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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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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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Cant Uninstall Spotify (App not working)

I cant get spotify off of my computer. Initially I just dragged it into the trash and tried to delete it, but the removing trash bar just stopped half way, and I had to force quit finder. After I did that the app now has the ghostbusters circle with ...

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I cant get spotify off of my computer. Initially I just dragged it into the trash and tried to delete it, but the removing trash bar just stopped half way, and I had to force quit finder. After I did...

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when i have downloaded it i cant open it

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when i have downloaded it i cant open it

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No Audio but playing

2 to 3 weeks ago spotify works on my laptop just fine then it just stopped. When I started playing a song again, it is playing but without any sound. Already un-ticked the accelerator thing, as well as checked, muted, unmuted my volume mixer, uninsta...

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2 to 3 weeks ago spotify works on my laptop just fine then it just stopped. When I started playing a song again, it is playing but without any sound. Already un-ticked the accelerator thing, as well ...

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Faulty Offline Message from "Your Daily Mix"

I get disconnected frequently from the internet due to my VPN service overloading my netgear modem and crashing it. Point is that spotify frequently goes offline, and stays that way, specifically for the "Your Daily Mix" section. Doesn't matter that ...

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I get disconnected frequently from the internet due to my VPN service overloading my netgear modem and crashing it.   Point is that spotify frequently goes offline, and stays that way, sp...

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[Windows] Help! Black Screen on Spotify!

Hello Everyone: I'm having a little problem with Spotify on my Computer. I've downloaded and done a clean installation. Everything was perfect, even it appeared the welcome screen and I logged in. But after that, the screen turns out in a black empty...

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Hello Everyone:   I'm having a little problem with Spotify on my Computer. I've downloaded and done a clean installation. Everything was perfect, even it appeared the welcome screen and I logg...

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Superuser Contribution Can't Download music

Hello, When I try to download music it just says the disk is full, except I have 150 gigabytes left on that drive. Help is appreciated

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Hello,   When I try to download music it just says the disk is full, except I have 150 gigabytes left on that drive.   Help is appreciated

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