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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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Volume is lowered when pausing music using Spotify Connect

HiIm new to Spotify and Im just beginning to learn how to use it. Im one of those people who used Groove and got kicked over to Spotify I have a Beoplay A6 that supports Spotify Conncet. When I pause a song using my Windows 10 Spotify app, the volume...

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Hi Im new to Spotify and Im just beginning to learn how to use it. Im one of those people who used Groove and got kicked over to Spotify 🙂 I have a Beoplay A6 that supports Spotify Conncet. When I...

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Can't store preferences with the Windows 10 app after moving appdata/local

Hi, I've moved my user's AppData/local directory to another partition (D:) using Microsoft's "officially sanctioned procedure" (right-clicking on the directory, choosing the "Location" tab and moving it to a new location). This was ten days ago.I'm p...

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Hi,   I've moved my user's AppData/local directory to another partition (D:) using Microsoft's "officially sanctioned procedure" (right-clicking on the directory, choosing the "Location" tab a...

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Local files on spotify not showing

I have spent the last few hours trying to figure out why some of my files on my computer are either not showing, have weird track names, random songs show up that i dont even have ect. I have tried every solution but none of them seemed to work. All ...

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I have spent the last few hours trying to figure out why some of my files on my computer are either not showing, have weird track names, random songs show up that i dont even have ect. I have tried e...

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BUG: discover page redrawing/flickering on show

The discover page ( i just upgraded to windows 10 not sure if that's why or a spotify client issue) When hiding and showing the window while discover page open: The window flickers / redraws / resizes the viewport. So everything disappears then reapp...

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The discover page ( i just upgraded to windows 10 not sure if that's why or a spotify client issue)   When hiding and showing the window while discover page open:   The window flickers ...

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Followed artist doesn't appear in sidebar playlist section

Hi. So far when I follow an artist they will appear to the left under PLAYLIST. But I am following this one artist and they do not appear there no matter what I do. I unfollow and then follow again, but they don't appear there even though it shows th...

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Hi. So far when I follow an artist they will appear to the left under PLAYLIST. But I am following this one artist and they do not appear there no  matter what I do. I unfollow and then follow a...

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Friends Can't See My Activity

Hi everyone, My friends cant able the see my activity at sidebar. I looked from spotify my friend's computer to my account activity. I classified as "other friends" and there is no information about my last song etc. I opened the "share my activity a...

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Hi everyone,   My friends cant able the see my activity at sidebar. I looked from spotify my friend's computer to my account activity. I classified as "other friends" and there is no informati...

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Just a empty black window (windows 7)

Since a few weeks back I have just got a black window when oen spotify. With menu (arkiv, edit and view). If hadware acc is on its just beebs constantly.I have checked the drivers and they are the newest.I tried start from command line.I tried the fu...

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Since a few weeks back I have just got a black window when oen spotify. With menu (arkiv, edit and view).  If hadware acc is on its just beebs constantly. I have checked the drivers and they a...

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Bluetooth connection fades away

Hi,Until two weeks ago Spotify worked fine on my Win10/64 laptop with my Sony personal audio soundsystem via bluetooth. The distance between laptop and the Sony system is about 4 meters.Right now I have to place my laptop straight next to the Sony sy...

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Hi, Until two weeks ago Spotify worked fine on my Win10/64 laptop with my Sony personal audio soundsystem via bluetooth. The distance between laptop and the Sony system is about 4 meters. Right now...

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Selection of multiple tracks is cleared by clicking the scrollbar

A recent update to the Windows desktop application causes any current selection of tracks to be cleared by clicking the scroll bar. This is different from typical interface behavior for Windows interfaces, and it prevents me from selecting and moving...

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A recent update to the Windows desktop application causes any current selection of tracks to be cleared by clicking the scroll bar.   This is different from typical interface behavior for Wind...

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Playlist will not play correct song

Running Windows 7, and i have made a playlist that i listened to very often. However since the last update to Spotify whenever I want to play a song within the playlist it will play a completelly different song within the play list. So if i chose son...

