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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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UI display issues

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue The track duration is not displaying correctly. This is especially apparent when viewing track over an hour long such as podcasts. Doing things sesizing the window and hiding the friends panel does not ...

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    Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  The track duration is not displaying correctly. This is especially apparent when viewing track over an hour long such...

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Solved!! Selecting sorted search results bug

Hi, while searching for songs I came across the following bug I'm experiencing:1) Search for any song and then click on "Songs". Now a lists of songs shows up. For demonstration purposes, play the top song.2) Sort the search results by any criteria o...

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Hi, while searching for songs I came across the following bug I'm experiencing: 1) Search for any song and then click on "Songs". Now a lists of songs shows up. For demonstration purposes, play...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Playlist

PlanPremiumCountry United KingdomDeviceWindows DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I've just check my playlist and the playing playlist and despite the actual playlist being approx 500 songs the played playlist is only about 60, wh...

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Plan Premium Country  United Kingdom Device Windows Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I've just check my playlist and the playing playlist and despi...

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SD Card_Transferring Spoty

My 5 year and 5 month old HTC Facebook First phone passed away in the early hours of Sunday, October 21; and, I had to buy a new Moto g6 play phone today. So, I am currently downloading all of the songs that I saved in my spotify lists since 2017 unt...

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My 5 year and 5 month old HTC Facebook First phone passed away in the early hours of Sunday, October 21; and, I had to buy a new Moto g6 play phone today.   So, I am currently downloading all ...

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Local files added to playlist but greyed out

PlanPremiumCountry USADevice(Windows 10 Laptop - 12GB RAM, SSD)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issue I have music arrangement software (Finale) and created an arrangement of a classical piece. I exported it out to an MP3 file (this is NOT...

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Plan Premium Country  USA Device (Windows 10 Laptop - 12GB RAM, SSD) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue  I have music arrangement software (Finale) and crea...

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Previously saved songs 'disappearing' from saved list

PlanPremiumCountry USDeviceAll platformsOperating SystemAll operating systems My Question or Issuehttps://community.spotify.com/t5/Content-Questions/SONGS-SUDDENLY-INEXPLICABLY-UNSAVED-UNCHECKED/m-p/1748626https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Win...

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Plan Premium Country  US Device All platforms Operating System All operating systems   My Question or Issue https://community.spotify.com/t5/Content-Questions/SONGS-SUDDENLY-INEXP...

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Spotify kills my wifi connection

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceDell Inspiron 7559Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello, I've discovered that whenever I try to use Spotify on my laptop, my WiFi connection stops working, only connecting again every couple minutes wh...

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Plan Free Country United States Device Dell Inspiron 7559 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello,   I've discovered that whenever I try to use Spotify on my la...

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How moving with my private library to another computer?

I have a lot of own music on my computer. Approx. 10% of it is not available in Spotify catalogue. So I created a special playlist for these songs to download and hear these songs on my android devices.Now I have a new Laptop and I thought I only hav...

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I have a lot of own music on my computer. Approx. 10% of it is not available in Spotify catalogue. So I created a special playlist for these songs to download and hear these songs on my android devic...

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local files not working at all

PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceMSI Gaming laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue My local files don't seem to work. I have added a source and I have restarted my laptop and nothing seems to work! If you could help me then big thanks

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  Plan Premium Country  UK Device MSI Gaming laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  My local files don't seem to work. I have added a source and I&n...

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Ghost Web Player

PlanPremiumCountry USA DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue For the last week or so, when I've opened Spotify on my phone or PC, there's been music playing already—according to the 'devices' menu, it's playing on a 'Web Player (Chr...

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Plan Premium Country  USA   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   For the last week or so, when I've opened Spotify on my phone or PC, there's...

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Superuser Contribution Window size

PlanPremiumCountry Buenos Aires, ArgentinaDeviceGigabyte Bki7ha 7500Operating SystemWindows 10, updated, 1920x1080,Display Scale and layout 150%, Automatically hide the taskbar in desktop mode ON 1- Run Spotify to play some music2-Close to stay runni...

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Plan Premium Country  Buenos Aires, Argentina Device Gigabyte Bki7ha 7500 Operating System Windows 10, updated, 1920x1080,Display Scale and layout 150%, Automatically hide the taskbar in ...

