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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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Superuser Contribution Thing Song is not available. ALL SONGS

Im not sure what happened but this evening whenever i try to play a song, if I start a playlist, the songs just change rapidly, all the way down the list. The music doesnt even play. One song shows title and song length then the next song appears sho...

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Im not sure what happened but this evening whenever i try to play a song, if I start a playlist, the songs just change rapidly, all the way down the list. The music doesnt even play. One song shows t...

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Superuser Contribution Library songs

Hi there and sorry if this is ignorant!Your Library---> songsShouldn't songs include all somgs? I have songs in playlists that arent in songs.Is there something I'm missing? I'd like to see all songs in one place so I can clean up my library.Thank yo...

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Hi there and sorry if this is ignorant! Your Library---> songs Shouldn't songs include all somgs? I have songs in playlists that arent in songs. Is there something I'm missing? I'd like to see ...

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution Daily Mix stays the same

For some reason, my Daily Mix doesn't change.. It used to have different songs everyday but out of nowhere that stopped happening. Even when I use the delete option to stop playing a song or musician it just changes back when I start up spotify again...

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For some reason, my Daily Mix doesn't change.. It used to have different songs everyday but out of nowhere that stopped happening. Even when I use the delete option to stop playing a song or musician...

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution When I put a Song on repeat, does the Artist get every Repeat as a new Stream?

Hey Spotify, when I listen to my favorite song, and I put it on repeat, does the Artist get every repeat as a Stream on the song? So for example when im at the gym, sometimes I listen to a 2:00 minute long song maybe 30 times in repeat.. Does the Art...

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Hey Spotify, when I listen to my favorite song, and I put it on repeat, does the Artist get every repeat as a Stream on the song? So for example when im at the gym, sometimes I listen to a 2:00 minut...

Alfredo

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i cant delete a playlist definetly

Hello.I maked a playlist just to see how is maked and i tryed to delete but in my profile to recent played appear that playlist.And when i acces the link appear like be online and the same when i try to add to my artist profile that playlist.And one ...

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Hello.I maked a playlist just to see how is maked and i tryed to delete but in my profile to recent played appear that playlist.And when i acces the link appear like be online and the same when i try...

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Show playlists in center of screen on laptop

I only see my playlists in the left sidebar of the desktop version of the Spotify app. Like this: I would like to see my playlists in the center of the screen on my laptop (Windows 10), like they are presented on my Iphone: and just like the albums a...

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I only see my playlists in the left sidebar of the desktop version of the Spotify app. Like this:     I would like to see my playlists in the center of the screen on my laptop (Windo...

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Repeat Button Shows Incorrect Hover Text

When using the desktop version of the player on Windows 10 the repeat button display the incorrect hover text (or mouseover text). The displayed icon for the repeat button is correct. I'm currently using version 1.0.80.474.gef6b503e (Windows Store ve...

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When using the desktop version of the player on Windows 10 the repeat button display the incorrect hover text (or mouseover text). The displayed icon for the repeat button is correct. I'm currently u...

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The shuffle function is broken for my playlist

As most of you might know, Post Malone just dropped a new album B&B. I love Stoney (his previous album) and B&B, so I decided to make a playlist with all the songs from B&B and Stoney so that I could listen to all of Post's stuff. Making the playlist...

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As most of you might know, Post Malone just dropped a new album B&B. I love Stoney (his previous album) and B&B, so I decided to make a playlist with all the songs from B&B and Stoney so ...

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very poor sound quality on premium

Hello everyone, May I ask you for help? The sound on Spotify Premium is very bad at each start of a song whatever the list I play, on my laptop. The settings are turned to "high quality" on parameters, the network works well . Any idea to help me wit...

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Hello everyone,    May  I ask you for help? The sound on Spotify Premium is very bad at each start of a song whatever the list I play, on my laptop. The settings are turned to "high ...

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Freezing up before ads play

Using desktop on Windows 7 (yeah, I know- but it's a work computer) and everytime an ad tries to play an ad I get nothing. Here's a capture of the ad it displays. The music stops, the ad won't play and I have to shut the whole thing down and restart ...

