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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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Shuffle is broken on big playlists

When you have a lot of songs in a playlist, the shuffle function is clearly broken. If I sort my playlist on track title, only songs beginning with "0-B" as their first letter is played. When I sort on artist and enable shuffle, only tracks by artist...

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When you have a lot of songs in a playlist, the shuffle function is clearly broken. If I sort my playlist on track title, only songs beginning with "0-B" as their first letter is played. When I sort ...

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I lost a lot of important messeges

I understand that it is no longer cost efficient to keep the messeging app on Spotify, however, I would like a way to recover my messeges in some kind of file or an email or something like that. Is there a way that can happen?

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I understand that it is no longer cost efficient to keep the messeging app on Spotify, however, I would like a way to recover my messeges in some kind of file or an email or something like that. Is t...

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Song goes on for 6 minutes

I found a song on my computer and i wanted to listen to it on spotify, but when i saw the length (by hovering my move over the file) it was very short 3 minute song but when i added to spotify it said the song was 6 minutes long how can i fix this. W...

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I found a song on my computer and i wanted to listen to it on spotify, but when i saw the length (by hovering my move over the file) it was very short 3 minute song but when i added to spot...

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Impossible to delete or move a song from playlist

Hello, I'm currently experiencing the following issue: I go into my playlist and delte a song, then move some songs to another playlist. Then when I play this playlist.... I still hear the songs that I have moved or deleted. They appear in the player...

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Hello, I'm currently experiencing the following issue: I go into my playlist and delte a song, then move some songs to another playlist. Then when I play this playlist.... I still hear the songs that...

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SSL Proxy

Trying to get spotify to work behind a SSL proxy.So the corp proxy replaces the servers SSL cert with one of its own. I am thinking this is what spotify is failing. Any one know what the destination ip / hostnames spotify use A

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Trying to get spotify to work behind a SSL proxy. So the corp proxy replaces the servers SSL cert with one of its own.   I am thinking this is what spotify is failing.   Any one know w...

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Artist names in Japanese Katakana even after changing the language setting to English...

Why are artist names still in Japanese Katakana even after I changed the language setting to English? Anway to fix this problem easily? I'm using Spotify version 1.0.53.758.gde3fc4b2 in Windows 10 Pro. Here are screenshots of my Spotify app:

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Why are artist names still in Japanese Katakana even after I changed the language setting to English? Anway to fix this problem easily?   I'm using Spotify version 1.0.53.758.gde3fc4b2 in...

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X button doesn't have the same behavior as Cntrl+Shift+Q

Hi,If I close the app using Cntrl+Shift+Q the desktop app will remember the current state, however, if I use the X button on the top right corner, it won´t.For example, when I start the app the first time, the song A is in the session, then I play so...

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Hi, If I close the app using Cntrl+Shift+Q the desktop app will remember the current state, however, if I use the X button on the top right corner, it won´t. For example, when I start the app the...

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Song stops short, then skips to songs that aren't even on my playlist

Running Spotify on Windows 10, never had a problem before just now. It is completely updated, latest version, etc. I am not a premium member, if that matters. I start playing my playlist, random. Song will play for anywhere from 15 seconds to two min...

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Running Spotify on Windows 10, never had a problem before just now. It is completely updated, latest version, etc. I am not a premium member, if that matters.   I start playing my playlist, ra...

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Same song, but is different in windows app and android app

Hello,I've found an issue:for this song (and maybe other) :100eme etageByVegastarDuration3:36 The song is "correct" on the windows app but when I switch to Android (in my car) the song is different, it's an alternate version (it's should be the same ...

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Hello, I've found an issue: for this song (and maybe other) : 100eme etage By Vegastar Duration 3:36   The song is "correct" on the windows app but when I switch to Android (in my car) ...

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Spotify constantly says songs not available

I have a spotify premium account and the player routinely cannot play ANY songs. I will restart the application a number of times, but it will just do the same thing over and over and it happens almost every day. This is unacceptable when I am paying...

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I have a spotify premium account and the player routinely cannot play ANY songs.  I will restart the application a number of times, but it will just do the same thing over and over and it happen...

