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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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Waiting For Connection?

Every time I try using Spotify as a premium member, whenever I try to download my playlists for offline mode, It constantly says waiting for connection... and every solution I tried from earlier isn't working for me including letting it through firew...

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Every time I try using Spotify as a premium member, whenever I try to download my playlists for offline mode, It constantly says waiting for connection... and every solution I tried from earlier...

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Superuser Contribution All songs 'Not Available'

All my songs in all my playlists are suddenly not available on my Windows computer. I have spotify an active Premium account. I deleted and reinstalled the Spotify app on my computer and it still won't play my songs. Any help would be appreciated.(Ed...

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All my songs in all my playlists are suddenly not available on my Windows computer. I have spotify an active Premium account. I deleted and reinstalled the Spotify app on my computer and it stil...

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Can not loggin through downloaded spotify for windows

Hi, i have been using spotify for a long time and i love it.Recently i had to reinstall the program due to some mailware, nothing big.After installing it again I opened the program and klick on the "loging with facebook" tab. it then opens a seperate...

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Hi, i have been using spotify for a long time and i love it. Recently i had to reinstall the program due to some mailware, nothing big. After installing it again I opened the program and klick on...

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To which version do I have to downgrade to to get back the search bar on the left?

In version 1.0.63.617.g5aca9a2a, I can't see my playlist simultaneously anymore when I want to add new songs to a playlist (for clarity, I'm not using the filter search),. Instead, I get redirected to a separate page with "Search in Spotify". I prefe...

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In version 1.0.63.617.g5aca9a2a, I can't see my playlist simultaneously anymore when I want to add new songs to a playlist (for clarity, I'm not using the filter search),. Instead, I get redirected t...

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Sonic Studio III

HiMy sonic studio III apps is not able to run in my desktop after the update. How can i resolve this? model RG8 II

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Hi My sonic studio III apps is not able to run in my desktop after the update. How can i resolve this? model RG8 II

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Waiting for users, message on spotify connect device

It happens to me all the time I am uable to connect to the device from spotify, and the device says waiting for users. Whatever I seem to do, the only workaround is to reset the device, which is a lot of job as I need to re-enter wi-fi key and so on....

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It happens to me all the time 😞 I am uable to connect to the device from spotify, and the device says waiting for users. Whatever I seem to do, the only workaround is to reset the device, which is a...

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ticks during premium playback

I hear soft though annoying ticks during premium playback, like from a bad grammophone record. On all numbers played. Use Windows 7 desktop via usb to Moon DAC. No such problem with Qobuz. Did a reinstallation to no avail. Anybody the same problem?

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I hear soft though annoying ticks during premium playback, like from a bad grammophone record. On all numbers played. Use Windows 7 desktop via usb to Moon DAC. No such problem with Qobuz. Did a rein...

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Why are random playlists being saved to my library???

Every time I log in some random playlist that I don't want is saved to my library... the latest two are "hot rythmic" and "la vida loca"... it seems like every time I log in two or three new ones are in my library without me addidng them. Why is this...

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Every time I log in some random playlist that I don't want is saved to my library... the latest two are "hot rythmic" and "la vida loca"... it seems like every time I log in two or three new ones are...

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Solved!! Sidewinder X4 Media keys don't work (unless windows media player is opened)

How do I fix this? If I hit play/pause, it opens WMP, and then if I press it again, spotify actually responds. If I close WMP it stops responding. I didn't have this problem until I reinstalled my OS earlier this year. What gives?

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How do I fix this? If I hit play/pause, it opens WMP, and then if I press it again, spotify actually responds. If I close WMP it stops responding. I didn't have this problem until I reinstalled my OS...

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Solved!! Music sizzle for a complete album

Hi, Since several weeks, all songs for the album "Polaroïds & pornographie" of the artist "Aqme" sizzle.I tried from the web player, Windows & Android app and the result is the same.For example the song 3'38 sizzle at 0:56 and all during the rest of ...

