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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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Music stop after one second

PlanPremiumCountryIsrael DeviceLenovo Yoga 720 laptopOperating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Suddenly while playing an album - Spotify stopped playing, and I can't get it to play as it's always stop after one second. I start, it play for a s...

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Plan Premium Country Israel  Device Lenovo Yoga 720 laptop Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Suddenly while playing an album - Spotify stopped playing...

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Certain Songs Not Available In My Country When They Are.

Certain songs are greyed out in Spotify for me when they should not be. For example https://open.spotify.com/track/37AqT7uMhE3Fu8iqYDHa18?si=plYEyLz8RzioMdYp_uR7Kw is greyed out but I have bought the song on Play Music and it is avadible in South Afr...

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Certain songs are greyed out in Spotify for me when they should not be. For example https://open.spotify.com/track/37AqT7uMhE3Fu8iqYDHa18?si=plYEyLz8RzioMdYp_uR7Kw is greyed out but I have ...

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Local Files Not Working

PlanPremiumCountry New ZealandDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue So yesterday I downloaded some songs onto my pc, and put them on spotify through local files completely fine and everything worked. Audio was fine and the s...

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Plan Premium Country  New Zealand Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  So yesterday I downloaded some songs onto my pc, and put them on spoti...

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[All platforms] A thread of all the features Spotify USED to have that we want back. Go.

I'll start; I've got tons. Personal messages/send songs among usersArtist pages showing which of your friends listens to that artistPlaylists showing you which of your friends follows itUser playlists in the Discovered On... of the artist pageArtist ...

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I'll start; I've got tons.   Personal messages/send songs among users Artist pages showing which of your friends listens to that artist Playlists showing you which of your friends follows i...

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'First discovered on' playlists is suddenly missing from most artists I look at. Why?

And when it is available, it's usually stacked with Spotify's dumb curated playlists. Please bring this feature back. I want to see the playlists that other users are making without sifting through hundreds or thousands in search, and I want mine to ...

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And when it is available, it's usually stacked with Spotify's dumb curated playlists. Please bring this feature back. I want to see the playlists that other users are making without sifting through h...

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Cannot login via Windows Vista plus FaceBook

PlanFreeCountry USADeviceDell laptopOp. SystemWindows Vista My Question or Issue I use free Spotify and login via my Facebook profile. Works fine on my newer PC with Windows-10 and on my Android tablet from Verizon. But will not work on our older lap...

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  Plan Free Country  USA Device Dell laptop Op. System Windows Vista   My Question or Issue  I use free Spotify and login via my Facebook profile. Works fine on my newe...

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Spotify not showing as "Listening to" on Discord

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWindows Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue So, im trying to figure out why my Spotify isnt showing what im listening to on Discord. It just started doing and and i dont know why. Ive Restarted my pc and it stil...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Windows  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  So, im trying to figure out why my Spotify isnt showing what im listening to on D...

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"Local files" folder doesn't show up

Hello,Where the "Local Files" section should appearin the side menu on the left, with "Artists", "Podcast", etc. , it simply doesn't.When I open the Windows desktop app, "Local Files" briefly appears in the side menu, at its normal position (for like...

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Hello, Where the "Local Files" section should appearin the side menu on the left, with "Artists", "Podcast", etc. , it simply doesn't. When I open the Windows desktop app, "Local Files" briefly app...

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Spotify Connect only working after install

Hello, I'm currently using a Windows 10 Pro RS6 build 18305.I can use spotify connect after installation spotify, either the spotify on windows storebut after I close it, and open it again, Spotify Connect doesn't detect any devicesI've tried to disa...

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Hello, I'm currently using a Windows 10 Pro RS6 build 18305. I can use spotify connect after installation spotify, either the spotify on windows store but after I close it, and open it again, Spoti...

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PC app doesn't show up in spotify connect

PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue After doing almost nothing spotify pc app acts like offline. What i mean by this, is i can't use spotify connect on it altough i can on browser spotify app. Can't use play together on ...

