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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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Spotify crashes when another app uses internet bandwidth

[Windows 10 latest, 12bpm down, 1bpm up, ADSL2+ connection] I have done 2 fresh re-installs and this still happens. At first it appeared to be random, but now I think I've narrowed it down to times when another app is making a call on the internet ba...

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[Windows 10 latest, 12bpm down, 1bpm up, ADSL2+ connection]   I have done 2 fresh re-installs and this still happens.  At first it appeared to be random, but now I think I've narrowed it ...

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Can't find Podcasts on Windows Desktop in Germany

Hey Spotify, as of https://community.spotify.com/t5/Implemented-Ideas/Desktop-Shows-Podcasts-and-Videos-on-Desktop/idi-p/1282315 there should be a podcast section in the desktop client but I cannot find it on my Windows Computer Desktop client versio...

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Hey Spotify, as of https://community.spotify.com/t5/Implemented-Ideas/Desktop-Shows-Podcasts-and-Videos-on-Desktop/idi-p/1282315 there should be a podcast section in the desktop client but I can...

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Playlist won't let me rearrange songs

It doesn't allow me to put/drag a song above another. I want to arrange my playlist on what song comes first. Why is this?

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It doesn't allow me to put/drag a song above another. I want to arrange my playlist on what song comes first. Why is this?

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Getting help from Spotify

Does anyone else paying £60 or £120 a year for Spotify service object to the fact that there is no proper assistance for subscribers struggling with service failures. I don't want to join a "community": I am (or was) a customer, not a citizen of some...

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Does anyone else paying £60 or £120 a year for Spotify service object to the fact that there is no proper assistance for subscribers struggling with service failures. I don't want to join a "communit...

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Option to make Daily Mix only look at "Your Library"?

I am wondering if I can have the daily mix only look at songs I've saved in my library, and not songs I have streamed but not saved. If not, I would like to make a feature request.

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I am wondering if I can have the daily mix only look at songs I've saved in my library, and not songs I have streamed but not saved. If not, I would like to make a feature request.

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Solved!! Hay opcion de saber las canciones en que playlist estan?

Hola,Quisiera saber la manera para averiguar en cual playlist está una canción, porque creo que tengo canciones que he añadido en más de una playlist, y no me gustaría tenerlas repetidas. No encuentro ninguna opción que me indique en cuantas playlist...

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Hola, Quisiera saber la manera para averiguar en cual playlist está una canción, porque creo que tengo canciones que he añadido en más de una playlist, y no me gustaría tenerlas repetidas.   ...

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Windows 7 enterprise not able to install spotify

Hello, I have a laptop with windows 7 enterprise provided by the company I work for. Weeks ago my spotify stop working, giving an error saying that unable to install error code 13. I have done a lot of things, and even donwloaded the full install pac...

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Hello,   I have a laptop with windows 7 enterprise provided by the company I work for. Weeks ago my spotify stop working, giving an error saying that unable to install error code 13. I have do...

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Solved!! Spotify crashes when chrome downloads a file from the internet

Hello folks,I am using Spotify version 1.0.57.474.gca9c9538 on a Windows 10 machine with the latest insider build installed. Each time the Google Chrome browser starts downloading a file, Spotify simply closes without any message. The error exists ov...

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Hello folks, I am using Spotify version 1.0.57.474.gca9c9538 on a Windows 10 machine with the latest insider build installed. Each time the Google Chrome browser starts downloading a file, Spot...

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Songs not playing

I can't listen to my songs. When I try and listen to my playlists, it just skips through everything, and sometimes it actually sticks to a song, but then no music comes out. A blue box comes up on the screen and says im missing files, but i know this...

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I can't listen to my songs. When I try and listen to my playlists, it just skips through everything, and sometimes it actually sticks to a song, but then no music comes out. A blue box come...

Nico

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Automatic Crossfade

Today I noticed that one of the playlists I subscribed to (Go hard) has the songs crossfade. I did not change any thing in the settings.The fading starts super early (around 14 seconds)This is super annoying, because some songs are interrupted in the...

