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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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MIKAAAAEL

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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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bluehallon

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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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Create Playlist by drag-and-drop

Hi, suddenly I can't create playlists anymore by dragging and dropping the album into a folder. It seems any drag-and-drop functionality is gone (on Windows). Now it's similar to my Android where a second step is necessary. First create an empty new ...

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Hi,   suddenly I can't create playlists anymore by dragging and dropping the album into a folder. It seems any drag-and-drop functionality is gone (on Windows). Now it's similar to my Android ...

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"New Releases for You" missing artists

Hello, Is it a known issue that the "New Releases" under Browse --> Discover will often miss artists and new albums? I only ever seem to get solo songs or very specific artists. For example, i follow JunkieXL but I have had zero notice that there was...

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Hello,   Is it a known issue that the "New Releases" under Browse --> Discover will often miss artists and new albums? I only ever seem to get solo songs or very specific artists.   ...

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Proxy and "no Internet connection detected"? Read this

Hi all, Concerned people (but maybe more): enjoying your Internet through a proxy you're able to install Spotify app, configure the proxy, and play music. Restarting the app or the computer leads to an offline error/No Internet connection detected So...

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Hi all,   Concerned people (but maybe more): enjoying your Internet through a proxy you're able to install Spotify app, configure the proxy, and play music. Restarting the app or the computer ...

michsco

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Solved!! Spotify Windows Desktop app claims to be offline

Hi there,I'm using Spotify Windows Desktop app (1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc) on my office laptop. I need to use the proxy settings to get Spotify to work, and before the current version things worked fine. But after updating to the current version, Spotify ...

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Hi there, I'm using Spotify Windows Desktop app (1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc) on my office laptop. I need to use the proxy settings to get Spotify to work, and before the current version things worked fine...

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Searchfunction

I've got Spotify on Windows 10 but I can't search for any songs. I have premium. anyone else got thist problem and know how to solve it? Already reinstalled it

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I've got Spotify on Windows 10 but I can't search for any songs. I have premium. anyone else got thist problem and know how to solve it? Already reinstalled it

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Search not working windows 10 12-8-2018

when i click on the search box it usually shows an icon saying search troughout spotify find songs artists etc, but now it shows my recent searches and when i type nothing comes up but recent searches. i already reinstalled spotify but it did nothing

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when i click on the search box it usually shows an icon saying search troughout spotify find songs artists etc, but now it shows my recent searches and when i type nothing comes up but recent searche...

Sebasty

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Why is a payed Spotify subscription connect to googleusercontent.com?

I just noticed that spotify is opening a connection from my PC to googleusercontent.com. I was wondering, why is this? I have a payed subscription without ads.

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I just noticed that spotify is opening a connection from my PC to googleusercontent.com. I was wondering, why is this? I have a payed subscription without ads.

Sebasty

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My username shows up as a bunch of random letters and numbers.

So I just made my Spotify account through the website and my username shows up as random letters and numbers. I checked in the android app and it looks the same as in the website. I didn't login to Facebook or anything, I used my email.Is there any w...

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So I just made my Spotify account through the website and my username shows up as random letters and numbers. I checked in the android app and it looks the same as in the website. I didn't login to F...

Jotenko

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Superuser Contribution Set the same volume level for all songs not saved

When I set this in the prefrences, restart the app, and go back, it's not saved. It used to work just fine. Doesn't anymore. Win 10 proLatest spotify version (how would you even turn off automatic updates?)

Gig Goer

When I set this in the prefrences, restart the app, and go back, it's not saved. It used to work just fine. Doesn't anymore.   Win 10 pro Latest spotify version (how would you even turn off a...

allavaz

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Cant Play Music on a different computer

Hello, I face the problem of me not beeing able to play music from my account on a different computer within the same house.On my computer and Android everything works - on a different computer spotify first loads tons of random music i dont know and...

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Hello,    I face the problem of me not beeing able to play music from my account on a different computer within the same house. On my computer and Android everything works - on a differe...

Sebasty

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Using a proxy and get stuck with "no Internet connection detected"? Read this

Hi all, Concerned people (but maybe more): enjoying your Internet through a proxy you're able to install Spotify app, configure the proxy, and play music. Restarting the app or the computer leads to an offline error/No Internet connection detected So...

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Hi all,   Concerned people (but maybe more): enjoying your Internet through a proxy you're able to install Spotify app, configure the proxy, and play music. Restarting the app or the computer ...

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Ridiculous RAM usage.

I use Spotify to listen to music while basically playing any game on my PC.I'm running windows 7 64-bit.I've noticed the longer Spotify runs the more RAM it uses, causing both my PC AND games to freeze up eventually.I could launch Spotify and keep it...

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I use Spotify to listen to music while basically playing any game on my PC. I'm running windows 7 64-bit. I've noticed the longer Spotify runs the more RAM it uses, causing both my PC AND games to ...

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Opening Spotify Maximized Isn't Fully Maximized

Windows 7 64-bit.After updating to 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc, there have been multiple GUI issues. The one in question is a problem with maximized Spotify. If I close Spotify while it's maximized, whenever I re-open it and it's automatically maximized, th...

Casual Listener

Windows 7 64-bit. After updating to 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc, there have been multiple GUI issues. The one in question is a problem with maximized Spotify. If I close Spotify while it's maximized, whene...

rossi1911

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Spotify windows Player

Spotify for windows couldn't connect to the internet. it says "no internet connection" while my laptop perfectly connected to the internet. Please fix this problem immediately. IMac verosn is working perfectly but not windows version. thank you.

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Spotify for windows couldn't connect to the internet. it says "no internet connection" while my laptop perfectly connected to the internet.   Please fix this problem immediately.  IMac v...

phan_times

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Random Pops in Playback

I keep getting random audio glitches with the current version of spotify. Playback works fine, but every few seconds I'll get a random "pop" in the speakers. My headphones (which use a USB DAC) do not do this, and other programs do not to the pops ei...

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I keep getting random audio glitches with the current version of spotify. Playback works fine, but every few seconds I'll get a random "pop" in the speakers. My headphones (which use a USB DAC) do no...

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spotify version 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc search not working

since this update my search function only work when i reset the spotify settings trough windows, the after a couple minutes its stops searching, i can type in the search bar but it wont load any results

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since this update my search function only work when i reset the spotify settings trough windows, the after a couple minutes its stops searching, i can type in the search bar but it wont load any resu...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify premium missing from window title bar

Hi, I have just updated to the latest version of spotify (non windows store version) & have noticed that it no longer says spotify premium on the title bar, no I have to click the drop down next to username & then click account which then opens in de...

Casual Listener

Hi,   I have just updated to the latest version of spotify (non windows store version) & have noticed that it no longer says spotify premium on the title bar, no I have to click the drop d...

Sebasty

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Music won't play on any web browser

I have restarted my laptop, updated my web browser (tried two different ones), and logged out and back on but Spotify still won't play any music. That is, it'll show me music to play, but when I hit "play" nothing happens. Also, at times, after the w...

Newbie

I have restarted my laptop, updated my web browser (tried two different ones), and logged out and back on but Spotify still won't play any music. That is, it'll show me music to play, but when I hit ...

Sebasty

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New beta release continuous crashing

i'm on the 1.0.77.307.gb3c19e64 version, and every time a song ends it crashes

Gig Goer

i'm on the 1.0.77.307.gb3c19e64 version, and every time a song ends it crashes

prinzmaus

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