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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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Memory Leak Inside Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceDesktop ComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue When I start playing music it will be fine until after maybe 2-3 songs it will stop at the end of the current song and the program will freeze, it s...

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Plan Premium Country United States  Device Desktop Computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  When I start playing music it will be fine until after maybe 2...

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Friend Activity not updating

PlanPremiumCountry SwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, my friend feed/activity is not updating correctly. When my friend starts playing a new song the friend feed shows that he is playing a song he actually played like 3...

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  Plan Premium Country  Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Hi, my friend feed/activity is not updating correctly. When my friend start...

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Error code 8 or error code 2...Can't use Spotify anyway!

PlanPremiumCountryMéxicoDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have been trying to use Spotify on my job's PC for about a week now. Everytime I try to access my account through the program or the app, Spotify displays either error 8...

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Plan Premium Country México Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have been trying to use Spotify on my job's PC for about a week now. Everytime I try to acces...

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Superuser Contribution Web Player Not Working

I currently use Spotify for free and I always use the Web Player but for the past week it hasn't been working. I've tried restarting my laptop many times, logging out, and even trying some of the things on the community page. When I go to click on a ...

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I currently use Spotify for free and I always use the Web Player but for the past week it hasn't been working. I've tried restarting my laptop many times, logging out, and even trying some of the thi...

TomLegend

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Certain local files won't play

Plan PremiumCountry United StatesDeviceDell Inspiron 7567Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have many local files in a playlist and all of them work except for my 4:44 download. These songs worked in the past and I have them downloaded...

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Plan  Premium Country  United States Device Dell Inspiron 7567 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I have many local files in a playlist and all of them ...

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How to delet recommendations?

-Premium-All Platforms I use Spotify on Problem:Since the start Spotify recommendet stupid boring german songs that sound like I am banging my head against a wall.I never heard 1 single song like that willingly over spotify in my whole life.Also my p...

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  -Premium -All Platforms I use Spotify on     Problem: Since the start Spotify recommendet stupid boring german songs that sound like I am banging my head against a wall. I nev...

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Superuser Contribution spotify:track uri functionality broken

PlanFreeCountry UKDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 x64 build 1803 My Question or IssueUntil this latest version of the Windows 10 Desktop spotify 1.0.88.353.g15c26ea1a web browser link of the form: spotify:track:1aICPClDGoZGvxAv8g5lmS#00.00...

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  Plan Free Country  UK Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 x64 build 1803   My Question or Issue Until this latest version of the Windows 10 Desktop spotify 1.0.8...

Daisy

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Spotify cant play this right now

PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I am getting the Spotify cant play this right now message I have already tried Deleting all my local filesTurning off the hardware accelerationRemoving all offlin...

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Plan Premium Country  United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I am getting the Spotify cant play this right now message   I have a...

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Wrong song played in playlist

PlanFreeCountryUSA (VPN)DeviceBuilt PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThis started happening about 2 weeks ago, but I thought it's going to be fixed, It didn'tSo now I'm stuck here with, for ex. three Titles (and other meta) but differ...

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Plan Free Country USA (VPN) Device Built PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue This started happening about 2 weeks ago, but I thought it's going to be fixed, It didn't...

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How to add music to a playlist you do not own

PlanFreeCountry Argentina Device(Samsung Galaxy 7 and Alienware R15)Operating System(Android Oreo and Windows 10) My Question or Issue I am not a Spotify user (old mp3 carrying type user) but was kinda obliged as my Spinning teacher uses it to arrang...

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Plan Free Country Argentina   Device (Samsung Galaxy 7 and Alienware R15) Operating System (Android Oreo and Windows 10)   My Question or Issue  I am not a Spotify use...

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Secret Playlist = Secret Listening?

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceMoto G5Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI just got married and have started using Spotify for **bleep** music. I know that I can do a private session where no one can see what I'm listening to, but I'm also wond...

