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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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Possible Bug
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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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Spotify wont play an ad so I can lissen to music.

PlanFree/PremiumCountry North Korea Device(PC)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issue Spotify won't play the ad so I can listen to music. I have turned it off and back on again, it just won't play.

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Plan Free/Premium Country  North Korea  Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue  Spotify won't play the ad so I can listen to music. I have turn...

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Spotify is insanely slow to open, taking 30+ minutes sometimes.

PremiumUSA Desktop, windows 7. Spotify is VERY slow to open. I click the desktop app and it can take more than 30 minutes to use spotify, the app opens but i cant see anything but friends on the side for a long period of time and am unable to click a...

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  Premium USA     Desktop, windows 7.      Spotify is VERY slow to open. I click the desktop app and it can take more than 30 minutes to use spotify, the app ope...

Loxer

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Solved!! Spotify App doesn't start up Win 10

PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDeviceAcer LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 64bit Version 1803 (Build 17134.228) My Question or Issue I have tried to install spotify on my laptop with windows 10 before. However, I always get the same error where the spotif...

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Plan Premium Country  Germany Device Acer Laptop Operating System Windows 10 64bit Version 1803 (Build 17134.228)   My Question or Issue  I have tried to install spotify on m...

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Spotify Slows then Crashes

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceHP and ASUS laptopsOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Alright, so this is absolutely getting ridiculous. For the past two years that I've used Spotify (starting with using premium), I've NEVER STOPPED experien...

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Plan Premium Country  USA Device HP and ASUS laptops Operating System Windows 10     My Question or Issue   Alright, so this is absolutely getting ridiculous. For the ...

ScurvyDog

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Audio not playing

PlanFreeCountry USADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindowsMy Question or Issue Spotify audio is not playing. I have:reinstalled Spotify.made sure it is not the headphones or windows sound.restarted the computer.What else can I do?

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Plan Free Country  USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows My Question or Issue  Spotify audio is not playing. I have: reinstalled Spotify. made sure it is not the headphones...

Katerina

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Spotify will not nunmute

PlanFree/PremiumCountry US Device Web Browser Operating System Win 10 My Question or Issue Spotify will not unmute. Yes checked win sliders / sound - it is unmutes and all the way up. No problem with any other program on my computer.

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Plan Free/Premium Country US   Device Web Browser   Operating System Win 10     My Question or Issue  Spotify will not unmute.  Yes checked win sliders / sound ...

Luke

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Albums no longer displayed in alphabetical order

PlanFreeCountry ItalyDeviceWindows computerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hello, I'm a spotify free user, I'm listening music via the web browser.A couple of days ago, Spotify stopped showing me albums in my library in alphabetical o...

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Plan Free Country  Italy Device Windows computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Hello,   I'm a spotify free user, I'm listening music via the web ...

Crudelone

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Unsorted albums on web browser
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Solved!! Nothing works on Spotify besides Discover Weekly

My Question or IssueNothing works on Spotify that has to do with connecting to the internet. Friend Activity won't load on the side bar, attempting to make radios from playlists wont work, radios in general wont work, nothing works that has to do wit...

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My Question or Issue Nothing works on Spotify that has to do with connecting to the internet. Friend Activity won't load on the side bar, attempting to make radios from playlists wont work, radios i...

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Artists not playing from "Recently Played"

PlanPremiumCountry AustraliaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows10 My Question or Issue I've been having an issue on PC where some artists will refuse to play from the Recently Played list. If I go into the artist's page and play from there it works fine....

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Plan Premium Country  Australia Device PC Operating System Windows10   My Question or Issue  I've been having an issue on PC where some artists will refuse to play from the R...

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[Desktop] Error code 17

PlanFreeCountry Is this really needed hugh?DevicedesktopOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or IssueIm getting an error code 17 it says that my firewall is making it stop but i when i turned it off i opened it and it said the same thing could anyo...

