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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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bluehallon

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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!! I can't play the song and it is grayed out

Hello everyone,I'm from Turkey. A friend recommended the song for me and I listened it on YouTube. It is amazing so I tried to find on Spotify. But I couldn't find the same YouTube version of it. I searched on Google and found it, tried to play it. N...

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Hello everyone, I'm from Turkey. A friend recommended the song for me and I listened it on YouTube. It is amazing so I tried to find on Spotify. But I couldn't find the same YouTube version of it. I...

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Music stops after 8 secons

Hi I re-launched my desktop player after the notification bar said there was an update and it only plays music for 8 secons and then stops. I press play and it continues but then stops again afer 8 secons. I've restarted my PC and it's still doing it...

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Hi I re-launched my desktop player after the notification bar said there was an update and it only plays music for 8 secons and then stops.  I press play and it continues but then stops again ...

BartdeVries

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Solved!! Recover Accidentally Deleted Playlist

I accidentally deleted my playlist "Playlist 1". Is there any way to get it back? Thank you! Joao Rocha

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I accidentally deleted my playlist "Playlist 1". Is there any way to get it back? Thank you! Joao Rocha

Mikalito_a

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I cannot play a SINGLE song on Spotify PC and I've tried everything.

Every time I try to play a song i just get "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it. I've deleted localfiles.bnk, and it still didn't work. I've reinstalled Spotify 3 times, and it still hasn't worked. I've...

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Every time I try to play a song i just get "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it.   I've deleted localfiles.bnk, and it still didn't work. I've r...

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Solved!! Not Playing certain songs.

Hey, So I know that there are song that lisences will change and mean that potentially i cannot play them, but i seem to be having a different problem. There seems to be a large amount of songs that are not appearing greyed out on my spotify but when...

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Hey,   So I know that there are song that lisences will change and mean that potentially i cannot play them, but i seem to be having a different problem.   There seems to be a large amo...

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I can't listen to Kasabian songs on my PC

Good morning,I have a problem on listening to Kasabian songs on Spotify on my PC.I can listen to all artists without problems, but when I click to a Kasabian song it appears a message that say it's not available.I tried to listen to them on the artis...

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Good morning, I have a problem on listening to Kasabian songs on Spotify on my PC. I can listen to all artists without problems, but when I click to a Kasabian song it appears a message that say it...

Sebasty

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Radio bug: plays totally unrelated artists

So, this started happening a few days ago. I have a radio that played ambient and now it mixes the songs with jazz, indian hip hop, southern music, etc. This is happening in all my radios and all my devices.It's similar to what happened a year ago.

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So, this started happening a few days ago. I have a radio that played ambient and now it mixes the songs with jazz, indian hip hop, southern music, etc. This is happening in all my radios and all my ...

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Spotify storing media keys

Whenever I trigger the media key for 'next track' on my machine, Spotify just goes skip crazy. It typiclly skips 7 songs, but can and does skip more. Using the built-in 'next track' button works normally. Version: 1.0.65.320.gac7a8e02 edit: I've trie...

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Whenever I trigger the media key for 'next track' on my machine, Spotify just goes skip crazy. It typiclly skips 7 songs, but can and does skip more.   Using the built-in 'next track' button w...

DJTon3

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Spotify Player won't work on any browser

Hello all, Spotify Player stopped working for me on all browsers: Chrome, Edge, Internet Explorer, etc. I tried cleaning out the cache / cookies and restarting my computer, but none of these seem to work. I generally use only my laptop, though I thin...

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Hello all,   Spotify Player stopped working for me on all browsers: Chrome, Edge, Internet Explorer, etc. I tried cleaning out the cache / cookies and restarting my computer, but none of these...

chiufucius

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Spotify can't resume playing music after reconnecting Bluetooth Headphones - Windows 7

I use bluetooth headphones with my Windows 7 Dell Laptop. If I turn my headphones off while Spotify is playing music, Spotify is unable to recommence playing music when I reconnect the headphones. I have to restart Spotify before I can get it to play...

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I use bluetooth headphones with my Windows 7 Dell Laptop.   If I turn my headphones off while Spotify is playing music, Spotify is unable to recommence playing music when I reconnect the hea...

