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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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Spotify deletes your local files?

So i added Be a king by E-dubble to my playlist through local files and after i listened it took up to 10ish min for it to turn grey and disappear from my local files so my Q is do spotify got a program in spotify that recognizes songs that are not '...

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So i added Be a king by E-dubble to my playlist through local files and after i listened it took up to 10ish min for it to turn grey and disappear from my local files so my Q is do spotify got a prog...

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Library not syncing and adding duplicates

PlanPremiumCountry FranceOperating SystemAndroid 7.0, Windows 10 My Question or IssueI have multiple problems who start to annoy me and make me test other services : - When I add a song to my library on my phone it does not sync on my computer. - It ...

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Plan Premium Country  France Operating System Android 7.0, Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have multiple problems who start to annoy me and make me test other services :  ...

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Solved!! Album art in lower left corner is missing?

PlanPremiumWindows 10 My Question or Issue Where is the album art in the bottom left corner on the desktop app? It only shows the song and artist, now there's no good way to easily click to the playlist or page it is playing from...

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Plan Premium Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Where is the album art in the bottom left corner on the desktop app?  It only shows the song and artist, now there's no good way to...

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Can't open it

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro 64 bits My Question or IssueSoooo... Yeah, I can't open Spotify at all. I don't know what's happening, If I want to use Spotify I need to reinstall it using the FullSetup.exe because the normal one does not w...

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  Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 Pro 64 bits   My Question or Issue Soooo... Yeah, I can't open Spotify at all. I don't know what's happening, If I want to use Spotify I ...

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Solved!! Spotify installer stopped working

PlanPremiumCountry Czech Republic Operating SystemWindows 8.1 My Question or Issue Hello, I have problem instaling spotify on my PC, whenever i open the spotify setup, it crashes and stops working. I tried to perform a clean uninstall but nothing wor...

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  Plan Premium Country  Czech Republic   Operating System Windows 8.1   My Question or Issue  Hello, I have problem instaling spotify on my PC, whenever i open the ...

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Spotify won't play songs I've added to a playlist from local files.

PlanPremiumCountry FinlandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueLike the title says. Spotify won't play the songs I add to playlist from my local files. The songs show up in the playlist and I can click play but it just says that spo...

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Plan Premium Country  Finland Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Like the title says. Spotify won't play the songs I add to playlist from my local files....

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Desktop or Sonos disconnects because of other device??

I am now seriously frustrated with Spotify. I have been playing spotify daily, until the new update of not allowing several devices playing simultaneously. This would be perfectly fine, but the Spotify keeps disconnecting regardless of not playing on...

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I am now seriously frustrated with Spotify.  I have been playing spotify daily, until the new update of not allowing several devices playing simultaneously. This would be perfectly fine, but th...

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Grey bar in full screen mode on windows

PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDeviceHP SpectreOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When I am using spotify on my desktop in full screen mode, I have a grey bar at the top of the screen that I cannot get rid of. I searched up the issue an...

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Plan Premium Country  United States Device HP Spectre Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  When I am using spotify on my desktop in full screen mode, I have a ...

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Shuffle and loop buttons missing on desktop app

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue There are no shuffle and loop buttons for my playlists any more on the desktop app for Windows. Just a thumbs up/down. I use both of these options frequently while listenin...

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Plan Premium Country USA  Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  There are no shuffle and loop buttons for my playlists any more on the desktop app for...

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Same song on Queue

Hi, I use Spotify Premium on multiple devices, Windows, Mac, iPhone, Chromecast audio Speakers...Anyway, everytime I'm using the app for Windows and I play a playlist, or an album, or an artist (doesn't mind really) there's always this one song (Mone...

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Hi,   I use Spotify Premium on multiple devices, Windows, Mac, iPhone, Chromecast audio Speakers... Anyway, everytime I'm using the app for Windows and I play a playlist, or an album, or an a...

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Private Session Specifically For Facebook?

