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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!! Offline/Download switch not showing

Hello! Some time ago I reinstalled spotfy, and when I tried downloading my songs the switch button was missing. I already tried reintalling and clearing cache. Thanks in advance.

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Hello! Some time ago I reinstalled spotfy, and when I tried downloading my songs the switch button was missing. I already tried reintalling and clearing cache. Thanks in advance.

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can you get the old search function back?

when you search for a artist you now only get the artists top 4 songs in your search result, which just doesn't seem very useful at all. Is there a way to get back the old search tab where you could see all the artists songs ranked by popularity?

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when you search for a artist you now only get the artists top 4 songs in your search result, which just doesn't seem very useful at all. Is there a way to get back the old search tab where you could ...

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Don't want auto login on starting up my computer!!!

I have gone to advanced settings many times and indicated NO when asked to have Spotify automatically start up when I start my laptop....Spotify continues to start up every time I start up my laptop anyway!! SO annoying that under preferences, it doe...

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I have gone to advanced settings many times and indicated NO when asked to have Spotify automatically start up when I start my laptop....Spotify continues to start up every time I start up my laptop ...

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AutoPlay not working

Hello,the AutoPlay feature does not work anymore on my computer. It didn't work on last version of Spotify, today I downloaded the new version, but it is still not fixed. And yes, I checked the options, it is turned on. On my android phone it works j...

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Hello, the AutoPlay feature does not work anymore on my computer. It didn't work on last version of Spotify, today I downloaded the new version, but it is still not fixed. And yes, I checked the opt...

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Spotify for iPhone won't play songs which are in my iTunes library

There are a few songs that I have in a playlist on Spotify that refuse to play on my iPhone 7. They are not greyed out, but when I tap on the song, the track appears at the bottom of the screen (as if about to play) for a split second before disappea...

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There are a few songs that I have in a playlist on Spotify that refuse to play on my iPhone 7. They are not greyed out, but when I tap on the song, the track appears at the bottom of the screen ...

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"This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it."

I'm a Premium user, and in the desktop app, this is the message I receive when I try to play any song; regardless of whether it is in my Library.I can play anything I want through Alexa, or on my Android phone.This began two days ago...what's going o...

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I'm a Premium user, and in the desktop app, this is the message I receive when I try to play any song; regardless of whether it is in my Library. I can play anything I want through Alexa, or on my A...

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Cover Photo for Playlist

I need help, I tried 100 times to change my Playlist's photo and when I click save nothing happens, I've tried everything.

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I need help, I tried 100 times to change my Playlist's photo and when I click save nothing happens, I've tried everything.

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Song available on mobile app but not desktop

Thanks for clicking.There's an album I like that I can listen to all day on my phone, but if I switch the output to my (Windows 10) desktop Spotify tells me "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." I've t...

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Thanks for clicking. There's an album I like that I can listen to all day on my phone, but if I switch the output to my (Windows 10) desktop Spotify tells me "This song is not available. If you ha...

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Shuffle function not working for big playlists

I have a best of the best playlist of 1000+ songs. The shuffel function does not seem to work randomized, instead the songs that are picked up depend on how I have sorted the playlist. For example if I have sorted it with the order of last added firs...

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I have a best of the best playlist of 1000+ songs. The shuffel function does not seem to work randomized, instead the songs that are picked up depend on how I have sorted the playlist. For example if...

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Can't change my playlists cover image

So I'm trying to change the cover image on my playlist, but it doesn't let me do it. The image is jpg so that's not the reason. When i upload the picture the green bar loads fully and when i click "save" nothing happens

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So I'm trying to change the cover image on my playlist, but it doesn't let me do it. The image is jpg so that's not the reason. When i upload the picture the green bar loads fully and when i click "s...

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Sorting Artist songs

It's 2018 already and I can't sort my artists songs. Tell me why? Please tell me why? Do you know how annoying is to find you favorite artist page with tens os songs you added with albuns all mixed up? Do you guys really think that creating a playlis...

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It's 2018 already and I can't sort my artists songs. Tell me why? Please tell me why? Do you know how annoying is to find you favorite artist page with tens os songs you added with albuns all mixed u...

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Mix up a play list

Hey People...........New person here. I just created a long play list that I want to share with my son who lives in LA. How can I mix all of the songs up in a play list? I select random to somewhat mix things up, but that's not quite doing it. . Is t...

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    Hey People...........New person here.  I just created a long play list that I want to share with my son who lives in LA. How can I mix all of the songs up in a play list?&...

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Spotify skips to next song

Hi all, I have the following problem with Spotify. For example, the length of a song is 4:00. The last two seconds of the song are silent. So the program stops the song at 3:58 and continue with the next one in my playlist. The result is I have no br...

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Hi all,   I have the following problem with Spotify. For example, the length of a song is 4:00. The last two seconds of the song are silent. So the program stops the song at 3:58 and continue ...

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Desktop Stops Playing When Notifications are Received on Samsung Galaxy 8

I listen to Spotify on Windows 10 Desktop at work. My phone is nearby. Whenever I receive a text notification or sometimes even a calendar notification, my desktop app stops playing. Fix?

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I listen to Spotify on Windows 10 Desktop at work. My phone is nearby. Whenever I receive a text notification or sometimes even a calendar notification, my desktop app stops playing.  Fix?

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WIndows app

Im using a vpn but i cant log in the windows app. I can log in and use the browser version but when i try to use the app it tells me that "your country does not match the one set in your profile". But if it does not match why am i able to log in and ...

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Im using a vpn but i cant log in the windows app. I can log in and use the browser version but when i try to use the app it tells me that "your country does not match the one set in your profile". Bu...

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Sound problem

Hi.Recently I have noticed that everything I play from spotify gets some wierd spikes of distortion or something. This happends only when I am playing something from spotify in the dowloaded program or directly from the browser. Since I am a sound te...

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Hi. Recently I have noticed that everything I play from spotify gets some wierd spikes of distortion or something. This happends only when I am playing something from spotify in the dowloaded progra...

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Spotify Problem app in Windows 10

I have a Problem with the Spotify in Windows 10When I Logging in the Application this freeze all my computer so I only need to reboot my PcThis never happened me before

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I have a Problem with the Spotify in Windows 10 When I Logging in the Application this freeze all my computer so I only need to reboot my Pc This never happened me before      

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i found a bug with the desktop app

i have a corsair k70 rapid fire and the media keys no longer work unless you turn off "show desktop overlay when using media keys" in the settings

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i have a corsair k70 rapid fire and the media keys no longer work unless you turn off "show desktop overlay when using media keys" in the settings

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