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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!! Spotify Desktop is badly clipping and distorting audio on certain tracks

I've noticed recently that on certain tracks, Spotify desktop (Windows) seems to be clipping and distorting audio if its volume control is set too high. This is extremely noticeable in some songs. Listen to the opening of this track in the Windows de...

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I've noticed recently that on certain tracks, Spotify desktop (Windows) seems to be clipping and distorting audio if its volume control is set too high.   This is extremely noticeable in some ...

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The Race - 22 Savage??

For some reason, it shows 22 Savage made the song "The Race". But then, when you click on the song, it shows it's by Tay-K

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For some reason, it shows 22 Savage made the song "The Race".  But then, when you click on the song, it shows it's by Tay-K

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SPOTIFY NAO FUNCIONA SEM 950XL LUMIA, PORQUE!?!?!?

Passei PA Groove hum Spotify, e transferi como minhas musicas e listas.Agora nada funciona, toca uma musica e fica... carregando... o que esta ja carregado, e entao so volta a tocar com a minha intervencao e depois para de vez.PORQUE?Esta mudanca e m...

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Passei PA Groove hum Spotify, e transferi como minhas musicas e listas. Agora nada funciona, toca uma musica e fica... carregando... o que esta ja carregado, e entao so volta a tocar com a minha int...

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Freezes computer when shutting down Spotify only

When I close the spotify program on Win10, my computer starts hicking up and after anywhere from a few seconds to minutes it completely freezes. Only solution is a hard reboot. When Spotify is "idling in the background" my PC is purring like a kitten...

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When I close the spotify program on Win10, my computer starts hicking up and after anywhere from a few seconds to minutes it completely freezes. Only solution is a hard reboot. When Spotify is "idlin...

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Spotify stops playing music

Spotify stops playing music randomly on my PC. I've had spotify for ages on my home computer and on my phone, without any issue. A couple of days ago i installed spotify on my work PC and ever since it's randomly stopped playing music (including chan...

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Spotify stops playing music randomly on my PC. I've had spotify for ages on my home computer and on my phone, without any issue. A couple of days ago i installed spotify on my work PC and ever since ...

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Downloading songs works only in old versions of Spotify in Windows 10

Hi, please see https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Desktop-Waiting-for-connection/m-p/1687505 With this solution, I can download song by using old version of Spotify (it installs version 0.9....). With the latest version, downloading get...

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Hi,   please see https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Desktop-Waiting-for-connection/m-p/1687505   With this solution, I can download song by using old version of Spoti...

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Nothing is Working.

DISREGARD THE FOLLOWING POST, THE ERROR RESOLVED ITSELF Hey, I know the title is vague, but I dont know where to begin. Upon starting up spotify on my computer after work, nothing was working. It was perfetly fine a few hours earlier. To start from t...

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DISREGARD THE FOLLOWING POST, THE ERROR RESOLVED ITSELF   Hey, I know the title is vague, but I dont know where to begin. Upon starting up spotify on my computer after work, nothing was workin...

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Why is the inbox feature gone? please bring it back.

Please bring back the inbox/messaging song sharing feature. It was probably the best part about spotify. Very disappointed that it's gone.

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Please bring back the inbox/messaging song sharing feature. It was probably the best part about spotify. Very disappointed that it's gone.

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Media Controls

Is there a fix to use the Play/Pause, Next, or Previous controls on my keyboard yet?

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Is there a fix to use the Play/Pause, Next, or Previous controls on my keyboard yet?

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Blank White Screen

I was having trouble loading the web player, so I cleared all spotify cookies. When trying to revisit spotify, I got a screen that looks like this: Untitled.pngI made special allowances for [*.]spotify.com in the cookies and the Unsandboxed Plugins s...

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I was having trouble loading the web player, so I cleared all spotify cookies. When trying to revisit spotify, I got a screen that looks like this:   Untitled.pngI made special allowances fo...

