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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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504 Gateway Time Out Message

My desktop version of Spotify is displaying a 504 Gateway Time Out Message. Working okay on my phone. My husband, on our family plan, is working fine on his desktop and his phone. The only one affected is my desktop.

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My desktop version of Spotify is displaying a 504 Gateway Time Out Message. Working okay on my phone. My husband, on our family plan, is working fine on his desktop and his phone. The only one a...

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Spotify UI glitch

UI glitch on *COUNTRY* TOP 50. 

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UI glitch on *COUNTRY* TOP 50.  

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People stealing other artists songs.

(Sorry if this is in the wrong part of the ''forum'' but this just angers me.) So just as the title... I've come a cross an ''artist'' called ''I n'' that had some album called ''Acisenlia'' then i realized that the cover arts had the actual name of ...

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(Sorry if this is in the wrong part of the ''forum'' but this just angers me.) So just as the title... I've come a cross an ''artist'' called ''I n'' that had some album called ''Acisenlia'...

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Spotify Web Player Not Working

I cannot play any music in the web player. It is just frozen. The play buttons don't work, I keep pressing them. Logging in and out, refreshing.. nothing helps. I only have spotify web player as App ain't available in my country.

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I cannot play any music in the web player. It is just frozen. The play buttons don't work, I keep pressing them. Logging in and out, refreshing.. nothing helps. I only have spotify web player as App ...

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Solved!! Cannot add songs to queue

I cannot add songs to my queue.I am running Spotify 1.0.72.117.g6bd7cc73 on a Dell Latitude E6540 with Windows 7.I have already done a soft reset and a clean reinstall.Happy to answer any questions.

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I cannot add songs to my queue. I am running Spotify 1.0.72.117.g6bd7cc73 on a Dell Latitude E6540 with Windows 7. I have already done a soft reset and a clean reinstall. Happy to answer any quest...

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Wiped playlist

So my housemate thought it'd be funny to wipe my most played playlist. Playlist was set to collaborative due to me having to use another account for my family program to work. So he did this by wiping the entire 1000ish songs off the playlist, and no...

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So my housemate thought it'd be funny to wipe my most played playlist. Playlist was set to collaborative due to me having to use another account for my family program to work. So he did this by wipin...

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Low transfer speed - desktop app

I have a problem with low transfer during listening music through Spotify Windows App. This causes interrupting the music during playing. In the attachment is the screenshoot from my control panel with actual internet usage. I think the problem exist...

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I have a problem with low transfer during listening music through Spotify Windows App. This causes interrupting the music during playing. In the attachment is the screenshoot from my control panel wi...

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notification window with currently played song

Cao, do you know if spotify allow to show in small window on bottom of desktop the name of song at the time of start of playing?I remember that for example winamp had this function.ThanksPeter

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Cao,  do you know if spotify allow to show in small window on bottom of desktop the name of song at the time of start of playing? I remember that for example winamp had this function. Thanks ...

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Web player won't play

Hey, my Web player won't play anymore. I wasn't having issues last week. I'm on a public computer, but it's mine for work. Help! ~~Jesus Christ is Lord~~

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Hey, my Web player won't play anymore.  I wasn't having issues last week.  I'm on a public computer, but it's mine for work.  Help!  🙂  ~~Jesus Christ is Lord~~

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The Day The Music Died: a fix

I'm running Spotify from Chrome and Firefox in Windows 7. Six months ago, I could login to Spotify, navigate just fine . . . but I couldn't play any music. I would press the play arrow on any song, new or playlisted, and nothing would happen. The pla...

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I'm running Spotify from Chrome and Firefox in Windows 7.   Six months ago, I could login to Spotify, navigate just fine . . . but I couldn't play any music. I would press the play arrow on an...

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Unwanted Music KEEPS being added.

So this this is the issue, since January 1st music has been automatically added to my spotify. It's been mostly the same kind of music, trap. Playlist were created, artists were followed, music was downloaded. I did the "Disconnect all devices" and c...

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So this this is the issue, since January 1st music has been automatically added to my spotify. It's been mostly the same kind of music, trap. Playlist were created, artists were followed, music was d...

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Unwanted Music KEEPS being added. MY CELLPHONE DATA IS BEING USED WITHOUT MY CONSENT

So this this is the issue, since January 1st music has been automatically added to my spotify. It's been mostly the same kind of music, trap. Playlist were created, artists were followed, music was downloaded. I did the "Disconnect all devices" and c...

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So this this is the issue, since January 1st music has been automatically added to my spotify. It's been mostly the same kind of music, trap. Playlist were created, artists were followed, music was d...

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Other device not working (on Sony)

I have a Sony Hap-S1.The spotify not working when I use a mobile, and I choose an other devices, why?The sony and mobile has a new software and the lastest firmware.

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I have a Sony Hap-S1. The spotify not working when I use a mobile, and I choose an other devices, why? The sony and mobile has a new software and the lastest firmware.

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Controlling Genres

The jazz genres disappeared from web player (bad) but are still on my phone. On the other hand, new genres have appeared that while of no interest, does make me wonder how I might be able to select what I see in the future....How can I control this?

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The jazz genres disappeared from web player (bad) but are still on my phone. On the other hand, new genres have appeared that while of no interest, does make me wonder how I might be able to select w...

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Bandwidth usage is too freaking high (1Mb/sec, seriously?)

It makes everything else laggy for me and others using the network. It's not permanent, but it's still annoying. I don't need my music player taking up to 1Mb/sec. I even have to shut it down when it's too annoying.

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It makes everything else laggy for me and others using the network.   It's not permanent, but it's still annoying. I don't need my music player taking up to 1Mb/sec. I even have to shut it dow...

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My spotify will not stop skipping

If I try to play a song on any playlist it skips until the queue empties or it gives up and says cant import local songs. My phone Spotify also cant access any of the songs in the songs category and it prompts me to go to browse to find songs. This a...

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If I try to play a song on any playlist it skips until the queue empties or it gives up and says cant import local songs. My phone Spotify also cant access any of the songs in the songs cat...

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Digital Cancer

Someone installed Spotify on two of my computers. The HD on my laptop was nearly full, so I decided to uninstall Spotify to gain a little space. What should have taken 90 seconds has overtaken my evening. After trying to uninstall it for almost an ho...

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Someone installed Spotify on two of my computers. The HD on my laptop was nearly full, so I decided to uninstall Spotify to gain a little space. What should have taken 90 seconds has overtaken m...

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add a button to clear you f**kin queue.

First it extremely irritating that I have to pay so I can listen to albums I previously purchased on groove. I know that them and you, but still infuriating... Two, I use your app on a Windows phone. And I have constant issues with queued albums. I l...

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First it extremely irritating that I have to pay so I can listen to albums I previously purchased on groove. I know that them and you, but still infuriating... Two, I use your app on a Windows phone....

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