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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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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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The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000022) on shutdown of windows.

PlanFreeCountry BelgiumDeviceHP laptop (model unknown)Operating SystemWindows 7 64bit My Question or Issue Whenever I shutdown my computer, I get an error message from windows stating that: "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000022)....

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Plan Free Country  Belgium Device HP laptop (model unknown) Operating System Windows 7 64bit   My Question or Issue  Whenever I shutdown my computer, I get an error message f...

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Top Tracks of the year

Adoring real sound I still hope for the renewal of the TOP TRACKS OF THE YEAR option - if it costs 2 much datawork I would buy it for € 5,- max.

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Adoring real sound I still hope for the renewal of the TOP TRACKS OF THE YEAR option - if it costs 2 much datawork I would buy it for € 5,- max.

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All sound stops when pausing music in the Desktop App

Plan - PremiumCountry - New Zealand Device - PCOperating System - Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am using an external PCE card so can i can connect my bluetooth headphones to my PC. Basically what i said in the title happens. E.g ~ Watching youtub...

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Plan  - Premium Country  - New Zealand   Device  - PC Operating System  - Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I am using an external PCE card so can i can...

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Can't share playlist links

Hello, I tried to share a playlist via the function Share -> Copy Playlist link. If I send a mail with the link to a user with a mobile device, the link tries to open in a browser, then tries to switch to the app store (neither Microsoft or Apple Sto...

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Hello,   I tried to share a playlist via the function Share -> Copy Playlist link. If I send a mail with the link to a user with a mobile device, the link tries to open in a browser, then t...

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"Hey Cortana" won't play my local files from Spotify

Hi. I frequently use the "Hey Cortana" feature to play my music on Spotify, it works well and I love it.I store some of my songs that aren't available on Spotify on my computer, then I can manually access them from Spotify, in "Local Files". The prob...

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Hi. I frequently use the "Hey Cortana" feature to play my music on Spotify, it works well and I love it. I store some of my songs that aren't available on Spotify on my computer, then I can manually...

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can access web player but not 'my music'

Hi - I can access the web player no problem but when I try to play music from my library I just get a pop-up saying 'this song is not available'. This happens if I 'search' and from 'playlists' too. I have tried logging out then in again but no luck....

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Hi - I can access the web player no problem but when I try to play music from my library I just get a pop-up saying 'this song is not available'. This happens if I 'search' and from 'playlists' too.&...

Josuamovement

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Solved!! Show All results - doesn't show any (even the drop down ones)

Plan Premium, Country UK, Device PC, Operating System Windows 7Desktop app.Search shows results in the dropdown as you type, but on clicking "Show All Results" it fails to find any and says no matches in the database - even though it was successfully...

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Plan Premium, Country UK, Device PC, Operating System Windows 7 Desktop app. Search shows results in the dropdown as you type, but on clicking "Show All Results" it fails to find any and says no ma...

DavidWG

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No actualiza la actividad de mis amigos

Hola,Desde hace unos días mi spotify en PC no actualiza la actividad de mis amigos, aparece como si llevaran varios días sin escuchar nada, pero hablando con algunos si han escuchado música y si tienen pública su actividad, quisiera saber como soluci...

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Hola, Desde hace unos días mi spotify en PC no actualiza la actividad de mis amigos, aparece como si llevaran varios días sin escuchar nada, pero hablando con algunos si han escuchado música y si ti...

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Spotify mutes its self but keeps playing

PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThis happened to me yesterday but I didn't pay any mind to it since it was late at night. But it's now the morning and I'm having trouble with it. So, I'm pla...

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Plan Premium Country  United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue This happened to me yesterday but I didn't pay any mind to it since it was la...

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Difference Same volume level for songs / tracks

Hey there, several times i searched for a couple of hours on the internet what the exact difference is between the 'Normalize volume - set the same volume for all tracks' in the Basic settings of the Spotify Windows Program under Music Quality and th...

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Hey there,   several times i searched for a couple of hours on the internet what the exact difference is between the 'Normalize volume - set the same volume for all tracks' in the Basic settin...

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Downloading Playlist, Waiting for Connection.

