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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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MIKAAAAEL

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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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playlist description not updating

PlanPremiumCountry CanadaDevicePC/Pixel 2Operating SystemWindows 10/Android 9 My Question or Issue when I go to edit details and change the description on any of my playlists and click save, it does nothing. It's still the same description as before....

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Plan Premium Country  Canada Device PC/Pixel 2 Operating System Windows 10/Android 9   My Question or Issue  when I go to edit details and change the description on any of my...

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Solved!! Can't install Spotify because I'm using administrator account?

I'm using Windows 7, and of course I'm the administrator... Why does the Spotify program refuse to install, and tell me I can't install it on an administrator account, but only on a normal account. Whut?? I got one account, one user, it's me!There mu...

Casual Listener

I'm using Windows 7, and of course I'm the administrator...   Why does the Spotify program refuse to install, and tell me I can't install it on an administrator account, but only on a normal a...

jercho

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Podcast Playback Not Resetting When Finished

PlanFree/PremiumCountry United KingdonDeviceWindows 10 & Android My Question or IssueSo I listen to a lot of podcasts, normally when I'm commuting or exercising. I also like to listen to podcast before going to sleep. A lot of the time I will fall as...

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Plan Free/Premium Country  United Kingdon Device Windows 10 & Android  My Question or Issue So I listen to a lot of podcasts, normally when I'm commuting or exercising. I also li...

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Bug - Explicit Songs that should be explicit are not.

PlanPremium FamilyCountry US Operating SystemEffects all platforms (Desktop Client, Web Player, Mobile) My IssueSongs that are marked "Explicit" are not playing the explicit versions. For example, "G-Eazy - The Beautiful & Damned - Legend". I've also...

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Plan Premium Family Country  US     Operating System Effects all platforms (Desktop Client, Web Player, Mobile)   My Issue Songs that are marked "Explicit" are not playi...

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Superuser Contribution Bug or Not?

Hi guys. I experience this awhile ago. I'm on my Spotify (Desktop App) I'm trying to arrange my songs by categories. I even created folders and sub-folders to group them accordingly. But, as I'm doing this, something strange that happens. This is wha...

Composer

Hi guys.   I experience this awhile ago. I'm on my Spotify (Desktop App) I'm trying to arrange my songs by categories. I even created folders and sub-folders to group them accordingly. But, as...

Katerina

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Problem to download Spotify music offline

PlanPremiumCountry SpainDevicePC (Chrome BrowserOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello,First of all, thank you for creating this community. I'm a Spotify Premium user. I want to ask you a question about downloading songs without connect...

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Plan Premium Country  Spain Device PC  (Chrome Browser Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello, First of all, thank you for creating this community. I'm a S...

Loxer

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Best of DBZ Vol 3 Not Available?

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFor a few years now I've had a playlist with all of Bruce Faulkners Dragon Ball Z soundtracks that I like listening to but for some reason volumes 1 to 6 and 2 ext...

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Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue For a few years now I've had a playlist with all of Bruce Faulkners Dragon Ball Z sound...

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Superuser Contribution I have NO songs in my listening history!

I have NO songs in my listening history. How do I find what I've been listening to? there is nothing in the Play Queue/History window. I've tried everything to refresh it, even uninstalling/reinstalling Spotify Desktop. Spotify must have petabytes of...

Roadie

I have NO songs in my listening history. How do I find what I've been listening to? there is nothing in the Play Queue/History window. I've tried everything to refresh it, even uninstalling/reinstall...

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Tracks not playing to end

PlanPremiumCountryUS DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue After the new app upgraded, I sometimes have problems with tracks not playing entirely, or stopping and restarting.I tried a clean reinstall, but it still occurs.

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Plan Premium Country US  Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  After the new app upgraded, I sometimes have problems with tracks not playing entirely,...

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Inaccurate Playlist Runtime

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceIphoneOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have a playlist with 49 songs in it called Generic ambiance in my DND folder. It states a runtime (on all devices) of 132h 25m. None of my 49 songs last even an hour,...

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Plan Premium Country  USA Device Iphone Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I have a playlist with 49 songs in it called Generic ambiance in my DND folder.&nb...

