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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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Spotify Connect not working between Windows PC & Android Phone

Hi, I have Spotify on a Windows 10 PC and also on my Samsung Android phone. Both have the latest versions of Spotify. The 'Connect to a device' feature used to work just fine, but stopped working a few weeks ago. Both my phone and the PC don't show a...

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Hi,   I have Spotify on a Windows 10 PC and also on my Samsung Android phone.   Both have the latest versions of Spotify. The 'Connect to a device' feature used to work just fine, but s...

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Backup downloaded musics

Hi,I have some issues with my windows that pushed me to reinstall it and also I've downloaded 3,000 musics.As I have a limited plan I can't download all these stuff again ! Is there anyway to backup this library before I reinstall windows and after r...

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Hi, I have some issues with my windows that pushed me to reinstall it and also I've downloaded 3,000 musics. As I have a limited plan I can't download all these stuff again !  Is there anyway...

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Certain songs are greyed out even though I have Premium

I am all paid up on spotify premium and there are songs on desktop that are greyed out and don't exist on mobile. For example the songs "lets move to the desert" and "seemed like the whole world was lost" are unplayable meanwhile the rest of the albu...

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I am all paid up on spotify premium and there are songs on desktop that are greyed out and don't exist on mobile. For example the songs "lets move to the desert" and "seemed like the whole world was ...

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I can't see friend activities on other friends...

I can't see friend activities on other friends... this one had been working before, around 1 week ago. I need your help.

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I can't see friend activities on other friends...   this one had been working before, around 1 week ago.   I need your help.

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New Last.Fm Scrobbler

This new Last.Fm integration loses a very basic function, scrobbling of local/synced files. This is ridiculous. According to Last.Fm forums it is the Spotify API that doesn't allow it. Last.Fm is getting information because local/synced songs shows a...

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This new Last.Fm integration loses a very basic function, scrobbling of local/synced files.  This is ridiculous.  According to Last.Fm forums it is the Spotify API that doesn't allow it.&nb...

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Superuser Contribution Can't save to a playlist

When I right click on a song and choose add to playlist, it does not display all of my lists. In fact, it shows only a handful. Thus, I end up having to save it on my iphone. What am I doing wrong on the desktop?Thanks

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When I right click on a song and choose add to playlist, it does not display all of my lists. In fact, it shows only a handful. Thus, I end up having to save it on my iphone. What am I doing wrong on...

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Solved!! "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." error!

Hi! I have spotify premium, and installed spotify on my windows 10 computer. I have spotify on other units also and it works flawlessly. Now on win 10 computer, whenever I chose a song it says: "This song is not available. If you have the file on you...

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Hi!   I have spotify premium, and installed spotify on my windows 10 computer. I have spotify on other units also and it works flawlessly. Now on win 10 computer, whenever I chose a song it sa...

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Downloading

If I had another music supplier, I'd be gone from Spotify. I'm sick of not being able to play songs "offline." Post say do this, do that, do this, do that. First one thing, then another. I downloaded my play list onto my desktop yesterday. Ethernet c...

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If I had another music supplier, I'd be gone from Spotify. I'm sick of not being able to play songs "offline." Post say do this, do that, do this, do that.  First one thing, then another. I down...

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I cannot see other people being online or what are they listening to.

I recently started to use spotify desktop just because it's so much better than the mobile one. But i ran into an issue quickly. I followed my friend and she followed me back but whenever she is online i cannot see that she is online nor what is she ...

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I recently started to use spotify desktop just because it's so much better than the mobile one. But i ran into an issue quickly. I followed my friend and she followed me back but whenever she is onli...

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why not save my links for social media?

Why not save links for social media like twitter or facebook?In section "About",in artist profile?

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Why not save links for social media like twitter or facebook?In section "About",in artist profile?

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Superuser Contribution Don't play this song / artist

I keep having the same issue with my premium account where I select "Don't play this song or this artist" and the song disappears from the list but then moments later it reappears. How do I stop this from happening every time I want to remove a song ...

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I keep having the same issue with my premium account where I select "Don't play this song or this artist" and the song disappears from the list but then moments later it reappears.  How do I sto...

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Spotify repeats the queue on shuffle?

This is an issue i've seen in forums since 2012 and nothing has been done about it. The shuffle queue repeats itself over and over and over, and starts on the same point every time you restart your PC. It's maddening when your playlist is multiple ho...

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     This is an issue i've seen in forums since 2012 and nothing has been done about it. The shuffle queue repeats itself over and over and over, and starts on the same point every tim...

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Hello my spotify desktop keeps freezing on the premium commercial and some others

I really like Spotify and I listen a lot, the ads don't bother me, in fact I like hearing them because it introduces new music and things that are helpful. I am wondering why my spotify desktop freezes on premium advertisements. Some play and some do...

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I really like Spotify and I listen a lot, the ads don't bother me, in fact I like hearing them because it introduces new music and things that are helpful. I am wondering why my spotify desktop freez...

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Was getting "offline error code 4", now worse.

Well, after upgrading to the latest greatest version of the app tonight at work, I get the 'error code:4' message. I found a few threads, tried all sorts of sketchy half-hearted workarounds (I should not have to modify my network settings that work p...

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Well, after upgrading to the latest greatest version of the app tonight at work, I get the 'error code:4' message.  I found a few threads, tried all sorts of sketchy half-hearted workarounds (I ...

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Solved!! Blank Screen

Last week after an update to Spotify, it would open but just be a blank screen. So I contacted Spotify Cares on Facebook. They had me do the followingRestart my router.uninstall the app from Control Panel > Programs.Delete the "Spotify" folder in %Ap...

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Last week after an update to Spotify, it would open but just be a blank screen.  So I contacted Spotify Cares on Facebook. They had me do the following Restart my router. uninstall&...

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URI Codes

I can't seem to get URI codes to put up on a website. I read some of the articles in this community about it, yet no one actually provides an answer as to how to do it. It is said if you have the URL link it's easy to find the URI, so apparently i'm ...

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I can't seem to get URI codes to put up on a website. I read some of the articles in this community about it, yet no one actually provides an answer as to how to do it. It is said if you have the URL...

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Solved!! Playing music off friend activity list is spotty

What I mean by spotty... some tracks play while others do not. Really annoying that some music just doesn't work.

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What I mean by spotty... some tracks play while others do not.  Really annoying that some music just doesn't work.

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My Spotify Applications keeps stopping and Hangs on Adverts.

I have been on Spotify Premium for a Year, and I decided to change back to Spotify Free, because I got tired of listening to Repeat music Non-Stop, It just felt like I only listen to music and somehow cut out from the outside world, Just like the Rad...

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I have been on Spotify Premium for a Year, and I decided to change back to Spotify Free, because I got tired of listening to Repeat music Non-Stop, It just felt like I only listen to music and s...

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How Remove Spotify & Why on My Machine

I run a very lean and fast PC with mostly business associated programs and I am the only user as it located in my home office. All installed programs are carefully controlled and Spotify is certainly never anything that would have ever been intention...

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I run a very lean and fast PC with mostly business associated programs and I am the only user as it located in my home office. All installed programs are carefully controlled and Spotify is certainly...

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