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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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Videos play in background while another song is playing

PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue If I click the "Previous" button many times (~ 2 clicks per second) and if there is a video that it passes, the video sometimes plays and remains playing (in the backgro...

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Plan Premium Country US  Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  If I click the "Previous" button many times (~ 2 clicks per second) and if there is...

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[Windows] Troubleshooting Spotify

PlanFreeCountryLatvia DeviceHP 225Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHelp please sometimes Spotify lost internet connetion with happens only with Spotify. What can I do??

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  Plan Free Country Latvia   Device HP 225 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Help please sometimes Spotify lost internet connetion with happens only with S...

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Spotify Updater doesn't work

PlanPremiumCountry FinlandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have tried to update my Spotify for a while, but I'll always run into the same problem; it doesn't allow me to do so. All I get is a messange that says "It seems like...

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Plan Premium Country  Finland Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I have tried to update my Spotify for a while, but I'll always run into the same p...

Brunelicia

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Second song is always wrong

Hi! I have recently encountered a very strange problem with Spotify. Everytime I start Spotify and start a playlist or an album or any song the second song is always "La la land" by "DVBBS": https://open.spotify.com/track/0Iznon64pfKoT0d02m2iE8?si=dT...

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Hi!   I have recently encountered a very strange problem with Spotify. Everytime I start Spotify and start a playlist or an album or any song the second song is always "La la land" by "DVBBS":...

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Windows 10 - Spotify crashes if I unplug a usb headset without headphones in

PlanPremiumCountrySpain DeviceLenovo yoga 510Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have a windows 10 laptop. I often have to go into meetings so plug in USB headset, then come out the meeting, take the usb headset out and THEN plug in hea...

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  Plan Premium Country Spain  Device Lenovo yoga 510 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   I have a windows 10 laptop. I often have to go into meetings ...

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Songs added to my main playlist no longer show proplerly in the playlist.

I have maintained a playlist of songs i like for the past 7 years or so. Recently i have been adding songs but they do not show in the playlist properly. If i click on the Playlist tab and then on the playlist, the same older version of the playlist ...

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I have maintained a playlist of songs i like for the past 7 years or so. Recently i have been adding songs but they do not show in the playlist properly. If i click on the Playlist tab and then on th...

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Can't play the current song for Local and Official songs

PlanPremiumCountry USADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or Issue When I have my playlist running automatically (Shuffle or Repeat Track) everytime it switches to a Local file song that I added to the playlist it stops playing and say...

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Plan Premium Country  USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro  My Question or Issue  When I have my playlist running automatically (Shuffle or Repeat Track) everytime it...

kyzruk

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Spotify desktop app stops playing then uses all system ram causing BSOD

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 build 17134.472Spotify Desktop App Version1.0.96.181.gf6bc1b6b My Question or IssueIn the last few weeks, spotify has been freezing my computer. The symptoms are as follows. Intermittendly,...

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  Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 build 17134.472 Spotify Desktop App Version 1.0.96.181.gf6bc1b6b   My Question or Issue In the last few we...

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Why Does Spotify Say These Songs Aren't Saved... When They Are?

Seen this on a few other albums as well. I don't want to add them again, because then I'd have two, if I removed them and added them again I'm willing to bet the issue would still occur.

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        Seen this on a few other albums as well. I don't want to add them again, because then I'd have two, if I removed them and added them again I'm willing to bet t...

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[PC] Remove songs on a playlist made for my by spotify

PlanFreeCountryUSA DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI like to browse the lists made for my by Spotify. Discover Weekly has no issues, this is regarding the other lists. How do I delete items on the PC? I usually only use Spotify...

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  Plan Free Country USA  Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I like to browse the lists made for my by Spotify.  Discover Weekly has no issues,...

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This song is not avaiable

PlanFree/PremiumCountryArgentina Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue:When i want to ear a song appears "This song is not avaible", but i can hear the rest of album.Only this song cant play. Was deleted?The song is: https://open.spotify.com...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Argentina  Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue: When i want to ear a song appears "This song is not avaible", but i can hear the rest of ...

Brunelicia

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Default Shuffle

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or Issue. Windows version has started to default to Shuffle every time I boot the PC. I'm a premium user

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Plan Premium Country   Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro     My Question or Issue. Windows version has started to default to Shuffle every time I boot the P...

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No Recent Activity (Multiple Devices)

PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceiPhone XS, Pixel 2 XL, WindowsOperating SystemiOS 12, Android P, Windows 10 My Question or IssueI've had an issue with my account not showing any 'Recent Activity' for several months now. I've attached screenshots that show...

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Plan Premium Country US   Device iPhone XS, Pixel 2 XL, Windows Operating System iOS 12, Android P, Windows 10   My Question or Issue I've had an issue with my account not showin...

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Installer crashes on windows 7 x64 sp1

PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 x64 Sp1 My Question or Issue I set my system up. now i cant install Spotify. in my account i deleted my old sytem that was attached to Spotify.Got ideas?

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  Plan Premium Country  Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 7 x64 Sp1  My Question or Issue  I set my system up. now i cant install Spotify. in my account i delet...

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Desktop-Overlay permanently

Is it possible to permanently (or at least while playing) show the overlay that pops up when you use media keys? I really like it, and would like to keep it there permanently.

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Is it possible to permanently (or at least while playing) show the overlay that pops up when you use media keys? I really like it, and would like to keep it there permanently.

Brunelicia

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No applicable app licenses found

Not much else to say about this one, I was listening to music, went to bed, got up , put music back on only spotify refuses to load because of the error message in the title. Ive tried the obvious uninstall reinstall so no need to waste your time typ...

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Not much else to say about this one, I was listening to music, went to bed, got up , put music back on only spotify refuses to load because of the error message in the title.   Ive tried the o...

Brunelicia

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Solved!! SpotifyInstaller has stopped working

Hello, I've been unable to install Spotify for Windows 7 for 2 months. Everytime I launched Spotify it said an update is avaliable, so I clicked yes, update. And each time it said: SpotifyInstaller has stopped working, so I just closed the window and...

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Hello, I've been unable to install Spotify for Windows 7 for 2 months. Everytime I launched Spotify it said an update is avaliable, so I clicked yes, update. And each time it said: SpotifyInstaller h...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify podcasts wont play on laptop

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDell laptop - 5510 Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue When I try to play a podcast on my laptop the timer does not move and the podcast does not play. This has happened over multiple podcasts now. I do not have th...

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Plan Premium Country   Device Dell laptop - 5510   Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue   When I try to play a podcast on my laptop the timer does not mov...

Peter

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Windows 8.1 Spotify Yüklenmiyor

Selamlar, Başlıkta da belirttiğim üzere Spotify'ı bilgisayarıma yükleyemiyorum sorunu Windows 8.1 İşletim sisteminde kullanıyorum bütün programlarım güncel.

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  Selamlar, Başlıkta da belirttiğim üzere Spotify'ı bilgisayarıma yükleyemiyorum sorunu Windows 8.1 İşletim sisteminde kullanıyorum bütün programlarım güncel.

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Unable to see songs in Collaborative Playlist/Not Updating songs in Collab Playlist

So recently I made a new collaborative playlist so my friends in my band could add songs that we want to do play in the band, and for a little while it worked fine. However, after a while it stopped updating so I thought one of the guys had simply st...

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  So recently I made a new collaborative playlist so my friends in my band could add songs that we want to do play in the band, and for a little while it worked fine. However, after a while it ...

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