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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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szkill

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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

Music Fan

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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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Download Playlists

I have downloaded playlists to my Lenovo computer. I believe the files are physically downoaded to the harddrive? When I play from my Samsung the same playlist which is marked downloaded;Are the files downloaded to my Samsung mobile hard drive. If so...

Gig Goer

  I have downloaded playlists to my Lenovo computer. I believe the files are physically downoaded to the harddrive?   When I play from my Samsung the same playlist which is marked downlo...

Loxer

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Remove from favorites

PlanPremiumCountry NorwayDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI cannot remove some songs from my favorites, i have noticed they are all local files, but i cannot remove them from the favorites tab

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Plan Premium Country  Norway Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I cannot remove some songs from my favorites, i have noticed they are all local file...

Loxer

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Advanced search doesn't work

PlanPremiumCountry FranceDevicePCOperating SystemW7 My Question or IssueI can not performed an advanced search ! Always "no result"....Any ideas ?

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Plan Premium Country  France Device PC Operating System W7   My Question or Issue I can not performed an advanced search ! Always "no result".... Any ideas ? 

Panfranek

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Solved!! how to install spotify in windows without using the spotify installer ?

PlanSingle PremiumCountry IrelandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHow to install spotify in windows without using the spotify installer ? As seems the Spotify installer will download Spotify itself, but in my working place its v...

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Plan Single Premium Country  Ireland Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue How to install spotify in windows without using the spotify installer ? As seems ...

emanueol

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Solved!! SpotifyMigrator has stopped working

DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify seemed to have migrated itself over to the windows store app without asking me first, I have the windows store disabled for privacy reasons on my device. I uninstalled the windows s...

Casual Listener

  Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Spotify seemed to have migrated itself over to the windows store app without asking me first, I have the w...

Loxer

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Local files not showing up under Artists, Albums, Music

PlanPremiumCountry USDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 Microsoft is forcing me to switch from Groove to Spotify. I have 32,000 purchased songs on my local drive. They show up under Local Files, but only a few are showing up under Artists, Album...

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Plan Premium Country  US Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   Microsoft is forcing me to switch from Groove to Spotify.  I have 32,000 purchased songs on my local driv...

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Solved!! automatically skips the songs never play one

PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDevicepackard bell laptopOperating Systemwindows 7 My Question or Issue i am using spotify on my laptop for 2 days.When i decided to listen to music this morning spotify started to skip every song,i could not listen to one of ...

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Plan Premium Country Turkey Device packard bell laptop Operating System windows 7   My Question or Issue  i am using spotify on my laptop for 2 days.When i decided to listen to mu...

kladenstein

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[Desktop][Music] Typing "hue" rewinds the current song

Look, i'm mexican, and most of the time we text "a huevo" but this is annoying me cus everytime i type "hue" (maybe too fast on windows 10) spotify ALWAYS rewind my darn current song, please somebody tell me how to skip this thing cus is making me cr...

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Look, i'm mexican, and most of the time we text "a huevo" but this is annoying me cus everytime i type "hue" (maybe too fast on windows 10) spotify ALWAYS rewind my darn current song, please somebody...

AsvidB

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Trouble downloading

PlanPremiumCountryU.S. DeviceDesktop ComputerOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue When I try to download a playlist, Spotify stalls and I get the message "Waiting for connection". However, I'm connected to the internet.

Newbie

Plan Premium Country U.S.   Device Desktop Computer Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue  When I try to download a playlist, Spotify stalls and I get the messag...

Loxer

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Can't play songs - problems with version 1.84.344.0?

PlanPremiumCountryNorway DeviceWindows 10 DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue After 1.84.344.0 was automatically installed I can no longer play any songs. When I click to play a song there is a delay of about 2 - 4 seconds before a...

Casual Listener

Plan Premium Country Norway  Device Windows 10 Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  After 1.84.344.0 was automatically installed I can no longer p...

Loxer

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Clear Play and Search history

PlanPremiumCountry UKDevice(Android)Operating System(Android) My Question or Issue My account was recently hacked.some AWFUL music was listened to (obviously in my opinion)This has now polluted my Daily Mix and is in my search history.An "account rol...

Newbie

Plan Premium Country  UK Device (Android) Operating System (Android)   My Question or Issue  My account was recently hacked. some AWFUL music was listened to (obviously in m...

Loxer

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A firewall may be blocking Spotify message.

A firewall may be blocking Spotify. Please, update your firewall to allow Spotify. Additionally, you could try changing the currently used proxy settings. That is the message I get when I start a Spotify client on my desktop machine. I turned the fir...

Gig Goer

  A firewall may be blocking Spotify. Please, update your firewall to allow Spotify. Additionally, you could try changing the currently used proxy settings.   That is the ...

Loxer

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audio effects

Hi, there used to be the "audio effects" that could change the "distance" of the music, how far it sounded, my favourite one was the club mode, it was the furthest and didn't disturb my game audio.I've been trying to find an app or plugin that does i...

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Hi, there used to be the "audio effects" that could change the "distance" of the music, how far it sounded, my favourite one was the club mode, it was the furthest and didn't disturb my game audio. ...

Loxer

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Daily Mix Issues

The Daily Mixes are great, however mine don't seem to change.I understand that they're supposed to change over time, with your listening habits. But mine are the same songs, in the same order, every day. Artists that I have set to exclude are not exc...

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The Daily Mixes are great, however mine don't seem to change. I understand that they're supposed to change over time, with your listening habits. But mine are the same songs, in the same order, ev...

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Solved!! Tracks suddenly unavailable

PlanPremiumCountry United KingdomDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have just noticed that the bonus tracks on the Pink Floyd remasters are greyed out & when clicking on them I get a message saying "This song is not ava...

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Plan Premium Country  United Kingdom Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I have just noticed that the bonus tracks on the Pink Floyd remaste...

Sebasty

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how do I find my 'songs' playlist - gone! All the other playlists are there...help please!

My Question or Issue how do I find my 'songs' playlist - gone! All the other playlists are there...help please!

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    My Question or Issue  how do I find my 'songs' playlist - gone! All the other playlists are there...help please!

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Superuser Contribution playlist description won't update

Hi.I've tried editing my playlists' description, but as soon as I close the app all the changes disappear.Has this happened to anyone else?

Roadie

Hi. I've tried editing my playlists' description, but as soon as I close the app all the changes disappear. Has this happened to anyone else?

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution Song banner enables itself when i open spotify

PlanMy plan is PremiumCountry FinlandDevicePc built by meOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue How to disable song banner permanently, now its coming up every time i start my pc and spotify and start a song with a media key.. Please gimme h...

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Plan My plan is Premium Country  Finland Device Pc built by me Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  How to disable song banner permanently, now its coming up e...

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution Daily Mix Says Offline and Radio gives an error 'Failing to Load'

I have an active premium subscription and running the desktop version on Windows 7, these features have worked fine in the past but in the past month these features have stopped working, they do work after a reinstall but as soon as I close Spotify t...

Casual Listener

I have an active premium subscription and running the desktop version on Windows 7, these features have worked fine in the past but in the past month these features have stopped working, they do work...

Alfredo

Roadie

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