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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 Spotify no descarga canciones en windows

Spotify no me deja descargar las caciones aun cuando este conectado a internet, me indica que esta "esperando la conexion", cuando ya me encuentro conectado a una red de wifi, ya intente conectandome a otra red wifi porque crei que el problema estaba...

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Spotify no me deja descargar las caciones aun cuando este conectado a internet, me indica que esta "esperando la conexion", cuando ya me encuentro conectado a una red de wifi, ya intente conectandome...

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Solved!! Can't play album or playlist if already listening to music

Recently i've encountered this strange bug, that won't let me listen to an album or playlist if something was already playing. Even if it was paused. I found 2 workarrounds (1: playing the album from the artist page (doesn't work for playlists); 2: a...

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Recently i've encountered this strange bug, that won't let me listen to an album or playlist if something was already playing. Even if it was paused. I found 2 workarrounds (1: playing the album from...

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Create Similar Playlist

Just found this recently. Anyone else getting disappointing results (as in worse than useless)? I have a 16-track playlist that I tried it on. Got a single-track playlist as the result. Tried it several more times on the same playlist and got the sam...

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Just found this recently.  Anyone else getting disappointing results (as in worse than useless)?    I have a 16-track playlist that I tried it on.  Got a single-track playlist a...

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Cannot play any music, local or from the server

Hi everyone, recently I can not play any kind of music in personal computer, I week ago it was working perfectly but these days does not play anything. I have no idea why... In my cellphone, web and computer of my job I have no problem, it is only in...

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Hi everyone, recently I can not play any kind of music in personal computer, I week ago it was working perfectly but these days does not play anything. I have no idea why... 😞 In my cellphone, web a...

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Superuser Contribution Why has the Repeat button gone so bad [Desktop]

Older Versions of Spotify lost the Repeat Song function completely.The newest version is not better its like repeating the song for one time and then you gotta press that button again.And when you select another Song you need to activate this setting...

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Older Versions of Spotify lost the Repeat Song function completely. The newest version is not better its like repeating the song for one time and then you gotta press that button again. And when yo...

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Superuser Contribution Windows Store Version of Spotify doesn't display certain characters properly

It seems like the umlaut displays properly in some cases, and in others, it displays this gibberish:This is on the Windows Store Version 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc

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It seems like the umlaut displays properly in some cases, and in others, it displays this gibberish: This is on the Windows Store Version 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution Old queue keeps coming back

For over a week now an old queue of aroung 50 songs I made keeps reappearing whenever it feels like on both my PC and my android. I have deleted this que over 8 times and listened through the whole thing 3 times and still it returns. I have uninstall...

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For over a week now an old queue of aroung 50 songs I made keeps reappearing whenever it feels like on both my PC and my android. I have deleted this que over 8 times and listened through the whole t...

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution How to remove all songs from the local files

HiMy music library is a bit messed up. I want to remove all songs from my library/local files on the desktop Spotify app. I have tried various methods I found on the internet, but none of them worked for me? Also, I have already turned off the folder...

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Hi My music library is a bit messed up.  I want to remove all songs from my library/local files on the desktop Spotify app.  I have tried various methods  I found on the internet, but...

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Superuser Contribution Log in issues. Error 3 and Error 1003. Spotify authentication error.

My coworkers and I are having a log in issue. Between us we have 3 spotify accounts. 2 windows laptops. On laptop 1, me and coworker K were happily able to log in and out of our accounts for whenever we were working. One day I found it wouldnt let me...

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My coworkers and I are having a log in issue. Between us we have 3 spotify accounts. 2 windows laptops.   On laptop 1, me and coworker K were happily able to log in and out of our accounts for...

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution "Cant play the current song"

After I open the application, about 1-3 minutes in, this message appears on the window and not a single song will play until I restart. Restarting doesn't fix it though, it just lets me play music for another 1-3 minutes until it happens again. Tried...

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After I open the application, about 1-3 minutes in, this message appears on the window and not a single song will play until I restart. Restarting doesn't fix it though, it just lets me play music fo...

Alfredo

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Ability to search my playlists to control song repetition across playlists?

I have over 100 playlists that I create for my bike classes. I want to keep track of how often I use a particular song by knowing the playlists that I have added it to. How can I search the playlists that I created to see how many times I have used t...

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I have over 100 playlists that I create for my bike classes. I want to keep track of how often I use a particular song by knowing the playlists that I have added it to. How can I search the playlists...

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution Login repeat

It asks me to log in when opening the web app. when i do the webpage changes to where it should go to home but the screen only shows half of the logo and asks to login again. If i click home or my music it goes to those pages and shows my account in ...

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It asks me to log in when opening the web app. when i do the webpage changes to where it should go to home but the screen only shows half of the logo and asks to login again. If i click home or my mu...

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Unable To Play Songs From Album Page

Hello, I have Spotify installed from the Windows store, version 1.0.77.338.g758ebd78 installed on Windows 10, version 1709. I found today that I am unable to play any songs from an Album's page, and this goes for both the play button for the entire a...

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Hello, I have Spotify installed from the Windows store, version 1.0.77.338.g758ebd78 installed on Windows 10, version 1709.   I found today that I am unable to play any songs from an Albu...

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Local files too loud

Hi,the local files in my spotify playing louder than the normal spotify songs.The option "play all songs with same volume" dont work with local files i think.. Is there a solution?Sry for my english. Thank you for your Answers!

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Hi, the local files in my spotify playing louder than the normal spotify songs. The option "play all songs with same volume" dont work with local files i think..   Is there a solution? Sry ...

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Guide: How to fix "no sound" on Windows 10 with desktop-app

Okay, so I was getting this error every once in awhile where my audio cuts out and I have to either logout or restart to get my audio working again. This is on Windows 10 and the Spotify desktop-app. However, I think I have found a simple quick fix: ...

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Okay, so I was getting this error every once in awhile where my audio cuts out and I have to either logout or restart to get my audio working again.  This is on Windows 10 and the Spotify deskto...

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Spotify starts at boot up without permission

I have selected 'no' in Startup and Windows behaviour settings but Spotify still opens at random boot ups. How is that possible?This only started to happen a month ago when I upgraded to Win10 fall creators update

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I have selected 'no' in Startup and Windows behaviour settings but Spotify still opens at random boot ups. How is that possible? This only started to happen a month ago when I upgraded to Win10 fall...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Windows App and Android App are acting weird

All of a sudden, Spotify in my PC and Android started to delete songs and redownload them, at a big scale. I'm talking 70 songs, some times up to 200. Is anyone else experiencing this? Is there any possible solutions? Is Spotify aware of this error? ...

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All of a sudden, Spotify in my PC and Android started to delete songs and redownload them, at a big scale. I'm talking 70 songs, some times up to 200. Is anyone else experiencing this? Is there any p...

SergioDavid

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Hidden Songs?

While looking for a certain sertain song/album (Georgia On My Mind by Ray Charles) I noticed that, while I'm using the web app, I can access the album but when I try to search it on the desktop app they become impossible to find. I was also able to a...

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While looking for a certain sertain song/album (Georgia On My Mind by Ray Charles) I noticed that, while I'm using the web app, I can access the album but when I try to search it on the desktop ...

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Spotify won't start minimized

Hello, My Spotify won't start minimized at all on Windows 10 Pro 64 bit latest edition. I have reinstalled it multiple times, I installed the Windows Store app, and nothing works. It still pops up every time I reboot my computer and it won't start mi...

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Hello,   My Spotify won't start minimized at all on Windows 10 Pro 64 bit latest edition. I have reinstalled it multiple times, I installed the Windows Store app, and nothing works. It still p...

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