Smaktat

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Solved!! Translation [PL] Incorrect translation

Hi, I think there is a issue with polish translation on someone profile tab. Actually there is "Obserwujesz" but it should "Obserwuje" - look at screen in attachment.

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Hi,  I think there is a issue with polish translation on someone profile tab. Actually there is "Obserwujesz" but it should "Obserwuje" - look at screen in attachment.

Maxim

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Spotify "discover weekly" playlist doesn't update without closing and reopening spotify.

Playlist doesn't update if I don't restart spotify.Proof of me closing spotify and reopening discover weekly tab. http://recordit.co/paBAWqaur4 This is what i've been doing weeks already. Getting little annoyed to start work week with closing spotify...

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Playlist doesn't update if I don't restart spotify. Proof of me closing spotify and reopening discover weekly tab. http://recordit.co/paBAWqaur4   This is what i've been doing weeks already. ...

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Arrêt de spotify quand l'écran se met en veille

Bonsoir, J'ai un ordinateur hybrique Asus T100 et j'utilise Spotify fréquemment et aimerai savoir pourquoi quand l'écran de mon PC se met en veille la musique de Spotify s'arrête... S'il y a une solution pourriez vous me la donner ce n'est pas pratiq...

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Bonsoir,   J'ai un ordinateur hybrique Asus T100 et j'utilise Spotify fréquemment et aimerai savoir pourquoi quand l'écran de mon PC se met en veille la musique de Spotify s'arrête... &nbs...

KaméLéo

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Problem with radio update

Since the last update I have the possibility of like or unlike a song before or after it played but I noted that the system is broken, if I dislike a song before being played it return as soon as I switch to the next song in the station, same thing f...

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Since the last update I have the possibility of like or unlike a song before or after it played but I noted that the system is broken, if I dislike a song before being played it return as soon as I s...

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Upgrade without knowing what

Sometimes Spotify wants to upgrade. This is nice, but without any notice what I'm currently upgrading it is really not ethical. Of course first I want to know is what is going to be installed into my PC. Also it is good point to show users what funct...

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Sometimes Spotify wants to upgrade. This is nice, but without any notice what I'm currently upgrading it is really not ethical. Of course first I want to know is what is going to be installed into my...

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Application does not open / Aplicativo não abre - Windows 7 -

Estou com um problema chato com o Spotify no Windows 7O programa simplesmente não abre Monitorando pelo Gerenciador de tarefas, da pra ver que o processo .exe aparece na lista por alguns segundos e é finalizado Ja baixei novamente o programa e reinst...

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Estou com um problema chato com o Spotify no Windows 7 O programa simplesmente não abre  Monitorando pelo Gerenciador de tarefas, da pra ver que o processo .exe aparece na lista por alguns seg...

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ADDING LOCAL FILES TO DESKTOP / NOT SHOWING ON MOBILE

I've had Spotify for 3-4 years now and to this day i still cannot figure out how to add my local files (files i own) to playlists and then access them on my mobile device. Does anyone know how to sync them to my phone? Also, why can't i edit file inf...

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I've had Spotify for 3-4 years now and to this day i still cannot figure out how to add my local files (files i own) to playlists and then access them on my mobile device. Does anyone know how to syn...

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This song is not availale

It worked fine yesterday. Today no songs are "available". I did uninstall and reinstall, but no change.

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It worked fine yesterday.  Today no songs are "available".  I did uninstall and reinstall, but no change. 

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Spotify ne se lance pas

spotify se lancait parfaitement jusqu'a jour ou il na plus voulus s'ouvrir mais pourtant il apparait dans le gestionnaire des tache j'ai déjà essayer de le réeinstaller plusieur fois je suis sur windows 10

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spotify se lancait parfaitement jusqu'a jour ou il na plus voulus s'ouvrir mais pourtant il apparait dans le gestionnaire des tache j'ai déjà essayer de le réeinstaller plusieur fois je suis sur wind...

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Can't play a playlist on any PC but can on my Android phone

Hey Community I have a problem with one of my playlists that i follow which is created by Spotify Denmark called "Ha' en god dag". I have followed and played this list for a long time, but it stopped working on PC. When i click on it, nothing happens...

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Hey Community   I have a problem with one of my playlists that i follow which is created by Spotify Denmark called "Ha' en god dag". I have followed and played this list for a long time, but i...

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