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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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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't play the current song."

PlanPremiumCountry USDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I've been getting a "can't play the current song" error on my PC all morning. Spotify will play on my phone. I have turned off the accelorator thing, as well as disconnected...

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  Plan Premium Country  US Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I've been getting a "can't play the current song" error on my PC all morning.&n...

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Can't load find friends on any device

PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceiPhone 6s and HP laptopOperating SystemiOS 10 Windows 10 My Question or IssueI'm having trouble using the find my friends tab on any system, my windows pc or my iphone. I can load it but whenever I click Find Friends, on my...

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  Plan Premium Country  UK Device iPhone 6s and HP laptop Operating System iOS 10 Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm having trouble using the find my friends tab on any s...

Brunelicia

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Old profile picture in Spotify desktop

Plan/PremiumCountry IrelandDevicepcOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or Issue I think I first signed up for Spotify via facebook, when I did Spotify imported a profile picture and has been showing it in " Your Discover Weekly". This picture is p...

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Plan /Premium Country  Ireland Device pc Operating System windows 10    My Question or Issue  I think I first signed up for Spotify via facebook, when I did  Spotif...

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Add a desktop equalizer!

It's been YEARS since mobile was gifted with an equalizer, yet the desktop version still lacks this simple feature for BETTER SOUNDING MUSIC. An equalizer changes the way you hear the music, and can help immensly with cheap/poor headphones to get bet...

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It's been YEARS since mobile was gifted with an equalizer, yet the desktop version still lacks this simple feature for BETTER SOUNDING MUSIC. An equalizer changes the way you hear the music, and can ...

OneByBoo

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Superuser Contribution Spotify desktop version sometimes switched to other device playing and then crashed

PlanPremiumCountrySlovakia DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 Pro 64 My Question or Issue My Spotify Premium desktop sw often switched to play "other" device (I can´t disable this "feature") after manually switching to play back, sw crashed

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Plan Premium Country Slovakia  Device PC Operating System Windows 7 Pro 64   My Question or Issue   My Spotify Premium desktop sw often switched to play "other" device (I ca...

OneByBoo

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Desktop app wont open/web player keeps having error

PlanPremiumCountry USDevicePCOperating System(Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI recently re-install my whole system due to harddrive replacement. I downloaded the desktop app and installed it. But after the installing process, the app would not ...

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Plan Premium Country  US Device PC Operating System (Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I recently re-install my whole system due to harddrive replacement.  I downloaded...

OneByBoo

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Yet another radio problem

PlanPremiumCountrycruithne Devicelots Operating Systemwindows 10 My Question or IssueAnother day another update another radio problemCan someone please clarify once and for all what on earth is going on with the radio (or lack of)There are posts ever...

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Plan Premium Country cruithne   Device lots   Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue Another day another update another radio problem Can someone please clarif...

unclesilas

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Artist radio not working

PremiumCountry USADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWinodws 10 My Question or IssueI primarily use the artist radio function on spotify, couple of days ago i noticed i cannot follow anymore artist radios. I just get sent a random playlist with like 50 son...

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  Premium Country  USA Device Desktop Operating System Winodws 10   My Question or Issue I primarily use the artist radio function on spotify, couple of days ago i noticed i ...

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Songs are playing, progress bar moving, but with no sound.

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUK DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue Around two days ago I've had this problem, I've tried to play my music and every time I do the song plays with the prgress bar moving but no sound. My sound drivers are ...

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Plan Free/Premium Country UK  Device PC Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue  Around two days ago I've had this problem, I've tried to play my music and every ti...

unclesilas

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I am having so many problems with spotify on all my computers

Hi, I am running windows 10 64 bit andI am having multible issues.Issues:High CPU usage (worse than chrome)"the application is not responting" ErrorThe application is very slowEtc... I am running spotify free: 1.0.98.78.gb45d2a6bMy specs: 8GB ram, co...

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Hi, I am running windows 10 64 bit andI am having multible issues. Issues: High CPU usage (worse than chrome) "the application is not responting" Error The application is very slow Etc... &nbsp...