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Today I noticed that one of the playlists I subscribed to (Go hard) has the songs crossfade. I did not change any thing in the settings. The fading starts super early (around 14 seconds) This is su...

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Copy my local stored music from Spotify to SD Card

Hey there, i want to use Spotify to organize my music. I have thousands of local stored files, i'm using MusicBee till now, and i want to create playlists for my car for example. In MusicBee, i can mark all files, press ctrl + c, open explorer and pa...

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Hey there,   i want to use Spotify to organize my music. I have thousands of local stored files, i'm using MusicBee till now, and i want to create playlists for my car for example. In MusicBee...

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Desktop 'About' tab

The 'About' tab on the Spotify desktop version used to show locations of listeners, playlists the artists were part of etc. Especially being able to see the playlists that contributed to the artist plays was, for me at least, a very interesting featu...

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The 'About' tab on the Spotify desktop version used to show locations of listeners, playlists the artists were part of etc. Especially being able to see the playlists that contributed to the artist p...

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Solved!! Windows Desktop App

Its ridiculously slow when I start it up. I cant search anything or browse. It also keeps on deleting my history so when I start it up it says there is no history. whats up with that

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Its ridiculously slow when I start it up. I cant search anything or browse. It also keeps on deleting my history so when I start it up it says there is no history. whats up with that

Nico

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Is recording spotify without actually saving it onto disk legal?

Hi.This question is kinda weird, so I apologize if I posted it into wrong section.So, recently i had to sync MIDI with original music in Audacity. Since I had no mp3 file and i didn't want to download, because it is illegal, I came up with idea. What...

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Hi. This question is kinda weird, so I apologize if I posted it into wrong section. So, recently i had to sync MIDI with original music in Audacity. Since I had no mp3 file and i didn't want to dow...

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loads too slow

I have a hp pavilion dv7 laptop with windows10. everytime i open spotify it take at leat 3-4 min. before it fully opens. this has been an ongoing issue even before i upgraded to windows 10. what if anything can I do to make it load faster?

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I have a hp pavilion dv7 laptop with windows10.  everytime i open spotify it take at leat 3-4 min. before it fully opens.   this has been an ongoing issue even before i upgraded to windows ...

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About Section Glitchy!?

Hey guys, For some reason within the last week or so, when I click on the About tab for any artist, I can no longer see the cities with their most listeners, nor can I view the playlists they are featured on. I am on a desktop, using Windows. I have ...

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Hey guys,   For some reason within the last week or so, when I click on the About tab for any artist, I can no longer see the cities with their most listeners, nor can I view the playlists the...

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Won't Uninstall

Okay, so I am not an idiot when it comes to computers but here goes. I am a Spotify premium user. On my Windows 7 64 bit computer I have set for spotify to NOT launch at start-up but the application blatantly ignores this and starts anyway. So, I the...

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Okay, so I am not an idiot when it comes to computers but here goes. I am a Spotify premium user. On my Windows 7 64 bit computer I have set for spotify to NOT launch at start-up but the application ...

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Local files disappeared

Now this was really odd: I noticed at least two songs (i hope not more) suddenly missing from my playlist. Said songs are local files perfectly safe and playable in my music folder, but they were just gone and search did not list them in all results....

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Now this was really odd: I noticed at least two songs (i hope not more) suddenly missing from my playlist. Said songs are local files perfectly safe and playable in my music folder, but they were jus...

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How to see songs that were removed from spotify

There are a few songs on my playlists that got removed from spotify and I'm wondering if there was a way to see a list of the songs I added that no longer are on spotify. I did find a thread from 5 years ago (https://community.spotify.com/t5/Content-...

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There are a few songs on my playlists that got removed from spotify and I'm wondering if there was a way to see a list of the songs I added that no longer are on spotify. I did find a thread from 5 y...

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Appdata folder. Why Spotify WHY???

So I recently installed a program called Cryptoprevent to apply group policy objects to block certain executables in the %appdata% folder from running. I did this to prevent my PC from becoming infected by various types of malware, particularily, the...

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So I recently installed a program called Cryptoprevent to apply group policy objects to block certain executables in the %appdata% folder from running.   I did this to prevent my ...

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