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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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On new session, queue repeats playlist from weeks ago

Hi!About 6 weeks ago I queued up a bunch of songs to play on a bluetooth speaker from my desktop Spotify.The problem is, whenever Spotify re-launches when I turn my PC on now, it still has the same songs queued. I've cleared the queue probably 30-odd...

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Hi! About 6 weeks ago I queued up a bunch of songs to play on a bluetooth speaker from my desktop Spotify. The problem is, whenever Spotify re-launches when I turn my PC on now, it still has the sa...

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Bring back use of arrow keys for navigating folders

Prior to the latest greatest release (1.0.80.474.gef6b503e) we could conveniently use the arrow keys to step through and open/close folders. It was a really really neat feature that someone decided we didn't want anymore. I see we can still step thro...

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Prior to the latest greatest release (1.0.80.474.gef6b503e) we could conveniently use the arrow keys to step through and open/close folders. It was a really really neat feature that someone decided w...

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Media keys wont control Spotify

Hi,My media keys have stopped working with Spotify.I have iTunes open and normally my media keys will control that instead of Spotify unless I have the Spotify window open then the media keys control Spotify.Now even if I have the Spotify window open...

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Hi, My media keys have stopped working with Spotify. I have iTunes open and normally my media keys will control that instead of Spotify unless I have the Spotify window open then the media k...

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Spotify Connect - Multiple Speakers/Devices

Hi there, I am using Bowers&Wilkins Zeppelin wireless speaker with a premium account.Problem is that music stops playing from time to time.. and than I have to restart the device or click few times on the play/pause (windows app) for it to resume pla...

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Hi there,   I am using Bowers&Wilkins Zeppelin wireless speaker with a premium account. Problem is that music stops playing from time to time.. and than I have to restart the device or cl...

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Royal Blood first album and Hole don't work on desktop

Every time I go to play any of these songs on my desktop client, they don't play and I get a message saying that the songs are unavailable and that I need to import files. I would just like to know if this is a known issue, since these songs still al...

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Every time I go to play any of these songs on my desktop client, they don't play and I get a message saying that the songs are unavailable and that I need to import files.   I would just like ...

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Solved!! app keeps crashing

Hey! my spotify app on windows keep crashing... any idea? 

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Hey! my spotify app on windows keep crashing... any idea? 

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Automatically plays same album

Hello,My spotify automatically keeps on playing all the songs of one album. I once listened a song by Julieta Venegas and now every time I press the 'next'-button it starts playing one of her songs. For example I am listening to a Rihanna-playlist an...

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Hello, My spotify automatically keeps on playing all the songs of one album. I once listened a song by Julieta Venegas and now every time I press the 'next'-button it starts playing one of her songs...

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Can't Dowload songs in PC, Says "Waiting For Conection"

Can't Dowload songs in PC, Says "Waiting For Conection" when i click the download button, I have:-un installed and Re installed and cleared chache and all related files- Made sure app was added to firewall- Tried with firewall off- Changed wifi netwo...

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Can't Dowload songs in PC, Says "Waiting For Conection" when i click the download button, I have: -un installed and Re installed and cleared chache and all related files - Made sure app was added t...

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Import Playlist?

Hi,I've just noticed that the Import Playlist feature has apparently disappeared. Why????? I'm used to create playlist under iTunes and import them into Spotify, thus this is really annoying.Hope this is just a temporary glitch and will be fixed SOON...

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Hi, I've just noticed that the Import Playlist feature has apparently disappeared. Why?????   I'm used to create playlist under iTunes and import them into Spotify, thus this is really annoyi...

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Solved!! I can't scrobble

I can't scrobble, it says that the last.fm's username and password are incorrect. And I know they are ok.I am premium user, and it worked fine a couple of weeks, but now I can't scrobble.

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I can't scrobble, it says that the last.fm's username and password are incorrect. And I know they are ok. I am premium user, and it worked fine a couple of weeks, but now I can't scrobble.

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Regarding the Premium subscription.

Hello,I was just wondering... I would like to use Spotify, only thing is, I live in Serbia, so the Spotify services are not yet eligible for us to use. I would like to pay for a full Premium subscription, if there is any chance that I could, in that ...

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Hello, I was just wondering... I would like to use Spotify, only thing is, I live in Serbia, so the Spotify services are not yet eligible for us to use. I would like to pay for a full Premium subs...

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Media Keys Help

ok so say if I'm listening to music and playing a game, i want to hear something without pausing the music so i try to turn it down using media keys but it turns down my pc volume which is spotify and the game, is there a way to just make media keys ...

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ok so say if I'm listening to music and playing a game, i want to hear something without pausing the music so i try to turn it down using media keys but it turns down my pc volume which is spotify an...

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Song time disappears

Why does the song timing disappear after a few seconds and how can I get it to stay. I have reinstalled Spotify on my iPhone X and still it will not display the time elapsed of songs. It used to and now it doesn’t do it anymore. I need this feature f...

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Why does the song timing disappear after a few seconds and how can I get it to stay. I have reinstalled Spotify on my iPhone X and still it will not display the time elapsed of songs. It used to and ...

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Why does song time disappear after a few seconds?

Why does the song timing disappear after a few seconds and how can I get it to stay. I have reinstalled Spotify on my iPhone X and still it will not display the time elapsed of songs. It used to and now it doesn’t do it anymore. I need this feature f...

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Why does the song timing disappear after a few seconds and how can I get it to stay. I have reinstalled Spotify on my iPhone X and still it will not display the time elapsed of songs. It used to and ...

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Spotify on my PC is supposedly offline even though I have working connection (Win 7)

When I try to look for my daily mix while on PC, it always tells me that I cannot use this function while offline - the thing is, my PC is connected to the same network as my phone when I'm at home, and on the phone everything is working fine, so thi...

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When I try to look for my daily mix while on PC, it always tells me that I cannot use this function while offline - the thing is, my PC is connected to the same network as my phone when I'm at home, ...

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Artist is greyed out but actually available on Spotify

I added a song by "The Kinks" a while back and it was perfectly playable back then. But now I had to find out, that it is not anymore. But wait, actually it is. Searching for "The Kinks" brings me to their artist page and I can listen to their songs....

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I added a song by "The Kinks" a while back and it was perfectly playable back then. But now I had to find out, that it is not anymore. But wait, actually it is. Searching for "The Kinks" brings me to...

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Spotify on Desktop not connecting to Internet, even though have full connection

Alright, so as the title suggests my Spotify has "offline" for the past few days, and it seems to be a more or less isolated incident on my machine. My OneNote is also having issues with synching, but that is for a different community. I uninstalled ...

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Alright, so as the title suggests my Spotify has "offline" for the past few days, and it seems to be a more or less isolated incident on my machine. My OneNote is also having issues with synching, bu...

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Playlists no longer showing on Facebook

Playlists no longer show on Facebook. The number of playlists shows, but not the actual playlists. I tried what others have suggested (playing a song from a playlist, setting it to private and then back to public), but it has not helped. Does anyone ...

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Playlists no longer show on Facebook. The number of playlists shows, but not the actual playlists.  I tried what others have suggested (playing a song from a playlist, setting it to private and ...

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Unable to play local file due to cover

Brief description of the issue: Spotify has issue with some covers, the song being unplayableSteps to reproduce the issue:Download & move a song with cover to Spotify local sourceTry to play that songWhat steps you’ve tried already: Remove the cover ...

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  Brief description of the issue: Spotify has issue with some covers, the song being unplayable Steps to reproduce the issue: Download & move a song with cover to Spotify local source ...

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