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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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Plays random music from the list then the one that are next in the list

Hello,When i play music from spotify (affects both my phone and pc)Most of the time now when i play the last song in my list it goes to a random song in the list instead of the one in the top of the list. I don't have shuffle on so it would go to the...

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Hello, When i play music from spotify (affects both my phone and pc) Most of the time now when i play the last song in my list it goes to a random song in the list instead of the one in the top o...

songassistant

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Windows app not recognizing other devices

I have Spotify playing via my bluetooth headphones on my phone at work, but I would like to change the song through the computer ( native Windows application ) once in a while. When I open the app ( or even the webapp ) the spotify on my computer doe...

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I have Spotify playing via my bluetooth headphones on my phone at work, but I would like to change the song through the computer ( native Windows application ) once in a while.   When I open t...

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Solved!! Blank Black Screen after Sept. 2017 New Update

I updated when prompted to this morning and now I cant use my desktop app. I've tried restarting my computer, clean uninstalling and reinstalling the app, and all the solutions I could find on previous posts. I have turned Harware acceleration off, c...

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I updated when prompted to this morning and now I cant use my desktop app. I've tried restarting my computer, clean uninstalling and reinstalling the app, and all the solutions I could find on previo...

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Solved!! Spotify desktop opens app on android phone

I'm reading a lot about spotify mobile automatically playing on some peoples phones, that's not what's happening to me. When I open spotify on my desktop pc, the app automatically opens on my phone, and shows up on my lock screen. I hate that it does...

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I'm reading a lot about spotify mobile automatically playing on some peoples phones, that's not what's happening to me.   When I open spotify on my desktop pc, the app automatically opens on m...

sangman

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Solved!! fullscreen button

Hello, I was looking for the fullscreen button for a long time now, but it's just not in the softwareDid they remove this feature? because the software is up-to-date on my pc

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Hello,  I was looking for the fullscreen button for a long time now, but it's just not in the software Did they remove this feature? because the software is up-to-date on my pc

Nitocris

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'Now playing' song notification not showing

Show desktop overlay when using media keys is enabled, but the notification banner not showing when a new song is played.How can i fix this?

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Show desktop overlay when using media keys is enabled, but the notification banner not showing when a new song is played. How can i fix this?

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Local files won't play on phone but will on PC

Hi all, I used to be able to listen to songs from my computer on my phone (iPhone) and on my spotify app in my car, but recently I haven't been able to get it to work. On my phone, it says the music is there in a playlist and downloaded (with the gre...

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Hi all,   I used to be able to listen to songs from my computer on my phone (iPhone) and on my spotify app in my car, but recently I haven't been able to get it to work. On my phone, it says t...

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Superuser Contribution Daily/Discover Playlists Pointless if you have young children!

So, I have Spotify, I pay for a family plan for my partner and older child. We also have two younger children. Too young for their own devices & accounts, but - as you would expect - demand the same playlists over, and over, and over..... This has re...

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So, I have Spotify, I pay for a family plan for my partner and older child.   We also have two younger children.  Too young for their own devices & accounts, but - as you would exp...

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Superuser Contribution Share feature doesn't share the whole song

So I got spotify on my desktop recently and I noticed that there's some wonderful features such as "listen with" that allow friends who have spotify to jump in and listen to the same songs. In particular I found the ability to "share" a song pretty u...

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So I got spotify on my desktop recently and I noticed that there's some wonderful features such as "listen with" that allow friends who have spotify to jump in and listen to the same songs.   ...

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution listening history

spotify keeps starting up with the same song which isnt the last song i played. Also the history on spotify is from about a week ago

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spotify keeps starting up with the same song which isnt the last song i played. Also the history on spotify is from about a week ago

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Superuser Contribution Can't Play the Current Song

I was trying to listent to Pentatonix (on my Windows 10 pc), and every song would stop playing after a minute or so (sometimes more, sometimes less), with a blue bar across the top of the screen that just says, "Can't play the current song." Then I s...

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I was trying to listent to Pentatonix (on my Windows 10 pc), and every song would stop playing after a minute or so (sometimes more, sometimes less), with a blue bar across the top of the screen that...

Alfredo

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Volume on keyboard to control spotify volume

Is there a way to force my keyboards volume controls to control spotify volume alone, rather than my actual pc's general volume? I like my computers volume at a constant rate and have everything set up around it, the only thing i raise and lower the ...

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Is there a way to force my keyboards volume controls to control spotify volume alone, rather than my actual pc's general volume? I like my computers volume at a constant rate and have everything set ...

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Solved!! Remove sources for local files

The only source for local files I choose is a folder on my Desktop. But when I go on local files Spotify shows me 6k Songs with over 11mil Hours playtime. How can I remove them from my local files?

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The only source for local files I choose is a folder on my Desktop. But when I go on local files Spotify shows me 6k Songs with over 11mil Hours playtime. How can I remove them from my local files?

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Can't play these specific songs

I imported a whole bunch of local music and it all plays fine. Except for one very specific album. The album is a part 2 and part 1 plays fine. All files are MP3's and all characteristics are filled in correctly. The audio is listed in spotify and ca...

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I imported a whole bunch of local music and it all plays fine. Except for one very specific album. The album is a part 2 and part 1 plays fine. All files are MP3's and all characteristics are filled ...

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This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it.

So, I have this problem, whenever I try to play any song at all as it says above in the subject "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it.". I tried troubleshooting this issue several times. I have also trie...

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So, I have this problem, whenever I try to play any song at all as it says above in the subject "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it.". I tried tr...

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Songs cutting in and out every couple seconds.

Every time I listen on the desktop app, the songs start to cut out every couples seconds after about 5 minutes of listening. It doesn't do this when i'm watching movies or youtube videos, so it's not my headphones. I'm using the free version, on Wind...

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Every time I listen on the desktop app, the songs start to cut out every couples seconds after about 5 minutes of listening. It doesn't do this when i'm watching movies or youtube videos, so it's not...

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Superuser Contribution How Can I Add 500 Songs To My Library At A Time

Hello! So, I had a 1500 song playlist I wanted to add to my own library. However, I read online that adding more than 500 songs at once will cause bugs and that's what happened. The songs won't get added in the order they were added (by date). Theref...

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Hello! So, I had a 1500 song playlist I wanted to add to my own library. However, I read online that adding more than 500 songs at once will cause bugs and that's what happened. The songs won't get a...

Alfredo

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Volume/mute keys not working when Spotify is the active window on Windows 7 64-bit

I am experiencing this exact issue, so I will just add my own details. I think it's worth noting that I've been using the Spotify desktop client since January this year, and the volume/mute keys on my keyboard have been working up until a day or two ...

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I am experiencing this exact issue, so I will just add my own details. I think it's worth noting that I've been using the Spotify desktop client since January this year, and the volume/mute keys on m...

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Solved!! windows desktop cutting out every few seconds

Yesterday Spotify started cutting out out every 1-2 seconds during all playback on my windows desktop machine. I've tried changing streaming quality and turning off hardware acceleration and still have the same problem. Help!

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Yesterday Spotify started cutting out out every 1-2 seconds during all playback on my windows desktop machine.  I've tried changing streaming quality and turning off hardware acceleration a...

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bibliothek

wie finde ich in der bibliothek welcher song in welcher playlist ist?gibt es da einen Filter?

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wie finde ich in der bibliothek welcher song in welcher playlist ist? gibt es da einen Filter?  

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