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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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Why is Spotify deleting songs from My Songs?

A few days ago I had like 5-6 tracks from Maroon 5's new album and today it appears that most of them are gone from my library and only one was left, so I had to add them again. This doesn't happen for the first time.

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A few days ago I had like 5-6 tracks from Maroon 5's new album and today it appears that most of them are gone from my library and only one was left, so I had to add them again. This doesn't happen f...

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All my songs are gone

All my songs have disappeared? I left my computer to go over to our office for an hour and now all my songs have disappeared. Albums are only showing 7 albumsRecently played is only showing 5 songs. What happened?

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All my songs have disappeared?   I left my computer to go over to our office for an hour and now all my songs have disappeared.  Albums are only showing 7 albums Recently played is only...

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Search is broken

So i search for a song title and spotify suggests whatever the **bleep** it likes, not even close to the name, and my song is not showing. I add the group name and voila, there it is. How the **bleep** can this happen on a sane search engine? Are you...

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So i search for a song title and spotify suggests whatever the **bleep** it likes, not even close to the name, and my song is not showing. I add the group name and voila, there it is. How the **bleep...

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Spotify Feed Not Showing on Facebook

Hi all, I've been having some trouble recently in that what I'm listening to on Spotify no longer shows up on my Facebook account. I can see no logical reason for this to have happened, but maybe I'm missing something and someone here can help me out...

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Hi all,  I've been having some trouble recently in that what I'm listening to on Spotify no longer shows up on my Facebook account. I can see no logical reason for this to have happened, but ma...

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Library/Playlist

Is it possible to move a playlist I imported from another source in to my library? I usually listen to my music by shuffling all songs but I have added some albums that are not on spotify and i would like to be able to listen to them mixed in with al...

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Is it possible to move a playlist I imported from another source in to my library? I usually listen to my music by shuffling all songs but I have added some albums that are not on spotify and i ...

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Unable to download music in spotify for windows

Hello,I am having the following issue,I am unable to download music with spotify for Windows, the download option is not appearing and I really want to download music to listen on the go.I hope you can help me with this issue Regards!

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Hello, I am having the following issue, I am unable to download music with spotify for Windows, the download option is not appearing and I really want to download music to listen on the go. I hope...

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Top Left Overlay

Hello Anyone know how i am able to get the top left overlay, ive seen loads of people online with it, but im not able to find any way to add it. Currently on lastest version of Win10, if anyone could help me that would be amazing as it really annoyin...

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Hello   Anyone know how i am able to get the top left overlay, ive seen loads of people online with it, but im not able to find any way to add it. Currently on lastest version of Win10, if any...

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Spotify crashes on startup

Spotify crashes silently on startup. There are error messages in the eventviewer and with processexplorer I can see that it does start but the closes again. I assume this is related to the windows 10 creators update. Uninstallation does not work eith...

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Spotify crashes silently on startup.   There are error messages in the eventviewer and with processexplorer I can see that it does start but the closes again.   I assume this is related...

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Disliked Songs keep popping up

After some time or after pressing any button disliked songs in my radio stations appear again, at the same spot in the playlist. Disliking them again does not make a difference as they just pop up again. I restartet the Desktop app and it also did no...

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After some time or after pressing any button disliked songs in my radio stations appear again, at the same spot in the playlist. Disliking them again does not make a difference as they just pop up ag...

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Your Library - Artists

I follow artists, I go to the artists section under library - then what? I see "wish lists" to do something but am I right that even though I selected 10 artists, after that there is no way to instantly say "play any music by these artists"? Not seei...

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I follow artists, I go to the artists section under library - then what? I see "wish lists" to do something but am I right that even though I selected 10 artists, after that there is no way to i...

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Crashing Upon Editing a Playlist Picture

Hi! First off, I really love your app and use it on the daily. I genuinely appreciate your support of the artists! Down to the point of this post, though: recently I've noticed that the Windows desktop app crashes every time I attempt to change or ad...

