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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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Family account - no more able to listen music on one computer

On one of my computer, I am no more able to listen to spotify. Whichever the song selected, I am getting the message (I have the french installation, therefore the translation may not be 100% correct). "This song is not available, If you have it on y...

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On one of my computer, I am no more able to listen to spotify. Whichever the song selected, I am getting the message (I have the french installation, therefore the translation may not be 100% correct...

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W10: Roaming on PC - plays online but doesn't download songs

Hello, I'm from Czechia, currently am in Germany for three weeks and I have a modem with cellular data. I forgot to download my library, so I wanted to download it over cellular data, but it says it's waiting for a connection while it plays music jus...

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Hello, I'm from Czechia, currently am in Germany for three weeks and I have a modem with cellular data. I forgot to download my library, so I wanted to download it over cellular data, but it says it'...

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Spotify Desktop Overlay

The Spotify Desktop Overlay has an Volume Control but it is controlling the WindowsSounds. Is it possible to change that the Volume Control will change the Spotify Volume not the Speaker Volume? It would be also cool if I use my media shortcuts for v...

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The Spotify Desktop Overlay has an Volume Control but it is controlling the Windows Sounds. Is it possible to change that the Volume Control will change the Spotify Volume not the Speaker Volume? &...

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Spotify - desktop app on Windows 10 - Issues when taller than 1200px

Hi all, Wondering if anyone else is seeing the same issues. Setup: Spotify on Windows 10 (Insider build. Currently creators update, but has been this way for months). Spotify has gone through many updates while this issue has persisted.I'm on a SP4, ...

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Hi all,   Wondering if anyone else is seeing the same issues.     Setup: Spotify on Windows 10 (Insider build.  Currently creators update, but has been this way for months). &...

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Repeat problem

So I don't know what exactly happened but my Spotify on Windows keeps on playin Sean Paul! no matter what I do the next song is always Sean Paul and it only happens in my laptop not on my phone please help

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So I don't know what exactly happened but my Spotify on Windows keeps on playin Sean Paul! no matter what I do the next song is always Sean Paul and it only happens in my laptop not on my phone pleas...

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Cover art not showed for local files on Windows when file name includes an apostrophe

Hi! After several hours trying to know why one of my files did not show the cover art on Spotify I found out that it was because of the file name including apostrophe. Please see video of the issue on YouTube:https://youtu.be/M3y6OE-RRcM STEPS TO REP...

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Hi! After several hours trying to know why one of my files did not show the cover art on Spotify I found out that it was because of the file name including apostrophe.   Please see video of th...

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Desktop app randomly stops playing even with fresh install

My Windowws 10 desktop version of spotify will randomly stop or start playing music. It's frustrating. I found a thread here that said to uninstall and reinstall the app. I'm writing this post coming off a fresh install and...it's still happening. Ha...

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My Windowws 10 desktop version of spotify will randomly stop or start playing music. It's frustrating. I found a thread here that said to uninstall and reinstall the app. I'm writing this post coming...

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I have the music folder filled of Spotify folders

Is this normal? There are several folders with names of two letters or a number and a letter and are empty, I am almost sure that are connected to Spotify.

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Is this normal? There are several folders with names of two letters or a number and a letter and are empty, I am almost sure that are connected to Spotify.

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Spotify desktop app crashes when adding local files

Hello, As premium spotify user I encounter the issue described above: when adding mp3 files which are stored on my NAS server (appr. 2.700 files), spotify always crashes after a couple of minutes. I recently updated to windows 10 but this could be a ...

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Hello,   As premium spotify user I encounter the issue described above: when adding mp3 files which are stored on my NAS server (appr. 2.700 files), spotify always crashes after a couple of mi...

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Spotify Wont Log In on Windows 10: Error Code 15

Hi!, I just bought a new cpu with Windows 10 and installed the Spotify app with no issue. When i went to login in however, an error screen appears saying: "A firewall may be blocking Spotify. Please update your firewall to allow Spotify. Additionally...