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Cant play certain songs on album

Hi, Why is it that when I search an ablum and click into it, that I can only play certain songs off the album? See example below

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Hi,   Why is it that when I search an ablum and click into it, that I can only play certain songs off the album? See example below    

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This radio station cannot be started

Looking in the forum, it appears this was an issue back in 2014 as well... no matter what artist, song, or playlist I choose to start a radio station, I always get the "This radio station cannot be started. Please try with something else" error. Seem...

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Looking in the forum, it appears this was an issue back in 2014 as well... no matter what artist, song, or playlist I choose to start a radio station, I always get the "This radio station cannot be s...

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Spotify not casting through Web Application (ChromeCast)

Hi All!I am trying to ChromeCast my Spotify VIA ChromeCast from my computer through web application and the cast does not work. When I press the cast option - Spotify opens on the TV but says the connection times out. This only happens on my Web Appl...

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Hi All! I am trying to ChromeCast my Spotify VIA ChromeCast from my computer through web application and the cast does not work.  When I press the cast option - Spotify opens on the TV but...

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Solved!! Windows 10 Taskbar/Start button not working due to Spotify - multiple users affected

Since a few weeks I have a problem with Windows10: The taskbar and the start button stopped working and after research and debugging the issue I found out that Spoitfy is the issue of that. As soon as you uninstall or deactivate Spoitfy autostart and...

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Since a few weeks I have a problem with Windows10: The taskbar and the start button stopped working and after research and debugging the issue I found out that Spoitfy is the issue of that.   ...

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Superuser Contribution Low quality on desktop even when High quality streaming is enabled(windows 10)

Ever since the last update of the spotify app(3/12/18) I notice a significant drop in the quality of the stream so much so that you can't continue to listen. Every time I launch the app it seems to start in high quality mode and then seems to switch ...

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Ever since the last update of the spotify app(3/12/18) I notice a significant drop in the quality of the stream so much so that you can't continue to listen. Every time I launch the app it seems to s...

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Muffled Audio

Recently, the artists vocals for any song are extremely muffled. The words are barely able to be heard over the music which doesnt sound any louder than usual. I uninstalled and reinstalled Spotify to no avail. Is this a common problem? Is there a wa...

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Recently, the artists vocals for any song are extremely muffled. The words are barely able to be heard over the music which doesnt sound any louder than usual. I uninstalled and reinstalled Spotify t...

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Spotify app for Windows 10 - ordinateur

Depuis maintenant quelques semaines, spotify ne fonctionne plus sur mon ordinateur.Je l'ai redemarre, j'ai deseinstaller l'appli mais rien a faire. Lorsque je suis sur l'appli, je met me connecter et je m'identifis ; deja la le bouton "se connecter a...

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Depuis maintenant quelques semaines, spotify ne fonctionne plus sur mon ordinateur. Je l'ai redemarre, j'ai deseinstaller l'appli mais rien a faire. Lorsque je suis sur l'appli, je met me connecter ...

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Playlist menu item inaccessible

The menu item isn't availabe, I can't download any playlist due to the missing menu item. please help, thanks.

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The menu item isn't availabe, I can't download any playlist due to the missing menu item. please help, thanks.

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new releases missing some tracks

hi everyone.spotify new releases part always misses some new songs,alongside it is not updated as soon as a music is released.is it only for me or everyone?if it's for all , why should it be?:/I really can't find a place on web that just lists new mu...

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hi everyone. spotify new releases part always misses some new songs,alongside it is not updated as soon as a music is released.is it only for me or everyone? if it's for all , why should it be?:/ ...

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Inicio lento

Buenos diasTengo la version premmium hace mucho tiempo. Y desde hace unos meses tarda muchisimo tiempo en iniciarse. A veces 10 minutos. Tengo Win10. Memoria mas que suficiente. Por lo que deberia funcionar bien.

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Buenos dias Tengo la version premmium hace mucho tiempo. Y desde hace unos meses tarda muchisimo tiempo en iniciarse. A veces 10 minutos. Tengo Win10. Memoria mas que suficiente. Por lo que deberia ...

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