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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!! Spotify Visualization

Hello, I have noticed the attached visualisation on my spotify...I'm not a big fan but can't for the life of me find where to turn it off. It appears after minimal down time, pretty annoying.Capture.PNG Any assistance would be welcomed. Thank you,

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Hello,   I have noticed the attached visualisation on my spotify...I'm not a big fan but can't for the life of me find where to turn it off. It appears after minimal down time, prett...

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Queue must be empty in order to add Podcast episodes to it.

Refer to the subject. I'm just making a bug report. Also, another issue is there is no easy way to empty the queue.

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Refer to the subject. I'm just making a bug report. Also, another issue is there is no easy way to empty the queue.

CarpeMofo

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Why and what does spotify upload when I switch back from offline mode?

Every time i switch back from offline mode spotify starts uploading. It uploads quite a lot, around 5 MB I think. And no, that isn't much compared to a lot of things, but i can't understand why spotify would need to upload any more than a few kbs. We...

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Every time i switch back from offline mode spotify starts uploading. It uploads quite a lot, around 5 MB I think. And no, that isn't much compared to a lot of things, but i can't understand why ...

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Randomly pausing and skipping

Whenever I play spotify on my windows computer (work computer), it either skips 5 songs or doesn't play music entirely. Refreshing the page doesn't work and I've logged out and logged back in. I don't have any issues on my iphone.

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Whenever I play spotify on my windows computer (work computer), it either skips 5 songs or doesn't play music entirely. Refreshing the page doesn't work and I've logged out and logged back in. I don'...

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Able to add music from "Songs" to its own playlist

I would love to see a feature where I can add all my music from "Songs" to its own playlist.

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I would love to see a feature where I can add all my music from "Songs"  to its own playlist.

Bittencourt

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Like/Dislike column

Hi!I have seen a column on my friend's desktop, where he can tell spotify he likes or dislikes certain songs. This is a feature I know is not accross all accounts, but I would really like to have it on mine.Since the last couple weeks, some type of m...

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Hi! I have seen a column on my friend's desktop, where he can tell spotify he likes or dislikes certain songs. This is a feature I know is not accross all accounts, but I would really like to have...

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Weird bug with Foo Fighters songs

Hey, this is literally the weirdest bug I have ever come across. When I play a Foo Fighters song on my PC (Premium by the way), for example Walk from the album Wasting Light, it plays normally for 40 seconds. But then, it skips a couple of times and ...

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Hey, this is literally the weirdest bug I have ever come across. When I play a Foo Fighters song on my PC (Premium by the way), for example Walk from the album Wasting Light, it plays normally for 40...

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Turn off the spotlight

How do I turn off the highly annoying, blinking spotlight and who thought this was a good idea?

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How do I turn off the highly annoying, blinking spotlight and who thought this was a good idea?

MePenguin

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Weird white overlays?

I've been having some weird white overlays on buttons among other things in the spotify client and don't know how to fix it.(see attached)

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I've been having some weird white overlays on buttons among other things in the spotify client and don't know how to fix it. (see attached)

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Problem with Spotify taking over audio controls

When Spotify (the installed version) is running on my laptop and I change the volume settings on the computer (a Dell Latitude 5289), a Spotify volume control window pops up. So, for instance, if I try to play iTunes, there is no audio at all. It is ...

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  When Spotify (the installed version) is running on my laptop and I change the volume settings on the computer (a Dell Latitude 5289), a Spotify volume control window pops up. So, for instance...

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Playlist not showing up

Please help! My playlist has been public for a while & not had this problem up until a couple of days ago.. I was trying to find my playlist from my partners spotify but it wasn't showing up on my profiles public playlists? i have also asked another ...

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Please help! My playlist has been public for a while & not had this problem up until a couple of days ago.. I was trying to find my playlist from my partners spotify but it wasn't showing up on m...

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Music doing weird noises

When playing music it makes weird noises not like stuttering but like you re connecting your headphones while listening. No its not my speakers problem cause it doesnt make this noise in youtube, spotify, crunchyroll whatever. Yes i tried disabling h...

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When playing music it makes weird noises not like stuttering but like you re connecting your headphones while listening.    No its not my speakers problem cause it doesnt make this noise ...

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Solved!! Upgraded to Premium-not hearing sound quality difference

Hi, I upgraded to the Spotify Premium Account in large part for the improved audio quality. When I go to the preferences panel and toggle the "High quality streaming" button on and off, I can't hear any difference at all in the sound quality. Should ...

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Hi,  I upgraded to the Spotify Premium Account in large part for the improved audio quality. When I go to the preferences panel and toggle the "High quality streaming" button on and off, I can'...

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No se pueden eliminar canciones de otras fuentes

Hola, tengo un problema relacionado a las canciones que sincronicé de archivos de iTunes. Quiero eliminar todo las canciones (Descargadas de Spotify y de archivos locales), para fines de organizar desde cero mi cuenta. Actualmente ya descativé todas ...

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Hola, tengo un problema relacionado a las canciones que sincronicé de archivos de iTunes. Quiero eliminar todo las canciones (Descargadas de Spotify y de archivos locales), para fines de organizar de...

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Superuser Contribution Shuffle mode stuck on certain range of letters

I have been shuffling on my "Songs" section which currently contains around 1,200 songs. sometimes when listening to them on shuffle it gets stuck only playing songs starting in a range of letters.First it was songs starting with A - D but after remo...

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I have been shuffling on my "Songs" section which currently contains around 1,200 songs. sometimes when listening to them on shuffle it gets stuck only playing songs starting in a range of letters. ...

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dooesnt work volume control

my phone connect pc but dooesnt work volume control in 3 days ! (im premium user)

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my phone connect pc but dooesnt work volume control in 3 days ! (im premium user)

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How does spotify know who my facebook friends are?

I've never connected my facebook profile with my spotify account (I signed up before it was mandatory) yet today I noticed that my facebook friends were listed on the right in the activity log. How did you get access to this info if I've never connec...

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I've never connected my facebook profile with my spotify account (I signed up before it was mandatory) yet today I noticed that my facebook friends were listed on the right in the activity log. How d...

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Desktop Display

Just purchased a new PC with Windows 10 and want to have the Spotify icon permanently shown on my desktop display. I managed to somehow do that with my old PC but don't recall how I accomplished it. Any suggestions?

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Just purchased a new PC with Windows 10 and want to have the Spotify icon permanently shown on my desktop display. I managed to somehow do that with my old PC but don't recall how I accomplished it. ...

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Spotify using wrong meta-data

Using windows 10 I was playing around with the details of my local files, I added titles to them before realizing that Spotify used that as a substitute for the name, so I deleted the titles and it continued to ignore the name and left me with a bunc...

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Using windows 10   I was playing around with the details of my local files, I added titles to them before realizing that Spotify used that as a substitute for the name, so I deleted the titles...

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Windows 10 Fall Creators Update problems

I'm experiencing some difficulties after the most recent Windows update.... All carried out using an Administrator account. After un/reinstalling the desktop app, I get the opportunity to log in, at which point it simply hangs and does nothing. I can...

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I'm experiencing some difficulties after the most recent Windows update....   All carried out using an Administrator account.   After un/reinstalling the desktop app, I get the opportun...

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