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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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Groundhog Day Glitch

Recently, I've been experiencing a peculiar glitch on Spotify. Despite me repeatedly changing the playlist, it always resets to the same playlist, song and settings each time I close and reopen the app (Ten Minutes by The Get-Up Kids on Punk Essentia...

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Recently, I've been experiencing a peculiar glitch on Spotify. Despite me repeatedly changing the playlist, it always resets to the same playlist, song and settings each time I close and reopen the a...

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Win10 - The podcast list keeps on getting clipped and dissapearing when scrolling

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 (Latest build) My Question or IssueThe podcast list keeps on getting clipped and dissapearing when scrolling.On a page, when I go down to view previous/more podcasts or audio entr...

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Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 (Latest build)   My Question or Issue The podcast list keeps on getting clipped and dissapearing when scro...

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how to get back starred songs (Spotify deleted)

PlanFreeCountry United StatesDeviceDesktop computerOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue I looked up other posts but they were all old posts by people that had deleted their starred songs etc. I didn't delete them, Spotify did because they a...

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Plan Free Country  United States Device Desktop computer Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue  I looked up other posts but they were all old posts by people that...

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Radio won't work

PlanFreeCountryBrazilOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, so I've trying to access the Radio feature from an especific artist(e.g.: listening to a Joji's album, go to his profile, click on the three dots, select 'go to artist radio'), ...

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Plan Free Country Brazil Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Hi, so I've trying to access the Radio feature from an especific artist(e.g.: listening to a Joji's albu...

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BUG! embedded playlists are linking to albums instead of correct playlists

PlanPremiumDevicedesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi I have just noticed that embedded playlists are not working correctly on desktop. So I have a website in a browser with an embedded playlist. I click to play and then click th...

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Plan Premium Device desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Hi I have just noticed that embedded playlists are not working correctly on desktop.   So I ha...

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Stutter, lag, flickering and jumps when trying to play music.

PlanPremium DeviceLaptop, Sony VaioOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueHi! I'm having mayor troubles when trying to use the desktop app: When pressing play (on any song or podcast) the music plays for about 10-15 sec, then the music starts ...

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Plan Premium   Device Laptop, Sony Vaio Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue Hi! I'm having mayor troubles when trying to use the desktop app:   When pressing p...

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Skips tracks after ads, windows 10, chrome browser

PlanFreeCountry CanadaDeviceWeb Player - Chrome BrowserOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I've been trying to listen to a podcast all morning, but each time an ad plays it skips to the next track. Sometimes this takes minutes sometimes l...

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Plan Free Country  Canada Device Web Player - Chrome Browser Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I've been trying to listen to a podcast all morning, but each...

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My "Your Library" is without Podcasts

PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue In my "YOUR LIBRARY", is the menu Podcast missing, how do I get that menu back?

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Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  In my "YOUR LIBRARY", is the menu Podcast missing, how do I get that menu back?

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Sorting search results

PlanFreeCountry CanadaDeviceHP desktopOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue A few weeks ago, the function allowing search results to be sorted alphabetically stopped working. It seems this was a Spotify Community issue back in 2015 and the S...

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Plan Free Country  Canada Device HP desktop Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue  A few weeks ago, the function allowing search results to be sorted alphabetical...

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Superuser Contribution Radio nightmare

I'm trying out a free plan of Spotify but it seems like I'm not going to stay very long as the issues have been stacking up straight from the getgo. One of the most annoying thing is this: I clicked on the menu item labelled Radio to see what that wa...

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I'm trying out a free plan of Spotify but it seems like I'm not going to stay very long as the issues have been stacking up straight from the getgo. One of the most annoying thing is this: I clicked ...

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Notification when I skip music

Hello, what's up? I have a problem when I skip music, appears a notification that I wouldn't like to appear. This box is so big and it's disturb me. How can I solve this? Thanks.

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Hello, what's up?   I have a problem when I skip music, appears a notification that I wouldn't like to appear. This box is so big and it's disturb me.   How can I solve this? Thanks.

