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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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MIKAAAAEL

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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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hroski

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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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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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?

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

Dave9112

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Serch music from local music automatically

Can i serch from my music archives (local) (.mp3/.wav/..) music in spotify, and for example add it to a playlist?I have a lot of music out of spotify and serch manually takes a long time... Sorry about my english

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Can i serch from my music archives (local) (.mp3/.wav/..) music in spotify, and for example add it to a playlist? I have a lot of music out of spotify and serch manually takes a long time...  ...

Dave9112

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Playlist descriptions keeps changing..

I recently add descriptions to the few playlists I have, I edited two of them later, but in a several hours, top a day, those desriptions are changing to the previous versions. Thats happened like 6-7 times. I dont have a internet connection error, I...

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I recently add descriptions to the few playlists I have, I edited two of them later, but in a several hours, top a day, those desriptions are changing to the previous versions. Thats happened like 6-...

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This song is not available (Fox Stevenson - The Heat)

So earlier today i listened to Fox Stevenson - The Heat (Release Radar spotify playlist), and when i went to save it, as i really liked it, it suddenly became unavailable. The blue bar on top is comming up saying "this song is not available, if you h...

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So earlier today i listened to Fox Stevenson - The Heat (Release Radar spotify playlist), and when i went to save it, as i really liked it, it suddenly became unavailable. The blue bar on top is comm...

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The 'Songs' folder does not include the songs from my playlists

Even if my playlist is completely downloaded, the songs that are available there are not available in the 'Songs' folder. What is the logic to select the songs for the folder?Thanks!

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Even if my playlist is completely downloaded, the songs that are available there are not available in the 'Songs' folder. What is the logic to select the songs for the folder? Thanks! 

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"Find Friends" section has a typo.

Just posting to let you know that there is a typo in your "Find Friends" section. "Thief" has been spelled incorrectly, hope you guys fix it soon.

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Just posting to let you know that there is a typo in your "Find Friends" section. "Thief" has been spelled incorrectly, hope you guys fix it soon. 🙂

Maxim

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Spotify crashes when playing a folder of playlists

When I try to play a folder containing both playlists and other folders (approx 130 playlists in total in the folder) spotify crashes. It manages to play other folders with less playlists, up to 60 seems ok, but does not seem to be able to manage the...

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When I try to play a folder containing both playlists and other folders (approx 130 playlists in total in the folder) spotify crashes. It manages to play other folders with less playlists, up to 60 s...

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Windows Desktop mouse scroll speed too fast ELAN trackpad

I have been a premium member for about a year. I use the Windows desktop on both Windows 8.1 and now Windows 10. The scroll speed has always been too fast on every Spotify Desktop application I have ever used. Today I am on the latest 1.014.124 g4dfa...

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I have been a premium member for about a year.  I use the Windows desktop on both Windows 8.1 and now Windows 10.   The scroll speed has always been too fast on every Spotify Desktop appl...

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Can't listen/play certain songs

For some reason, I am unable to listen to or even play a few songs that I'd recently downloaded. I'm not sure why, but when I look at my list of songs (whether online or on my desktop app) certain songs appear grey(?).,for lack of a better word, and ...

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    For some reason, I am unable to listen to or even play a few songs that I'd recently downloaded. I'm not sure why, but when I look at my list of songs (whether online or on my desktop...

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Solved!! i cannot play any nirvana song on spotify and songs are not grayed out.

when i try to play a nirvana song by pressing play button on the left side the play button turns itself to pause button again and app says "this song is not available". the media bar just looks like in the attachment. as i said in the title songs are...

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when i try to play a nirvana song by pressing play button on the left side the play button turns itself to pause button again and app says "this song is not available". the media bar just looks like ...

bougy

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