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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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How to not save music on PC, but on mobile.

Hi all!I'm an enthusiast Spotify user, I enjoy listening in good quality music with my premium, and I save my fav music on my Iphone to listen when without connection.... ...but why does the desktop version (PC) automatically syncs the settings, ther...

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Hi all! I'm an enthusiast Spotify user, I enjoy listening in good quality music with my premium, and I save my fav music on my Iphone to listen when without connection....   ...but why d...

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Search function takes me off album screen

Desktop app. When I click the search box, it takes me to the blank "search" screen and starts guessing stuff as I type--instead of going into a nice dropdown bar like google that would keep me on the album/artist/my songs screen. So every time I clic...

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Desktop app. When I click the search box, it takes me to the blank "search" screen and starts guessing stuff as I type--instead of going into a nice dropdown bar like google that would keep me on the...

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Solved!! Too Many Ads!

So I'm a free member and i understand that spotify needs to make money on ads and im fine with that. But either my player is broken and its displaying way to many ads, or spotify is getting insane with the amount of ads. Every ~3 songs i get 3-6 30 s...

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So I'm a free member and i understand that spotify needs to make money on ads and im fine with that. But either my player is broken and its displaying way to many ads, or spotify is getting insane wi...

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Main Menu Always Appears

When i select a song within a album or even just a single song, minutes later the main menu screen appears. i think this is a bug but don't know if it is actually one.

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When i select a song within a album or even just a single song, minutes later the main menu screen  appears. i think this is a bug but don't know if it is actually one. 

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Opening Spotify on Windows 7 makes my screen go weird

Hey guys, I wanted to write this to talk about what happens when I open spotify. I linked the picture down below. This never used to happen but now every time I open the Spotify app, my screen goes all crazy on me. Weird colors and messed up sizes. I...

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Hey guys, I wanted to write this to talk about what happens when I open spotify. I linked the picture down below. This never used to happen but now every time I open the Spotify app, my screen goes a...

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Spotify turns off on Sleep mode (SP4)

Hello, This is a really annoying issue.When the screen goes to sleep -- by closing the cover, pressing the power button or, the most common one, after a few minutes as defined in the power saving settings -- Spotify stops playing. Now I understand th...

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Hello,   This is a really annoying issue. When the screen goes to sleep -- by closing the cover, pressing the power button or, the most common one, after a few minutes as defined in the power...

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Discover weekly does not refresh without restart

I have noticed that every Monday if I have left the Spotify app open (which I often do on my work computer) my Discover Weekly list will be stale unless I exit the application entirely and return to it

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I have noticed that every Monday if I have left the Spotify app open (which I often do on my work computer) my Discover Weekly list will be stale unless I exit the application entirely and return to ...

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Shuffle

When I put my playlist on shuffle, it only plays songs that are within 20 or so songs of the originally played song. For example, if I play song number 670 ( I have 731 songs in this playlist) It will only shuffle songs 650-690.

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When I put my playlist on shuffle, it only plays songs that are within 20 or so songs of the originally played song. For example, if I play song number 670 ( I have 731 songs in this playlist) It wil...

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Solved!! Discovered on info disappeared

Since the update of the desktop app today, the "Discovered on" on an artist about page is gone. This was a really good way to find Spotify curators that's not owned by the big labels and I wonder if it's possible to find this function somewhere else.

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Since the update of the desktop app today, the "Discovered on" on an artist about page is gone. This was a really good way to find Spotify curators that's not owned by the big labels and I wonder if ...

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Off line storage location cannot be changed why?

Hello i have tried to change my location for the "off line mode"by default it's in C://users appdata folders i tried to change it to my other drive and got the message "you need to restart spotify so this change will take effect" so i did, but when i...

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Hello i have tried to change my location for the "off line mode" by default it's in C://users appdata folders  i tried to change it to my other drive and got the message "you need to rest...

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Create similar playlist

Don't think a lot of people actually noticed this update, and since it's pretty awesome (and actually works very good, yes looking at you Radio) I thought I'd share it. There now is a "Create Similar Playlist" option in the context menu of playlists....

