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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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Queue gets stuck

Windows 10, Spotify Desktop v1.0.77.338.g758ebd78 This has been happening for quiet some time and I couldn't really be bothered reporting it because I haven't had a great experience with doing that in the past..... Every so often I can be happily que...

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Windows 10, Spotify Desktop v1.0.77.338.g758ebd78   This has been happening for quiet some time and I couldn't really be bothered reporting it because I haven't had a great experienc...

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The hated forced install

When Spotify forces an install, without asking, and it takes an extra 5 minutes to start my computer and listen to music, it is a really miserable customer experience. Why can't I choose when to install? So it's not Monday morning when I'm sitting do...

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When Spotify forces an install, without asking, and it takes an extra 5 minutes to start my computer and listen to music, it is a really miserable customer experience. Why can't I choose when to inst...

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Windows 10 Spotify Connect Teul Raumfeld

Hello,My setup looks like thisMS Surface Book 2 Win10 1803 Teufel Raumfeld Stereo L (wired to Router)multiple iOS devices (WLAN) Streaming from iOS to the Raumfeld Stereo L works perfectly fine. But the Raumfeld Stereo L doesn't appear in the Spotify...

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Hello, My setup looks like this MS Surface Book 2 Win10 1803  Teufel Raumfeld Stereo L (wired to Router) multiple iOS devices (WLAN)   Streaming from iOS to the Raumfeld Stereo L work...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Windows 10, Bluetooth headset PLAY/PAUSE button not working

Hi,I've seen similar thread, but it's Mac.I'm on Windows 10 PC, Spotify v1.0.19.106.gb8a7150f.My Bluetooth headset's Play/Pause button doesn't work with Spotify even when on-focus. Prev/Next button works fine.Everything works well with Windows Media ...

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Hi, I've seen similar thread, but it's Mac. I'm on Windows 10 PC, Spotify v1.0.19.106.gb8a7150f. My Bluetooth headset's Play/Pause button doesn't work with Spotify even when on-focus. Prev/Nex...

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Allow over proxy

Hello My company use proxy to allow users to reach the Internet.The IT checked and they cannot find any official articlle about IP needed to be whitelisted (or domain)They see in the logs about traffic to 104.199.64.0 but nothing documented.

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Hello   My company use proxy to allow users to reach the Internet. The IT checked and they cannot find any official articlle about IP needed to be whitelisted (or domain) They see in the log...

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Can't search cyrillic songs

Hi,When I try to search cyrillic songs in my playlist, they don't appear. However, they seem to appear when searching on the main bar. Which happens on my phone, too. I can find them only by sorting my 1k playlist. That makes them impossible to find ...

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Hi, When I try to search cyrillic songs in my playlist, they don't appear. However, they seem to appear when searching on the main bar. Which happens on my phone, too. I can find them only by s...

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Spotify for Windows permanently skips to the next song

I am running Spotify on Windows 10 with the latest update and when I want to play music, the app just constantly skips to the next song instead of playing one. No error message or the like appears.

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I am running Spotify on Windows 10 with the latest update and when I want to play music, the app just constantly skips to the next song instead of playing one.  No error message or the like app...

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offline problem waiting for connection

my spotify at deskopt cant download any song and while ago all my downloaded songs are deleted and cant download i reinstall the program few times but my problem still continues how can i solve this problem

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my spotify at deskopt cant download any song and while ago all  my downloaded songs are deleted and cant download i reinstall the program few times but my problem still continues how can i ...

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Sound cuts out

It keeps happening to me where the sound just stops and the track continues to play. It happens when a new track is started. If I go into the volume mixer, spotify is not muted. But if I mute it and then unmute it, the sound comes back.Spotify is the...

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It keeps happening to me where the sound just stops and the track continues to play. It happens when a new track is started. If I go into the volume mixer, spotify is not muted. But if I mute it and ...

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unauthorized changes blocked :spotify

Spotify updates: well as all updates in controlled folders Receive the above post named problem. Search unauthorized changes blocked :spotify

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Spotify updates: well as all updates in controlled folders   Receive the above post named problem.   Search unauthorized changes blocked :spotify  

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Sponsored Messages (ads) stops playing

Everytime this happens, everything just stops, you can't play anything else and this message just stays but nothing plays so I can move to the next song. I have to quit and restart spotify. This problem is just recent. When this happens, how do I res...

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Everytime this happens, everything just stops, you can't play anything else and this message just stays but nothing plays so I can move to the next song. I have to quit and restart spotify.  &n...

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LOTS of crackles and micropauses

I have found several feeds on this forum (https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Premium-Crackling-Stuttering/td-p/104295) and others reporting the same problem. Several suggested solves like reinstallation, uninstalling realtek drivers and...

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I have found several feeds on this forum (https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Premium-Crackling-Stuttering/td-p/104295) and others reporting the same problem. Several suggested solves li...

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Forward on Mouse restarts

I'm having an issue with the Spotify Windows client where whenever I hit forward on my mouse button, it restarts the song I'm in. I have this button mapped to Numpad * so that I can use it as a push-to-talk button that won't affect other applications...

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I'm having an issue with the Spotify Windows client where whenever I hit forward on my mouse button, it restarts the song I'm in. I have this button mapped to Numpad * so that I can use it as a push-...

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My media keys dont work for spotify

So i have binds on my mouse to skip, revert track and play/pause. They work but not with spotify. for some reason it only works when i hold shift while pressing them. this is kinda annoying because i need 2 hands to skip a song or play/pause. Anyone ...

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So i have binds on my mouse to skip, revert track and play/pause. They work but not with spotify. for some reason it only works when i hold shift while pressing them. this is kinda annoying because i...

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Superuser Contribution Songs randomly skipping

So I've been using Spotify for a while (despite never using the community portion of it but I guess I'll have to now) and I've noticed a strange glitch on the web player. Certain songs are not working and are just skipped entirely, an example being: ...

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So I've been using Spotify for a while (despite never using the community portion of it but I guess I'll have to now) and I've noticed a strange glitch on the web player. Certain songs are not workin...

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Solved!! Help- Icon not showing

For some reason my icon for spotfiy shows up as just a blank piece of paper instead of the normal logo and I don't know how to get it back so that the spotify logo appears. I never had a problem before but I got a new computer and now no matter how m...

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For some reason my icon for spotfiy shows up as just a blank piece of paper  instead of the normal logo and I don't know how to get it back so that the spotify logo appears. I never had a proble...

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Your Daily Mix Not Available Offline

I'm having this problem starting today. Have always had the daily mix except today when I woke up, it was gone. I've restarted my computer multipal times, reinstalled the program, made sure i allowed it in my firewalls, when it didn't work I turned o...

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I'm having this problem starting today. Have always had the daily mix except today when I woke up, it was gone. I've restarted my computer multipal times, reinstalled the program, made sure i allowed...

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Solved!! Devices not showing up

None of my external devices will show up. Have 1 HP laptop that's hooked up to the stereo and another HP laptop and a Samsung andriod phone that I use as controllers and none of them are showing any of my other devices. Ever since a few days ago I ca...

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None of my external devices will show up.   Have 1 HP laptop that's hooked up to the stereo and another HP laptop and a Samsung andriod phone that I use as controllers and none of them are sho...

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Media keys do not open spotify, instead open itunes on win10.

Hi, when i press the media keys(start/stop) it only starts and stops the music in itunes but not in spotify even though my music in spotify is currently playing. It only works when i close itunes app.

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Hi, when i press the media keys(start/stop) it only starts and stops the music in itunes but not in spotify even though my music in spotify is currently playing. It only works when i close itunes app.

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