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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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Descarga de Playlist

Soy usuario de spotify premium y he creado playlists con música de spotify más música local ( de mi disco rígido). La cuestión es que decidi descagar las canciones de las Playlist y se me descargaron todas salvo de una sola playlist que contiene alre...

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Soy usuario de spotify premium y he creado playlists con música de spotify más música local ( de mi disco rígido). La cuestión es que decidi descagar las canciones de las Playlist y se me descargaron...

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Spotify wont connect to any SONOS devices ? help please

My ipad and iphone have been connected to my spotify account since I joined, never logged out, last wednesday came home and went to play some music on spotify through my SONOS system. I was logged out on both devices ? coudnt log on, went on online h...

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My ipad and iphone have been connected to my spotify account since I joined, never logged out, last wednesday came home and went to play some music on spotify through my SONOS system. I was logged ou...

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This song is not available

Get this stupid message on some songs saying that the song isn't available and that I can locate it on my device if I want. But the songs on spotify, it's not saved locally. WHY IS THERE NO WAY FOR ME TO EASILY CONTACT A SUPPORT LINE TO GET HELP SO I...

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Get this stupid message on some songs saying that the song isn't available and that I can locate it on my device if I want. But the songs on spotify, it's not saved locally.     WHY IS T...

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Cannot open Spotify links

Hey. I've been having this problem where I cannot open Spotify links (like this one: open.spotify.com/user/caaakeeey/playlist/6QAKnenuZoowNqxRzZbeRg). Whenever I do, I get an address invalid error (this). I have tried:Reinstalling SpotifyMaking sure ...

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Hey. I've been having this problem where I cannot open Spotify links (like this one: open.spotify.com/user/caaakeeey/playlist/6QAKnenuZoowNqxRzZbeRg). Whenever I do, I get an address invalid err...

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Add Local Files to Library over Local Network

I have a server PC (windows 10) at home and it has my library of thousands of my own ripped CD's and other music, all legitimate and in the correct format. I'd like to include these in my "Local Files" in spotify on my main Windows 10 desktop. I clic...

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I have a server PC (windows 10) at home and it has my library of thousands of my own ripped CD's and other music, all legitimate and in the correct format.  I'd like to include these in my "Loca...

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Spotify will only play three songs in my Songs tab no matter what I do!

I'm a blind user doing my best to work with the desktop app for Spotify. I use the NVDA screen-reader. When I first started using Spotify earlier this year, I could access the albums and artists I had saved to my personal music, but an update about a...

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I'm a blind user doing my best to work with the desktop app for Spotify. I use the NVDA screen-reader. When I first started using Spotify earlier this year, I could access the albums and artists I ha...

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I cannot view the songs the people I follow listen to

For some reason I cannot view my friends or what they are listening to on the right side tab. Even if I am logged in to facebook, the tab only shows "Find Friends" and the generic people under that are "listening" to songs.

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For some reason I cannot view my friends or what they are listening to on the right side tab. Even if I am logged in to facebook, the tab only shows "Find Friends" and the generic people under that a...

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Singles displayed as full albums in "Your Music" section for Windows App

I've noticed a glitch after a recent update (not sure exactly which update) in the albums list of the "Your Music" section for the Spotify Windows app. Basically any single I add to my music shows up as a full album in the saved albums list, even wit...

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I've noticed a glitch after a recent update (not sure exactly which update) in the albums list of the "Your Music" section for the Spotify Windows app. Basically any single I add to my music shows up...

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No Album or Artist Art Showing

As the title says. There is one exception to this, and it's when I save an album it shows the album art. Otherwise, all albums and artists appear as they do in the images I've attached. As well as this, the album art next to individual songs (such as...

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As the title says. There is one exception to this, and it's when I save an album it shows the album art. Otherwise, all albums and artists appear as they do in the images I've attached. As well as th...

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Solved!! Spotify prevents Windows from shutting down

Every time I shut downWindows 7 x64 (on a fast computer), I get a message saying that Spotify prevents Windows from shutting down. If I manually tries to exit Spotify, it takes just a few milliseconds, so that should not be the problem. Is it possibl...

