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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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szkill

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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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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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64Bit version for Windows Desktops

Title, Seriously. If you can make a 64 bit Mac version you can make one for Windows. I'm tired of having an app that dies after 4 seconds of inactivity. I'm sick of having an app that crashes constantly without any information. This is 2019, a larger...

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Title, Seriously. If you can make a 64 bit Mac version you can make one for Windows. I'm tired of having an app that dies after 4 seconds of inactivity. I'm sick of having an app that crashes constan...

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Artist & Song Radio "Follow" removal

Spotify Premium, Web Player, iOS and AndroidI have recently found that the "FOLLOW" feature has been removed for both Artist Radio and Song Radio functions. I was actually showing a friend your neat features compared to your competitors, and to my ut...

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Spotify Premium, Web Player, iOS and Android I have recently found that the "FOLLOW" feature has been removed for both Artist Radio and Song Radio functions. I was actually showing a friend your n...

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Spotify on Windows 10 with Language English UK

PlanPremiumCountry UK DeviceSurface LaptopOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify works well with Cortana voice control when I set my language in Windows 10 to English US. However when I set it to English UK it does not work. Any idea...

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  Plan Premium Country UK   Device Surface Laptop Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify works well with Cortana voice control when I set my langua...

xxiainxx

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Private playlists not private

Hi, so i just made a new private playlist, and ive never had this problem before. I was listening to it, not in private mode, but the playlist itself was private and my friend texted and told me he was able to see it, and he showed me how he could cl...

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Hi, so i just made a new private playlist, and ive never had this problem before. I was listening to it, not in private mode, but the playlist itself was private and my friend texted and told me he w...

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Music feed stops playing when my screen goes in standby.

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceLenovo Laptop PC (2015)Operating SystemWindows 10 64 bits Home v 1809. My Question or IssueMy spotify music feed stops playing when my screen (and only the screen, not the entire computer) goes in standby.When I increase...

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Plan Premium Country France Device Lenovo Laptop PC (2015) Operating System Windows 10 64 bits Home v 1809.   My Question or Issue My spotify music feed stops playing when my screen (a...

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Wrong Artist linked in a song (Joji/Shamana - Besidju)

Country The NetherlandsOperating SystemWindows 10 Issue:If you search for the song Besidju by Shamana and Joji and click on the featured artist(Joji) it links to the wrong artist. It links to the wrong Joji, the Joji it should be linked to is this on...

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  Country   The Netherlands Operating System Windows 10   Issue: If you search for the song Besidju by Shamana and Joji and click on the featured artist(Joji) it link...

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"Create New Station" disappeared?

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceDell XPS 13Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIn a recent update my "Create New Station" tab disappeared. I still have my radio available with the stations I previously created, but I can't create new ones. I c...

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Plan Premium Country  USA Device Dell XPS 13 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue In a recent update my "Create New Station" tab disappeared. I still have my radio a...

RoxaneLapa

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Syncing local files to mobile

PlanPremiumDeviceiPhone 8Operating SystemiOS 13, Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify's back end changes continue to cripple the last, problem-free (for core functionality) version of the Windows client (0.9.15 from 2014) so it looks like I may be...

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Plan Premium Device iPhone 8 Operating System iOS 13, Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Spotify's back end changes continue to cripple the last, problem-free (for core functionalit...

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Keyboard shortcuts not working with spotify.

I have a keyboard with play/pause , skip track and previous track buttons. None of them work with spotify even while I am I have the spotify app open. How can I get them to work? These buttons do not work with spotify on any keyboard with them.

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I have a keyboard with play/pause , skip track and previous track buttons. None of them work with spotify even while I am I have the spotify app open. How can I get them to work? These buttons do not...

Anttica

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Spotify makes windows crash

For the past months I've had this issue appear randomly (sometimes more often, sometimes it's very rare): I'm listening to spotify and suddenly my song stops playing (no sounds) but the bar keeps going as if the song is still playing but on mute. Pau...

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  For the past months I've had this issue appear randomly (sometimes more often, sometimes it's very rare): I'm listening to spotify and suddenly my song stops playing (no sounds) but the bar k...

