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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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If I unsave songs but keep them in my playlist, will that negatively influence my Discover Weekly?

I've converted from using the Songs section to mainly playing from a few separate playlists, and I want to clear out my saves. If I unsave songs, would Spotify see me as not liking those songs anymore and change my taste profile to accomadate that, o...

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I've converted from using the Songs section to mainly playing from a few separate playlists, and I want to clear out my saves. If I unsave songs, would Spotify see me as not liking those songs anymor...

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Solved!! Delete a folder but not the playlist??

I created a folder after seeing it in a Spotify article just to try it out, thinking I could easily undo it after. I can't find anywhere how to delete the folder without getting rid of my playlists I have inside. Please help!!

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I created a folder after seeing it in a Spotify article just to try it out, thinking I could easily undo it after. I can't find anywhere how to delete the folder without getting rid of my playlists I...

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Spotify Shorting Out All Audio

I'm running Spotify on a Dell PC Windows 10 running audio from a Dell Dock WD15, and about every 5-10 minutes while listening to Spotify my audio cuts out all of my audio on my computer. I get the error on Spotify "Cannot Play Current Song", Youtube ...

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I'm running Spotify on a Dell PC Windows 10 running audio from a Dell Dock WD15, and about every 5-10 minutes while listening to Spotify my audio cuts out all of my audio on my computer. I get the er...

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lokaal bestand

Hallo, waarom is het niet mogelijk om een lokaal bestand die je van je eigen pc hebt toegevoegd niet afspelen als je verbonden bent met een ander apparaat?Ik heb bijvoorbeeld een nummer toegevoegd die niet voorkomt in de spotify data base en heb hem ...

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Hallo,    waarom is het niet mogelijk om een lokaal bestand die je van je eigen pc hebt toegevoegd niet afspelen als je verbonden bent met een ander apparaat? Ik heb bijvoorbeeld een num...

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(Error code 13) The installer is unable to install Spotify because the nessecary files... Windows 10

My Desktop Spotify freezed on me after an update so I uninstalled the application then when I tried to re-install it this error showed up. The installer is unable to install Spotify because the neccessary files could not be created. (Error code: 13)I...

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My Desktop Spotify freezed on me after an update so I uninstalled the application then when I tried to re-install it this error showed up.  The installer is unable to install Spotify because ...

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Artist Selection in "Web Player"

HELLODoes anyone know how to get the library of saved "Artists" to appear in the web player?? I have a list of artists in my app, but since I can only access "Web Player" at work I would like to know how to access the same list of artists I have in t...

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HELLO Does anyone know how to get the library of saved "Artists" to appear in the web player??   I have a list of artists in my app, but since I can only access "Web Player" at work I would l...

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ID3 tags in local files

Dear all,After switching to spotify, I left behind an immense music library, much of which is not available on spotify. So, when I heard I could add these as local files (and even sync them up to my mobile device!) I was delighted of course. However,...

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Dear all, After switching to spotify, I left behind an immense music library, much of which is not available on spotify. So, when I heard I could add these as local files (and even sync them up to m...

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App keeps closing, radio keeps stopping

I have a tanning studio open from 7 am to 10 pm, music is of extreme importance.I downloaded spotify and usually play the pop radio and leave it always on. But every morning I come in to find either spotify closed or the radio just stopped playing. I...

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I have a tanning studio open from 7 am to 10 pm, music is of extreme importance. I downloaded spotify and usually play the pop radio and leave it always on. But every morning I come in to find eithe...

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How can i send private messages to a friend?

Hello,my plan is, to invite a friend to a common playlist. But I can't find an option to invite him. I can just make the playlist as a common playlist. I guess for all people that follow me. But it's only for us two. Where is this option and how can ...

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Hello, my plan is, to invite a friend to a common playlist. But I can't find an option to invite him. I can just make the playlist as a common playlist. I guess for all people that follow me. But it...

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PLEASE REMOVE DESKTOP VOLUME BAR!

Please please please remove the desktop overlay. I found the setting to "disable" it when using media keys, but it only removes the song detail, not the volume bar. I HATE this. It remains on my screen anytime Spotify is playing, not just when the pr...

