) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Posting again since apparently I didn't put the first one in the "right" p...

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SONG IS NOT AVAILABLE

PlanPremiumCountryUK DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi there I am trying to listen to this playlist... It still shows in my recently played but cannot access it at all.. Can someone let me know what countries this album is av...

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Plan Premium Country UK  Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Hi there I am trying to listen to this playlist... It still shows in my recently played...

avi312singh1

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Solved!! Não consigo instalar o Spotify.

Boa tarde. Tô tentando baixar o spotify já umas 10 vezes. Não consigo porque fica dando o seguinte erro: SpotifyInstaller parou de funcionar. Uso o Windows 7 64bits e já atualizei o Adobe Flash como alguns me recomendaram. O erro persiste.

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Boa tarde. Tô tentando baixar o spotify já umas 10 vezes. Não consigo porque fica dando o seguinte erro: SpotifyInstaller parou de funcionar. Uso o Windows 7 64bits e já atualizei o Adobe Flash como ...

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No way to personalize radio stations (premium, windows)

PlanPremiumCountryUSA Device(Windows 10 PC, Google Nexus 6P mobile phone)Operating System(Windows 10, Android 8.1.0) My Question or Issue Hello, on the Spotify Premium app for Windows 10 while listening to song radio (incidentally, it has become very...

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  Plan Premium Country USA  Device (Windows 10 PC, Google Nexus 6P mobile phone) Operating System (Windows 10, Android 8.1.0)   My Question or Issue   Hello, on t...

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Request for an list of blocked songs

PlanPremiumDeviceAcer AspireOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I would like to be able to view a list of songs that have been blocked (by giving it "thumbs down" while listening to it on a radio/discover weekly/daily mix/release radio pl...

Roadie

Plan Premium Device Acer Aspire Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I would like to be able to view a list of songs that have been blocked (by giving it "thumbs down...

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Songs make crashing/Clipping sound after newest update

PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceDell precision M4800Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueSince the latest update, every now and then when listening to any song a loud clipping noise occurs and the song timer skips forward about 5 seconds at any r...

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Plan Premium Country  UK Device Dell precision M4800 Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue Since the latest update, every now and then when listening to any song a lou...

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Search gives no results

How does this search "track:"four" NOT track:"fire"", give no results. I'm pretty sure that there should be at least a single track with the word "four" in it without the word "fire".

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How does this search "track:"four" NOT track:"fire"", give no results. I'm pretty sure that there should be at least a single track with the word "four" in it without the word "fire".   ...

Bozars

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Desktop application crashes after playback is paused

PlanPremium DeviceDesktop PC Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueHi, I'm having a weird problem with the Spotify desktop application on my Windows 7 PC. When I open the app and start playing some music, it runs without any issues. Now if I ...

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Plan Premium   Device Desktop PC   Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue Hi, I'm having a weird problem with the Spotify desktop application on my Windows 7 PC. W...

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Local downloaded songs dont play

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceDesktop, Stylus 3 Operating SystemWindows, Android Nougat My Issue While using Spotify on my pc, some of the songs I had downloaded approximately one week ago cannot be played in any playlist, however, they do play in the ...

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  Plan Premium Country  USA Device Desktop, Stylus 3  Operating System Windows, Android Nougat   My Issue  While using Spotify on my pc, some of the song...

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Queue add played song to my playlist

PlanPremiumCountry DenmarkDevicePcOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When I start to listen to my playlist and then adds a song to queue then the queue adds the song på my own playlist. How can I stop it from doing that?

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Plan Premium Country  Denmark Device Pc Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  When I start to listen to my playlist and then adds a song to queue then the queue...

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Going offline on tablet without interrupting current stream from PC

OK. I get now that this is a “personal” streaming service and I won’t be able to stream to 2 devices at the same time even with premium. So how do I go offline on my iPad to listen to downloaded content while not interrupting my wife listening on the...

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   OK. I get now that this is a “personal” streaming service and I won’t be able to stream to 2 devices at the same time even with premium. So how do I go offline on my iPad to listen to d...

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Appears On is not visible on Windows app

PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceWindows laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi can someone tell me where the Appears On section has gone? I want to see the playlists that my album has been added to. A while ago I found out that tracks fro...

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Plan Premium Country UK   Device Windows laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi can someone tell me where the Appears On section has gone? I want to see the...

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Your Library > "Songs" = Blank list "Your fav songs will appear here" only on PC, not my Mobile

PlanPremiumCountry USADevice(iPhone Operating System(iOS 12.1.2) My Question or IssueGiven I am logged in via PC Desktop Spotify ApplicationWhen I access Your Library > "Songs",The list is empty, and says "Your favorite songs will appear here, Go to ...

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  Plan Premium Country  USA Device (iPhone 😎 Operating System (iOS 12.1.2)  My Question or Issue Given I am logged in via PC Desktop Spotify Application When I access Your ...

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"Spotify can't play this right now"

PlanPremiumCountry USADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Any song I try to play gets the message:"Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it" Spotify worked fine last night. I have ...

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  Plan Premium Country  USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Any song I try to play gets the message: "Spotify can't play this right n...

Sebasty

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Spotify crashing with local files enabled

With the recent update, Spotify keeps crashing when local music files are enabled. It has been working without any problems for a very long time. But the newest update is crashing the app within 30 seconds if I enable local music library. I have trie...

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  With the recent update, Spotify keeps crashing when local music files are enabled.  It has been working without any problems for a very long time. But the newest update is crashing the ...

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Can't login on galaxy watch

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceGalaxy WatchOperating SystemTizen 4.0.0.1 My Question or IssueI can't login on my galaxy watch. I have downloaded the spotify app, chose stream on wifi and filled in my username and password. I have bluetooth disabl...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Galaxy Watch Operating System Tizen 4.0.0.1   My Question or Issue I can't login on my galaxy watch. I have downloaded the spotify app, chose st...

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Lokale Daten laden nicht aufs Handy

Hallo, ich versuche gerade Lieder von meinem Laptop über die Lokale Dateien/Playlist/Herunterladen Anleitung auf meinem Handy in Spotify verfügbar zu machen. Ich kann die Lieder herunterladen und auch per Handy Fernsteuerung speichern, aber sie ersch...

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Hallo,    ich versuche gerade Lieder von meinem Laptop über die Lokale Dateien/Playlist/Herunterladen Anleitung auf meinem Handy in  Spotify verfügbar zu machen. Ich kann die Lieder ...

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