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Don't think a lot of people actually noticed this update, and since it's pretty awesome (and actually works very good, yes looking at you Radio) I thought I'd share it.   There now is a "...

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Spotify crashes after undocking laptop

Hey! I work with a docked laptop at work, and whenever I undock the computer, Spotify crashes. Since this happens a few times a day, it has become quite annoying. I've seen a few other posts mentioning this, and there seems to be no official comment ...

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Hey! I work with a docked laptop at work, and whenever I undock the computer, Spotify crashes. Since this happens a few times a day, it has become quite annoying. I've seen a few other posts mentioni...

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Local Files don't play. Removed ones still show up

Hi, I tried adding new local files today, they do show up in "Local Files" but when I press play I get the message "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." Additionally some files I unchecked in the setti...

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Hi,   I tried adding new local files today, they do show up in "Local Files" but when I press play I get the message "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can ...

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Ads overplaying?

I am a long time user of Spotify, but recently on my computer, I am getting a ridiculous amount of ads. I get that I am being pushed to buy premium but I am getting about 3 of my songs, maybe 7-10 minutes of music, and then around 3-5 ads, 15-30 seco...

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I am a long time user of Spotify, but recently on my computer, I am getting a ridiculous amount of ads. I get that I am being pushed to buy premium but I am getting about 3 of my songs, maybe 7-...

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Remove all Facebookdata from Spotifyprofile

Hi all, I tested connecting my Spotifyprofile with my Facebookacoount and I now want to not just disconnect these two again, I do want to remove all Facebookdata from my Spotifyprofile. Like picture, name etc. How does this work? Thanks in advance!

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Hi all,   I tested connecting my Spotifyprofile with my Facebookacoount and I now want to not just disconnect these two again, I do want to remove all Facebookdata from my Spotifyprofile. Like...

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How do I get back to the orginal spotify radio selection?

Hi, I was just wondering if there was any way to go back to the original radio mix after it has reloaded a new selection of songs? I wanted to listen to the Radio Genre Soul, but after a certain amount of songs it reloaded with a whole new selection....

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Hi, I was just wondering if there was any way to go back to the original radio mix after it has reloaded a new selection of songs? I wanted to listen to the Radio Genre Soul, but after a certain amou...

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Spotify Premium is skipping like a scratched CD.

Isn't my hardware, already checked for that with youtube. Already cleared my cache. Already turned off connection to facebook. Have already tried toggling hardware acceleration. Don't know if this is a general issue people have or if there is a quick...

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Isn't my hardware, already checked for that with youtube.   Already cleared my cache.  Already turned off connection to facebook.   Have already tried toggling hardware acceleration...

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Solved!! Can't play local files

I installed Spotify yesterday and I can't play any local file in it.I saw the problem and some 'solution' here on the forum, but nothing works for me.I reinstalled. My quicktime player says its uptodate.I checked the mixer thru the icon in my systray...

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I installed Spotify yesterday and I can't play any local file in it. I saw the problem and some 'solution' here on the forum, but nothing works for me. I reinstalled. My quicktime player says its u...

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ctrl+f not working, even after a clean reinstall in Windows 7 64bit

I run Windows 7 64bit program version (not webplayer). I already looked in FAQ, and googled for a solve everywhere but I can't seem to fix this. It is very tilting to be unable to search within a playlist that has thousands of songs, I'm at a point w...

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I run Windows 7 64bit program version (not webplayer).   I already looked in FAQ, and googled for a solve everywhere but I can't seem to fix this. It is very tilting to be unable to searc...

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Surface (windows) Goes to Sleep, Stops Spotify

I've got a Surface Book (Windows 10) and music stops playing everytime the screen goes to sleep, I'm sure the screen should just turn off without Spotify stopping as well. As soon as I wake it up Spotify resumes playing. This shouldn't happen and NO,...

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I've got a Surface Book (Windows 10) and music stops playing everytime the screen goes to sleep, I'm sure the screen should just turn off without Spotify stopping as well. As soon as I wake it u...

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