Sebasty

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playing song from Search bar wont skip song

Whenever i play a song using search bar . the song will keep repeating . theres no way to play next song from my playlist ? so whats the point of having a playlist ?

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Whenever i play a song using search bar . the song will keep repeating . theres no way to play next song from my playlist ? so whats the point of having a playlist ?     

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Artist Page "About" Tab is 'shaking'

My Question or Issue Lately if I look at an artist's page (on desktop/Windows) and click on the 'About' tab, the text shakes/shifts/vibrates left to right. Anyone know a fix for this?

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    My Question or Issue  Lately if I look at an artist's page (on desktop/Windows) and click on the 'About' tab, the text shakes/shifts/vibrates left to right. Anyone know a fix fo...

Sebasty

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Rearrange Songs Within A Playlist

Why is your rearrange system so flaky. Why is your help so bad. I have no green arrows (ordering) ticked, I still can't rearrange the songs within my playlist. I am clearly not the only person who keeps on having this problem. WHY???????????????????

Casual Listener

  Why is your rearrange system so flaky. Why is your help so bad. I have no green arrows (ordering) ticked, I still can't rearrange the songs within my playlist. I am clearly not the only perso...

Sebasty

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Superuser Contribution Premium shuffle

Hi, I have Spotify Premium. I have a playlist with more than 600 songs, but when i put it on the shuffle-mode, it only shuffles about 20 songs....... Why is this? And what can i do?

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Hi,    I have Spotify Premium. I have a playlist with more than 600 songs, but when i put it on the shuffle-mode, it only shuffles about 20 songs....... Why is this? And what can i do?&nb...

Peter

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Solved!! Go to Artist Radio Error

PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDevicePcOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI get an error message everytime I click on "Go to Artist Radio". Also radio tab won't play any songs.

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Plan Premium Country Turkey Device Pc Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I get an error message everytime I click on "Go to Artist Radio". Also radi...

Loxer

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Superuser Contribution Songs won't play automatically

There is a new issue with Spotify (I'm using the desktop version on win 10). After a whole album is finished, or after a song I searched for specifically ends, spotify will not play automatically other songs. I need to get to the computer and choose ...

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   There is a new issue with Spotify (I'm using the desktop version on win 10). After a whole album is finished, or after a song I searched for specifically ends, spotify will not play aut...

Peter

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify stops when screen turns off

Hey up mates!I've been seen that this has already already been posted, but any of the proposed solutions really work.I use the spotify application with Windows 10 for hearing music from my computer, but all times that the screen turns down, music sto...

Newbie

Hey up mates! I've been seen that this has already already been posted, but any of the proposed solutions really work. I use the spotify application with Windows 10 for hearing music from my comput...

Peter

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Superuser Contribution How do I search for a song in my playlists ?

My Question or Issue How do I search / find a song / singer across ALL my albums and/or playlists ? I can see a filter function when I'm on a particular playlist - that's only for filtering within that paritcular playlist.The search function performs...

Casual Listener

    My Question or Issue   How do I search / find a song / singer across ALL my albums and/or playlists ?   I can see a filter function when I'm on a particular playlist - t...

Peter

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Trend Micro antivirus detected a worm in one of the audio files spotify downloaded

PlanFreeCountry New ZealandDeviceDELL XPSOperating SystemWindows My Question or Issue 26th Sep 2018, 10:30am my antivirus notified me that one of the audio files spotify app downloaded was infected. I didn't have any impact on the actual music I was ...

Casual Listener

Plan Free Country  New Zealand Device DELL XPS Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue  26th Sep 2018, 10:30am my antivirus notified me that one of the audio files sp...

Sebasty

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Shelf life of downloaded music? Playable on iPod?

Geezer here, mildly confused. Today, I'm confused about Spotify. Tomorrow, who can say? 1. Does downloaded music have a shelf life? That is, will it remain on my target device—regardless of Wi-Fi availability—as long as I have a Spotify Premium membe...

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Geezer here, mildly confused. Today, I'm confused about Spotify. Tomorrow, who can say?   1. Does downloaded music have a shelf life? That is, will it remain on my target device—regardless of ...

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