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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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App crashed, downloaded files (offline) get deleted

PlanPremiumCountryMalaysiaDeviceAcer AspireOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFor the past few days, the app always crashed and it made my laptop freeze. Once I started the app, allthe downloaded songs (offline) were deleted and I need to...

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Plan Premium Country Malaysia Device Acer Aspire Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue For the past few days, the app always crashed and it made my laptop freeze. Once I s...

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Windows 10 1809 - Files on Demand

I just got a new PC and installed Spotify. I use the files on demand on this machine due to a small disk drive. My music library is on OneDrive. When I launched the Spotify app it saw the files in OneDrive and went to index them. This caused them to ...

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I just got a new PC and installed Spotify. I use the files on demand on this machine due to a small disk drive. My music library is on OneDrive.   When I launched the Spotify app it saw the fi...

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AGAIN Spotify launches on startup even though the feature is disabled

PlanPremium DeviceComputerOperating SystemW10 My Question or IssueWhen I just booted up, the Spotify launched itself. I checked it, and the feature is disabled. This bug just never ever goes away. It so **bleep** annoying.

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Plan Premium   Device Computer Operating System W10   My Question or Issue When I just booted up, the Spotify launched itself. I checked it, and the feature is disabled. This bug j...

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Solved!! 177MB app? Really?

Hi, I just installed Spotify through Microsoft Store, and I really feel like 177mb disk space for such a simple app is quite ridiculous. Not that it would be much in absolute numbers nowadays, but it's just a huge footprint for a music player. I can ...

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Hi, I just installed Spotify through Microsoft Store, and I really feel like 177mb disk space for such a simple app is quite ridiculous.   Not that it would be much in absolute numbers nowaday...

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Connecting Facebook doesn't work fully

PlanPremiumCountryLatviaDevicePC/HTC x10Operating SystemWindows 10/Android My Question or Issue I noticed a while back my username changed from my Facebook name back to the username I created the acc with years ago. Interestingly, the login with face...

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  Plan Premium Country Latvia Device PC/HTC x10 Operating System Windows 10/Android   My Question or Issue  I noticed a while back my username changed from my Facebook name ...

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Spotify App can't start up: SpotifyMigrator.exe The Parameter is incorrect

PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceLenovo Y520Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Recently my spotify could not start up and it keeps displaying this error message, I have tried reinstalling it but it still dose not load up. Any help would be app...

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Plan Premium Country UK  Device Lenovo Y520 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Recently my spotify could not start up and it keeps displaying this error mess...

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My songs only play for 9 seconds

PlanFamily Plan PremiumCountry CanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue My songs only play for 9 seconds exactly and then goes blank. The time stamp also freezes at 9 seconds and doesnt go any further.

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Plan Family Plan Premium Country  Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  My songs only play for 9 seconds exactly and then goes blank. The ...

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Ads are in another language

PlanFreeCountry USADeviceLenovo ThinkpadOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've started to get some of my ads in Spanish. I don't see where I can choose my language. But I did see this solved post from a few years ago: https://community.s...

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  Plan Free Country  USA Device Lenovo Thinkpad Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I've started to get some of my ads in Spanish. I don't see where I can cho...

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Superuser Contribution [Android] Chromecast devices not found

PlanPremiumCountrySwitzerlandDeviceOnePlus 6Operating SystemAndroid Pie (OxygenOS 9.0) My Question or IssueThe spotify app won't find the available chromecast-devices while other apps (e.g. Google "Home") find the devices immediately.Restarting spoti...

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Plan Premium Country Switzerland Device OnePlus 6 Operating System Android Pie (OxygenOS 9.0)   My Question or Issue The spotify app won't find the available chromecast-devices while o...

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Duplicate song

The album "Trap Rel8ted" by artist 2kz has a problem. There are two songs "Intern" and "By Myself" that are exactly the same song even though they are different names. After checking on youtube, "By Myself" isn't the correct track on the album as it ...

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The album "Trap Rel8ted" by artist 2kz has a problem. There are two songs "Intern" and "By Myself" that are exactly the same song even though they are different names. After checking on youtube,...

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spotify crashes

PlanFreeCountryNetherlands Devicelaptop Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Every half hour I have to restart my spotify. I am listening to a playlist, the commercial shows up, and than spotify crashes. I can click whatever I want, 'the s...

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Plan Free Country Netherlands   Device laptop   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Every half hour I have to restart my spotify. I am listening to a...

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Superuser Contribution How do I make spotify links from the internet open in my desktop client (Win 10)?

PlanPremiumCountryCanada Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI love sharing songs with my friends over Discord and the like but it's really awkward to have to copy and paste the link into my client. Clicking the link opens it in the web ap...

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Plan Premium Country Canada   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I love sharing songs with my friends over Discord and the like but it's really awkward to have to c...

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Don't say that shazam won't put music into my spotify anymore because apple music bought it?!

My recently shazamed tracks not seen in my my shazamed tracks folder anymore. It is still connected to spotify! You must help obi-van you are my only hope!

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My recently shazamed tracks not seen in my my shazamed tracks folder anymore. It is still connected to spotify! You must help obi-van you are my only hope!

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Saved Songs on Iphone 6s aren't being synched to PC spotify

This has been happening for a couple weeks, anytime I add a song on my phone it doesn't relay onto my PC. If I add songs on my PC it will show up in my saved song on my phone just fine. Therefore I have to manually add songs I found on my phone, onto...

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This has been happening for a couple weeks, anytime I add a song on my phone it doesn't relay onto my PC. If I add songs on my PC it will show up in my saved song on my phone just fine. Therefore I h...

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Spotify allowing you to save songs already saved (duplicate)

PlanPremiumCountryAustralia Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue: Hi all, i've made a short video showcasing the bug/problem that i'm experiencing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwEufA7ZjGE Essentially, songs I already have saved aren't...

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Plan Premium Country Australia   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue:   Hi all, i've made a short video showcasing the bug/problem that i'm experiencing -&nbsp...

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Song added to my music using the "+" on my phone are not showing up on my desktop

I've tried re logging in, restart the application etc, both my phone and desktop are connected to the internet, but the song still aren't showing up on the desktop application

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   I've tried re logging in, restart the application etc, both my phone and desktop are connected to the internet, but the song still aren't showing up on the desktop application

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Superuser Contribution Volume Fading in and out when other programs makes noise

PlanPremiumCountry AustraliaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I am finding it annoying that music volume fads in and out when another program makes noise how do I stop this.Thank you

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Plan Premium Country  Australia Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I am finding it annoying that music volume fads in and out when another program ...

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Stop shuffle from being automatically re-enabled all the time

I have Premium and I never knowingly use the shuffle feature on desktop Spotify but I regularly find that it's re-enabled. I like knowing how far I am into a playlist, and it's absolutely irritating to regularly find that shuffle has been re-enabled ...

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  I have Premium and I never knowingly use the shuffle feature on desktop Spotify but I regularly find that it's re-enabled. I like knowing how far I am into a playlist, and it's abso...

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some songs don't play

I've got a question - on my computer some songs don't play, I mean that when I play them there is only silence. I think taht this doesn't matter, but they are some songs from Trench (like Morph and Pet Cheetah)Thanks for help

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I've got a question - on my computer some songs don't play, I mean that when I play them there is only silence. I think taht this doesn't matter, but they are some songs from Trench (like Morph and P...

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