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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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Local Song Indicator for friends

Hey Spotify Community, Recently a friend of mine had said, 'You have a playlist with only 7 songs in it?'When, on my end is actually has about 200 due to local files. I suggest adding a small label showing all the spotify songs AS WELL as local file ...

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Hey Spotify Community,  Recently a friend of mine had said,   'You have a playlist with only 7 songs in it?' When, on my end is actually has about 200 due to local files.   ...

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Gapless playback for desktop is too sensitive.

Hey Forum, I have noticed for a number of songs there is a silence at the end however, Spotify does not skip the song if it detects a miniscule sound. Many songs have very tiny unnoticable sounds (Can check with with Audacity) which stop the Gapless ...

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Hey Forum,   I have noticed for a number of songs there is a silence at the end however, Spotify does not skip the song if it detects a miniscule sound. Many songs have very tiny unnoticable s...

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Unable to play some local files

Hello,I am having a problem with my local files on Spotify. I just put some new .mp3 files in my music folder and was going to use them in a playlist in Spotify. They show up in the "Local Files" in Spotify but I can't listen to them. I always get th...

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Hello, I am having a problem with my local files on Spotify. I just put some new .mp3 files in my music folder and was going to use them in a playlist in Spotify. They show up in the "Local Files" i...

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Download all my music Windows

I want to download all the songs I have in my repertoire to the computer, but I do not know how.The only thing I found was to download PlayList ...In any case, as I do to create a PlayList of all my songs without having to add one by one, thanks for ...

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I want to download all the songs I have in my repertoire to the computer, but I do not know how. The only thing I found was to download PlayList ... In any case, as I do to create a PlayList of all...

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Antivirus delets spotify from PC

I have Spotify Premium, however, few months ago my antivirus deleted it and blocks download. Error code 13: The installer is unnable to install Spotify, because the necessary files could not be created. I have tried all the suggestions regarding this...

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I have Spotify Premium, however, few months ago my antivirus deleted it and blocks download. Error code 13: The installer is unnable to install Spotify, because the necessary files could not be ...

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Slow download WINDOWS spotify (PC)

Hello, I'm on Spotify premium for family in almost 7 months, however I'm having trouble dowloading tracks. In my phone, It is easier, downloading is faster, because my internet is 10MBps, but in my laptop, I installed the Spotify app, and I have almo...

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Hello, I'm on Spotify premium for family in almost 7 months, however I'm having trouble dowloading tracks. In my phone, It is easier, downloading is faster, because my internet is 10MBps, but in my l...

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Spotify Connect For Desktop App not working anymore

I run Spotify desktop app on Windows 10 and have used Spotify Connect to control Volumio on a Raspberry Pi. Since a couple of days, I cannot connect to these devices anymore because they are not detected by the desktop app. Everything still works ok ...

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I run Spotify desktop app on Windows 10 and have used Spotify Connect to control Volumio on a Raspberry Pi. Since a couple of days, I cannot connect to these devices anymore because they are not dete...

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Albums start over from the beginning before finishing the album

I've noticed a problem recently where I will play an album and I will randomly hear the first song again. This will lead me to check Spotify and realize that the album started over even though it hadn't finished yet (and I have both repeat and shuffl...

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I've noticed a problem recently where I will play an album and I will randomly hear the first song again. This will lead me to check Spotify and realize that the album started over even though it had...

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Superuser Contribution (Windows desktop) updates clear the queue and the history

Every new update clears both the history and the queue. Windows (7 & 10), version 1.0.62.508.g2c497f24 (for example).

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Every new update clears both the history and the queue.     Windows (7 & 10), version 1.0.62.508.g2c497f24 (for example).      

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My Windows 10 desktop app won't reinstall

Opened up the Spotify desktop app for my laptop running Windows 10 about 2 days ago and it told me I was offline even though I was surfing the internet with no problems on Chrome, I uninstalled the app to see if that would make the problem go away bu...

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Opened up the Spotify desktop app for my laptop running Windows 10 about 2 days ago and it told me I was offline even though I was surfing the internet with no problems on Chrome, I uninstalled the a...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Solved] How to get the full list of genres ?

