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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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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 I cannot reply to it, and nearly all its problems and solutions are no longer current.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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Lost my tracks

Hi everyoneI've lost all my saved tracks since the last spotify update. Where can I find them now? Does exist a backup of all that tracks?Thanks to anybody can help me solve this

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Hi everyone I've lost all my saved tracks since the last spotify update. Where can I find them now? Does exist a backup of all that tracks? Thanks to anybody can help me solve this

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Log In Page Frozen

I've just downloaded Spotify for Windows 7 having had to uninstall it last week due to a mysterious missing dll problem.But the log in page is efectivley locked / frozen and I am unable to enter any log in details.Tried a few times but each time had ...

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I've just downloaded Spotify for Windows 7 having had to uninstall it last week due to a mysterious missing dll problem. But the log in page is efectivley locked / frozen and I am unable to enter an...

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Keep getting this

What the **bleep** is going on? For the past several days the page won't load properly, and I keep getting ... Oooops something went wrong Reload

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What the **bleep** is going on? For the past several days the page won't load properly, and I keep getting ... Oooops something went wrong Reload      

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Playlist management suggestion

Hi. it would be great if we're able to right click on the song currently playing and remove it from a playlist. the only options i see are to add it to another playlist, which is pretty useless since it's already in my playlist. And to remove it from...

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 Hi. it would be great if we're able to right click on the song currently playing and remove it from a playlist. the only options i see are to add it to another playlist, which is pretty useless...

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Can't delete dead playlists.

I have 2 playlists that I deleted but will not disappear from my playlist selection. They will not play and will not allow any songs to be added to them, they also do not show up on my Recover Playlist list. I have tried several times to delete them,...

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I have 2 playlists that I deleted but will not disappear from my playlist selection. They will not play and will not allow any songs to be added to them, they also do not show up on my Recover Playli...

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spotify wrapped listening time not recorded?

i have had spotify since last summer, about 6 months now. i listen to spotify every day and even when i am asleep i leave the music on. when i did the spotify wrapped thing, it said i had listened to spotify for 25 hours, which is not even close to w...

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i have had spotify since last summer, about 6 months now. i listen to spotify every day and even when i am asleep i leave the music on. when i did the spotify wrapped thing, it said i had listened to...

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spotify cuts off

Hello!Okay so. Every song, all the time, stars cutting off after 10-30 seconds. Re-installing spotify, logging in and out, rebooting the computer didn't help. What's wrong with my spotify? this has been going on for a while and still happens.There ar...

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Hello! Okay so. Every song, all the time, stars cutting off after 10-30 seconds. Re-installing spotify, logging in and out, rebooting the computer didn't help.  What's wrong with my spo...

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