I just realized, the privacy session feature, is this exclusively when connected to Facebook? I asked because Spotify activity is always turned off, so no activity should be published on Facebook right?

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I just realized, the privacy session feature, is this exclusively when connected to Facebook? I asked because Spotify activity is always turned off, so no activity should be published on Facebook rig...

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Bring Back Playlist Radio

Playlist Radio is the remaining feature I pay for. Without it I'm not going to use Spotify. 90% of my Spotify listening is shuffled offline playlists on mobile or playlist radio on wifi. I'm a premium user and have been for years. Almost since launch...

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Playlist Radio is the remaining feature I pay for. Without it I'm not going to use Spotify. 90% of my Spotify listening is shuffled offline playlists on mobile or playlist radio on wifi.   I'm...

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Friend Feed not updating correctly

PlanFreeCountry ItalyDeviceAsus pc F550COperating SystemWindows 8 My Question or IssueIn the last 7/8 months my friends feed cant'update. None of my friends appear on the feed, but they are only in the following list. Yesterday I tried to disintstall...

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Plan Free Country  Italy Device Asus pc F550C Operating System Windows 8   My Question or Issue In the last 7/8 months my friends feed cant'update. None of my friends appear on th...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify hängt sich auf und lässt sich nicht neustarten - Neuinstallation und nach kurzer Zeit wieder

Plan PremiumCountry GermanyDeviceLenovo X1 CarbonOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Mein Spotify hängt sich auf und lässt sich nicht neustarten. Fehlermeldung "The Spotify application is not responding". Nach Neuinstallation geht es eine...

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Plan  Premium Country  Germany Device Lenovo X1 Carbon Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Mein Spotify hängt sich auf und lässt sich nicht neustarten. F...

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Spotify unresponsive after bluetooth disconnects

PlanPremiumCountry USDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue Recently I've started having an issue that I never had before. Anytime my bluetooth headset disconnects the Spotify program becomes unresponsive. The song is still playing bu...

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Plan Premium Country  US Device PC Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue  Recently I've started having an issue that I never had before. Anytime my bluetooth head...

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Songs not syncing

PlanPremiumCountryAustralia DeviceiPhone SEOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or Issue When saving songs on my iPhone SE (On the latest iOS) songs do not sync accross at all. I have to log onto my PC at home and manually find all the songs I'...

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  Plan Premium Country Australia   Device iPhone SE Operating System Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue   When saving songs on my iPhone SE (On the latest iOS) son...

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spotify error messages

Plan FreeFree/PremiumCountry Italy Device personal computer Operating System Windows 10(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue On my PC I installed for error Spoify Music which did no install itself becouse it was for Android sys...

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Plan Free Free/Premium Country Italy   Device personal computer   Operating System Windows 10 (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue On my PC I in...

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Musik spielt nicht mehr, springt nur noch durch

PlanPremiumCountryGermany Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issue Ich kann leider kaum bis gar kein Englisch. Seit dem letzten Windows 10 Update kann ich keine Musik mehr hören.Wie man in dem Video von mir sieht springen die Lieder nur noch...

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Plan Premium Country Germany  Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue  Ich kann leider kaum bis gar kein Englisch.   Seit dem letzten Windows 10 Update kann...

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The library checkbox does not appear on songs when browsing artist page

PlanPremiumCountry BrazilOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe library checkbox does not appear on the songs when I browse the artist pages. This is not always the case but a big part of my library has this problem. It is quite annoying ...

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Plan Premium Country  Brazil Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The library checkbox does not appear on the songs when I browse the artist pages. This is not always ...

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[Desktop] Volume fluctuating

My Question or IssueMy volume spikes and lowers randomly. I have tried every single fix I have found posted here. Turned off auto-enhancements, turned off normalizing volume, tried normalizing volume with the loud setting, uninstalling & reinstalling...

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My Question or Issue My volume spikes and lowers randomly. I have tried every single fix I have found posted here. Turned off auto-enhancements, turned off normalizing volume, tried n...

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