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Superuser Contribution Windows Player Sounds Underwater/Can't Hear Speech

PlanPremiumCountry UkDeviceWindows 7 PCMy Question or Issue I can't hear any podcasts and all my music sounds underwater when using the desktop client on windows 7. When I use the web player the music/podcasts sound absolutely fine. The desktop clien...

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Plan Premium Country  Uk Device Windows 7 PC My Question or Issue   I can't hear any podcasts and all my music sounds underwater when using the desktop client on windows 7. When I u...

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Superuser Contribution No puedo escuchar en alta calidad.

Hola a todos, mi caso es el siguiente, tengo cuenta premium, tengo acceso a toda las caracteristicas de usuario premium, pero no puedo oir en alta calidad, aqui algunos pantallazos. Muchas gracias, espero su ayuda.

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Hola a todos, mi caso es el siguiente, tengo cuenta premium, tengo acceso a toda las caracteristicas de usuario premium, pero no puedo oir en alta calidad, aqui algunos pantallazos.   Muchas g...

Jemi

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Solved!! Fallo actividad de amigos y radio

Hola buenas, desde hace poco mas de un mes no me carga la actividad de mis amigos y la seccion radio me da error, a alguien mas le pasa esto? Solo me pasa en la version PC.Me he puesto en contacto 2 veces ya con el soporte y no me han resuelto nada.

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  Hola buenas, desde hace poco mas de un mes no me carga la actividad de mis amigos y la seccion radio me da error, a alguien mas le pasa esto? Solo me pasa en la version PC. Me he puesto en c...

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Superuser Contribution Unwanted playlists arrive every day even after unfollowing

PlanPremiumCountry AustraliaDeviceDesktopOperating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Unwanted playlists are arriving from the same source evey day even after unfollowing the source

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Plan Premium Country  Australia Device Desktop Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Unwanted playlists are arriving from the same source evey day even af...

Jemi

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Spotify queda "atascado" en el tiempo

Spotify PremiumArgentinaPC, Windows 10 Tengo un problema con mi Spotify para W10, ya le hice un clean reset, y sigue sin resolverse; Cuando abro Spotify, queda como si fuese, "detenido en el tiempo", reproduciendo una canción que escuché en mi anteri...

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Spotify Premium Argentina PC, Windows 10   Tengo un problema con mi Spotify para W10, ya le hice un clean reset, y sigue sin resolverse; Cuando abro Spotify, queda como si fuese, "detenido e...

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Superuser Contribution Local Files: Artist not clickable

PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 I have many playlists, constisting mostly of albums and discogs. Many of these albums are also local files. Sometimes I can see a local file icon in the playlist but usually not. I meticulously tag these ...

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  Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 10   I have many playlists, constisting mostly of albums and discogs.  Many of these albums are also local files.  Someti...

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No Internet Connection Detected (Error Code: 4)

Further to all the other threads on this, I was experiencing this problem and tried all the fixes suggested in those threads. The one that suggests changing the proxy seemed to work until I tried using Spotify again the next day. Then it was back to ...

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Further to all the other threads on this, I was experiencing this problem and tried all the fixes suggested in those threads. The one that suggests changing the proxy seemed to work until I tried usi...

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I can't transfer ALL my MP3 from my PC to my Android device

PlanFreeCountry FRANCEDevicePC + OnePlus 6Operating SystemWin 7 + Android My Question or Issue On my PC, I can add a "local" files folder and I can play them from Spotify PCLocal filesand I can play them from Spotify PCPlayingNow, I create a playlist...

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Plan Free Country  FRANCE Device PC + OnePlus 6 Operating System Win 7 + Android   My Question or Issue   On my PC, I can add a "local" files folder  and I ca...

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Recommended USB DAC for Win10 PC

I wonder if anyone could recommend a decent DAC to connect via USB 2 to my PC running Windows 10 and Spotify Premium. I`m hoping to improve the sound quality through my Cambridge Audio Pre-amp and Paradigm Active speakers, without breaking the bank.

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I wonder if anyone could recommend a decent DAC to connect via USB 2 to my PC running Windows 10 and Spotify Premium. I`m hoping to improve the sound quality through my Cambridge Audio Pre-amp and Pa...

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