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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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Recent song is not changing

PlanFamily PremiumCountry USADeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows My Question or Issue The last played song is appearing as the same song, even if I play another song. It is also a song I dont want to be associated with! I dont know what elso to do!

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  Plan Family Premium Country  USA Device Laptop Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue  The last played song is appearing as the same song, even if I play ano...

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Solved!! Collaborative Playlist - After Sharing, friend adds songs but they are greyed out and I cannot play?

PlanFamily PremiumCountry U.S.DeviceDesktop, Google PixelOperating SystemWindows 10, Android My Question or Issue I created a collaborative playlist and shared it with a friend. They are able to add songs to it. I am able to see the songs, but they a...

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  Plan Family Premium Country  U.S. Device Desktop, Google Pixel Operating System Windows 10, Android   My Question or Issue  I created a collaborative playlist an...

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Categories - Windows

First of all, I don't think this community is clarifying. And also not intuïtive. And I guess too many Apple users are working on Spotify. Here is what I am missing in the genres section. (I would wanna choose between genres and moods). If I have cho...

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First of all, I don't think this community is clarifying. And also not intuïtive. And I guess too many Apple users are working on Spotify.    Here is what I am missing in the genres sec...

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Spotify 0.9.7.16 has just stopped working!

I've been using the vastly superior (but much older) v0.9.7.16 of Spotify without any issues until recently when the search facility seems to have stopped giving any results! It's the colour scheme & general superior usability of this older version c...

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I've been using the vastly superior (but much older) v0.9.7.16 of Spotify without any issues until recently when the search facility seems to have stopped giving any results!   It's the colour...

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spotify refuses to let me use a different music folder location

the 'add a location for spotify to look for your music' feature does NOT permit me to add a location where my music is stored. spotify ONLY looks in 'default' locations which i do not use to store my files. i keep trying but 'add location' does nothi...

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  the 'add a location for spotify to look for your music' feature does NOT permit me to add a location where my music is stored. spotify ONLY looks in 'default' locations which i do not use to ...

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Windows 7 Spotify app doesn't run

Spotify Usernamemartin.truhlarPlanPremiumCountryCzech Device(PC)Operating System(Windows 7, SP1, latest updates) My Question or IssueI have a Windows domain network behind a firewall. I have tried to install the latest version of Spotify windows clie...

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Spotify Username martin.truhlar Plan Premium Country Czech  Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 7, SP1, latest updates)   My Question or Issue I have a Windows domain network ...

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Rest in peace sweet prince

Last week the "Peak Spotify Client™", version 0.8.5 if you don't remember, stopped breathing. Many features had stopped working over the years, a slow death. Most crucially "search" broke some months ago where you couldn't find an artist if it didn't...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Is there a 64-bit version of Spotify for Windows??

I could not find an option to select the platform during download/install, and the Spotify download page feeds up only 1 install package, which loads a 32-bit version. Am I correct that a 64-bit version of Spotify for Windows does not presently exist...

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I could not find an option to select the platform during download/install, and the Spotify download page feeds up only 1 install package, which loads a 32-bit version.  Am I correct that a 64-bi...

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hereditary ad at 1 am

PlanFreeCountry CanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIts 1 am, im trying to study for a test, i keep getting the hereditary ad, please stop trying to make me more sleep deprived than i already am spotify.

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Plan Free Country  Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Its 1 am, im trying to study for a test, i keep getting the hereditary ad, please stop ...

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Discover Weekly not updating

PlanFreeCountry ItalyDeviceSamsung Galaxy A5 2016Operating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueHi, it's 1:07 AM and my Discover Weekly hasn't updatet yet. Sometimes it happened that instead at midnight, it updates at 1 AM, but this time, nothing. Can...

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Plan Free Country  Italy Device Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue Hi, it's 1:07 AM and my Discover Weekly hasn't updatet yet. Sometimes it h...

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Solved!! Error message: Diskette missing (!)

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueAfter the last received upgrade to Spotify, I get a persistent error message saying "There is no diskette in the drive. Enter a diskette in the drive \Device\Harddi...

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Plan Premium Country Norway Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue After the last received upgrade to Spotify, I get a persistent error message saying "The...

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Solved!! Unable to relink or remove local files

PlanPremiumCountryUSA Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Recently moved my songs from my main hard drive to secondary hard drive on my PC. I wanted to re-link the files to their proper locations, but when I was unable to do that, I tried...

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Plan Premium Country USA    Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Recently moved my songs from my main hard drive to secondary hard drive on my PC. I wanted...

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Stuck on ads

PlanFreeCountry Indonesia Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) Windows 10My Question or Issue Whenever the apps start playing ads , the ads stuck on 00:00 and need manually pause-play to play the ads , any idea how to fix this? Alr...

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Plan Free Country  Indonesia   Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)  Windows 10 My Question or Issue  Whenever the apps start playing ads , the a...

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Creepy song image - PC music played via Spotify

I wanted to play music on my PC through Spotify so I went to the "Local files" setting and turned it on, and it all worked I could now play anything on my PC through Spotify... The only thing was though, whenever I played any music of my PC on Spotif...

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I wanted to play music on my PC through Spotify so I went to the "Local files" setting and turned it on, and it all worked I could now play anything on my PC through Spotify... The only thing was tho...

Loxer

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Scaricare canzoni su desktop

Buongiorno,non riesco a scaricare canzoni su Desktopo o mp3. Grazie ciao

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Buongiorno, non riesco a scaricare canzoni su Desktopo o mp3.   Grazie ciao    

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Superuser Contribution REPEAT icon is disabled on YOUR DAILY MIX playlists!

Spotify Username marcolopesptPlan FreeDevice (Windows 8 PC) My Question or IssueWindows desktop APP has REPEAT ICON disabled (can't turn on/off, etc). Started few days ago. Restart won't fix. CLEAN INSTALL won't FIX. Also, when using ANDROID app (ORE...

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Spotify Username marcolopespt Plan Free Device (Windows 8 PC)   My Question or Issue Windows desktop APP has REPEAT ICON disabled (can't turn on/off, etc). Started few days a...

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution why multiple songs are added when i add one song from discovery

Spotify UsernameempleatPlanFree/PremiumCountryCzech republic Operating SystemWindows 7 64 bit My Question or IssueHello,why multiple songs are added when i add one song from discovery ?

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Spotify Username empleat Plan Free/Premium Country Czech republic     Operating System Windows 7 64 bit   My Question or Issue Hello, why multiple songs are added when i a...

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution How to change color to white from black cant see anything outdoor?

Spotify Username1198105528PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceWindows 10Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHow to change color to white from black cant see anything outdoor?

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Spotify Username 1198105528 Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Windows 10 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue How to change color to white from black cant see any...

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution friends feed don't work

Spotify Username 1172724414 Plan Free/Premium Country Device windows Operating System windows 10 My Question or Issue when im on spotify i can see what all my friends hear but, my friends feed doesn't work for my friends, it says that the last song i...

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Spotify Username 1172724414 Plan Free/Premium Country   Device windows Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue  when im on spotify i can see what all...

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution Can't login with Facebook or Username/PW

Spotify Username11149184500PlanFree/Premium PremiumCountry UKDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 7 Enterprise My Question or Issue Originally I had an error 4 problem whereby when i opened Spotify I was always offline. So i couldn't search, acccess s...

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Spotify Username 11149184500 Plan Free/Premium Premium Country  UK Device Laptop Operating System Windows 7 Enterprise   My Question or Issue  Originally I had an error 4 p...

Alfredo

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