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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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Solved!! I follow 124 artists, but 20 of them do not show in the list of followed artists

This is an issue on both the Spotify Web Player and Windows program. I currently follow 124 artists, but the artist tab in the web and desktop player both show only 104 artists. When I check for the artists not listed, it shows I still follow them. I...

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This is an issue on both the Spotify Web Player and Windows program. I currently follow 124 artists, but the artist tab in the web and desktop player both show only 104 artists. When I check for the ...

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Where people listen - won't load

Hi,When I click on "about" on an artist page, it will load the header and the bio, but the part below ('where people listen', and the 'discovered on' part) don't show up. Cleared the cache, didn't solve the problem.Set the rights for the Spotify fold...

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 Hi, When I click on "about" on an artist page, it will load the header and the bio, but the part below ('where people listen', and the 'discovered on' part) don't show up.   Cleared the...

Fedeberria

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Top Tracks in Metal not updated in 4 months

I'm a metal head and I appreciate a lot of the playlists Spotify has to offer. The one thing that is really bothering me is why Top Tracks in Metal hasn't been updated by Spotify since 3-24-17. I left SiriusXM after being a subscriber for 10 years. T...

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I'm a metal head and I appreciate a lot of the playlists Spotify has to offer. The one thing that is really bothering me is why Top Tracks in Metal hasn't been updated by Spotify since 3-24-17. I lef...

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Desktop client crashing Windows after being open sometime

Have had this problem for sametime, started soon after updated my system to Creator update of Windows... I can crash my workstation simply starting Spotify desktop client and after sometime system is unresponsive... Have to reboot computer after that...

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Have had this problem for sametime, started soon after updated my system to Creator update of Windows... I can crash my workstation simply starting Spotify desktop client and after sometime system is...

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Spotify Changes the Name, Album and Artist on some Local Files

I have noticed that spotify doesn't have all of the music from some artists, which I get, but then for some it doesn't even have all the songs from certain albums(songs that are in the standard album not the deluxe version) which is dissapointing, bu...

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I have noticed that spotify doesn't have all of the music from some artists, which I get, but then for some it doesn't even have all the songs from certain albums(songs that are in the standard album...

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Spotify forces to start at boot -malware

Today I started my pc and Spotify started itself without me ever enabling this option or giving Spotify permission to do so. This is outright malicious behaviour and I would like to know why Spotify is suddenly creating startup services without even ...

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Today I started my pc and Spotify started itself without me ever enabling this option or giving Spotify permission to do so. This is outright malicious behaviour and I would like to know why Spotify ...

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Solved!! Spotify Desktop Player

Spotify automatically starts when loggin into computer even though in player settings it's set to DO NOT start automatically when logging in. Only way to disable Spotify auto-start is to disable it in startup task menu in Windows. This bug appeared w...

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Spotify automatically starts when loggin into computer even though in player settings it's set to DO NOT start automatically when logging in.  Only way to disable Spotify auto-sta...

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Import local files

I want to import my local music files from computer desktop to my playlist in Spotify. Many songs are grey in the list, so I can't play them on my amplifier downstairs. In "Files" I have no possibility to import files from Harddisk, only from Itunes ...

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  I want to import my local music files from computer desktop to my playlist in Spotify. Many songs are grey in the list, so I can't play them on my amplifier downstairs.  In "Files" I ...

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Local Files aren't shown

I'm sorry but i need to post it a third time because nobody either likes to answer or nobody can answer and it seems like spotify is unaware off the problem some people have. Since 4-5 month now spotify only shows 2 songs in my local files when i hav...

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I'm sorry but i need to post it a third time because nobody either likes to answer or nobody can answer and it seems like spotify is unaware off the problem some people have.   Since 4-5 month...

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Removing Unwanted Artists/Albums in the Discover Tab Recommendations

Whenever I open Spotify I usually go to "Browse" then I will choose the "Discover" tab and that gives me all the recommendations of different artists and albums I might like. In with all these recommendations are usually several/many artists/albums I...

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Whenever I open Spotify I usually go to "Browse" then I will choose the "Discover" tab and that gives me all the recommendations of different artists and albums I might like. In with all these recomm...

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Song Skips/Glitches

Hello, I've been trying to listen to a couple of the albums by Streetlight Manifesto.For a few tracks (Watch It Crash, Somewhere In the Between, We Are the Few, and A Better Place, a Better Time), the first 10 seconds of the song plays as normal.Afte...

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Hello,  I've been trying to listen to a couple of the albums by Streetlight Manifesto. For a few tracks (Watch It Crash, Somewhere In the Between, We Are the Few, and A Better Place, a Better ...

Jacob

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2 annoying problems with local files

Hi.tl;dr at the bottomWell, one or two years ago i set the path for the directory to a hdd to put all my local music files in spotify, which worked just fine. But now i added a seperate folder and deleted the old ones, since i don´t need it any longe...

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Hi. tl;dr at the bottom Well, one or two years ago i set the path for the directory to a hdd to put all my local music files in spotify, which worked just fine. But now i added a seperate folder an...

Makabulita

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Local files not appearing under My Music

Hello, For a large part I used Spotify as my secondary player, because I did not have premium and deleted all of my own music from the application since I used iTunes as primairy player. Since a few months I have a premium account and want to use Spo...

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Hello,   For a large part I used Spotify as my secondary player, because I did not have premium and deleted all of my own music from the application since I used iTunes as primairy player. Sin...

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Spotify Crashes when deleting files

I am using the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview and when I delete a file in Windows Explorer or even 7zip Spotify just crashes. I didn't find anything about taking a log so far... Could someone point me in the right direction? Spotify 1.0.58.573.g57...

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I am using the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview and when I delete a file in Windows Explorer or even 7zip Spotify just crashes. I didn't find anything about taking a log so far... Could someone...

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Importing music from files

Okay so, I dragged and dropped the songs onto files on my windows 10, so I went to edit-preferences-local files-add souce. So I clicked on "add source" and so I clicked the one that has all the music then clicked okay. But it still does not let me pl...

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Okay so, I dragged and dropped the songs onto files on my windows 10, so I went to edit-preferences-local files-add souce. So I clicked on "add source" and so I clicked the one that has all the music...

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Discover Weekly Playlist Display Bug

My Discover Weekly playlist, for a couple weeks now, has been displaying incorrectly. The first song is positioned higher than it should be; a layer under the search, and sort, ba so I can't actually select that song unless I sort the playlist anothe...

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My Discover Weekly playlist, for a couple weeks now, has been displaying incorrectly. The first song is positioned higher than it should be; a layer under the search, and sort, ba so I can't actually...

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missing "send to" tab when sharing a playlist

Hi there I see only "post to followers" when I try and share a playlist. The "send to" tab is not showing. Is that just me? "Post to followers" is not an option I wish to use. Thanks

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Hi there   I see only "post to followers" when I try and share a playlist.  The "send to" tab is not showing.  Is that just me?    "Post to followers" is not an option I ...

galengriggs

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playlists - specific versions of songs

One of the most annoying things about Spotify is that I'll have tracks saved to a playlist, and then all of a sudden, Spotify changes the version of that song -- for instance, from a studio version to a live version. Is there any way to prevent/corre...

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One of the most annoying things about Spotify is that I'll have tracks saved to a playlist, and then all of a sudden, Spotify changes the version of that song -- for instance, from a studio version t...

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how do i download my songs on desktop

how do i download my songs on desktop i can only find download on playlist and album but i want my songs

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how do i download my songs on desktop  i can only find download on playlist and album but i want my songs

Hubo

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