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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!! Podcast list view

PlanPremiumCountryPortugal DeviceWindows DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Is it possible to implement a "list view" option for followed podcasts (in the library teb) in the desktop app?The current view is similar to the album vi...

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Plan Premium Country Portugal  Device Windows Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue     Is it possible to implement a "list view" option for follo...

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Problemas para reproducir cualquier canción.

PlanPremiumCountry Mx Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Desde hace dias que no permite reproducir canciones a libre eleccion, no carga y crashea. Solo instalando la version anterior se soluciona pero con eso que la tienen programado a a...

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Plan Premium Country  Mx   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Desde hace dias que no permite reproducir canciones a libre eleccion, no carga y crashea. S...

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Weird playlist behavior (1200+ songs)

PlanPremiumCountry NLDeviceiPhone X/Windows 10 Pro PCOperating SystemiOS 12.0.1, Latest Win10 Pro build My Question or Issue So, I have this playlist of all of my music combined. Whenever I try to play it on shuffle, it keeps repeating a couple of so...

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Plan Premium Country  NL Device iPhone X/Windows 10 Pro PC Operating System iOS 12.0.1, Latest Win10 Pro build   My Question or Issue  So, I have this playlist of all of my m...

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Spotify stops working after a longer pause

PlanFree/PremiumCountry FinlandDeviceHP EliteBook 850 G3Operating SystemWindows 7 Enterprise, SP1Running Spotify as a desktop application My Question or Issue My spotify app is acting up every time it's paused and left alone for a while.When I boot u...

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  Plan Free/Premium Country  Finland Device HP EliteBook 850 G3 Operating System Windows 7 Enterprise, SP1 Running Spotify as a desktop application   My Question or Iss...

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Weekly Discovery Cover

Hello, does anyone know how to change the cover image of the weekly discovery? The image I have I do not like and I can not change it in any way. Thank you! The image is the same for all the devices where I use my Spotify account.

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Hello, does anyone know how to change the cover image of the weekly discovery? The image I have I do not like and I can not change it in any way. Thank you!   The image is the same for all the...

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Solved!! Spotify Crashes when I change the output-Device

PlanPremium StudentCountry GermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWin 7 My Question or Issue Hi,I use Spotify on my PC a lot.Usually I switch between Headset and my 5.1 Sound System by changing the "Default Device" in the Audiosettings in Windows.This worked...

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  Plan Premium Student Country  Germany Device PC Operating System Win 7   My Question or Issue  Hi, I use Spotify on my PC a lot. Usually I switch between Headset an...

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Superuser Contribution Media Overlay keeps reappearing

Me and many other people that I have seen on the Community have been faced with the same bug: the 'Show desktop overlay while using media keys' option on Spotify isn't working correctly. When I open Spotify, the client acts as if the option is checke...

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Me and many other people that I have seen on the Community have been faced with the same bug: the 'Show desktop overlay while using media keys' option on Spotify isn't working correctly. When I open ...

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Scrobbling to last.fm stopped working

It was working fine after the spotify updates.Then I after I shutdown my computer and reboot later, it doesn't work.Now I tried everything.Uninstall-reinstalling spotify Changing passwordDisconnecting the apps and reconnectingLogging out of all devic...

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  It was working fine after the spotify updates. Then I after I shutdown my computer and reboot later, it doesn't work. Now I tried everything. Uninstall-reinstalling spotify  Changin...

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Spotify stopped connecting to my Echo

PlanPremiumCountry ItalyDeviceWindows Surface 4 Pro, Sony Xperia xz1 compactOperating SystemWindows 10, Android 8 My Question or IssueSpotify stopped connecting to my Echo today. On the Spotify app, both on Windows and on my Android phone, the Echo i...

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Plan Premium Country  Italy Device Windows Surface 4 Pro, Sony Xperia xz1 compact Operating System Windows 10, Android 8   My Question or Issue Spotify stopped connecting to my Ec...

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Why there is no sleep timer in Spotify

Why there is no sleep timer in Spotify player? It is such a basic functionality of most of the music players.

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  Why there is no sleep timer in Spotify player? It is such a basic functionality of most of the music players.  

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Spotify crashing at launch when local files are enabled

PlanPremiumCountry United KingdomDeviceWindows DesktopOperating SystemWindows 7 64-bit My Question or Issue Ever since the latest update, my Spotify application has been crashing whenever it is first launched after I load Windows from a shut down. It...

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Plan Premium Country  United Kingdom Device Windows Desktop Operating System Windows 7 64-bit   My Question or Issue  Ever since the latest update, my Spotify application has...

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Spotify Crashes when opening backup app says already running

I have already tried to uninstall the program even cleared out all file caches but not able to get it to stop crashing. There is no data in the event veiewer about this crash. The only work around is that we have to kill the task in taskmgmr.PlanPrem...

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I have already tried to uninstall the program even cleared out all file caches but not able to get it to stop crashing. There is no data in the event veiewer about this crash. The only work around is...

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Amfiye bağlı biçimde bilgisayardan spotify çalışmıyor

PlanPremiumCountry Turkey Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHoparlörden dinlerken sıkıntısız çalışıyor fakat amfiyi bilgisayara bağlayınca "Spotify şu anda çalamıyor"Hatası veriyor

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Plan Premium Country  Turkey   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hoparlörden dinlerken sıkıntısız çalışıyor fakat amfiyi bilgisayara bağlayınca "Spotify şu an...

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Sound stops, have to end task or crashes PC

PlanPremiumCountry United KingdomDevicePCOperating SystemW10 My Question or IssueSince last night (no software or hardware changes) a song will stop midway no sound at all, shows the song as still playing, changing song does not fix. Have to Ctrl alt...

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  Plan Premium Country  United Kingdom Device PC Operating System W10   My Question or Issue Since last night (no software or hardware changes) a song will stop midway no so...

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Please bring back Playlist Radio

PlanPremiumCountryDenmark Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe Radio has been severely dumbed down, with the removing of the "Go to Playlist Radio" and "Create New Radio" features. We no longer have the option to truly personalize our R...

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Plan Premium Country Denmark  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The Radio has been severely dumbed down, with the removing of the "Go to Playlist Radio" and "C...

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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...

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