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Please please please remove the desktop overlay. I found the setting to "disable" it when using media keys, but it only removes the song detail, not the volume bar. I HATE this. It remains on my scre...

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Spotify default song library

I have been a premium member for aprroximately a year now,the old spotify was able to let me directly download songs in my default song library but now there's no option to do so,i can only listen to songs in my downloaded playlist.Send help pls

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I have been a premium member for aprroximately a year now,the old spotify was able to let me directly download songs in my default song library but now there's no option to do so,i can only listen to...

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Flat sound, no bass > swap center&subwoofer

Hi! So I've been struggling with audio quality for more than a year now. The main problem is that on a 5.1 system the audio sounds flat, lacking bass and the rear speakers are not used, even though speaker fill is turned on in the Realtek driver. In ...

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Hi!   So I've been struggling with audio quality for more than a year now. The main problem is that on a 5.1 system the audio sounds flat, lacking bass and the rear speakers are not used,...

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Spotify logs me out and deletes my playlists

Hi, I have spotify premium and I leave spotify playing when I sleep. Lately I've been waking up to find there's no music playing, and when I pull spotify open I'm logged out with an error message (not 100% sure on the number as I'm usually very grogg...

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Hi, I have spotify premium and I leave spotify playing when I sleep. Lately I've been waking up to find there's no music playing, and when I pull spotify open I'm logged out with an error message (no...

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Cant unlike songs from radio

I'm not able to unlike a song from a radio station on PC spotify. Same with mobile version. Any idea why?

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I'm not able to unlike a song from a radio station on PC spotify. Same with mobile version. Any idea why?

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Dowload playlist songs

Hay alguna forma de poder habilitar la descarga de esta carpeta en pc?  

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Hay alguna forma de poder habilitar la descarga de esta carpeta en pc?    

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Solved!! Not able to sign in on the Spotify program?

I am not able to sign in at all. It keeps telling me "The username or password is incorrect. (ERRORCODE 3)" I can sign in on the Spotify Web Player. I tried checking my firewall, it is not blocked. I uninstalled then reinstalled Spotify, still wont l...

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I am not able to sign in at all. It keeps telling me "The username or password is incorrect. (ERRORCODE 3)" I can sign in on the Spotify Web Player. I tried checking my firewall, it is not blocked. I...

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Noise crackling and popping

Hello, I've had this issue for a few weeks now where everything I play from Spotify crackles and pops. However when I play from YouTube, I have no issues.I have premium, if that's to any help. I've cleared cache - didn't work.Tried uninstalling - did...

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Hello,   I've had this issue for a few weeks now where everything I play from Spotify crackles and pops. However when I play from YouTube, I have no issues. I have premium, if that's to any h...

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In Windows Webplayer Left side column, How can I SORT My Playlist to appear A thru Z?

I cannot find a way to SORT my Playlist to appear with "A" name list at the TOP and "Z" named list at the bottom. By default it appears with Z thru A which is not how I want to see them. Why would anyone want Z thru A? So how do I sort these my way, ...

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I cannot find a way to SORT my Playlist to appear with "A" name list at the TOP and "Z" named list at the bottom. By default it appears with Z thru A which is not how I want to see them. Why would an...

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Bad quality audio with Windows even with Premium

Hi all! I just cannot have good quality sound when using Spotify with Windows. I've activated the "Premium quality" option, but there is no difference at all. I'm almost sure that the sound is in 160 and not 320 despite the option activated.With Andr...

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Hi all!   I just cannot have good quality sound when using Spotify with Windows. I've activated the "Premium quality" option, but there is no difference at all. I'm almost sure that the sound ...

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Music being deleted off of my playlists

I noticed that the entire album "Everybody Loves a Happy Ending" by Tears for Fears is now unavailable on Spotify. I also noticed that almost all of the music by Mt. Wolf I added to my playlits are gone. I am wondering why this is happening and if th...

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I noticed that the entire album "Everybody Loves a Happy Ending" by Tears for Fears is now unavailable on Spotify. I also noticed that almost all of the music by Mt. Wolf I added to my playlits are g...

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