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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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Volume lowers automatically?

I have Windows 10, and when I play spotify the volume lowers on its own even when i try to put the volume back up every so often, I've tried to get into my settings to fix whatever it is that needs fixed or turned on/off....but i cant even find my se...

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I have Windows 10, and when I play spotify the volume lowers on its own even when i try to put the volume back up every so often,   I've tried to get into my settings to fix whatever it is tha...

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Solved!! Can't search for music

I can play any music just fine but search doesn't work.No matter what I type in the searchbox it just shows my last searches (which doesn't update) but no results for the current search. On Windows 10 (1709) with version 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc

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I can play any music just fine but search doesn't work. No matter what I type in the searchbox it just shows my last searches (which doesn't update) but no results for the current search.   O...

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Spotify won't work with Bluetooth headphones

Hello. I'm using in ear headphones from Skullcandy, the SB 2. Whenever I want to listen to Spotify on my Desktop the sound of the headphones starts to go on and off. It works fine with YouTube or Spotify on my phone. Any ideas or solutions? Thanks a ...

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Hello.    I'm using in ear headphones from Skullcandy, the SB 2. Whenever I want to listen to Spotify on my Desktop the sound of the headphones starts to go on and off. It works fine with...

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All songs from my library are gone.

Hey, guys after the last Win10 update ALL songs from my library are now gone! I never bothered to create a playlist - when I found a song that I like I always chose add to my library option. However now after the latest update all my songs are gone! ...

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Hey, guys after the last Win10 update ALL songs from my library are now gone! I never bothered to create a playlist - when I found a song that I like I always chose add to my library option. However ...

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The last played queue doesn't update between sessions.

Sometimes Spotify decides to choose a song in some playlist and declare that this is the part of the queue that will load every single time I run it. Every time I turn on Spotify the queue is halfway through a song in the middle of a playlist I liste...

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Sometimes Spotify decides to choose a song in some playlist and declare that this is the part of the queue that will load every single time I run it. Every time I turn on Spotify the queue is ha...

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Cannot download anything other than playlists

Sincerest apolgies if there is already a thread on this, but I was unable to find a relevant/solved one. I am currently trying to download all my albums/saved songs onto my Windows 10 laptop, via the desktop app. However, I am unable to. I only have ...

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Sincerest apolgies if there is already a thread on this, but I was unable to find a relevant/solved one. I am currently trying to download all my albums/saved songs onto my Windows 10 laptop, via the...

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Restoring the title toolbar?

Is it possible to choose to see a title toolbar again rather than the tiny ellipse option. I have poor eyesight so use a large font and a big zoom. Works fine with the toolbar not so great with 3 tiny dots. Or failing that is there an easy way to rol...

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Is it possible to choose to see a title toolbar again rather than the tiny ellipse option. I have poor eyesight so use a large font and a big zoom. Works fine with the toolbar not so great with ...

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Zombie Spotify process - Can't kill Spotify.exe task - The Spotify application is not responding

I can confirm with several people in the office this is now happening. 1. Launch Spotify2. Click the big red X button or click File > Exit3. Try launching Spotify again4. "The Spotify application is not responding." Here's what's happening. When Spot...

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I can confirm with several people in the office this is now happening.   1. Launch Spotify 2. Click the big red X button or click File > Exit 3. Try launching Spotify again 4. "The Spoti...

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"Saved Albums Only" setting does not persist after closing Spotify

The option to "Saved Albums Only" setting does not persist after closing Spotify. It keeps turning itself off, adding an additional step to play saved albums, since I use the albums section only for full saved albums.

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The option to "Saved Albums Only" setting does not persist after closing Spotify.   It keeps turning itself off, adding an additional step to play saved albums, since I use the albums sec...

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Queue doesn't work

This occurs both on my PC and my android. Very random. Sometimes I can queue up one song, but never more than one. I am playing songs from a playlist of mine that has approximately 2000 songs in it. It tis a drag. Tried uninstalling, reinstalling, re...

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This occurs both on my PC and my android.  Very random.  Sometimes I can queue up one song, but never more than one.  I am playing songs from a playlist of mine that has approximately ...

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can't play current song

So for some reason on Spotify, specifically on the desktop app AND the web player it won't play any music. My phone is just fine but on my desktop I just keep getting the ugly blue sign "Can't play the current song". And it's happened before where if...

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So for some reason on Spotify, specifically on the desktop app AND the web player it won't play any music. My phone is just fine but on my desktop I just keep getting the ugly blue sign "Can't play t...

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Web Player Not Working

My web player will not work, I play an album or podcast it just skips around but never actually plays anything. I have cleared my cookies, done the Ctrl & F5 refresh, restarted my computer, and made sure my spotify on my phone is turned to the web pl...

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My web player will not work, I play an album or podcast it just skips around but never actually plays anything. I have cleared my cookies, done the Ctrl & F5 refresh, restarted my computer, and m...

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Where do I see actualy history of played songs?

Under history I only see recently played playlists, but I need specific songs.

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Under history I only see recently played playlists, but I need specific songs.

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Spotify keeps skipping back to the 1st track in the playlist

I have a large playlist with tracks I add on to it as I go along, sometimes I add whole albums of an artist and then if I do not like one of those tracks, I delete it from the playlist as it plays. I play my music on an ipod connected to a stereo amp...

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I have a large playlist with tracks I add on to it as I go along, sometimes I add whole albums of an artist and then if I do not like one of those tracks, I delete it from the playlist as it plays. I...

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Album filtering in my library does not work correctly

hello, i ve just find out that i am not be to find albums in my library using filtering feature. It might to do something with indexing, but some of the albums that i cant find using filter are there for some time… Thank you!

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hello,   i ve just find out that i am not be to find albums in my library using filtering feature. It might to do something with indexing, but some of the albums that i cant find using filter ...

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Create playlist folder?

Just updated spotify and create playlist folder feature is gone. So how i ad album to playlist? Drag and drop dont work anymore

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Just updated spotify and create playlist folder feature is gone. So how i ad album to playlist? Drag and drop dont work anymore

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[BUG][WINDOWS] Can only play certain songs from an album. None are greyed out.

I'm trying to listen to the "Soon It Will Be Cold Enough" album by Emancipator, but can only play tracks #4, 11, 12. The rest yield the following error:"This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." None of the...

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I'm trying to listen to the "Soon It Will Be Cold Enough" album by Emancipator, but can only play tracks #4, 11, 12. The rest yield the following error: "This song is not available. If you have...

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Superuser Contribution Recently played - how show songs not albums

"Recently played" shows albums/playlists and not the individual played songs. How do I view the songs?

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"Recently played" shows albums/playlists and not the individual played songs. How do I view the songs?

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spotify won't show song playing

Version 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc Wont' show up on my twitch get song extention and won't show up on discord. Only reason why I subbed is for a way for people to see my music outside of iTunes. If this doesn't fix itself soon I won't be using spotify.I ha...

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Version 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc   Wont' show up on my twitch get song extention and won't show up on discord.   Only reason why I subbed is for a way for people to see my music outsid...

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