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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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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 ...

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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 ?

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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....

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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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changer artist by country

I do not want to see these national artists anymore, it's not my taste that **bleep** of sertanejo and anita, there's no way I can change that? I want to hear artists from another country.

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I do not want to see these national artists anymore, it's not my taste that **bleep** of sertanejo and anita, there's no way I can change that? I want to hear artists from another country. 

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Trouble with adding songs to playlist ?!

Hello, Normally I was able to add music to any of my playlists however this morning when I try to add music there are only 3 playlist shown out of my 25-30 playlist when I right click to add my song to the playlist. These 3 playlists are the only one...

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Hello,   Normally I was able to add music to any of my playlists however this morning when I try to add music there are only 3 playlist shown out of my 25-30 playlist when I right click to add...

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Friend Feed Now Facebook Only?

My friends and family are no longer visible in the Friend feed. When I try to restore them using the Find Friends button, it asks me to connect to Facebook. Neither I nor members of my family have Facebook accounts so how do I get them back into my f...

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My friends and family are no longer visible in the Friend feed. When I try to restore them using the Find Friends button, it asks me to connect to Facebook. Neither I nor members of my family have Fa...

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