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Every time I shut downWindows 7 x64 (on a fast computer), I get a message saying that Spotify prevents Windows from shutting down. If I manually tries to exit Spotify, it takes just a few millis...

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Possible to determine available devices by IP?

HelloI have multiple connect capable devices on my network. There is a device that shows up that for the life of me I can't figure out what it is. I see track progress when I play to this device so I assume it's actually on-line. It's labeled garage ...

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Hello I have multiple connect capable devices on my network. There is a device that shows up that for the life of me I can't figure out what it is. I see track progress when I play to this devi...

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alguien sabe como carajo puedo tener el spoty en la pc de vuelta porque ya voy intentando todo y me sale este error por 3 vez

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alguien sabe como carajo puedo tener el spoty en la pc de vuelta porque ya voy intentando todo y me sale este error por 3 vez   

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Local files randomly disappear from Spotify

i have this problem since ~month. My local music files just randomly keeps disappearing from local files list. Even if i add it twice or more (e.g downloads, music library and additional folder). It's really fkin annoying. And even if i'll download i...

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i have this problem since ~month. My local music files just randomly keeps disappearing from local files list. Even if i add it twice or more (e.g downloads, music library and additional folder). It'...

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import local file to spotify

Hi, currently i had add a new source to spotify. i can add songs from local file to my spotify playlist. however, unable to download the song ( I'm premium user), my iphone playlist doesn't even show the title of the songs but its appear on my deskto...

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Hi,    currently i had add a new source to spotify. i can add songs from local file to my spotify playlist. however, unable to download the song ( I'm premium user), my iphone playli...

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How to dowload all my 'saved' numbers on pc?

So I use spotify (family) everyday for at least 4 hours, on my phone and pc. But I have very annoying parents so my wifi goes off around 12 a clock at night. But I still want to listen to music on my pc. So I've downloaded a few playlists, thats grea...

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So I use spotify (family) everyday for at least 4 hours, on my phone and pc. But I have very annoying parents so my wifi goes off around 12 a clock at night. But I still want to listen to m...

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Botão aleatório não aparece no modo desktop windows

O botão aleatório do meus cliente desktop sumiu e não da de ativar ou desativar agora. Alguém sabe o por que? Minha conta é premium

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O botão aleatório do meus cliente desktop sumiu e não da de ativar ou desativar agora. Alguém sabe o por que? Minha conta é premium

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Keyboard shortcut hint is wrong

I'm running the desktop client (Windows 10, version 1.0.56.451.gb2f539fc). When right-clicking a song, choosing Share and hitting the URI "button" it copies the spotify uri to my clipboard just fine. However, in the hint pop-up it says:"Spotify URI c...

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I'm running the desktop client (Windows 10, version 1.0.56.451.gb2f539fc).   When right-clicking a song, choosing Share and hitting the URI "button" it copies the spotify uri to...

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Windows 10 Desktop Player randomly stops playing music

I've had spotify desktop version for over a year now. I have a premium account and have "downloaded" some of my playlists on both my phone and laptop.Starting today, the desktop version randomly stopped in the middle of a song and just wouldn't play ...

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I've had spotify desktop version for over a year now. I have a premium account and have "downloaded" some of my playlists on both my phone and laptop. Starting today, the desktop version randomly st...

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Error with Local Files

I've had three songs from my local files in my playlist for months now, and out of the blue the songs can't be detected by Spotify. I can't seem to find the problem. The songs still work, and other media platforms can play them, but Spotify can't. An...

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I've had three songs from my local files in my playlist for months now, and out of the blue the songs can't be detected by Spotify. I can't seem to find the problem. The songs still work, and other m...

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Windows 10 desktop app login screen scrambled, app crashes with FB login

I just installed the Spotify Windows desktop app for the first time on my work PC. Unfortunately, I can't log in and listen to anything.When the app was installed I was presented with the attached screen. All the text is scrambled on the login screen...

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I just installed the Spotify Windows desktop app for the first time on my work PC. Unfortunately, I can't log in and listen to anything. When the app was installed I was presented with the attache...

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