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Hi! First off, I really love your app and use it on the daily. I genuinely appreciate your support of the artists!   Down to the point of this post, though: recently I've noticed that the Wind...

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Spotify won't stream on pc but does on iphone. Uninstalled and reinstalled but music not available

I have uninstalled and reinstalled Spotify but still receive message that song is unavailable. ALL songs are unavailable. Yet, I can play everything on my iphone. what is the problem?

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I have uninstalled and reinstalled Spotify but still receive message that song is unavailable. ALL songs are unavailable. Yet, I can play everything on my iphone. what is the problem?

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Wrong pictures on playlists.

So I have changed my profile picture and it shows in the top right corner. Everything alright, but on my weekly playlist is still the old one. Is this some sort of bug or just a glich in the code ?. Would be nice to now how to change that. I hope you...

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So I have changed my profile picture and it shows in the top right corner. Everything alright, but on my weekly playlist is still the old one. Is this some sort of bug or just a glich in the code ?.&...

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Cpu performance

The app runs at 100% cpu utilization on my 200gHz processor with adequate memory-even with the music turned off.Thus slow everything down. Similar experiences? Solutions?

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The app runs at 100% cpu utilization on my 200gHz processor with adequate memory-even with the music turned off.Thus slow everything down. Similar experiences? Solutions?

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Version 1.0.69.336.g7edcc575 Cannot Reorignise Playlist

Hi Since update to 1.0.69.336.g7edcc575 you can no longer drag drop to reorg a platlist. There is no White line etc

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Hi   Since update to 1.0.69.336.g7edcc575 you can no longer drag drop to reorg a platlist. There is no White line etc    

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Spotify offline while having a wifi connection

Hi! It's the most ridiculous problem you can think of, but my desktop spotify program can't get online. I've removed and re-installed it 8 times by now. But I can''t get it online! I've checked my firewall about idunno preventing spotify for having a...

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Hi! It's the most ridiculous problem you can think of, but my desktop spotify program can't get online. I've removed and re-installed it 8 times by now. But I can''t get it online! I've checked my fi...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Started a fully, detailed and explained post on a potential problem - got deleted by Spotify.

As topic says, I made a topic about my "Top tracks 2017" list i got on my Spotify Premium Acc. It doesn't reflect at all the songs I've listened to in the year 2017 - Well maybe a few, but mostly not. I made a full, nice and detailed post about it he...

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As topic says, I made a topic about my "Top tracks 2017" list i got on my Spotify Premium Acc. It doesn't reflect at all the songs I've listened to in the year 2017 - Well maybe a few, but mostly not...

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Recently Played list shows nothing

I am using Spotify on my windows 10 laptop (version: 1.0.64.403.gb738707f (Windows Store version)) The app mostly works, though I had to turn off hardware acceleration in order to prevent it from crashing my system. In any event, I've been playing mu...

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I am using Spotify on my windows 10 laptop (version: 1.0.64.403.gb738707f (Windows Store version))   The app mostly works, though I had to turn off hardware acceleration in order to preve...

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Newest spotify update for windows causing high CPU usage while not minimized

I've been on Spotify for windows version 1.0.44.100.ga60c0ce1 for a couple days and I've noticed a new problem. I get a consistent CPU usage of 25-40% at any time the client window is open on my desktop, even when not playing any music or loading any...

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I've been on Spotify for windows version 1.0.44.100.ga60c0ce1 for a couple days and I've noticed a new problem.  I get a consistent CPU usage of 25-40% at any time the client window is open on m...

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Can you make a music player widget like phones but for PC

just like there are music player widgets for phones i REALLY need one for my computer because i dont know why but it takes me a long time to stop or change the music by going to my taskbar and also my computer likes to hide the taskbar on its own som...

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 just like there are music player widgets for phones i REALLY need one for my computer because i dont know why but it takes me a long time to stop or change the music by going to my taskbar and ...

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