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Hi,   Since several weeks, all songs for the album "Polaroïds & pornographie" of the artist "Aqme" sizzle. I tried from the web player, Windows & Android app and the result is th...

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Fergie - Double Dutchess skipping

Hello, there are some songs like "Just like you" or "A little work" from the new Fergie album Double Dutchess posted today skipping... can someone please fix this issue?

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Hello, there are some songs like "Just like you" or "A little work" from the new Fergie album Double Dutchess posted today skipping... can someone please fix this issue?

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[Solved] Spotify doesn't work after last update (Windows)

Spotify doesn't work after last update. When app is open it shows only few buttons on the top-left side and rest of app is all in black.I uinstalled it and deleted much left files as I could (users...appdata etc.), restarting computer, used Ccleaner,...

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Spotify doesn't work after last update. When app is open it shows only few buttons on the top-left side and rest of app is all in black. I uinstalled it and deleted much left files as I could (users...

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Solved!! Error 4 No Internet Connection

Spotify won`t go online i have internet but still it`s offline and it say error 4 I`ve windows 10 Education 64bit and spotify v1.0.63.617.g5aca9a2a Plz Help

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Spotify won`t go online  i have internet but still it`s offline and it say error 4  I`ve windows 10 Education 64bit and spotify v1.0.63.617.g5aca9a2a Plz Help

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[Bug] Song picture and title not refreshed

Windows 10 - up to dateJDK 1.8 - up to date.NET - up to datedrivers - up to dateSpotify - up to date, standalone (not from Windows store) When listening to some list (album/author/daily), the bottom left container with song picture and author/title i...

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Windows 10 - up to date JDK 1.8 - up to date .NET - up to date drivers - up to date Spotify - up to date, standalone (not from Windows store)   When listening to some list (album/author/da...

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Spotify Blank Screen (Windows)

So my spotify has recently decided to stop working... When I try to load it, it loads; but it's blank. See attached. I've reinstalled, updated my graphics drivers as well as tried the cmd trick:%APPDATA%\Spotify\spotify.exe --disable-accelerated-laye...

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So my spotify has recently decided to stop working... When I try to load it, it loads; but it's blank. See attached.      I've reinstalled, updated my graphics drivers as well a...

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Re: Inbox and messages

Can you send me my inbox playlist?? Also please bring this feature back.

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Can you send me my inbox playlist?? Also please bring this feature back.

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Spotify resolution error with multiple monitors

So i use the windows standalone version of Spotify, and i have multiple monitors. It seems that when i start Spotify in my lower resolution monitor, it gets stuck as that window size when fullscreening on my bigger monitor. But the weird thing is tha...

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So i use the windows standalone version of Spotify, and i have multiple monitors. It seems that when i start Spotify in my lower resolution monitor, it gets stuck as that window size when fullscreeni...

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Play tracks in order

Hello just new to Premium I use it with windows desktop & on iphone (family version) How can I play tracks in order and not randomly once I have chosen an album ? Thanks

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Hello just new to Premium I use it with windows desktop & on iphone (family version)   How can I play tracks in order and not randomly once I have chosen an album ?   Thanks

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can't play the current song.

Spotify will not play anything on my laptop (win10), it keeps saying "can't play the current song". I've tried uninstalling the app and reinstalling it, I've tried switch hardware acceleartion. I've checked my firewall settings so that is not blockin...

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Spotify will not play anything on my laptop (win10), it keeps saying "can't play the current song". I've tried uninstalling the app and reinstalling it, I've tried  switch hardware acceleartion....

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Spotify won't work on Windows 10

I've been trying to install Spotify on my new laptop for several days now, without success. I've tried both the app store and the webpage. When I install Spotify, it opens as an empty black box with no content. Yesterday I managed to install it corre...

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I've been trying to install Spotify on my new laptop for several days now, without success. I've tried both the app store and the webpage. When I install Spotify, it opens as an empty black...

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