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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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Retrieving local files on desktop app

Hi I recently followed this procedure to delete my local files on my laptop delete "local-files.bnk"and now I need them back but they won't play on my laptop (they are synced to my phone) I've updated my preferences so that the files in the right loc...

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Hi I recently followed this procedure to delete my local files on my laptop    delete "local-files.bnk" and now I need them back but they won't play on my laptop (they are synced to my...

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Wenn ich die Enter Taste druecke wird der naechsten Song gespielt

Hab seit kurzen neue PC mit Windows 10, immer wenn ich jetzt Spotify offen habe und die Enter Taste druecke, geht Spotify immer zum naechsten Song, wie kann ich das aus stellen?

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Hab seit kurzen neue PC mit Windows 10, immer wenn ich jetzt Spotify offen habe und die Enter Taste druecke, geht Spotify immer zum naechsten Song, wie kann ich das aus stellen? 

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Windows Volume Bar Spotify, Like button addition

The Volume part in windows that shows spotify should show a like and dislike as shown below. Would be a helpful feature instead of having to alt tab out of stuff to get to it.

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The Volume part in windows that shows spotify should show a like and dislike as shown below. Would be a helpful feature instead of having to alt tab out of stuff to get to it. 

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Advert and e-mails received in bad language

I'm speaking french. My settings are on french. I'm located in french speaking country.And I receive all in dutch ???E-mails in dutch, adverts in Window desktop application in dutch, clips in dutch.How to correct that?

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I'm speaking french. My settings are on french. I'm located in french speaking country. And I receive all in dutch ??? E-mails in dutch, adverts in Window desktop application in dutch, clips in dut...

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Spotify plays only select songs from playlist

Anytime I use my work computer and listen to a playlist, It will only play about 50 of the 1,000+ songs I have on the playlist. And once it has gone through the 50 or so songs, it just stops and will not let me play anything else.

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Anytime I use my work computer and listen to a playlist, It will only play about 50 of the 1,000+ songs I have on the playlist. And once it has gone through the 50 or so songs, it just stops and will...

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Navigating back from an "About" page loads the whole artist discography

This is not a critical bug but still kinda annoying so i thought i should report it. Here is how to reproduce it:- Navigate to an Artists page from a playlist or similar- Go to the "About" section - Click "Read more" to expand bio and description- Cl...

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This is not a critical bug but still kinda annoying so i thought i should report it.    Here is how to reproduce it: - Navigate to an Artists page from a playlist or similar - Go to the...

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Is Spotify hiding Metal artists?

A funny thing I discovered whilst searching for Industrial Metal artists for my playlist that's free of any weak -cyber metal... And that includes dealing with obscure bands, hoping to find them on Spotify. More miss than a hit type of thing : ) For ...

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A funny thing I discovered whilst searching for Industrial Metal artists for my playlist that's free of any weak -cyber metal... And that includes dealing with obscure bands, hoping to find them on S...

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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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