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Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue    After doing almost nothing spotify pc app acts like offline. What i mean by this, is i can't use spotify c...

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Recently added songs in library on Android don't show up on Windows Spotify

PlanPremiumCountry FranceDeviceComputerOperating System Windows 7 Pro 64bit My Question or Issue Hello, My Spotify on Windows 7 is not showing my recently fav songs ("Your Library" > "Songs"). However it's fine on my phone, songs aren't showing on my...

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Plan Premium Country  France Device Computer Operating System  Windows 7 Pro 64bit   My Question or Issue   Hello,  My Spotify on Windows 7 is not showing my rece...

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Home button not appearing

PlanFree/PremiumCountry CanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue The "Home" is missing from my menu sidebar see attached or the IMGUR link https://imgur.com/a/6Bk5D6i

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Plan Free/Premium Country  Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue  The "Home" is missing from my menu sidebar   see attached or the IMGUR l...

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Your Library 'Songs' Stops Working

PlanPremiumCountry Great BritainDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have created over 340 Playlists and have 240 Artists on my desktop computer in Spotify and have spent many hours making sure that I have my favourite/best (...

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Plan Premium Country  Great Britain Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have created over 340 Playlists and have 240 Artists on my desktop computer...

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Superuser Contribution Runtime error

PlanPremiumCountryMéxico DeviceLaptop HP Operating SystemWindows 8.1 My Question or IssueHello! Please help! I´m trying to install Spotify to my PC with windows 8.1 but when I download the program of the official site, this message appears: "This app...

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Plan Premium Country México    Device Laptop HP    Operating System Windows 8.1   My Question or Issue Hello! Please help! I´m trying to install Spotify to my P...

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So, are we ever going to make Shuffle actually shuffle?

I do not care what anyone thinks, this has been an issue since the dawn of this program. I have had it and I quit paying for premium until this is fixed. Shuffle picks maybe 30 songs and then plays them in the same order or will play them backwards a...

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I do not care what anyone thinks, this has been an issue since the dawn of this program. I have had it and I quit paying for premium until this is fixed.  Shuffle picks maybe 30 songs and the...

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Spotify connect on desktop keeps reconnecting

CountryNetherlandsDeviceDesktop Operating SystemWindows 10 x64 My Question or Issue Lately i have an issue with Spotify connect in windows, not being able to probe the network properly for devices that can play music. For some reason the desktop vers...

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    Country Netherlands Device Desktop   Operating System Windows 10 x64   My Question or Issue  Lately i have an issue with Spotify connect in windows, not being ...

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Only able to play 4 tracks of Boris Brejcha - 22 (Album)

PlanPremiumCountry BelgiumDevicePC & Android PhoneOperating SystemWindows 10 & Android 6 My Question or Issue Today I've noticed that I'm only able to play 4 tracks of Boris Brejcha's "22" Album.What can be the reason for this issue?https://open.spot...

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Plan Premium Country  Belgium Device PC & Android Phone Operating System Windows 10 & Android 6   My Question or Issue   Today I've noticed that I'm only able to pla...

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Superuser Contribution Maximize does not work properly

If I maximize Spotify on Windows 10, it does often not maximize correctly.

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If I maximize Spotify on Windows 10, it does often not maximize correctly.  

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spotify doesnt open when connected to airpods

PlanPremiumCountry NorwayDevicehp laptopOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or Issue The spotify app wont open when i have connected to airpods. I need to disconnect them and restart the pc for it to work. it just says the spotify application is n...

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Plan Premium Country  Norway Device hp laptop Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue  The spotify app wont open when i have connected to airpods. I need to discon...

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Spotify Connect Issue

I was told to share this here after speaking with support. So, this is a rather odd situation. I've actually fixed my problem, however, it was so strange that I wanted to inform someone of what happened. I have been having problems recently with the ...

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I was told to share this here after speaking with support. So, this is a rather odd situation. I've actually fixed my problem, however, it was so strange that I wanted to inform someone of what hap...

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