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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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earthbound

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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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Help: Greyed song in mobile playlist, but not in windows - and more on grey songs

My Question or Issue Songs are greyed out in my phone's playlist, but won't even appear on the same playlist on windows.1 - Why is that?2 - If I download a song that later becomes greyed out, will I be able to keep it?3 - If not, am I correct in assu...

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My Question or Issue  Songs are greyed out in my phone's playlist, but won't even appear on the same playlist on windows. 1 - Why is that? 2 - If I download a song that later becomes greyed o...

RNars

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Problem in search

Nothing found in the searchPlanPremiumCountry IsraelDeviceWindows 10 appOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue

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Nothing found in the search Plan Premium Country  Israel Device Windows 10 app Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  

RonenGoaStar

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trying to search for artists, but spotify is only searching for local files

PlanFreeCountry englandDevicedesktop pcOperating Systemwindows ten My Question or Issue when i try seaching for music, the only songs and artists in my local files are showing up, nothing thats on spotify

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Plan Free Country  england Device desktop pc Operating System windows ten   My Question or Issue   when i try seaching for music, the only songs and artists in my local...

sprousej98

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Error 17 on Spotify when signing in

PlanFree/PremiumCountry USADevice(iPhone 6s, HP Windows 10 laptop)Operating System(iOS 10, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Today I tried to sign into my main Spotify account and an error popped up that said A firewall may be blocking Spotify. P...

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Plan Free/Premium Country  USA Device (iPhone 6s, HP Windows 10 laptop) Operating System (iOS 10, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  Today I tried to sign into my main ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify app state overrided my dektop spotify previous state when i change from one to the other

Each time that I change from spotify phone to spotify desktop, the desktop previous "state" (song/list/random option/etc...) is overriden by the spotfy phone "state" so i lost the list/song/queue or random config I was playing on my desktop before......

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Each time that I change from spotify phone to spotify desktop, the desktop previous "state" (song/list/random option/etc...) is overriden by the spotfy phone "state" 😞 so i lost the list/song/q...

fredkidgmail

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Solved!! cant turn off recently played artists?

PlanPremiumCountry CanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Every time i try to toggle my recently played artists off nothing happens, restarting the program just toggles it back on.

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Plan Premium Country  Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 10   Every time i try to toggle my recently played artists off nothing happens, restarting the program just toggles ...

Luke

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Starts playing 30 sec into song

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktop Windows My Question or IssueOne song starts playing 30 seconds in when being played in a playlist with shuffle. Only one song seems to have this problem

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Plan Premium Country   Device Desktop   Windows  My Question or Issue One song starts playing 30 seconds in when being played in a playlist with shuffle. Only one song seems t...

Luke

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Only one daily mix

PlanPremiumCountrySpainOperating System Windows 10My Question or IssueI only get a daily mix, before I had three. It is normal?

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  Plan Premium Country Spain Operating System  Windows 10 My Question or Issue I only get a daily mix, before I had three. It is normal?  

Luke

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Noticing the Improvements

I've been using the Windows Desktop version nearly every day for a few months, and I just wanted to say "Thank You" for all the improvements that I've noticed to performance, data-syncing, keyboard shortcuts, etc. All the small improvements are addin...

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I've been using the Windows Desktop version nearly every day for a few months, and I just wanted to say "Thank You" for all the improvements that I've noticed to performance, data-syncing, keyboard s...

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Superuser Contribution Desktop Daily Mix Issue "not available offline"

I've seen a couple posts similar, but none with a fix.....I can get daily mix on the ios app, but when I type it into the search bar on the desktop version and click daily mix it gives me the message, "your daily mix is not available offline. Please ...

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I've seen a couple posts similar, but none with a fix.....I can get daily mix on the ios app, but when I type it into the search bar on the desktop version and click daily mix it gives me the message...

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PLAYLIST PICTURE

PlanPremiumCountry swedenDevice(PC)Operating System(windows 8.1) My Question or Issuehow can i download my own playlist pictures ? i really dont want to lose my picture and i would like to edit it

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Plan Premium Country  sweden Device (PC) Operating System (windows 8.1)   My Question or Issue how can i download my own playlist pictures ? i really dont want to lose my picture ...

Loxer

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Spotify not installing correctly

Device(ASUS UX430UAR Signature Edition)Operating System(Windows 10 Enterprise version 1803) My Question or IssueBefore, I was getting a black screen when I run Spotify. I uninstalled and reinstalled it. Now, when I go to run Spotify, installed from t...

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    Device (ASUS UX430UAR Signature Edition) Operating System (Windows 10 Enterprise version 1803)   My Question or Issue Before, I was getting a black screen when I run Spotif...

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Multiple accounts on one pc

PlanPremiumCountry United KingdomDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, I currently share my pc with one other person, that has a spotify account. His account is already signed in to the app. Is there anyway to use my account wit...

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Plan Premium Country  United Kingdom Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Hi, I currently share my pc with one other person, that has a spotify accou...

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Changes in the web helper

The new Spotify Update for Windows made the web helper not helpful anymore. I used the web helper to control spotify. But for now all valid requests to the web helper are not working anymore. The web helper still runs on 127.0.0.1:4381 I know it was ...

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    The new Spotify Update for Windows made the web helper not helpful anymore. I used the web helper to control spotify. But for now all valid requests to the web helper are not working ...

Luke

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Spotify offline songs storage location can't be changed

Just as the title said, i have been trying to change my offline save location from an ssd to an hdd but i can't PlanPremium Devicewindows 10 laptop

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Just as the title said, i have been trying to change my offline save location from an ssd to an hdd but i can't   Plan Premium   Device windows 10 laptop

Loxer

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Superuser Contribution re album covers changing

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I am having trouble with some of the album covers in my playlists changing without my intervension. It mostly only happens when Spotify does an autom...

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Plan Free/Premium Country     Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  I am having trouble with some of the album covers in m...

SergioDavid

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Hide Podcasts thats not interesting?

CountrySweden DeviceSamsung Galaxy, Ios, Ipad, Windows, Mac.Operating SystemIOS 11 12, Android 4.0.1 8.0.1, Windows 10 Windows 7 My Question or Issue Why arent Featured Items like "Googles ad-choiches"? And be able to control them - more people would...

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  Country Sweden   Device Samsung Galaxy, Ios, Ipad, Windows, Mac. Operating System IOS 11 12, Android 4.0.1 8.0.1, Windows 10 Windows 7   My Question or Issue  Why aren...

Luke

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Distorted sound

PlanPremiumCountry NetherlandsDeviceAcer Aspire E15Operating System Microsoft Windows 8.1 My Question or IssueA week or so ago I noticed that a number of songs in my playlists have a distorted effect, whereas this has not been an issue before. It's a...

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Plan Premium Country  Netherlands Device Acer Aspire E15 Operating System  Microsoft Windows 8.1   My Question or Issue A week or so ago I noticed that a number of songs in m...

Luke

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Broken when saying name of song

PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDeviceWindows 10 PC Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHow do I get this to give me the name of the song instead of a box

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Plan Premium Country  United States Device Windows 10 PC  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue How do I get this to give me the name of the song instead of a box

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