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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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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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Superuser Contribution Can't play local mp3 files on spotify? Tracks are unavailable. Spotify tells me I can import them.

Hello, I cannot play mp3 files from an album I just bought. Normally it should be well possible to play local files on spotify if they are on my computer. However, the tracks that aren't on spotify cloud are greyed out and can't be played. I have imp...

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Hello,   I cannot play mp3 files from an album I just bought. Normally it should be well possible to play local files on spotify if they are on my computer. However, the tracks that aren't on ...

BoomBoomBob

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Solved!! how to synchronize to all radio/album?

I think it is annoying when I dislike a song from radio, it appears another radio channel again.Does anyone have idea how to dislike or disallow a song appears anywhere?

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I think it is annoying when I dislike a song from radio, it appears another radio channel again. Does anyone have idea how to dislike or disallow a song appears anywhere?

ZackWu

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Bug report: very long text in Search filed

This is a minor bug in the GUI, but also fairly easy to fix, so perhaps Spotify team may want to add it to some 'to do' list, maybe not with a high priority. 1. If you input any long text in Search field, that doesn't have any limitations, it will gr...

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This is a minor bug in the GUI, but also fairly easy to fix, so perhaps Spotify team may want to add it to some 'to do' list, maybe not with a high priority.   1. If you input any long text in...

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Limit on pressing "next" even as a premium user?

I wanted to quickly look at all the album art for the songs in a playlist so i pressed Next rapidly in sucession. At some point spotify desktop client (windows) will stop responding to Next, Previous or even me selecting any other tracks even manualy...

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I wanted to quickly look at all the album art for the songs in a playlist so i pressed Next rapidly in sucession. At some point spotify desktop client (windows) will stop responding to Next, Previous...

Nico

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Error Cpde 2

HI, I just turned my laptop on and it says the Spotify installer is corrupt. I tried to download it again from the web site but the error kept happening. I even deleted it from my files and reinstalled it but guess what, it said it was corrupt. I am ...

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HI, I just turned my laptop on and it says the Spotify installer is corrupt. I tried to download it again from the web site but the error kept happening. I even deleted it from my files and reinstall...

Nico

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Private Session Issue

Hi there, since I couldn't find any help in other conversations, I'm asking for direct help.My private sessions won't work, I have the latest update and running on windows 10. What can I do?

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Hi there, since I couldn't find any help in other conversations, I'm asking for direct help. My private sessions won't work, I have the latest update and running on windows 10. What can I do? 

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Is this seriously the only way to get answers to questions?

I just spent a long time digging trying to find the help, then realising there was none. Then searching the FAQ, which didn't answer my question. Then searching in here. And then trying to find out how to ask a questions. Is this seriously the only w...

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I just spent a long time digging trying to find the help, then realising there was none. Then searching the FAQ, which didn't answer my question. Then searching in here. And then trying to find out h...

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Solved!! Create similar playlist isn't working anymore

I'm on v1.0.47.13.gd8e05b1f since today and I discovered that the feature "Create similar playlist" is only working with my own playlists now. Before the update I could use this feature with all playlists, now it's greyed out. Please fix this. Thank ...

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I'm on v1.0.47.13.gd8e05b1f since today and I discovered that the feature "Create similar playlist" is only working with my own playlists now. Before the update I could use this feature with all play...

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Laptop vs mobile playback availability is different: Confused

I'm not understanding why songs that are *already on* spotify (as in publicly available for listening) will play on my mobile, but won't play on my laptop (windows 10). It just keeps saying the song is not available, if you have the file on your comp...

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I'm not understanding why songs that are *already on* spotify (as in publicly available for listening) will play on my mobile, but won't play on my laptop (windows 10). It just keeps saying the song ...

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A song that should be explicit is not explicit

A song, T-Shirt by Migos is somehow NOT explicit even tho only the explicit version is available on spotify. I tried searching on google but nothing similar to my problem came up?

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A song, T-Shirt by Migos is somehow NOT explicit even tho only the explicit version is available on spotify. I tried searching on google but nothing similar to my problem came up? 

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Endless repeat disabled

Hey guys, since the last update i cannot put songs on endless repeat like it was possible previously? Is this going to be fixed?

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Hey guys,   since the last update i cannot put songs on endless repeat like it was possible previously? Is this going to be fixed?

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Local File Added, Won't Play, Asked to Import

So, as many people seem to face, I unfortuantely am having an issue with my local files. The weird thing is, it is literally ONE local file that won't play, the rest are all fine. This particular one adds to my library, is searchable within my local ...

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So, as many people seem to face, I unfortuantely am having an issue with my local files. The weird thing is, it is literally ONE local file that won't play, the rest are all fine.  This particul...

Le_Chigga

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Spotify crashes too much on Windows 10

Spotify crashes when I try to open it.I'm running Windows 10 with relatively little ram in my computer (it's cavernous inside here!) and I'm not sure what would conflict with it. Except for the newest update, maybe.it works in cmd line with appdata /...

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Spotify crashes when I try to open it. I'm running Windows 10 with relatively little ram in my computer (it's cavernous inside here!) and I'm not sure what would conflict with it. Except for the new...

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Domain for Web Filtering

I work at a small company that allows the employees to listen to spotify and a few other music apps while they work. However we are planning a change to the software we use to control web access. Our current software is desktop based and installed on...

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I work at a small company that allows the employees to listen to spotify and a few other music apps while they work.  However we are planning a change to the software we use to control web acces...

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This song isn't available. If this data is on your desktop, you can import it.

Hello, I bought Spotify Premium, but i can't play any songs. On my phone everything works fine. I get this error: Translated in my bad English it says: This song isn't available. If this data is on your desktop, you can import it. Maybe someone is ab...

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Hello,   I bought Spotify Premium, but i can't play any songs. On my phone everything works fine.    I get this error:      Translated in my bad English it sa...

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No more "current song" on windows 10

Hello,I would like to know if a feature was removed, or if it's just my PC having issues. To get to the point, previously when spotify was minimized and I pressed the "previous" or "next' butto on my keyboard, a small rectangle on the top left of my ...

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Hello, I would like to know if a feature was removed, or if it's just my PC having issues.   To get to the point, previously when spotify was minimized and I pressed the "previous" or "next' ...

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"Can't play current track" on VPN.

Hello, My spotify premium refuses to play more than 2-3 songs without freezing at the end of one of the tracks. I then have to click skip to go to the next track every time.This occurs only when on a VPN, and spotify displays the error message "can't...

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Hello,   My spotify premium refuses to play more than 2-3 songs without freezing at the end of one of the tracks. I then have to click skip to go to the next track every time. This occurs o...

Nightslash360

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Spotify conflits with the audio card/component

Hello, I would like to "reopen" this discussion because now it's happening to me as well, 5 years after the linked post started. I changed my laptop to an HP Elitebook 840 G4 where the sound card, I'm assuming, is onboard. The symptoms are the same a...

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Hello,   I would like to "reopen" this discussion because now it's happening to me as well, 5 years after the linked post started.   I changed my laptop to an HP Elitebook 840 G4 where ...

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Solved!! cannot delete song from library?

When I select either the album or song in the library the delete is greyed out, am I missing something?

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When I select either the album or song in the library the delete is greyed out, am I missing something?

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