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Hi!, I just bought a new cpu with Windows 10 and installed the Spotify app with no issue. When i went to login in however, an error screen appears saying: "A firewall may be blocking Spotify. Please ...

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I cant change my profile picture

I change the picture on my PC but on my phone there is only the old oicture and when i reopen Spotify on my PC there is no Picture. Please help!

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I change the picture on my PC but on my phone there is only the old oicture and when i reopen Spotify on my PC there is no Picture. Please help!

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Most popular cities section in "About tab" removed with current version?

With the previous versions of Spotify there was a section within the "About" tab on the artists page where you could see, in which cities the artist is popular. This obviously has been removed with 1.0.58.566.gdbf8628b Anyone can confirm?

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With the previous versions of Spotify there was a section within the "About" tab on the artists page where you could see, in which cities the artist is popular.   This obviously has been remov...

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Shuffle not using all songs in a playlist and I noticed a pattern

Shuffle seems to only be using a couple hundred songs in a playlist of 1000+ songs.I've also noticed that it uses songs around where I am looking in the playlist. I'm going to use imaginary numbers but:Say I'm looking at the begining of the playlist ...

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Shuffle seems to only be using a couple hundred songs in a playlist of 1000+ songs. I've also noticed that it uses songs around where I am looking in the playlist.   I'm going to use imaginar...

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Solved!! Spotify Free (ads/malware) causes browser to lag

I have been having this issue for a couple days. Spotify Free seems to be trying to connect to possibly malicious sites. It causes music to constantly stop and resume. The Spofity logo in the browser tab flickers. When I switch to the Spotify tab, th...

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I have been having this issue for a couple days. Spotify Free seems to be trying to connect to possibly malicious sites. It causes music to constantly stop and resume. The Spofity logo in the browser...

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does spotify want to f**k me?

Why the f**k do you just tell me that "it doesn't work" when I'm f**king try listening to music? I know that it doesn't f**king work because I don't hear music when I click on play. I'm paying to hear music when ever I want so tell me the f**king pro...

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Why the f**k do you just tell me that "it doesn't work" when I'm f**king try listening to music? I know that it doesn't f**king work because I don't hear music when I click on play. I'm paying to hea...

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Can you organize playlists into groups?

Is there a way to organize playlists into folders or groups? For example: Country Music Playlists * John Denver Playlist * Willie Nelson Playlist * Dixie Chicks Playlist * Foot stomping playlist * Old-style bluegrass playlistMood Music Playlists * On...

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Is there a way to organize playlists into folders or groups?   For example:   Country Music Playlists   * John Denver Playlist   * Willie Nelson Playlist   * Dixie Chi...

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Local Files are greyed out, ripped CDs not importing correctly

On my Windows 10 Home Creators Edition computer with Spotify for Windows 1.0.62.508 installed: I used the Local Files preferences to import over 215 artists and their albums into Spotify (approximately 2900+ songs) by specifying my top-level “C:\Musi...

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On my Windows 10 Home Creators Edition computer with Spotify for Windows 1.0.62.508 installed:   I used the Local Files preferences to import over 215 artists and their albums into Spotify (ap...

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Click to play one song and it plays another

After the latest update to spotify desktop app on Windows, whenever I go to play a song from the "Artist From Your Music" page it doesn't play the song I clicked to play. Instead it just plays a random song. Turning shuffle off doesn't solve the prob...

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After the latest update to spotify desktop app on Windows, whenever I go to play a song from the "Artist From Your Music" page it doesn't play the song I clicked to play. Instead it just plays a rand...

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Track keep stopping and starting or jumping!!!

THERE IS A PROBLEM!!!! WILL SOMEONE AT SPOTIFY SORT IT OUT!!! Tracks keep stopping and starting or will not play all the way through, all this started after new T&C's were introduced. I have reinstalled flash and spotify still no success!!! Spotify w...

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THERE IS A PROBLEM!!!!   WILL SOMEONE AT SPOTIFY SORT IT OUT!!!   Tracks keep stopping and starting or will not play all the way through, all this started after new T&C's were in...

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