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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 does Spotify add a whole bunch of unwanted songs to my queue?

I'd like to know why Spotify puts unwanted songs onto my queue, when I requested for a single album to be added? Or better yet, how do I prevent it from happening?Let me explain:So I browse to any artist's page, then hit the play button on any album(...

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I'd like to know why Spotify puts unwanted songs onto my queue, when I requested for a single album to be added? Or better yet, how do I prevent it from happening? Let me explain: So I browse ...

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Volume of adverts really loud

The adverts are much louder than the actual music and so when I have ear phones in and the adverts come on I get the shock of my life. How do I reduce their volume?

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The adverts are much louder than the actual music and so when I have ear phones in and the adverts come on I get the shock of my life. How do I reduce their volume?

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Autoplay has stopped working

Love this feature but on my desktop (Windows 7) and IOS (iPhone 6) this facility has stopped working, even though it is still enabled in the settings.Could be since last update.

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Love this feature but on my desktop (Windows 7) and IOS (iPhone 6) this facility has stopped working, even though it is still enabled in the settings. Could be since last update.

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cant open spotify

I have already installed Spotify and this came up. pls, help .

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I have already installed Spotify and this came up. pls, help .

prishveen1997

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Lost all my info when I got a new computer, can I get it back?

I use the desktop App, and I got a new computer and installed spotify and it seems all the songs that I liked from my radio stations in on my last computer are all gone. Is there any way to get that back? Or at least to see my old Discover weekly pla...

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I use the desktop App, and I got a new computer and installed spotify and it seems all the songs that I liked from my radio stations in on my last computer are all gone.  Is there any way to get...

Sebasty

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Solved!! cant open spotify on my laptop

whenever I try to open the app it gives me a message saying i have an invalid user profile

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whenever I try to open the app it gives me a message saying i have an invalid user profile

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Solved!! Can't play certain songs anymore

About 2 days ago I noticed that alot of the songs in my playlists and songs in other peoples playlists seem to be removed. I can't play them anymore even though I have Spotify Unlimited. Does anybody have an idea as to what the problem might be? The ...

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About 2 days ago I noticed that alot of the songs in my playlists and songs in other peoples playlists seem to be removed. I can't play them anymore even though I have Spotify Unlimited. Does anybody...

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Some AC/DC songs won't play

On AC/DC's "Back In Black" album I can only play the song "Back In Black", no other songs from that album will play. Then, on the "Powerage" album I can play all songs except for "Rock N Roll Damnation". As much as I can tell all other songs from oth...

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On AC/DC's "Back In Black" album I can only play the song "Back In Black", no other songs from that album will play.  Then, on the "Powerage" album I can play all songs except for "Rock N Roll D...

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Spotify client is blank (black screen) on launch

I've seen a few other topics with similar issues but haven't had any luck with their solutions. Anytime I launch Spotify the client is blank, with only the (working?) file menus and icon at the top. See the attached screen shot. The only thing that s...

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I've seen a few other topics with similar issues but haven't had any luck with their solutions. Anytime I launch Spotify the client is blank, with only the (working?) file menus and icon at the ...

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[BUG] Spotify does not handle Windows Explorer crashes. Please fix.

I have windows 10. I set the option to have Spotify in the notification area instead of closing it when i close the window. Also I have the media overlay enabled (the one embedded in the vertical volume slider like groove music).When, for any reason,...

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I have windows 10. I set the option to have Spotify in the notification area instead of closing it when i close the window. Also I have the media overlay enabled (the one embedded in the vertical vol...

QuiriniusGast

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How do I turn off the Desktop App's invasion into my web browser?

When listening to a song preview on a webpage( The song on this page http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8013987/selena-gomez-new-song-marshmello-wolves ) I noticed that when I closed the tab the song was still playing. I switched to the des...

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When listening to a song preview on a webpage( The song on this page http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8013987/selena-gomez-new-song-marshmello-wolves ) I noticed that when I closed t...

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Seriously, why won't you unlink your phone playing the same song as your other devices already?

This has been asked multiple times. I've seen multiple threads. If I want to play music on my phone, I am very capable of doing so. This feature has been asked for for years now. Who is the guy who is thoroughly conviced that being invasive on device...

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This has been asked multiple times. I've seen multiple threads. If I want to play music on my phone, I am very capable of doing so. This feature has been asked for for years now. Who is the guy who i...

QuiriniusGast

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Downloads for offline listening

My question is rather simple. I would like to do my offline listening on a mp3 player. How do I transfer my library to the player?

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My question is rather simple.  I would like to do my offline listening on a mp3 player.  How do I transfer my library to the player?

QuiriniusGast

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Spotify crashes on startup despite all troubleshooting and reinstalling repeatedly.

Kinda just like the title says... Spotify crashes on my desktop for about the last month and a half immediately as I open the program. It started after an update around mid-September. I have been able to successfully uninstall and reinstall it, altho...

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Kinda just like the title says... Spotify crashes on my desktop for about the last month and a half immediately as I open the program. It started after an update around mid-September. I have been abl...

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Spotify won't open (windows 10 desktop app)

Spotify no longer opens, when I click to open it nothing happens. I've tried unistalling it and reinstalling and even loading my laptop in safe mode but nothing has made any difference. Also when I reinstall I get an error code 57 . Any help would be...

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Spotify no longer opens, when I click to open it nothing happens. I've tried unistalling it and reinstalling and even loading my laptop in safe mode but nothing has made any difference. Also when I r...

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Solved!! "This song is not available."

Hey guys, Since a couple of days I get the following notifaction for nearly all my songs, which were played perfectly before: "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." (see screenshot)Capture.JPGThis even ...

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Hey guys,    Since a couple of days I get the following notifaction for nearly all my songs, which were played perfectly before:  "This song is not available. If you have the file o...

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Spotify is very slow / Hitlists won't load

Spotify has been very slow lately, which cannot be due to internet connection. That's fine. Even on my iPhone it's much faster than the Windows 10 desktop version. Also a lot of the features simply won't load.

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Spotify has been very slow lately, which cannot be due to internet connection. That's fine. Even on my iPhone it's much faster than the Windows 10 desktop version.  Also a lot of the features s...

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Does Spotify Free have a timeout?

I have the desktop application installed. I stream music through my house and find after idling for awhile the music stops playing. When I return to my desktop I simply hit play to start the music again. It doesent crash or anything. It just stops pl...

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I have the desktop application installed. I stream music through my house and find after idling for awhile the music stops playing. When I return to my desktop I simply hit play to start the music ag...

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Spotify se cierra cuando lo abro en la PC

Hola. Hace una semana que intento abrir Spotify desde una Notebook. intenta abrir, pero empieza a ponerse la pantalla en blanco y se cierra. no me da tiempo ni a logguearme. Tengo Windows. se cierra y queda el inioco de Spotify en la barra de inicio ...

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Hola. Hace una semana que intento abrir Spotify desde una Notebook. intenta abrir, pero empieza a ponerse la pantalla en blanco y se cierra. no me da tiempo ni a logguearme. Tengo Windows. se cierra ...

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Frozen playlist

I just created a new playlist and the app automatically selected the name of the first song assigned to the playlist as the name of the playlist (like is usually does). But the playlist does not respond to mouse clicks. I can't edit the playlist name...

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I just created a new playlist and the app automatically selected the name of the first song assigned to the playlist as the name of the playlist (like is usually does).  But the playlist does no...

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