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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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(Connect) Windows and chrome conflicting

I am in an office building, all employees are on the same wifi network. I'm logged into the spotify software on my PC. my Colleague is logged in to their account on chrome on their PC. I don't understand why our streams are connected. I keep getting ...

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I am in an office building, all employees are on the same wifi network. I'm logged into the spotify software on my PC. my Colleague is logged in to their account on chrome on their PC. I don't unders...

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Starting position shifts after restart(2)

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux-Windows-Web-Player/Starting-position-shifts-after-restart/m-p/1576195#M177805 Hey, since I'm not able to comment or edit my last thread, i create a new one. I found out, that the shift bug only appears o...

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https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux-Windows-Web-Player/Starting-position-shifts-after-restart/m-p/1576195#M177805   Hey,   since I'm not able to comment or edit my last threa...

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Can't find my spotify app on desktop after update

Hi, I cant find my spotify app. It used to be pinned on the taskbar, but it's is no there anymore. and it left a weird empty spot on my taskbar, literally.I tried to reinstall it but it said that it is already installed. when i try clicking "launch" ...

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Hi,   I cant find my spotify app. It used to be pinned on the taskbar, but it's is no there anymore. and it left a weird empty spot on my taskbar, literally. I tried to reinstall it but it sa...

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Suddenly lost premium

Hi Spotify, I was miffed last week to suddenlyt find my premium service had stopped working. Most frustratihg without any notification. Why has this happened?

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Hi Spotify,   I was miffed last week to suddenlyt find my premium service had stopped working. Most frustratihg without any notification. Why has this happened?

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Help: Avast deleted Spotify

Hello, this morning when I turned on my computer everything was OK, and Spotify (Premium Account) worked with no problem for an hour. Then, all of a sudden Avast sent me a message saying it had detected a virus and it deleted Spotify. And now I canno...

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Hello, this morning when I turned on my computer everything was OK, and Spotify (Premium Account) worked with no problem for an hour. Then, all of a sudden Avast sent me a message saying it had detec...

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Error when playing almost any song

Spotify show me error mesage supposedly 3/4 of songs what I'm playing is crashed -.-I writed about this error to official support of Spotify but them don't care about it...

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Spotify show me error mesage supposedly 3/4 of songs what I'm playing is crashed -.- I writed about this error to official support of Spotify but them don't care about it...

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Spotify connect: unknown devices in my list

When using my Spotify account at work, I'm now seeing devices in my connect list that I don't recognize at all. I assume these are other users on the same network? I've never logged in to Spotify on any other computer here at work, so I'm having trou...

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When using my Spotify account at work, I'm now seeing devices in my connect list that I don't recognize at all. I assume these are other users on the same network? I've never logged in to Spotify on ...

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Wonky Nested Folders: The Revenge

Windows 8.1 / Spotify 1.0.68.407.g6864aaaf Previous thread here. I cannot reply to it, and nearly all its problems and solutions are no longer current. For years we have seen playlist folders behave strangely when moved about within other folders, an...

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Windows 8.1 / Spotify 1.0.68.407.g6864aaaf   Previous thread here. I cannot reply to it, and nearly all its problems and solutions are no longer current.   For years we have seen playli...

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Music Stops Playing When I Receive Text Message on my S8+

Music stops playing on Spotify Desktop for Windows 10 when I receive a text message on my S8+. When both are on the same network. Nothing seems to fix it. HELP!

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Music stops playing on Spotify Desktop for Windows 10 when I receive a text message on my S8+. When both are on the same network. Nothing seems to fix it. HELP!

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Playlists unfollowed and created on their own.

I noticed it when I got on spotify on my ps4 earlier and when I checked the spotify on my computer, for whatever reason all the playlists I was following dissapeared. Stranger still was the fact that somehow a playlist was created for my account with...

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I noticed it when I got on spotify on my ps4 earlier and when I checked the spotify on my computer, for whatever reason all the playlists I was following dissapeared. Stranger still was the fact that...

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Spotify won't play any songs suddenly

It was working just fine yesterday but suddenly, it won't play anything. First, it was just a no sound problem but I fixed it and now my speaker plays youtube and anything else with sound except for Spotify. I just get the error message of either "We...

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It was working just fine yesterday but suddenly, it won't play anything. First, it was just a no sound problem but I fixed it and now my speaker plays youtube and anything else with sound except for ...

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Local songs not available after last update

Hi there,it worked all fine with local imported songs, but after the last update I can't play them anymore. Their are still there, they are not greyed, but if I click on the play button it just shows me the blue line with a hint, that the song ist no...

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Hi there, it worked all fine with local imported songs, but after the last update I can't play them anymore. Their are still there, they are not greyed, but if I click on the play button it just sho...

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Some local files not showing in main library

One artist I have in my local files plays in the playlists (both on the computer and my phone) but doesn't show up in the Main Library. It's not a huge problem but a bit irritating as the songs won't show up when I shuffle. Anyone know how to fix it?

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One artist I have in my local files plays in the playlists (both on the computer and my phone) but doesn't show up in the Main Library.   It's not a huge problem but a bit irritating as the so...

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The 'view full album' problem

When i browse through my saved albums often the message 'view full album' will appear. I click on it and it dissappears, yet when i re-enter the album its back, this is on windows 10. Its also a problem on Android, in addition there are often incompl...

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When i browse through my saved albums often the message 'view full album' will appear. I click on it and it dissappears, yet when i re-enter the album its back, this is on windows 10. Its also a prob...

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Cross-fade and volume normalizing won't stay on

Hello,Both the cross-fade setting and volume normalization settings in Advanced Settings keep turning themslelves off. Why?

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Hello, Both the cross-fade setting and volume normalization settings in Advanced Settings keep turning themslelves off.  Why?  

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Why can't I download my songs?

Why can I download my songs on my phone but i can't download my songs on my desktop? I can download playlists on my desktop but I can't download the songs, I will need to create a playlist with all the music I have to download them?

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Why can I download my songs on my phone but i can't download my songs on my desktop?    I can download playlists on my desktop but I can't download the songs, I will need to create a play...

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Cannot find 'api-ms-win-core-processthreads-1-l1-1-2.dll'

The newest update on Spotify gives me the error "Cannot find 'api-ms-win-core-processthreads-1-l1-1-2.dll'. Please, re-install this application". Re-installing Spotify works but only until I turn my computer off and on again since it automatically up...

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The newest update on Spotify gives me the error "Cannot find 'api-ms-win-core-processthreads-1-l1-1-2.dll'. Please, re-install this application".   Re-installing Spotify works but only until I...

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Now playing remodel

Change the now playing tab to how it is on Todays Top Hits(12/6/2017) "Candy Paint" image. instead of the not so interesting way it is on other playlists like "GOMD"

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Change the now playing tab to how it is on Todays Top Hits(12/6/2017) "Candy Paint" image. instead of the not so interesting way it is on other playlists like "GOMD"

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Excessive bass

I'm getting ridiculously excessive bass on my Spotify app in Windows 10 only, and only on one PC. I do not have any hardware or software EQ on my desktop PC and Spotify has declined to implement an EQ feature for the desktop app (even though iOS has ...

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I'm getting ridiculously excessive bass on my Spotify app in Windows 10 only, and only on one PC. I do not have any hardware or software EQ on my desktop PC and Spotify has declined to implement an E...

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