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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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Solved!! My webplayer is not working

Hello! I use the webplayer on a Windows PC and my acount is not a premium one. About two weeks ago, I was listening to a playlist and my webplayer "frozed" at one of the songs. Since then, I've tried to play other songs and it just doesn't work. I've...

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Hello! I use the webplayer on a Windows PC and my acount is not a premium one. About two weeks ago, I was listening to a playlist and my webplayer "frozed" at one of the songs. Since then, I've tried...

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[Desktop] Filter Podcast by not listened episodes

The option to filter podcast by "all" or "not played episodes" is fantistic, but if you set the filter to only show not played episodes and then listen to the last episode, there is no way to get back to "all".STR:Listened to most of the episodes of ...

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The option to filter podcast by "all" or "not played episodes" is fantistic, but if you set the filter to only show not played episodes and then listen to the last episode, there is no way to ge...

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Daily mix ignores my preferences.

I'm on Windows 10, Spotify 1.0.52.725.g43b26a8, not that either of those should make a difference, as I don't think the problem is with the desktop program. I don't know how Spotify decides which songs to show in my daily mix, but whatever the method...

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I'm on Windows 10, Spotify 1.0.52.725.g43b26a8, not that either of those should make a difference, as I don't think the problem is with the desktop program.   I don't know how Spotify decides ...

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Recommended Songs

Hi,I have 186 songs in my playlist (not much), and only 10 of them are Russian, others are English.I dont really listen to russian songs, some of them are pretty good, but I mostly listen to english, like 5% of the songs I listen per week are Russian...

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Hi, I have 186 songs in my playlist (not much), and only 10 of them are Russian, others are English. I dont really listen to russian songs, some of them are pretty good, but I mostly listen to engl...

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Spotify can't play some local files when they are the next song.

Basically, I have a local file, and if it is the next song in the playlist or queue, it won't play and will give me the message that spotify can't play this file. HOWEVER, if I click on that song to play, it will play. Anyone have any help or soution...

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Basically, I have a local file, and if it is the next song in the playlist or queue, it won't play and will give me the message that spotify can't play this file. HOWEVER, if I click on that song to ...

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Saut Morceau - Lecture Aléatoire Imprévisible - Absence Son

Bonjoru à tous!Je poste aujourd'hui parce qu'après de longue recherches sur la toile, je capitule.Il arrive à mon Spotify de lancer soudainement la lecture aléatoire de lui même, que je ne peux plus désactiver car il la remet de toute façon ; quand c...

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Bonjoru à tous! Je poste aujourd'hui parce qu'après de longue recherches sur la toile, je capitule. Il arrive à mon Spotify de lancer soudainement la lecture aléatoire de lui même, que je ne peux p...

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SXM - Sangue Misto

Ciao, è da qualche tempo che mi è impossibile riprodurre i pezzi dell'album SXM di Sangue Misto. E' un problema che riguarda solo me o non si possono più ascoltare questi pezzi su Spotify? Grazie in anticipo

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Ciao, è da qualche tempo che mi è impossibile riprodurre i pezzi dell'album SXM di Sangue Misto. E' un problema che riguarda solo me o non si possono più ascoltare questi pezzi su Spotify?  Gra...

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Local Files on Desktop do not appear on iOS app

I'm trying to import some local files onto my iOS app, I'm on the same network, but the files don't appear on the playlist I created for them. They don't appear greyed out; the app just acts like there's nothing there.Edit: I have also hit the downlo...

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I'm trying to import some local files onto my iOS app, I'm on the same network, but the files don't appear on the playlist I created for them. They don't appear greyed out; the app just acts like the...

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Crossfading is not working

Hi, this is a cross-post from the Desktop Linux board as it seems to affect multiple platforms. Crossfade settings are now saved and displayed correctly since 1.0.71.But the actual crossfading is still not happening.I'm on version 1.0.72.117. I tried...

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Hi, this is a cross-post from the Desktop Linux board as it seems to affect multiple platforms.   Crossfade settings are now saved and displayed correctly since 1.0.71. But the actual cr...

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Solved!! local files artist and album fields are greyed out and will not sync with iphone if in a playlist

when I add some local files the artist name and album name are greyed out. They are not protected files (I checked DRM). They play on the PC from local files or a playlist, but when I add them to a playlist and make them available offline, they do no...

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when I add some local files the artist name and album name are greyed out.  They are not protected files (I checked DRM).  They play on the PC from local files or a playlist, but when I add...

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Won't log in

On the spotify app, whenever I put in my login information it loads and doesn't stop. I've waited for hours and nothing. My screen looks the same.

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On the spotify app, whenever I put in my login information it loads and doesn't stop. I've waited for hours and nothing. My screen looks the same. 

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Solved!! Look Back 2017 Email

I havent received my Look Back 2017 Email, where you can see how many minutes you listened over the year and other usefull stuff. I have spotfify Premium since 2015. I got my 2016 email, but this year it looks like they forgot me.. How can i get this...

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I havent received my Look Back 2017 Email, where you can see how many minutes you listened over the year and other usefull stuff. I have spotfify Premium since 2015. I got my 2016 email, but this yea...

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Downloads

Am I able to download from spotify to the music folder on my laptop. Please Help. Thank You.

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Am I able to download from spotify to the music folder on my laptop. Please Help. Thank You.

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Solved!! How do I disable the Stranger Things overlay?

Don't get me wrong, I love the show and I binged it all within 48 hours. But can anyone tell me how to disable the overlay in the desktop client? It's choking my PC at work. 100% CPU load. It's not cool. Thanks!

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Don't get me wrong, I love the show and I binged it all within 48 hours. But can anyone tell me how to disable the overlay in the desktop client? It's choking my PC at work. 100% CPU load. It's not c...

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Please delete

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No plus sign next to a song in playlist.

I have a song in my playlist but there is no plus sign to save it to my songs. If I seach the song up in the spotify library it shows a plus sign to save.

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I have a song in my playlist but there is no plus sign to save it to my songs.  If I seach the song up in the spotify library it shows a plus sign to save.

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Solved!! How can you modify / customize radio stations like you can with Pandora?

Hi all, I'd like to customize radio stations to add artists, but the only option I'm seeing is to follow artists. Can you customize radio stations in Spotify like you can with Pandora? I didn't find anything on the boards for this. And also, how do y...

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Hi all, I'd like to customize radio stations to add artists, but the only option I'm seeing is to follow artists. Can you customize radio stations in Spotify like you can with Pandora? I didn't find ...

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Spofity stops playing when there is no other sound

Hey guys, so this has been so frustrating for me. When I have Spotify's volume about 30% or less and there is no other sounds playing on my pc (twitch, youtube, discord, etc), it will just completley stop playing my music. If I raise my volume on Spo...

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Hey guys, so this has been so frustrating for me. When I have Spotify's volume about 30% or less and there is no other sounds playing on my pc (twitch, youtube, discord, etc), it will just completley...

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Local tracks are unavailable, even though they are able to be played.

l tracks come up as unavailable(greyed out) on the same computer that they are present on. It means I can't even sync the song to my phone. It's fairly random which songs are unavailbe to spotify and changes with each start up. Double clicking on the...

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l tracks come up as unavailable(greyed out) on the same computer that they are present on. It means I can't even sync the song to my phone. It's fairly random which songs are unavailbe to spotify and...

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