Hi all, I like to use the "genre:Blues" keyword in the search field, but some main genres are not searchable (i.e. Indie, World, Rock, etc...). So I was wondering where can I get the full list of searchable genres. Thanks, spotify:user:ponsfrilus

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Hi all,    I like to use the "genre:Blues" keyword in the search field, but some main genres are not searchable (i.e. Indie, World, Rock, etc...). So I was wondering where can I get the f...

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'Just a few steps left!' sidebar not going away

Sign Up, Search A Song and Create A Playlist are all checked off, but Play A Song and Add 5 songs to Playlist won't check even after I do those tasks.Tried restarting client (im on Windows 10) and restarting my PC to no avail.Any help is appreciated!

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Sign Up, Search A Song and Create A Playlist are all checked off, but Play A Song and Add 5 songs to Playlist won't check even after I do those tasks. Tried restarting client (im on Windows 10) and ...

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Latest update UI is unusable

After Spotify updated (1.0.62.508), UI is not responding to: right click, drag & drop, sliding (volume bar, scroll), double click, and sometimes the clicks respond on the window below, as if Spotify was not in front. I made a fresh reinstall and the ...

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After Spotify updated (1.0.62.508), UI is not responding to: right click, drag & drop, sliding (volume bar, scroll), double click, and sometimes the clicks respond on the window below, as if Spot...

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Spotify Desktop stays totally black

Spotify in the later version stays totally black in the desktop version after it upgraded to do latest version today, it just shows a clack page and makes sounds like if a key is stuck and just repeats doing that until closed. I read that the problem...

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Spotify in the later version stays totally black in the desktop version after it upgraded to do latest version today, it just shows a clack page and makes sounds like if a key is stuck and just repea...

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Spotify support is lying about IE11

In this post:https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Cannot-use-the-Web-Player-from-Internet-Explorer-11/idi-p/1958916/page/7#commentsThe moderator @JuanSebastian says the new web browser was deployed a few weeks ago and the other web browser...

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In this post: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Cannot-use-the-Web-Player-from-Internet-Explorer-11/idi-p/1958916/page/7#comments The moderator @JuanSebastian says the new web browser...

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Can't complete tasks shown on the right bar

So I installed Spotify app today, and for some reason I can't get rid of tasks on the right bar even though I completed them all. The ones that I can't trigger are "Play a song" and "Add 5 songs to playlist".

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So I installed Spotify app today, and for some reason I can't get rid of tasks on the right bar even though I completed them all. The ones that I can't trigger are "Play a song" and "Add 5 songs to p...

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[Windows 7] Spotify no longer leaves on repeat 1 song when I change song

Like the title suggests, I can turn on repeat 1 song, but when I change the song it turns it off. It never used to do that and it's very annoying. I like to have it repeat the same song until I choose to switch it or unless I turn it off, but now it ...

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Like the title suggests, I can turn on repeat 1 song, but when I change the song it turns it off. It never used to do that and it's very annoying. I like to have it repeat the same song until I choos...

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doctorweb

l antivirus DoctorWeb voit le virus win32.kme.based dans la derniere mise a jour de spotify, meme en forcant l installation, l antivirus bloque de nouveau au demmarage de spotify pour le meme virus

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l antivirus DoctorWeb voit le virus win32.kme.based dans la derniere mise a jour de spotify, meme en forcant l installation, l antivirus bloque de nouveau au demmarage de spotify pour le meme vi...

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Repeat One not working anymore!

For starters, I am using the desktop app on windows 7. Ever since I updated Spotify (to the September update), Repeat One hasn't been working. For example, If I have Repeat One on while I'm playing a song, whenever I change the song for some reason R...

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For starters, I am using the desktop app on windows 7.   Ever since I updated Spotify (to the September update), Repeat One hasn't been working. For example, If I have Repeat One on while...

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Spotify App Using Alternate Name

Hi! I have been encountering a problem while using the Spotify Windows application. When I login to Spotify through Facebook, the app uses my alternate Chinese Mandarin name instead of my birth name on Facebook. I've tried deleting my alternate name ...

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Hi!   I have been encountering a problem while using the Spotify Windows application. When I login to Spotify through Facebook, the app uses my alternate Chinese Mandarin name instead of my bi...

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