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Running Windows 7, and i have made a playlist that i listened to very often. However since the last update to Spotify whenever I want to play a song within the playlist it will play a completelly dif...

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How do I get spotify to actually play similar songs?

Okay, I've been looking into this for a long time and I'm really starting to get frustrated at this point because I can't seem to figure out how to do this. I have it in the settings so after a song, it plays a similiar song next, right? But how on e...

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Okay, I've been looking into this for a long time and I'm really starting to get frustrated at this point because I can't seem to figure out how to do this. I have it in the settings so after a song,...

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Trouble with spotify installer. Doesn't open after install

Spotify doesn't open after install or uninstall when i install it from official offline or online installer. But does work with this different setup of spotify (which i don't want because i'm not used to it's look. it's very different, but works) so ...

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Spotify doesn't open after install or uninstall when i install it from official offline or online installer.   But does work with this different setup of spotify (which i don't want because i'...

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Unable to add playlist to artist profile

Hello, I've made a playlist on the PC app. When I try to add the playlist to my artist profile on the artists.spotify.com website, nothing shows up when I search for the playlist in the box where it says "Choose playlists you made on Spotify to featu...

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Hello,   I've made a playlist on the PC app. When I try to add the playlist to my artist profile on the artists.spotify.com website, nothing shows up when I search for the playlist in the box ...

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Playlist is auto mixing songs, but crossfade is off

I have this playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX0pH2SQMRXnC .The songs in that playlist are beiing auto mixed and skips the beginning of the sons. I want to hear the tracks from the beginning and not mixed together... ...

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I have this playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX0pH2SQMRXnC . The songs in that playlist are beiing auto mixed and skips the beginning of the sons. I want to hea...

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Spotify skips songs

When I use my keyboard button to skip a song, spotify sometimes start to automatically skip over 100 sons before stopping automatically. I cannot pause spotify or interact with spotify when this happens. What can I do to fix this? I have a Razer Blac...

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When I use my keyboard button to skip a song, spotify sometimes start to automatically skip over 100 sons before stopping automatically. I cannot pause spotify or interact with spotify when this happ...

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Global HotKey for Pause/Play,Next Song does not work

I do not know if this is the place to write this but i'll do it anyway.My hot keys do not work when i press the "fn" button together with my arrow keys on my laptop keybord. I resently reinstalled my windows 10 and it used to work before I reinstalle...

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I do not know if this is the place to write this but i'll do it anyway. My hot keys do not work when i press the "fn" button together with my arrow keys on my laptop keybord. I resently reinstalled ...

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Sorting problems

Hi all. Today while sorting one of my playlists I noticed a couple of things:Sorting is NOT Accent-Insensitive: for example this song is LAST when ordering by TitleSorting follows English rules, which makes little sense in other languages: for exampl...

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Hi all.   Today while sorting one of my playlists I noticed a couple of things: Sorting is NOT Accent-Insensitive: for example this song is LAST when ordering by Title Sorting follows Engli...

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Every Time Spotify Updates, It Breaks

Hello - Every time Spotify updates, I have to uninstall/reinstall. Since it seems like Spotify updates at least once every couple of weeks, I have to uninstall and reinstall every couple of weeks. I have an absolute hatred for Spotify, but I can't fi...

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Hello -    Every time Spotify updates, I have to uninstall/reinstall.  Since it seems like Spotify updates at least once every couple of weeks, I have to uninstall and reinstall ever...

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music stops when windows 10 enter sleep mode

with both app and desktop app, musics stops when my windows 10 tab enter in sleep mode. is there a way to prevent this?

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with both app and desktop app, musics stops when my windows 10 tab enter in sleep mode. is there a way to prevent this?

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Uncontrolled Pause or Play on my desktop apps/ Alexa

It happens on my windows 7 desktop app and on another laptop with windows 10Also with Alexa The Spotify start playing music automatically if the app is running, without any command.Also, it can pause songs by itself, without me pausing it. Every 5-10...

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It happens on my windows 7 desktop app and on another laptop with windows 10 Also with Alexa   The Spotify start playing music automatically if the app is running, without any command. Also,...

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