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Windows 7 Hata Kodu 17

Mesajımı Türkçe yazıyorum. Umarım yardım alabilirim.Spotify bazı sorunlar oldu. Ben de programı kaldırıp tekrar yükleyerek sorunun çözüleceğini düşündüm. Fakat tekrar yükleme yaparken hata kodu 17 (error code 17) hatasını veriyor ve programı yükleyem...

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Mesajımı Türkçe yazıyorum. Umarım yardım alabilirim. Spotify bazı sorunlar oldu. Ben de programı kaldırıp tekrar yükleyerek sorunun çözüleceğini düşündüm. Fakat tekrar yükleme yaparken hata kodu 17 ...

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Spotify Program on windows 10 always force close

PlanPremiumCountry IndonesiaDeviceHP Pavalion dv6Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have tried all methods from moving folders to Program files (x86) and other methods, all of them end up in force close. sometimes the application will ...

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Plan Premium Country  Indonesia Device HP Pavalion dv6 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I have tried all methods from moving folders to Program files (x86)...

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I imported a local file which works on my desktop but doesn't carry over to my phone

PlanPremiumCountry CanadaDeviceiPhone 7+ 256gbOperating SystemiOS 12, Windows 10 on my desktop My Question or Issue So I converted a song from youtube into an mp3 file. This is the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLyJJCb_jbQ / and I used flvto ...

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  Plan Premium Country  Canada Device iPhone 7+ 256gb Operating System iOS 12, Windows 10 on my desktop  My Question or Issue  So I converted a song from youtube into an...

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Change track in the current playlist / queue

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDevicelaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hello, got a problem with spotify ( both desktop and windows store version ) where spotify go to the next song without stoping in the current queue.it happens after a...

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Plan Premium Country France Device laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Hello, got a problem with spotify ( both desktop and windows store version )  w...

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[BUG] Playlist suggestion not removed from list when adding via three-dots

Reproduce:1. Open a playlist2. Hover any suggested song and click the "..."-icon.3a. Add song to your currently opened playlistResult: Song is added, suggestion is still available3b. Click Add buttonResult: Song is added to playlist and removed from ...

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Reproduce: 1. Open a playlist 2. Hover any suggested song and click the "..."-icon. 3a. Add song to your currently opened playlist Result: Song is added, suggestion is still available 3b. Click ...

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Playlist Radio option gone on Windows desktop app?

In the latest update, did you guys get rid of the playlist radio option for free users on the desktop app also? I know you got rid of it on mobile months ago, but tonight i noticed that when I'm on a playlist and I click the three dots, the "start pl...

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In the latest update, did you guys get rid of the playlist radio option for free users on the desktop app also? I know you got rid of it on mobile months ago, but tonight i noticed that when I'm on a...

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Tune into friends playlist (friend radio)

Hi Spotify I have a suggestion on how to improve Spotify even further: Currently I can see what my friend is listening to and I can listen to it as well by clicking on the song. However, when the next song starts, I have to actively tune in again int...

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  Hi Spotify    I have a suggestion on how to improve Spotify even further: Currently I can see what my friend is listening to and I can listen to it as well by click...

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Solved!! Sopity does not play with a D/A Converter

PlanFree/PremiumCountry GermanyDeviceDell PCOperating SystemWindows 7My Question or IssueSpotify doesn`t play when I connect a Digital-Analog Converter (ESI U46DJ) via USB. I tried different laptops and changed various settings, nothing worked. Is it...

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Plan Free/Premium Country  Germany Device Dell PC Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Spotify doesn`t play when I connect a Digital-Analog Converter (ESI U46DJ) via USB. I...

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Spotify does not resume recently played song if PC was shut down/rebooted

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 8.1 x64 My IssueWindows application does not resume recently played song/playlist if the application was not closed manually (by pressing X in its top-right corner) before shutting down a PC. As...

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Plan Premium Country Poland Device PC Operating System Windows 8.1 x64   My Issue Windows application does not resume recently played song/playlist if the application was not...

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