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Plan Free Country  Is this really needed hugh? Device desktop Operating System windows 10    My Question or Issue Im getting an error code 17 it says that my firewall is ...

Loxer

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Solved!! Malware Windows 10 Desktop Version

PlanFree Operating SystemWindows 10 64-bit My Question or IssueMalwarebytes has detected malware in Spotify. It should be in appdata or roaming folders called Trojan.malpack. I thought there was something wrong with Malwarebytes, so I uninstalled Spo...

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Plan Free   Operating System Windows 10 64-bit   My Question or Issue Malwarebytes has detected malware in Spotify. It should be in appdata or roaming folders called Trojan.malpack. ...

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Windows and Mac Queue problem

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceWindows and MacOperating SystemWindows 10 unknown iOS My Question or Issue So a bit of background information. I am working in an office and we have a shared spotify account so that we can queue music up throughout the day...

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Plan Premium Country USA   Device Windows and Mac Operating System Windows 10 unknown iOS   My Question or Issue   So a bit of background information. I am working in an of...

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Malawarebytes deleted folders

PlanPremiumCountry AustraliaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10, My Question or Issue Hi Malawarebytes detected Spotify as a trojan and deleted folders I have tried reinstalling the app but computer says I have a store version on the computer there is...

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Plan Premium Country  Australia Device PC Operating System Windows 10,   My Question or Issue  Hi Malawarebytes detected Spotify as a trojan and deleted folders  I...

Elizadeath

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10 seconds songs

PlanFreeCountry ItalyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10,etc My Question or IssueSongs stop after 10 seconds on open.spotify.com. Is like that by 1 week, i thought it would be fixed but the issue is still there, also i read that is a problem that many...

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Plan Free Country  Italy Device PC Operating System Windows 10,etc   My Question or Issue Songs stop after 10 seconds on open.spotify.com. Is like that by 1 week, i thought it wou...

Sebasty

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Equalizer Workaround for Windows users

Hi everyone, I was using Spotify frequently in my Androind phone, but recently I had to start listening to it in my Windows PC, and, using the same headphone, I noticed a BIG difference in the sound, which is caused by the lack of Equalizer in Window...

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Hi everyone,   I was using Spotify frequently in my Androind phone, but recently I had to start listening to it in my Windows PC, and, using the same headphone, I noticed a BIG difference in t...

Loxer

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Superuser Contribution See "Get premium" all over, but I'm loggen in with my Premium account. Why?

PlanPremiumCountryDenmark DeviceAndroid, but the problem is on W10Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue

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Plan Premium Country Denmark  Device Android, but the problem is on W10 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  

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Solved!! Friend Feed won't load, Recently Played is empty, radios won't start

Hi there! I have been using Spotify for years and I have had the Premium plan for about two years now. Everything works on my Android and in a Chrome tab, but I have a lot of problems with the Desktop version lately (Windows 10). I'm using the French...

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Hi there!   I have been using Spotify for years and I have had the Premium plan for about two years now. Everything works on my Android and in a Chrome tab, but I have a lot of problems with t...

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Solved!! [Desktop] Spotify could not be started. Error Code: 17.

Basically, I installed spotify, later on, when it downloaded, I had the issue where it says "Spotify could not be started. Error Code: 17.Device: Desktop.OS Version: Windows 10.

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  Basically, I installed spotify, later on, when it downloaded, I had the issue where it says "Spotify could not be started. Error Code: 17. Device: Desktop. OS Version: Windows 10. 

Loxer

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Spotify creates similar playlist that is empty.

PlanpremiumCountry USADeviceALL DEVICESOperating SystemALL DEVICES My Question or Issue so spotify creates empty playlists for my longer playlist that has about 4000 songs in it. Used to work, but now it doesn't. Any ideas? The only way to create sim...

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Plan premium Country  USA Device ALL DEVICES Operating System ALL DEVICES   My Question or Issue  so spotify creates empty playlists for my longer playlist that has about 400...

Loxer

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