I'm using a Windows laptop. I have Premium for over a year and have been able to download a playlist onto it. Well, I recently started adding more music to it but the new songs won't download. It keeps saying waiting for connection. I'm a good connec...

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I'm using a Windows laptop. I have Premium for over a year and have been able to download a playlist onto it. Well, I recently started adding more music to it but the new songs won't download. It kee...

DariusLee

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Spotify won't import my songs

PlanPremiumCountry connected via VPN / origin GermanyDeviceWindows 10, iPhone 7Operating System Windows 10, iOS 11My Question or Issue Spotify won't import my songs. See attached screenshotWorked earlier with a single song

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Plan Premium Country  connected via VPN / origin Germany Device Windows 10, iPhone 7 Operating System  Windows 10, iOS 11 My Question or Issue  Spotify won't import my songs. ...

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Tracks in my library are not synced to my main PC

Short story: I have Spotify on my home pc, work laptop and Android phone (I'm using it with Android Auto).If I'm on my main PC and I click the + button on a song, I can find it in the "Tracks" section on my library, on any device.However, if I do it ...

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Short story: I have Spotify on my home pc, work laptop and Android phone (I'm using it with Android Auto). If I'm on my main PC and I click the + button on a song, I can find it in the "Tracks" sect...

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Solved!! Playlist picture won’t update on iPhone. Any ideas?

Hi, I have changed all my Spotify playlist cover pictures so they all match on my laptop (DELL, windows).They have all have updated on my profile when I check on my laptop and when I check my profile from someone else’s phone. But, when I check my pr...

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Hi, I have changed all my Spotify playlist cover pictures so they all match on my laptop (DELL, windows). They have all have updated on my profile when I check on my laptop and when I check my...

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Interesting Bug

TL;DR When listening to "broken" by lovelytheband on my google home mini it skips to the next song at EXATLY 1:13. Every singe time. I have run into a rather odd bug on my spotify. Every time I play the song "broken" by lovelytheband at EXATLY 1:13 i...

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TL;DR When listening to "broken" by lovelytheband on my google home mini it skips to the next song at EXATLY 1:13. Every singe time.   I have run into a rather odd bug on my spotify. Every tim...

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Unwanted songs added to my playlist - ANYONE ELSE?!

I would never add a Kanye West song, (or whatever dross those two songs were) to my playlist (I deleted them immediately). If this is a new direction that Spotify is taking by promoting artists by adding songs to your playlist without permission or n...

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I would never add a Kanye West song, (or whatever dross those two songs were) to my playlist (I deleted them immediately).   If this is a new direction that Spotify is taking by promoting ar...

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Second Monitor Issue

When I play a game or something fullscreen on my main monitor I usually have spotify fullscreen on the second monitor. But once the fullscreen thing is running on screen 1 the spotify window acts like it's minimised, so i'll click it nothing will hap...

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When I play a game or something fullscreen on my main monitor I usually have spotify fullscreen on the second monitor. But once the fullscreen thing is running on screen 1 the spotify window acts lik...

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Can't see the activity feed of the people I follow

I used to be able to see what the friends I follow were listening to.Now I have this "see what your friends are playing" bar on the right and can't see what my friends are listening to anymore.Can anyone help?

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I used to be able to see what the friends I follow were listening to. Now I have this "see what your friends are playing" bar on the right and can't see what my friends are listening to anymore. Ca...

dalrabad

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Solved!! Spotify just do not start (even after new installation)

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceNotebook Toshiba Satellite Pro 50Operatin SystemWindows 10 Hi everybody, when i lunch Spotify i see the icon in the task bar but Spotify just do not start and evrything start to run slow. (See pics)I installed it new, che...

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Plan Premium Country Spain Device Notebook Toshiba Satellite Pro 50 Operatin System Windows 10     Hi everybody,   when i lunch Spotify i see the icon in the task bar ...

Loxer

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Album picture preview

PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueA picture preview of the album cover used to be featured in the lower left of the Spotify desktop app where the song and artist names are listed. I currently hav...

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Plan Premium Country  Germany Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue A picture preview of the album cover used to be featured in the lower left of th...

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