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Can't ReInstall Spotify Windows 10

I'm so frustrated... I was listening to a podcast earlier today, and it kept stopping. At the top i would get the blue bar that said, "Cannot play this song". EVERY time I tried to restart spotify, and play the podcast again like I always do, except ...

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I'm so frustrated... I was listening to a podcast earlier today, and it kept stopping. At the top i would get the blue bar that said, "Cannot play this song". EVERY time I tried to restart spotify, a...

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Lot of disappearing songs in library

Hello,I had recently recently issues with disapearing playlists (that I recovered from the website a few times) and I suspected someone using unwillingly my spotify account so I disconnected from everywhere and change my facebook logging infos.but no...

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Hello, I had recently recently issues with disapearing playlists (that I recovered from the website a few times) and I suspected someone using unwillingly my spotify account so I disconnected from e...

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Monitor compatibility. Full screen not working.

The program doesn't upscale to fill my 22" Monitor. It gets stuck in a 720p ratio. And on my 19" full screen works just fine.

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The program doesn't upscale to fill my 22" Monitor. It gets stuck in a 720p ratio. And on my 19" full screen works just fine.

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Solved!! Playlist Suddenly Empty

All my playlists I created by importing my iTunes playlists are suddenly empty. They were working fine yesterday. When I load the iOS app they show fine and play, but Windows shows empty. I uninstalled/reinstalled with no change.

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All my playlists I created by importing my iTunes playlists are suddenly empty. They were working fine yesterday. When I load the iOS app they show fine and play, but Windows shows empty. I uninstall...

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Can't play music

cursor turns to arrow whenever I hover on any album or song, I click repetedly but nothing happens, this has been going on for a couple of days now, I've tried logging out and back in again and on both Opera and Chrome, which are both of an adequate ...

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cursor turns to arrow whenever I hover on any album or song, I click repetedly but nothing happens, this has been going on for a couple of days now, I've tried logging out and back in again and on bo...

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Can't accecpt updated TOS 1/11/18

So the other day i got home from work and turned on my pc and got the new updated tos pop us and I clicked the "not now" button by mistake and I could find a way to go back to accecpt. After I clicked no it said that if I didn't accecpt within 30 day...

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So the other day i got home from work and turned on my pc and got the new updated tos pop us and I clicked the "not now" button by mistake and I could find a way to go back to accecpt. After I clicke...

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Cannot Get Spotify Web or Windows Program to work

I have used Spotify's web player at work for two and half years and did not have a problem until recently. As of late I cannot get the web player to play any music. The site is accessible and I am able to click on everything, but music will not play....

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I have used Spotify's web player at work for two and half years and did not have a problem until recently. As of late I cannot get the web player to play any music. The site is accessible and I am ab...

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Solved!! Crackling, shuttering, distortion noises during playback. I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING, just fix it already

This started a couple of months ago. It's been extremely annoying but I've signed up for the year long subscription or else I would not use this anymore. I suspect that it has something to do with Windows 10, but everyone has that now so why doesn't ...

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This started a couple of months ago. It's been extremely annoying but I've signed up for the year long subscription or else I would not use this anymore. I suspect that it has something to do with Wi...

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The Release Radar playlist new releases

Hey! It has been a few weeks that my Release Radar playlist comes with unwanted songs of mine, songs with a totally different style and genre. I would be rad if there was a button which I could use to send a "dislike" for that song/artist in my playl...

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Hey!   It has been a few weeks that my Release Radar playlist comes with unwanted songs of mine, songs with a totally different style and genre. I would be rad if there was a button ...

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Local files not importing properly

So I just downloaded Spotify and I need some help. I have all of my songs in a folder on my pc, the files have the album and artist information in it and when inport them into itunes there is no issue. I just imported them into spotify and maybe 10% ...

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So I just downloaded Spotify and I need some help. I have all of my songs in a folder on my pc, the files have the album and artist information in it and when inport them into itunes there is no issu...

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