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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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Last update problem with playlist covers (Feb 2018)

Hi there! I can´t change any playlist cover since last update. Why Spotify, why????

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Hi there! I can´t change any playlist cover since last update. Why Spotify, why????

mermarga

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Seeing playlists and artist I never played

Almost any time I open spotify these days, I am suddenly following playlists or radios I never even listened to. Also, when looking at recently played artists, it lists a lot of artists I have never listened to. I am worried if my account might have ...

Roadie

Almost any time I open spotify these days, I am suddenly following playlists or radios I never even listened to. Also, when looking at recently played artists, it lists a lot of artists I have never ...

Thaliel

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Ad won't play

Hi, I'm using the Spotify Web Player on Windows and I have an ad that won't play. It doesn't start, it just stays there, and the circular logo for 'repeat/go back to beginning' is green and I can't turn it off. Whenever I click on a song or a playlis...

Casual Listener

Hi,   I'm using the Spotify Web Player on Windows and I have an ad that won't play. It doesn't start, it just stays there, and the circular logo for 'repeat/go back to beginning' is green and ...

Oreosaurus

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How do I stop Spotify from auto loading on system start-up?

Most competent software programs allow the user to control wether or not to auto-load on start-up. I thought I checked this type of feature off before but now I can't find it and this **bleep** thing keeps loading up every time I start my computer!!!...

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Most competent software programs allow the user to control wether or not to auto-load on start-up. I thought I checked this type of feature off before but now I can't find it and this **bleep** thing...

MauriceMV

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Resetting password

I want to change my Spotify password. Yes I know my current password, but whenever I try to reset my password with this link it says "This **bleep** should not be blank. This **bleep** should not be blank." why does this happen and what is the cause ...

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I want to change my Spotify password. Yes I know my current password, but whenever I try to reset my password with this link it says "This **bleep** should not be blank. This **bleep** shou...

MauriceMV

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not all playlists will appear upon startup

When I start spotify on my computer, not all of my playlists will be available to add songs to. They're all visible to scroll through on the left and I can listen to them, but if I right click a song to add it to a playlist, only a select few will be...

Casual Listener

When I start spotify on my computer, not all of my playlists will be available to add songs to. They're all visible to scroll through on the left and I can listen to them, but if I right click a song...

MauriceMV

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Windows 10 and Google Home Mini - can only one play at a time?

So I have a Google Home Mini device connected to my Spotify Account. The speaker is in the kitchen and my PC is in my home office. My wife would start a playlist (from my account) using the speaker, but if I was listening to music on my PC, it would ...

Casual Listener

So I have a Google Home Mini device connected to my Spotify Account.  The speaker is in the kitchen and my PC is in my home office.  My wife would start a playlist (from my account) us...

IguanaSetup

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Playlist Help

How do I keep songs strictly in a playlist, but not have them play in my library?

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How do I keep songs strictly in a playlist, but not have them play in my library?

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Custom Playlist Images not updating publicly

Hey spotify freinds: I couldn't find any submitted questions on this topic: I recently changed the playlist image for one of my playlists. I see the new image when I perform a search, but when another person (not me) searches for my playlist, the "ol...

Visitor

Hey spotify freinds:   I couldn't find any submitted questions on this topic:    I recently changed the playlist image for one of my playlists.  I see the new image when I per...

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Music i have plays on my phone app but not on the desktop

ok basically i have listen to a song on my phone but when i want to listen to it on my computer it says its not available, why is that?

Newbie

ok basically i have listen to a song on my phone but when i want to listen to it on my computer it says its not available, why is that?

ohyeahtakethat

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Cache gets random deleted

Again Spotify just changed the Cache Folder to C:\ which by the way is a joke, its 2018 noone uses C:\ on a win-pc as data store....As soon as i change the folder to my old one with more than 20GB data Spotify just deletes my whole cache and doesn't ...

Music Fan

Again Spotify just changed the Cache Folder to C:\ which by the way is a joke, its 2018 noone uses C:\ on a win-pc as data store.... As soon as i change the folder to my old one with more than 20GB ...

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Local files play but artist and album are greyed out

last week I was working on my local files area. Each song I would click on Album and choose the song and add it to Songs in my Library. (I did this so when I didn't have my external drive plugged in I would have the song still available in Songs in m...

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last week I was working on my local files area. Each song I would click on Album and choose the song and add it to Songs in my Library. (I did this so when I didn't have my external drive plugged in ...

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Why isn't there an option to delete the 'now playing' song?

Just wondering why they forgot to add the option 'remove from playlist' when you right click on a song currently playing (from a playlist you creted)? Makes no sense. Instead you have to search that song in your playlist and delete it from there.

Casual Listener

Just wondering why they forgot to add the option 'remove from playlist' when you right click on a song currently playing (from a playlist you creted)? Makes no sense. Instead you have to search that ...

MauriceMV

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Songs on playlist removed (desktop) but still view-able on Mobile App, but with songs greyed out

My playlist is suddenly empty on the desktop app but not empty (all there) on my phone, but there are some songs greyed out. I can play these songs separately if I search for them. Also there are a lot more than 14 songs on my playlist. Please tell m...

Casual Listener

My playlist is suddenly empty on the desktop app but not empty (all there) on my phone, but there are some songs greyed out. I can play these songs separately if I search for them. Also there are a l...

limshengren

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Solved!! Windows 10, Spotify freezes PC randomly after Creators Update

After I updated to the latest version of Windows 10, namely the creators update, the spotify desktop app completely freezes my PC while playing music (seemigly at random). It makes weird static noises and then everything freezes and I have to hit the...

Casual Listener

After I updated to the latest version of Windows 10, namely the creators update, the spotify desktop app completely freezes my PC while playing music (seemigly at random). It makes weird static noise...

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I have lost audio output to my speakers and headphones although I can ouput to external devices.

I can output to my speakers and headphones from Windows media player so it seems its just a problem with Spotify.Any body have any suggestions?

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I can output to my speakers and headphones from Windows media player so it seems its just a problem with Spotify. Any body have any suggestions?

Sebasty

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No Music?

I go to play one of my playlist off of my laptop but when it starts it, all it does is go through play the song for less then a sec (minus the sound) and then skip to the next until it reaches the end of the playlist and then it stops

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I go to play one of my playlist off of my laptop but when it starts it, all it does is go through play the song for less then a sec (minus the sound) and then skip to the next until it reaches the en...

monkwindu

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Tracking Listening History - Alternative to My Collection

Hi, I'm aware that there is a 10,000 track limit in collection, and up-til-now I've been adding the first track of each album i've listened to and liked and as way of keeping track of what albums I've listened to. I'm aware this is a limit set to kee...

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Hi,    I'm aware that there is a 10,000 track limit in collection, and up-til-now I've been adding the first track of each album i've listened to and liked and as way of keeping trac...

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Spotify taking a long time to respond/pause/play music

After running Spotify for 30+ minutes, I will run into an issue where when I try to pause (or play) music, there will be anywhere from a 15-second to a 5-minute delay before Spotify will respond. The delay usually gets worse the longer I have Spotify...

Casual Listener

After running Spotify for 30+ minutes, I will run into an issue where when I try to pause (or play) music, there will be anywhere from a 15-second to a 5-minute delay before Spotify will respond. The...

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