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Desktop Spotify: imposssible to maximize

Win7 64 bit - Desktop Spotify won't MAXIMIZE. it shows up on Taskbar, but no chance to show/use it in a window. uninstall/reinstall/restart the PC didn't help.no error-msg or so. any idea? thx

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  Win7 64 bit - Desktop Spotify won't MAXIMIZE. it shows up on Taskbar, but no chance to show/use it in a window.  uninstall/reinstall/restart the PC didn't help. no error-msg or so.&nbs...

OneByBoo

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Spotify client on windows hangs up during audio device changes on system

PlanPremiumCountryPoland DevicePCsOperating SystemWindows 7 and Windows 10 My Question or Issue This bug appeared in one of the recent updates, before there was not a problem.The situation is, when spotify is launched on windows, any change to audio ...

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Plan Premium Country Poland  Device PCs Operating System Windows 7 and Windows 10   My Question or Issue  This bug appeared in one of the recent updates, before there was not...

mcr9191

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Crackling issue

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWindows AppOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I can't get rid of the crackling issue on the windows app. I've read tons of posts on the issue that seems to go back as far as 2016 or more. I've tried all the sol...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Windows App Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I can't get rid of the crackling issue on the windows app. I've read tons of posts ...

Sebasty

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Temporary Workaround Solution for Missing Playlist Radio

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Please share this solution with as many people/threads as possible. Many people are upset about the removal of Playlist Radio, and I've discovered a workaround that ex...

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Plan Premium Country USA   Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Please share this solution with as many people/threads as possible. Many people...

darkcubix

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spotify setup not working

I downloaded the setup file to install spotify on my computer, but the computer is not responding when I run the setup file.Note: I tried to run it as an administrator, I turned off antivirus programs and windows defender, still no reactionos: window...

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I downloaded the setup file to install spotify on my computer, but the computer is not responding when I run the setup file. Note: I tried to run it as an administrator, I turned off antivirus progr...

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[Desktop] ATTN ADMINS - Spam/Malicious Links in Windows Store Spotify

I can't explain what is causing this... and my virus/malware scanner (BitDefender) isn't picking up anything... but if i click anywhere in the Spotify App (windows store version), it pops open two new tabs on my browser which are obviously spam/malic...

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I can't explain what is causing this... and my virus/malware scanner (BitDefender) isn't picking up anything... but if i click anywhere in the Spotify App (windows store version), it pops open two ne...

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REMOVE THE GREEN "DOWNLOADED" TICK FROM END OF PLAYLIST NAMES

Please remove the ugly green tick that was added in the recent update. Clicking into a playlist to see if it was downloaded was perfectly fine and was no problem. Now I have all these green ticks beside playlist names.At least give us the option to k...

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  Please remove the ugly green tick that was added in the recent update. Clicking into a playlist to see if it was downloaded was perfectly fine and was no problem. Now I have all these green t...

DennyEMufc

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Chevolume not working with Spotify

PlanPremiumCountry CanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I recently got a sound card on my computer and wanted to do some sound mixing to different devices around my house, and I heard that CheVolume is a good software to...

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Plan Premium Country  Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I recently got a sound card on my computer and wanted to do some sound mixing ...

vanamdavid

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Radio Windows 10

PlanFreeCountryUSA My Question or Issue Did Spotify remove the Radio? It was literally working a second ago while I was on Spotify. Now it only shows previous stations I’ve listened to. Music genres don’t show up either.

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Plan Free Country USA   My Question or Issue   Did Spotify remove the Radio? It was literally working a second ago while I was on Spotify. Now it only shows previous stations I’ve li...

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Solved!! Spotify installer won’t open - W10

PlanPremiumCountry SlovakiaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, i wanted to reinstall Spotify app because of some update errors when start. First i uninstalled Spotify throught Control panel, then downloaded installer from...

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Plan Premium Country  Slovakia Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Hi, i wanted to reinstall Spotify app because of some update errors when s...

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