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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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earthbound

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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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Sorting not working within artist pages

When browsing an artist's albums on their artist page, I cannot sort the songs within their albums by popularity, time, etc. This has always been something that has bothered me and I have wondered when it will be fixed. I know that search results are...

Casual Listener

When browsing an artist's albums on their artist page, I cannot sort the songs within their albums by popularity, time, etc. This has always been something that has bothered me and I have wondered wh...

jsannn

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Desktop player wont cast albums to Google Assistant

I am having an issue that just started today as far as I can tell. I play the Wonder Woman sountrack on my Windows laptop and it works fine. Then when I ask it to cast to the Google Assistant, suddenly some playlist comes on but with no sound. If I s...

Casual Listener

I am having an issue that just started today as far as I can tell. I play the Wonder Woman sountrack on my Windows laptop and it works fine. Then when I ask it to cast to the Google Assistant, s...

Lady_Blerd

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cannot add my music from alternate location

I just switched from groove to spotify, after moving my music.but groove was getting all my music from a location different from where spotify wants to go looking for it.so in preferences, i see i can add a new location for spotify to go looking for ...

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I just switched from groove to spotify, after moving my music. but groove was getting all my music from a location different from where spotify wants to go looking for it. so in preferences, i see ...

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My playlists are now "Made by Spotify" and therefore I am unable to edit them?

So about three months ago I made some playlists on Spotify. Now I have come back to those playlists and attempted to add more songs to them but I am unable to as I no longer own them I just "follow" them and they all say "Made by Spotify". How do I f...

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So about three months ago I made some playlists on Spotify. Now I have come back to those playlists and attempted to add more songs to them but I am unable to as I no longer own them I just "follow" ...

Sebasty

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Solved!! All songs not playing. I keep getting a "This song is not available."

Ive tried everything to uninstalling, unchecking all Local Files boxes and nothing works. Everytime I try to play any song on my Spotify I get a message that states. "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it...

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Ive tried everything to uninstalling, unchecking all Local Files boxes and nothing works. Everytime I try to play any song on my Spotify I get a message that states. "This song is not available. If y...

Sebasty

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Solved!! does the app take up more processing than the webpage?

I love the Spotify app and its music, and I was wondering if the app takes up more processing than the webpage because I want to listen to my music while using applications that take up at least half of my processing power, making most other applicat...

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I love the Spotify app and its music, and I was wondering if the app takes up more processing than the webpage because I want to listen to my music while using applications that take up at least half...

Sebasty

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Solved!! Cortana issues with Spotify

I recently moved from Groove (sadness) to Spotify and initially Cortana worked for opening the app and playing music. But after turning off Groove integration with Cortana, suddenly I can't get Cortana and Spotify to work. I've enabled Spotify in Cor...

Newbie

I recently moved from Groove (sadness) to Spotify and initially Cortana worked for opening the app and playing music. But after turning off Groove integration with Cortana, suddenly I can't get Corta...

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Pofile Pictures

Hi i cant seem to be able to post a profile picture on my account. i have googled it looked at the spotify communtiy and tried on my mac, windows and iPhone and it just wont let me do it.

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Hi i cant seem to be able to post a profile picture on my account. i have googled it looked at the spotify communtiy and tried on my mac, windows and iPhone and it just wont let me do it.

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Solved!! Connect my phone as a remote

Hi everyone, Basicly I have a trouble connecting my phone as a remote for my pc.My pc isnt connect on the same wifi, actualy it's a wired connection so no wifi at all. Is there a way for my phone to communicate with my pc ? Thank you all

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Hi everyone,   Basicly I have a trouble connecting my phone as a remote for my pc. My pc isnt connect on the same wifi, actualy it's a wired connection so no wifi at all.   Is there a ...

unclesilas

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error code 17 windows 8

I have tried EVERYTHING people have suggested for this problem. NOTHING has worked. The weird thing is, it has worked on the same computer, just days before. I deleted it and now I can't download it again

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I have tried EVERYTHING people have suggested for this problem. NOTHING has worked. The weird thing is, it has worked on the same computer, just days before. I deleted it and now I can't download it ...

LeoRager

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Can't hear music but can on browser - Windows 10

Very weird. Just dowloaded the Windows 10 client and signed in with Premium account. When I click a song, it says "Can't play song" and the computer is silent. I can play YouTube videos and can play spotify in the Chrome Browser. But the desktop clie...

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Very weird.  Just dowloaded the Windows 10 client and signed in with Premium account.  When I click a song, it says "Can't play song" and the computer is silent.  I can play YouTube vi...

Sebasty

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Reverting to an older version.

In the latest update Spotify have removed another feature. This time it's the full release date of tracks; now it shows the year only. This is a deal-breaker for me. As a compiler of a new release playlist I need this information. So I have to revert...

Roadie

In the latest update Spotify have removed another feature. This time it's the full release date of tracks; now it shows the year only.   This is a deal-breaker for me. As a compiler of a ...

gareth8

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Add A Source not working as intented

I'm trying to add a song I made to local files, however whenever I try to add a source, it won't show up. How every, every other sound file will show up in local files even though I haven't added them in any way. Any advice? P.S. the song file is an ...

Casual Listener

I'm trying to add a song I made to local files, however whenever I try to add a source, it won't show up. How every, every other sound file will show up in local files even though I haven't adde...

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Playlist mix

Hello, I need to listen a playlist which automatically change music like a mix (at any moment of all music). It worked with this playlist : "This is: Hardwell" but I can't reproduce it. Any one can help me please ? Thank you

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Hello,   I need to listen a playlist which automatically change music like a mix (at any moment of all music).   It worked with this playlist : "This is: Hardwell" but I can't reproduce...

IguanaSetup

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Browse content not refreshing

The content in the browse section of the desktop app no longer refreshes and there is no way to force a reload. The only thing you can do is close spotify and re-open it. This is with regard to the playlist rotator. This morning, it had music suggest...

Casual Listener

The content in the browse section of the desktop app no longer refreshes and there is no way to force a reload.   The only thing you can do is close spotify and re-open it.   This is wi...

heyhayden

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Every 30 seconds: Oooops, something went wrong with the playback. Reload

Every 30 seconds i get on webplayer "Oooops, something went wrong with the playback. Reload" but still working. What is going on? Is annoying me badly.I tried everything to fix it including incognito so don't tell me "do this".Version 62.0.3202.75 (O...

Roadie

Every 30 seconds i get on webplayer "Oooops, something went wrong with the playback. Reload" but still working. What is going on? Is annoying me badly. I tried everything to fix it including incogni...

Sebasty

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recommendations that exist in other playlist

I realy like the recommendations but a problem is, that songs that allready exist in other playlist will not filtered out. Would be nice if all songs existing in any playlist will never shown as an recommendation. That would help much to prevent for ...

Newbie

I realy like the recommendations but a problem is, that songs that allready exist in other playlist will not filtered out. Would be nice if all songs existing in any playlist will never shown as...

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[Connect] Show Chromecast on Desktop's Connect device list

I can only connect to Chromecast when my phone is already connected and playing music. When I don't use my phone the device list on my desktop is empty. Please fix this. I want my desktop to connect to Chromecast without the help of my phone.

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I can only connect to Chromecast when my phone is already connected and playing music. When I don't use my phone the device list on my desktop is empty. Please fix this. I want my desktop to connect ...

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Spotify Search addons

Is there an add-on that finds music on spotify based on files on your computer?

Casual Listener

Is there an add-on that finds music on spotify based on files on your computer?

Dave9112

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