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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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[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...

Sebasty

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Spotify player won't launch properly on Windows 10

Hi all. I jhave Windows 10 and recently my spotify player will not properly launch on ym computer. This started about 2 weeks ago. However the spotify player had been working fine before that. I have reinstalled spotify several times with no luck. I ...

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Hi all. I jhave Windows 10 and recently my spotify player will not properly launch on ym computer. This started about 2 weeks ago. However the spotify player had been working fine before that. I have...

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Cannot find DSOUND.DLL

I've searching the web for this to fix but no luck. tried reinstalling directx, installed latest graphics card, reinstalling spotify. Your response is greatly appreciated. Thanks

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I've searching the web for this to fix but no luck. tried reinstalling directx, installed latest graphics card, reinstalling spotify. Your response is greatly appreciated. Thanks     ...

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Memory Leak?

So I'm currently using v1.0.5.186 and after ~2 days my spotify was using 3,8GB Ram. I restarted the client and after a few hours I'm again close to 1gb. Fix it please

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So I'm currently using v1.0.5.186 and after ~2 days my spotify was using 3,8GB Ram. I restarted the client and after a few hours I'm again close to 1gb.  Fix it please 🙂

ConnyJ

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Ecualizador por favor!!

Soy usuario de Windows 10, y una de las razones pro las que no utilizo mucho spotify es qeu no tiene ecualizador, lo cual me parece algo basico en cualquier programa de reproducción de musica, la pregunta es, ¿Algun dia se ira a implementar? y si no ...

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Soy usuario de Windows 10, y una de las razones pro las que no utilizo mucho spotify es qeu no tiene ecualizador, lo cual me parece algo basico en cualquier programa de reproducción de musica, la pre...

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Your Daily Mix Crashes Client in Windows

Starting the spotify desktop client work just fine.Since I enjoy the "Your Daily Mix" this is my normal go-to selection.Every time for the last 2-3 weeks, when I select this option, the entire spotify client shuts down without any error messages or a...

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Starting the spotify desktop client work just fine. Since I enjoy the "Your Daily Mix" this is my normal go-to selection. Every time for the last 2-3 weeks, when I select this option, the entire sp...

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Superuser Contribution New users sidebar tasks stuck at 60%.

New premium account and I've notice this % dial on the right. However hard I try I can't get rid of it. Five tasks; sign up, search a song, play a song, create a playlist, add 5 songs to a playlist. I've signed up and created and added five songs to ...

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New premium account and I've notice this % dial on the right. However hard I try I can't get rid of it. Five tasks; sign up, search a song, play a song, create a playlist, add 5 songs to a playlist. ...

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why does my laptop still show premium after i cancelled it

i cancelled the 99ct subscription the day it expired.I can login on all my devices with a free account and don´t have any issues.but on one laptop it keeps showing the premium in the header and i the player says offline mode

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i cancelled the 99ct subscription the day it expired. I can login on all my devices with a free account and don´t have any issues. but on one laptop it keeps showing the premium in the header and i...

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Single click "Add To Queue"

Please add the ability to "Add To Queue" via a single click on a song, playlist, album, etc. in the desktop client, rather than hiding it as the first item under the ellipsis menu. I realize that may be a problem since the "+" symbol is already in us...

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Please add the ability to "Add To Queue" via a single click on a song, playlist, album, etc. in the desktop client, rather than hiding it as the first item under the ellipsis menu.  I realize th...

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Local file no option to download (Windows)

As you can see in the photo, I have downloaded the playlist on my desktop but the second last song will not download despite my best efforts. Any reason why? It doesn't appear on my iPhone playlist as a song although if I shuffle through the playlist...

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  As you can see in the photo, I have downloaded the playlist on my desktop but the second last song will not download despite my best efforts. Any reason why? It doesn't appear on my iPhone ...

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Media Keys no longer functioning on keyboard

Hi all,i know this has been posted about a bit already,however other peoples solutions do not work with me as i do not have good play as an extention as far as i can see.the only thing i could think of it being is either Geforce shadow play, but that...

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Hi all, i know this has been posted about a bit already, however other peoples solutions do not work with me as i do not have good play as an extention as far as i can see. the only thing i could ...

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Current Version Info

Is there an easy way to determine if there's a more recent version than what I have installed? I've looked all over and haven't found anything that will simply state "current version X.X.X.X" . . .

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Is there an easy way to determine if there's a more recent version than what I have installed? I've looked all over and haven't found anything that will simply state "current version X.X.X.X" . . .

DalhousieGuy

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Profanity filter

I hope I'm posting in the right area... I use Spotify for my desktop, and my android as well. Really my question is simple Is there a way I can turn off the censored versions of the songs? I don't believe in censorship and would rather listen to uned...

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I hope I'm posting in the right area...   I use Spotify for my desktop, and my android as well. Really my question is simple   Is there a way I can turn off the censored versions of...

humanwolf

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Solved!! Spotify Connect + Downloaded music = data usage?

My Samsung Galaxy has a bunch of downloaded/synced music on it. I can play these songs in Spotify offline mode. I want to play this same music through my computer speakers, so I found Spotify Connect. I am doing this through mobile data + mobile hots...

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My Samsung Galaxy has a bunch of downloaded/synced music on it. I can play these songs in Spotify offline mode.   I want to play this same music through my computer speakers, so I found Spotif...

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Spotify ne fonctionne plus sur windows 7 "erreur Oxc00000a5"

Hello la communauté Spotify.Premièrement je trouve dommage que l'on ne peut pas poser nos questions directement à Spotify et qu'il faille passer par ce forum... Spotify ne démarre plus depuis quelques jours sur Windows 7 (je suis en premium).J'ai le ...

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Hello la communauté Spotify. Premièrement je trouve dommage que l'on ne peut pas poser nos questions directement à Spotify et qu'il faille passer par ce forum...   Spotify ne démarre plus dep...

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Solved!! Can't sort the Playlist "dancePOP"

Hi Community, normally, I would like to sort the playlists by title, artist or something of the sort.For most playlists it works like a charm, but for this particular playlist:https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXcZDD7cfEKhWit do...

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Hi Community,   normally, I would like to sort the playlists by title, artist or something of the sort. For most playlists it works like a charm, but for this particular playlist: https://op...

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Spotify on more than one Windows profile

Our family have four WIndows profiles on the same computer and one premium membership. I don't want to upgrade to Premium for Family, but use the same Spotify profile on all the windows profiles (on the same computer). But as I can see it now, that m...

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Our family have four WIndows profiles on the same computer and one premium membership. I don't want to upgrade to Premium for Family, but use the same Spotify profile on all the windows profiles (on ...

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