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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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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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spotify for windows 10 error

After a windows 10 update, Spotify wont work. Error comes up: "the application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b) ...". Tried re-install. Not a techy person!Please help.Hilda.

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After a windows 10 update, Spotify wont work. Error comes up: "the application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b) ...".  Tried re-install.  Not a techy person! Please help. Hild...

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Sorry, there's nothing here

Windows Phone does not work Browse. Showing "Sorry, there's nothing here". Why is it?It is a mistake or Windows phones will no longer Spotify?

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Windows Phone does not work Browse. Showing "Sorry, there's nothing here". Why is it? It is a mistake or Windows phones will no longer Spotify?

CHR15G

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All log ins won't work!

My spotify desktop was working fine but now when I lick log in via Facebook nothing happens. When I try to log in with email and password it freezes with a red cirlce with a slash. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling and the same issue. This is ...

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My spotify desktop was working fine but now when I lick log in via Facebook nothing happens. When I try to log in with email and password it freezes with a red cirlce with a slash.   I've trie...

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Solved!! changing language to english on desktop /web player?

Hi! How do I change the language to english on desktop /web player? I'm located in Hungary...

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Hi! How do I change the language to english on desktop /web player? I'm located in Hungary...

IguanaSetup

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Spotify will not login through Facebook

Just earlier this morning i was listening to music on my spotify premium account whilst logged in through facebook. Lo and behold this afternoon, and i can no longer use spotify because it will not log in through facebook. It says I never had a faceb...

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Just earlier this morning i was listening to music on my spotify premium account whilst logged in through facebook. Lo and behold this afternoon, and i can no longer use spotify because it will not l...

MauriceMV

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Download spotify for windows 7

Hi, can anybody help. I'm trying to download spotify on windows 7. I've tried some of the suggestions on this forum (compatibility, using the full setup) but nothing works. Any suggestons?

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Hi, can anybody help. I'm trying to download spotify on windows 7. I've tried some of the suggestions on this forum (compatibility, using the full setup) but nothing works. Any suggestons?

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Spotify Overlay doesn't working when my Apps (Games) are in Fullscreen Mode

Basically, the Overlay, the one that shows up when I use media keys, doesn't show when I'm playing my games in Fullscreen Mode, but, when I change to Windowed Fullscreen or just Windowed, works perfectly. I'm just wondering why it happens to me while...

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Basically, the Overlay, the one that shows up when I use media keys, doesn't show when I'm playing my games in Fullscreen Mode, but, when I change to Windowed Fullscreen or just Windowed, works perfe...

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Specific albums not playing (Local Files)

I want to import the soundtrack for a game I recently bought, we were here too. Upon setting up the local files so the songs appear, the tracks won't play. I reinstall Spotify and try again. Still nothing. Other local files and other game OSTs still ...

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I want to import the soundtrack for a game I recently bought, we were here too. Upon setting up the local files so the songs appear, the tracks won't play. I reinstall Spotify and try ...

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Sort local files with "organize your music"

Hello. I am trying to sort my music into playlist and just discovered the "Organize Your Music" tool from Spotify which is great for my needs.My issue is that my local files aren't shown, only the music I added to my librairy from Spotify. It is an i...

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Hello.   I am trying to sort my music into playlist and just discovered the "Organize Your Music" tool from Spotify which is great for my needs. My issue is that my local files aren't shown, ...

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Albums and Artists not in Your Music

Hi all, I have about 4,000 songs saved in MY Music Songs but there is only a few albums and artists in the Albums and Artists. I would have thought that by adding a song to your library that it would add the Artist and Album for that song into the ap...

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Hi all, I have about 4,000 songs saved in MY Music Songs but there is only a few albums and artists in the Albums and Artists. I would have thought that by adding a song to your library that it would...

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Solved!! Why is Spotify telling me the disk is full when the Cache is only 1GB (Limit set to 100GB)?

I have over 400GB of free space on my laptops HDD, far more on my desktop if move some files around. So, to me, having a 100GB limit is absurd. If I am allowed to have more than 100GB of cache on my own computers I would very much like to know how th...

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I have over 400GB of free space on my laptops HDD, far more on my desktop if move some files around. So, to me, having a 100GB limit is absurd. If I am allowed to have more than 100GB of cache on my ...

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Solved!! Friend Feed Desktop

Has anyone experienced the Friend Feed disappearing? If so any solutions to bring it back? Many thanks

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Has anyone experienced the Friend Feed disappearing? If so any solutions to bring it back?   Many thanks 🙂

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A group of songs will not download no matter which playlist I put them in no laptop

This group of songs (image below) will not download onto my laptop to be played offline. They all work offline in the same playlist on my phone but not on laptop. I have them in my songs library and two other playlists but no matter which playlist I ...

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This group of songs (image below) will not download onto my laptop to be played offline. They all work offline in the same playlist on my phone but not on laptop. I have them in my songs library and ...

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Nothing display's when I open Spotify on desktop

Recently my spotify app player on my desktop went black. I have unninstalled and re-installed the app many times and nothing has worked. I can see "file" "edit" and "view" in the top corner, but thats it, and the options of all three is very limited....

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Recently my spotify app player on my desktop went black.  I have unninstalled and re-installed the app many times and nothing has worked.  I can see "file" "edit" and "view" in the top corn...

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Stranger Things Mode Not Working

I was curious what the "Stranger Things" option did, but it is not working for me when I try to use it. I went to an official stranger things playlist and the setting still did nothing after I went idle for a while

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I was curious what the "Stranger Things" option did, but it is not working for me when I try to use it. I went to an official stranger things playlist and the setting still did nothing after I went i...

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Can You Upload A Demo To Spotify?

I know nothing about what you can upload really; What I mean is can you upload something that isn't anything official but just something you made?

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I know nothing about what you can upload really; What I mean is can you upload something that isn't anything official but just something you made?

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Can't share music player and track to facebook

The app isn't sharing music player to facebook in windows. That's what happens:Spotify already was better then this.

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The app isn't sharing music player to facebook in windows. That's what happens: Spotify already was better then this.

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Too many songs (?)

Hi, I've been subbed to Spotify for quite a while and I've reached close to 800 songs in one of my main playlist. I've realised that recently when i add a song into the playlist, it doesnt appear there unless i copy paste the entire playlist from 'So...

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Hi, I've been subbed to Spotify for quite a while and I've reached close to 800 songs in one of my main playlist. I've realised that recently when i add a song into the playlist, it doesnt appear the...

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My music keeps pausing every 30s

My music keeps pausing at exactly every 30 seconds after i press play. I already logged out of everywhere twice and uninstalled the app on my computer and still nothing. Please help ;( i just wanna listen to music ;(((( thanks guys.

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My music keeps pausing at exactly every 30 seconds after i press play. I already logged out of everywhere twice and uninstalled the app on my computer and still nothing. Please help ;( i just wanna l...

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music doesn't play by speaker

When I hear music with my laptop speaker it works well - but when I stick it into my normal soundsystem (ISY - with AUX) it doesn't play since almost 1 week. When I put the aux cable out - it plays like ever. What happend?(I have an extern sound adap...

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When I hear music with my laptop speaker it works well - but when I stick it into my normal soundsystem (ISY - with AUX) it doesn't play since almost 1 week. When I put the aux cable out - it plays l...

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