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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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Daily Mix

Why won't any of my Daily Mix playlists load? I get an error message for every one of my 6 Daily Mix playlists.

Gig Goer

Why won't any of my Daily Mix playlists load?  I get an error message for every one of my 6 Daily Mix playlists.

Slcrowe

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Spotify stops playing music after remote desktop connection toggle.

Reports can't play song. Need to start task manager and close any spotify apps. Then restart to get it working. Win10 Surface Pro 4.

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Reports can't play song. Need to start task manager and close any spotify apps. Then restart to get it working. Win10 Surface Pro 4.

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Spotify random pauses and resumes

Hello all,first of all, sorry if this has already been posted, I have been searching for it with no success. The spotify application randomly pauses the current song, once every half an hour or so, or if the song it's paused it autoresumes it. This i...

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Hello all, first of all, sorry if this has already been posted, I have been searching for it with no success.   The spotify application randomly pauses the current song, once every half an ho...

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Solved!! Can't access my Audio Settings (using Desktop with Windows 7)

I am new to Spotify Premium. I am using a desktop computer with Windows 7 to access my Spotify Premium. I stream the music to my 2-channel stereo using a Audioengine B1 Bluetooth receiver. All I want to do now is check my audio settings to make sure ...

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I am new to Spotify Premium. I am using a desktop computer with Windows 7 to access my Spotify Premium. I stream the music to my 2-channel stereo using a Audioengine B1 Bluetooth receiver.   A...

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Solved!! Listen to music without effecting Mixes and Discoveries

Can someone please tell me if there's any way to listen to music without effecting discovering weekly, radar or daily mixes? Mostly i'm listeningto Metal, but when i'm at the office, i'm playing more mainstream because the people at my office.I'm aff...

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Can someone please tell me if there's any way to listen to music without effecting discovering weekly, radar or daily mixes?   Mostly i'm listeningto Metal, but when i'm at the office, i'm pla...

Eyalf83

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Problemas con windows 10

Hola, tengo un problema que ya llevo mas de un mes tratando de solucionar, tengo mi cuenta sincronizada a mi tablet, laptop y celular, pero en mi laptop no puedo descargar ningun playlist, desde hace un mes que al agregar canciones a los playlist que...

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Hola, tengo un problema que ya llevo mas de un mes tratando de solucionar, tengo mi cuenta sincronizada a mi tablet, laptop y celular, pero en mi laptop no puedo descargar ningun playlist, desde hace...

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Songs won't play

Oftentimes, when I'm listening to any spotify playlist, a song will end and a new one will not play. After that, none of the play buttons will work. The sidebar says the playlist is playling but nothing actually is working. Has anyone else experience...

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Oftentimes, when I'm listening to any spotify playlist, a song will end and a new one will not play. After that, none of the play buttons will work. The sidebar says the playlist is playling but noth...

willyadume

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Can't close video in the ads

I'm using Spotify on Windows10. After updating to the latest version, the close button for the pop-up video ad seems to be overlaid by the close app button, as shown in the attached image. While I don't mind the ads since I am a free user, earlier I ...

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I'm using Spotify on Windows10. After updating to the latest version, the close button for the pop-up video ad seems to be overlaid by the close app button, as shown in the attached image. While I do...

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Multimedia keys stopped working

Hello everbody, how are you doing? I would like to report a problem. I use spotify at home and at work with two different computers and keyboards.Both computers are windows 7 64bits. After last spotify update (1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc), multimedia keys l...

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Hello everbody, how are you doing?   I would like to report a problem.   I use spotify at home and at work with two different computers and keyboards. Both computers are windows 7 64bi...

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Weird Spotify Logo and large memory drain

I've noticed a few weird things on my spotify. Firstly, the icon is now appearing weird with a thin green line besides the logo which kinda looks like how it would be if it is download some items. See attached. Also, it has 4 exes draining 400mb of m...

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I've noticed a few weird things on my spotify.   Firstly, the icon is now appearing weird with a thin green line besides the logo which kinda looks like how it would be if it is download some ...

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Location of cached files

Hi, in the settings I have set this path for offline songs D:\Music\Spotify and the folder has about 7GB. But despite that, Spotify still creates a folder in C:\Users\Slavek\AppData\Local\Spotify\Data and it has about 10GB.What should I do to not let...

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Hi, in the settings I have set this path for offline songs D:\Music\Spotify and the folder has about 7GB. But despite that, Spotify still creates a folder in C:\Users\Slavek\AppData\Local\Spotif...

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Had to start a new account

i had a system failer on my computer when i got everything back in order my spotify and hulu was gone i cant find it and i already paid for the student discount price for them both. it has been about a week and a half

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i had a system failer on my computer when i got everything back in order my spotify and hulu was gone i cant find it and i already paid for the student discount price for them both. it has been about...

Sebasty

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Solved!! Premium account - tracks with distortion

Dear Spotify Developers, Staff & Money makers, Recently I started noticing distortion in some of the tracks I listen to. This is extremely inconvenient and something I could expect when using a free account, but not when paying for a service at a pre...

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Dear Spotify Developers, Staff & Money makers,   Recently I started noticing distortion in some of the tracks I listen to. This is extremely inconvenient and something I could expect when ...

Butidontwanna

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Search bar broken?

Is it just me och is the serach bar broken?When I try to search it won't even try to load anything, just shows my recent searchs...I tried re-installing, but that didn't help...

Newbie

Is it just me och is the serach bar broken? When I try to search it won't even try to load anything, just shows my recent searchs... I tried re-installing, but that didn't help... 

geneqware

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Solved!! Why this song can't be played?

https://open.spotify.com/track/0F0Ix2XwPnAix9rdmSQGSZ is it removed?

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https://open.spotify.com/track/0F0Ix2XwPnAix9rdmSQGSZ   is it removed?

MJ01

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Spotify Windows does not play music with my Chord Hugo 2 connected

Hello, when I have the Chord Hugo 2 connected and choosen at the sound and start Spotify it won't play the music but instead it is jumping trough the tracks. When I however change it to another sound device and then change back to the Hugo 2 then it ...

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Hello,   when I have the Chord Hugo 2 connected and choosen at the sound and start Spotify it won't play the music but instead it is jumping trough the tracks. When I however change it to anot...

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Playlist keeps playing the new titles

Everytime i want to listen to some music from my playlist and i press on shuffle spotify keeps playing all the new titles I recently added before actually randomly playing all titles. Could need some help.

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Everytime i want to listen to some music from my playlist and i press on shuffle spotify keeps playing all the new titles I recently added before actually randomly playing all titles. Could need some...

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[URGENT] playlist time malfunction

recently my spotify playlist time things (where it tells you how long a playlist is) is malfunctioning! this is only for my own playlists as others seem to be looking fine. for example: one of my playlists would say that 78 songs take about 4 hours w...

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recently my spotify playlist time things (where it tells you how long a playlist is) is malfunctioning! this is only for my own playlists as others seem to be looking fine.    for example...

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Playlist got deleted

I need help my playlist I've had for two years was deleted and it wasn't me how can I get it back?

Newbie

I need help my playlist I've had for two years was deleted and it wasn't me how can I get it back?

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Solved!! Drag and Drop not working in 1.0.75.483 .g7ff4a0dc

Hello,Spotify updated itself and all functionality including drag and drop is not working anymore. It's not possible to rearrange songs nor to drag a song into a playlist. RegardsHeiko

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Hello, Spotify updated itself and all functionality including drag and drop is not working anymore. It's not possible to rearrange songs nor to drag a song into a playlist.   Regards Heiko

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