OneByBoo

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Spotify Connect Windows 10 Desktop

PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDeviceiPohne XSmax, Windows 10 Media Center PC My Question or Issue Good Day, i have got the Problem that i installed Spotify on a Windows 10 PC to act as Media Source for a Home Theater, my Family uses the Famaliy Accounts....

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Plan Premium Country  Germany Device iPohne XSmax, Windows 10 Media Center PC     My Question or Issue  Good Day,   i have got the Problem that i installed Spotify...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution spotify setup wont open

PlanFreeCountry TurkeyDevicePCOperating SystemWIN 7 My Question or Issue i tried uninstalling my antivirus but it keeps on not opening or it just opens up a very small error box that sends something to microsoft

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  Plan Free Country  Turkey Device PC Operating System WIN 7   My Question or Issue  i tried uninstalling my antivirus but it keeps on not opening or it just opens up a...

Jemi

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Why does 'go to song radio' now take me to a playlist?

PlanPremiumCountryUK DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueEvery song I click on 'go to song radio' it now takes me to a playlist with 50 songs in and no option to add or remove. The only radios I can go to are ones I saved. I asked ...

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Plan Premium Country UK  Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Every song I click on 'go to song radio' it now takes me to a playlist with 50 songs in and n...

jsannn

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Solved!! Wrapped 2018 Stats

Hey guys,I really loved Wrapped 2018 stats thing. I have almost closest stats. I've got minor different songs and artists but this isn't problem. I clicked the link on my laptop. I logged in. Then it showed me "how many different sogs and different a...

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Hey guys, I really loved Wrapped 2018 stats thing. I have almost closest stats. I've got minor different songs and artists but this isn't problem. I clicked the link on my laptop. I logged in. Then ...

spacyway

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Windows 8.1. SpotifySetup.exe does not launch

Operating SystemWindows 8.1, 64bit My Question or IssueSpotifySetup.exe does not launch. After clicking it, the process immediately shuts down, as observed by me several times. No window opens. No process launches subsequently. I already tried : - la...

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Operating System Windows 8.1, 64bit   My Question or Issue SpotifySetup.exe does not launch. After clicking it, the process immediately shuts down, as observed by me several times. No window...

rpenn

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Black screen

PlanPremiumCountry UK DeviceDell LaptopOperating SystemWin 7 Home Premium My Question or Issue After years of successfully running Spotify on this laptop running WinXP when I received notifications that XP was no longer going to be supported by Spoti...

Gig Goer

Plan Premium Country  UK   Device Dell Laptop Operating System Win 7 Home Premium  My Question or Issue  After years of successfully running Spotify on this laptop runnin...

johnf52

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Spotify not working on windows

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhenever I try to login to my spotify account using the application it gives me the error: Service is temporarily unavailable, please try again later. (Error code: 2...

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Plan Premium Country  USA Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Whenever I try to login to my spotify account using the application it gives me the ...

jest-smith

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Desktop Windows display options

Windows 10 Desktop:Is there a way to further change/modify the display options?...view/width/positioning/location/size of each section columns within Spotify? And also select which sections we want to include in the view? It looks like we have very l...

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Windows 10 Desktop: Is there a way to further change/modify the display options?...view/width/positioning/location/size of each section columns within Spotify? And also select which sections we want...

Brunelicia

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Spotify won't scrobble to Last.fm

I'm encountering an issue where Spotify will not scrobble to Last.fm. Currently, the only way to fix this is to reinstall Spotify, but I have to do so every day as it stops working when I restart my computer. I have been reinstalling Spotify every da...

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I'm encountering an issue where Spotify will not scrobble to Last.fm. Currently, the only way to fix this is to reinstall Spotify, but I have to do so every day as it stops working when I restart my ...

Mauro_maurisio

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Nothing happens after opening installer

PlanPremiumCountry TurkeyOperating System(Windows 10) When I open installer, nothing happens. When i drag the installer to C:\Program Files (x86) it works, downloads spotify but does not install it. I know the link that installs an old looking spotif...

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Plan Premium Country  Turkey Operating System (Windows 10)    When I open installer, nothing happens. When i drag the installer to C:\Program Files (x86) it works, downloads spot...

Whituryd41

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