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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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Printing my playlist. How do i do that?

who can tell me if [and how] printing my playlist is a possibility?

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who can tell me if [and how] printing my playlist is a possibility?

William_Hinman

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My "don't play this song" button is not working for my daily mix.

I have hit "don't play this song" on the same song 3 times. How did it not get removed? I know many of the uses for spotify and have used the daily mix for around 6 months or so and today, certain songs I have already removed with the don't play butt...

Newbie

I have hit "don't play this song" on the same song 3 times. How did it not get removed? I know many of the uses for spotify and have used the daily mix for around 6 months or so and today, certain so...

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Solved!! Making Spotify Default music player in windows 10

Is there ever going to be a way to have all my music open in spotify by default?Windows 10, music player, default player

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Is there ever going to be a way to have all my music open in spotify by default?Windows 10, music player, default player

Malakakw

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Playing a song

I'm having trouble playing a song from my library on my desktop. All my songs r all in white but the song that i want to play is not but it's in library. I've been trying for weeks to get the song back but i can't seem to get it. How can i get the so...

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I'm having trouble playing a song from my library on my desktop. All my songs r all in white but the song that i want to play is not but it's in library. I've been trying for weeks to get the song ba...

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Local Files

I'm new to Spotify and I'm trying to load Local Files but I'm seeing less than half the number of songs in my files. I've gone to settings >Local Files >Show songs from >and clicked both Downloadand and Music Library. I've also tried Add Source from ...

Casual Listener

I'm new to Spotify and I'm trying to load Local Files but I'm seeing less than half the number of songs in my files. I've gone to settings >Local Files >Show songs from >and clicked both Dow...

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storage

How can i move my spotify from my laptop starage to the SDHC card? I want to download songs but i have ran out of disk space and would like to know how to move the app or the songs onto the card (if this is possibe).

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How can i move my spotify from my laptop starage to the SDHC card? I want to download songs but i have ran out of disk space and would like to know how to move the app or the songs onto the card (if ...

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Discover weekly not updating

Hi Discover weekly is not updating - how can it be forced again? Never mind - all is ok now.

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Hi Discover weekly is not updating - how can it be forced again?   Never mind - all is ok now.

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Service temporary unavailable for a month

Like the title says , spotify is temporary unavailable for a month now.Will it come back or it bankrupted ?

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  Like the title says , spotify is temporary unavailable for a month now. Will it come back or it bankrupted ?

Sicklikeme1234

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Cannot install and uninstall Spotify on Windows 10

Hi guys. I successfully installed the app in December 2017 until this January, it started to show this message upon start up of my laptop:I tried reading on online forums and followed a post. It said that I should download again the app but it didn't...

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Hi guys. I successfully installed the app in December 2017 until this January, it started to show this message upon start up of my laptop: I tried reading on online forums and followed a post....

Sebasty

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Track played is not track shown as played

Hi all,For several weeks now, I observe this issue : I ask to Spotify to play a track and it plays this track, but the track shown as playing is not the good track on Windows app (good track is shown on Android and Tizen App).Regards,

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Hi all, For several weeks now, I observe this issue : I ask to Spotify to play a track and it plays this track, but the track shown as playing is not the good track on Windows app (good track is sho...

Sebasty

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Song cut off by ads

This happens quite often. The song will suddenly cut off and up to 3 adverts will play.This is extremely frustrating.

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This happens quite often.  The song will suddenly cut off and up to 3 adverts will play. This is extremely frustrating.

Sebasty

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[Windows 10 App] How do I launch Spotify using a shortcut or hotkey -- where is the .exe?

I used to launch Spotify by using a keyboard hotkey. However, since switching to the Windows 10 app (from the official app store), I can't find a working .exe to point the hotkey/shortcut to. I found this: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\SpotifyAB.Spoti...

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I used to launch Spotify by using a keyboard hotkey. However, since switching to the Windows 10 app (from the official app store), I can't find a working .exe to point the hotkey/shortcut to.  ...

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New Folder

Hello over there,I'm having an issue with making New Folders. Better said, no problem in making them but I used to put various playlists into Folders and for some reason I'm not able to do so anymore. I can't click on a playlists name (on the left si...

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Hello over there, I'm having an issue with making New Folders. Better said, no problem in making them but I used to put various playlists into Folders and for some reason I'm not able to do so anymo...

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Solved!! Spotify launch error message 0xc0000001

Windows 7 64b, error message upon launch. Attempted: reinstalling, uninstalling (spotify.exe launches and crashes within a second), rename spotify directory within roaming directory then reinstalling. All advice welcome and appreciated

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Windows 7 64b, error message upon launch. Attempted: reinstalling, uninstalling (spotify.exe launches and crashes within a second), rename spotify directory within roaming directory then reinstalling...

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Spotify for windows RT!

Spotify app for windows RT would be nice.

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Spotify app for windows RT would be nice.

VNNGYN

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Local Files Won't Play Song.

Hello everyone. I have a song that I downloaded from the Internet that I would like to add to my Spotify Local Files. I have added songs to local files before, but this one seems to not work when I try to add it. It shows up on Local Files and I can ...

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Hello everyone. I have a song that I downloaded from the Internet that I would like to add to my Spotify Local Files. I have added songs to local files before, but this one seems to not work whe...

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Local Files Do Not Appear

I have tried to add my Onedrive music folder as a location for local files and while I can select it in the picker it never gets added as a location in the list. If I pick a sub folder within it the folder gets added but the msuic never shows up in t...

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I have tried to add my Onedrive music folder as a location for local files and while I can select it in the picker it never gets added as a location in the list. If I pick a sub folder within it the ...

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Superuser Contribution No se guardan para modo offline mis playlist

Descargo para modo offline playlist pero cuando entro a la app el dia siguiente ya no estan para modo offline solo Aparecen como siguiendo pero no en offline y eso me molesta porque a cada rato tengo que volver a descargar las playlist y al dia sigui...

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Descargo para modo offline playlist pero cuando entro a la app el dia siguiente ya no estan para modo offline solo Aparecen como siguiendo pero no en offline y eso me molesta porque a cada rato tengo...

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No audio coming out of the desktop app

So the past two days spotify on the desktop app no sound has been coming out of it. Yet if I play music through the web player works just fine. It used to only not play music if I were to switch from my phone to my computer, too fix it all I would do...

Casual Listener

So the past two days spotify on the desktop app no sound has been coming out of it. Yet if I play music through the web player works just fine. It used to only not play music if I were to switch from...

Sebasty

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Solved!! Song randomly pauses

Hi, I'm using the Spotify app for Windows 7 with Premium and when I'm listening to music it randomly pauses. I need to hit play to keep it playing.I've tried a full clean reinstall, I've logged out of all devices and relogged into my account on PC ag...

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Hi, I'm using the Spotify app for Windows 7 with Premium and when I'm listening to music it randomly pauses. I need to hit play to keep it playing. I've tried a full clean reinstall, I've logged out...

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