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Using desktop on Windows 7 (yeah, I know- but it's a work computer) and everytime an ad tries to play an ad I get nothing. Here's a capture of the ad it displays. The music stops, the ad won't play...

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Solved!! [windows 8 desktop] fast forward with mouse not working

Hi, Recently i noticed that i can't fast forward songs by clicking on the "playing bar". Also dragging the white dot doesn't do anything. How can i fix this? I know that i can shift + left/right arrow, but when i'm browsing songs, i want to fast forw...

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Hi,   Recently i noticed that i can't fast forward songs by clicking on the "playing bar". Also dragging the white dot doesn't do anything. How can i fix this?   I know that i can shift...

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Spotify on Windows 10 - Problem with auto-start

I am experiencing an issue where Spotify on Windows 10 is launching even when auto-launch after logon is turned off, AND even when it is blocked by Windows 10 Task Manager! Have a look at screenshots attached to this post.PS: I am using latest versio...

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I am experiencing an issue where Spotify on Windows 10 is launching even when auto-launch after logon is turned off, AND even when it is blocked by Windows 10 Task Manager! Have a look at screenshots...

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Where is the Queue???

What I REALLY want to do is play one song. That's it. Choose a song and play it. Too much to ask? A bizarre request? Well, not to me.Someone advised right-clicking to "Add to Queue". Ok - then what? Where is this "Queue"?For a world-conquering outfit...

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What I REALLY want to do is play one song. That's it. Choose a song and play it. Too much to ask? A bizarre request? Well, not to me. Someone advised right-clicking to "Add to Queue". Ok - then what...

Sebasty

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1.0.80.474.gef update and now see Error 4 (no internet) on corporate computer

After the update, Spotify is offline and can find no internet. Did the update switch ports? Any ideas on resolution? It's a Win 7 64 machine. Thank you

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After the update, Spotify is offline and can find no internet.  Did the update switch ports?  Any ideas on resolution?  It's a Win 7 64 machine.   Thank you

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Local files from PC catalogue suddenly empty, all local tracks in playlists grayed out?

Used to work great, but today when I wanted to add a new track to a playlist, it's empty. Already tried deleting local cahce. Help!

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Used to work great, but today when I wanted to add a new track to a playlist, it's empty. Already tried deleting local cahce.   Help!

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Spotify connect device (Sonos play 1)

Hi, I use two Sonos Play 1 speakers (set as a stereo pair and labelled 'Kitchen') to play spotify through (via the spotify app, not the sonos app) and have never had any problems connecting/disconnecting previously. Unfortunately, as of yesterday, Sp...

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Hi,   I use two Sonos Play 1 speakers (set as a stereo pair and labelled 'Kitchen') to play spotify through (via the spotify app, not the sonos app) and have never had any problems connecting/...

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Solved!! Crashing on startup

Spotify crashes as soon as I open it. I tried reinstalling it, and then it lets me login, but as soon as I'm logged in it crashes again. I tried using the windows 10 app, same result.One thing that I noticed is when I delete the cache or manually sto...

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Spotify crashes as soon as I open it. I tried reinstalling it, and then it lets me login, but as soon as I'm logged in it crashes again. I tried using the windows 10 app, same result. One thing that...

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Album art is obscured by commercial banner

Today I noticed that some ad banners at the bottom obscure album art on the bottom left. See the attachment.

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Today I noticed that some ad banners at the bottom obscure album art on the bottom left. See the attachment.

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Scrobbling not working

After updating desktop PC to 1.0.80.474.gef6b503e version last.fm stopped saving scrobbled tracks.

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After updating desktop PC to 1.0.80.474.gef6b503e version last.fm stopped saving scrobbled tracks.

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Volume turns off

I was listening to an album on Spotify, with volume at 100%. Midway through the album, the ads came, and I turned off the Spotify volume while they lasted. After the ads, I tried to turn on the volume again, but the volume button wasn't working: noth...

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I was listening to an album on Spotify, with volume at 100%. Midway through the album, the ads came, and I turned off the Spotify volume while they lasted. After the ads, I tried to turn on the volum...

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