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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!! no music available

Hi all,I tried to start spotify this morning (as usual) and when starting a playlist (e.g. "Hits du moment") I received an error info that the song is not available on my PC. Tried one of my personal playlist and got the same message.I reinstalled sp...

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Hi all, I tried to start spotify this morning (as usual) and when starting a playlist (e.g. "Hits du moment") I received an error info that the song is not available on my PC. Tried one of my person...

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Re: You didn't subscribe and had one inbox conversation?

Was that no-subscriber one-comment jab directed at me? I've been a paying subscriber since 2011 I've just been so happy with the service I never felt the need to sign up for these forums. But when I saw the note from one from the Spotify team in this...

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Was that no-subscriber one-comment jab directed at me? I've been a paying subscriber since 2011 🙂 I've just been so happy with the service I never felt the need to sign up for these forums...

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Re: Inbox and messages

I'm with every one of you guys - even +1'd all your comments I was also incensed at Spotify's insensitive handling of - and lack of response to - the situation; maybe I'm an idealist but, surely, this much negative feeling from a community should be ...

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I'm with every one of you guys - even +1'd all your comments 🙂   I was also incensed at Spotify's insensitive handling of - and lack of response to - the situation; maybe I'm an idealist but,...

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Spotify plays a different track for the same one!

Same track on PC plays 1 track and on phone plays a different one. Whats wrong how can I fix that?

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Same track on PC plays 1 track and on phone plays a different one.  Whats wrong how can I fix that?

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Downloaded Player logging me out

My Spotify App downloaded to my PC keeps logging me out?? I can maybe be on the app for 1-5 seconds after I log in when it immediately kicks me out, I can log in to the web player but the Spotify app just wont work! It tells me in the app that I have...

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My Spotify App downloaded to my PC keeps logging me out?? I can maybe be on the app for 1-5 seconds after I log in when it immediately kicks me out, I can log in to the web player but the Spotify app...

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Screen break up

Repeatadly seeing my screen do this - Any ideas? Maybe a feature?

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Repeatadly seeing my screen do this - Any ideas? Maybe a feature?

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Play Queue Not Functioning Properly on PC

Hello, A recurring problem I'm having on my PC is the play queue. I will look to add 10-15 songs to the queue, but only a handful, maybe 4-5, actually end up in the queue, so I know it works sometimes, but not every time. To my knowledge I have the m...

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Hello,   A recurring problem I'm having on my PC is the play queue. I will look to add 10-15 songs to the queue, but only a handful, maybe 4-5, actually end up in the queue, so I know it works...

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I haven't emailed you. I've jumped on a discussion which is still very popular. If you don't like it, remove your post.

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I haven't emailed you. I've jumped on a discussion which is still very popular. If you don't like it, remove your post.

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Re: You didn't subscribe and had one inbox conversation?

Hi. I posted my disappointment over the inbox like hundreds of other people- several months ago. Why are you emailing me today?

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Hi. I posted my disappointment over the inbox like hundreds of other people - several months ago. Why are you emailing me today?

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You didn't subscribe and had one inbox conversation?

Seriously? You have never even signed up to Spotify and had one little conversation in the inbox and you're mad? I can understand those who utilized this function for years.Talk about jumping on the bandwagon.

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Seriously? You have never even signed up to Spotify and had one little conversation in the inbox and you're mad? I can understand those who utilized this function for years.Talk about jumping on the ...

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Moving 10000 "limit capped" songs to a playlist, the playlist only contains 9200 songs.

To workaround the 10000 songs limit cap in my Songs section, I move them all to a playlist, so that my Songs section can be deleted, so that I can fill up the Songs section again, with another 10000 songs. So I copy and paste all of my 10000 songs to...

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To workaround the 10000 songs limit cap in my Songs section, I move them all to a playlist, so that my Songs section can be deleted, so that I can fill up the Songs section again, with another 10000 ...

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App forces song redownload on Laptop

So I've had Premium for almost a year now, and this is the 3rd or 4th time this has happened. I opened up my laptop this morning to start playing music. I have poor internet, so it says there's no internet connection. Sweet, no problem, Spotify has o...

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So I've had Premium for almost a year now, and this is the 3rd or 4th time this has happened.   I opened up my laptop this morning to start playing music. I have poor internet, so it says ther...

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Solved!! Error Code: 18 Please Help

I listen to spotify constantly and need help. I have uninstalled for a clean re-installation, but while i downloaded the installer, it gives me error 18: "The installer is unable to install Spotify because the files to write are in use by another pro...

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I listen to spotify constantly and need help.  I have uninstalled for a clean re-installation, but while i downloaded the installer, it gives me error 18: "The installer is unable to install Spo...

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Download all songs in my library

In the mobile app (iOS), the Download switch is available for all Songs in Your Library. Why isn't the same option available for the Windows 10 app? I just bought a Surface Pro that I plan to bring on flights quite often. I don't organize all of my m...

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In the mobile app (iOS), the Download switch is available for all Songs in Your Library. Why isn't the same option available for the Windows 10 app?   I just bought a Surface Pro that I p...

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unable to make songs available offline

Yesterday everything worked fine, today i can no longer make songs available offline.the "circling arrows" appear, but other then that, nothing happens, as if the dl didnt start. the premium status is still good, theres plenty of storage on the pc, i...

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Yesterday everything worked fine, today i can no longer make songs available offline. the "circling arrows" appear, but other then that, nothing happens, as if the dl didnt start.  the premium...

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Windows 10 App / Win32 Application

How is the future for the legacy Spotigy application? Will you continue to add features to both or only to the Store-App? Is the legacy application "discontinued"? Thx...

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How is the future for the legacy Spotigy application? Will you continue to add features to both or only to the Store-App? Is the legacy application "discontinued"?   Thx...

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Shuffle range

I have found some posts related to this, but would still like to point out my current problem: Playing "My Songs" with shuffle results in a very limited number of songs being shuffled - every time the same! I have 3600 songs and would like to have an...

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I have found some posts related to this, but would still like to point out my current problem: Playing "My Songs" with shuffle results in a very limited number of songs being shuffled - every time th...

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Solved!! How do you change the log in setting back to unremember

Have logged into work desktop but accidentally clicked "remember me" for the password... & won't let me log out. Tried uninstalling and re-installing but didn't give log in screen to be able to go back to "unremember me" option.. is there a way to st...

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Have logged into work desktop but accidentally clicked "remember me" for the password... & won't let me log out.  Tried uninstalling and re-installing but didn't give log in screen to be abl...

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Podcasts: How do I Mark As Played?

Apologies if this is a duplicate post, but none of the prior posts seemed to have any answers. Heard your ad, so I just went to switch over listening to my favorite podcast on Spotify. However, it now shows hundreds of episodes as "unplayed." I don't...

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Apologies if this is a duplicate post, but none of the prior posts seemed to have any answers.   Heard your ad, so I just went to switch over listening to my favorite podcast on Spotify. Howev...

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Superuser Contribution Need to stream to my Onkyo receiver

For years I used the built in app on the Onkyo received for listening to Spotify premium. Now Spotify yanked it and I cannot find a suitable streaming unit the connects and still retains the hi bitrate that I had with my received and premium account....

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For years I used the built in app on the Onkyo received for listening to Spotify premium.  Now Spotify yanked it and I cannot find a suitable streaming unit the connects and still retains the hi...

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