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Plan Premium Country  USA Device Moto G5 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I just got married and have started using Spotify for **bleep** music. I know that I can d...

yeezyyeezy

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Songs have no sound and some songs have the wrong audio file

So I'm using the Spotify desktop app on Windows 10 and noticed that some songs like Eminem's "The Ringer" has no sound and the song "Greatest" has the audio of "Kamikaze".I have tried reinstalling Spotify 3 times but nothing changed. I also changed a...

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So  I'm using the Spotify desktop app on Windows 10 and noticed that some songs like Eminem's "The Ringer" has no sound and the song  "Greatest" has the audio of  "Kamikaze".I have tri...

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[Desktop][Android] Crossfade even its disabled

Operating SystemWindows, Android 7.1 My Question or IssueCrossfade is a cool feature, what so ever I want to disable it from time to time. The problem is that, even its disabled, it still fades the songs. I have searched the internet for possible sol...

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Operating System Windows, Android 7.1   My Question or Issue Crossfade is a cool feature, what so ever I want to disable it from time to time. The problem is that, even its disabled, it stil...

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Probleme mit dem Support von Medientasten

PlanPremiumCountryDeutschland DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Ich nutze zum schnelleren Wechslen der Lieder s.g. Funktionstasten von meiner Tastatur (Roccat Isku+ ), welche unter normalen Umständen auch ganz normal die Lieder ...

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Plan Premium Country Deutschland  Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Ich nutze zum schnelleren Wechslen der Lieder s.g. Funktionstasten von meiner ...

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Playlist 'Make Secret' and 'Make Public' confusion

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop ComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI recently noticed a really annoying problem regarding making playlists secret. When I'm on the desktop client and choose the "Make Secret" option for...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop Computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I recently noticed a really annoying problem regarding making playlists se...

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Superuser Contribution No puedo escuchar ninguna radio ni ver el feed de amigos.

Tengo el plan premium, pero en la PC no me deja escuchar ninguna radio ni ver el feed de amigos, solo en la PC me pasa estoy ya reinstale, borre, repare, borre la carpeta entera y nada.

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Tengo el plan premium, pero en la PC no me deja escuchar ninguna radio ni ver el feed de amigos, solo en la PC me pasa estoy ya reinstale, borre, repare, borre la carpeta entera y nada.   &nbs...

Sean029

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Actividad de amigos.
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I have identical playlists on 2 computers running windows. 1 repeatedly doesnt play specific songs

PlanPremiumCountry South AfricaDeviceDell LaptopOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue I am running spotify off two laptops. They have identifcal playlists and I can play these off either computer. But I notice one device will not play specif...

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Plan Premium Country  South Africa Device Dell Laptop Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue  I am running spotify off two laptops.  They have identifcal play...

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Spotify unpauses by itself

I have Spotify Free on Windows 10 and I live in the US. Whenever I'm listening to music or a podcast and I pause it, it unpauses by itself after about 20 seconds. This is really annoying, and if I want to pause my music I have to close the app, and r...

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I have Spotify Free on Windows 10 and I live in the US. Whenever I'm listening to music or a podcast and I pause it, it unpauses by itself after about 20 seconds. This is really annoying, and if I wa...

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Can no longer use keyboard shortcuts to control volume via Spotify Connect

Account: Premium (USA)Laptop: Windows 10Software version: 1.0.88.353.g15c26ea1 (Windows Store version)Echo: Amazon Echo Dot I had an issue recently where Spotify would not start up when launched. It would keep closing just before it finally displayed...

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  Account:  Premium (USA) Laptop:  Windows 10 Software version:  1.0.88.353.g15c26ea1 (Windows Store version) Echo:      Amazon Echo Dot   I had an ...

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Display settings - background and font colour

Hi - new to Family subscription and happy with it! However, using Spotify on a laptop is difficult to see - the font colour and background can merge and it's hard to see it when the laptop's outside. Is there any way of changing this in settings plea...

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Hi - new to Family subscription and happy with it!  However, using Spotify on a laptop is difficult to see - the font colour and background can merge and it's hard to see it when the laptop's ou...

Loxer

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