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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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Your Summer Rewind - See You Next Summer :not working

Hi!The playlist mentioned not working. Is it some new feature like "Discover Weekly" "Release Radar" or Daily mixes ? I get only error: "Sorry, you weren't using Spotify enough in previous summers to create a Summer Rewind, but you can listen to our ...

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Hi! The playlist mentioned not working. Is it some new feature like "Discover Weekly" "Release Radar" or Daily mixes ? I get only error: "Sorry, you weren't using Spotify enough in previous summers ...

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Release notifications no longer work via Email

First the desktop notifications get killed off, now I don't even get Email notifications anymore. It was annoying to adapt, but I could deal with it. But for over a month now I didn't receive a single Email from Spotify that wasn't advertisement for ...

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First the desktop notifications get killed off, now I don't even get Email notifications anymore. It was annoying to adapt, but I could deal with it. But for over a month now I didn't receive a singl...

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Spotify app restarts windows 10 after a while of not using it.

Hi, the title explains very well what's happening. After a while of not using the pc with the Spotify app opened (doesn't matter if running an album or iddle) windows restarts.The weird thing is that only happen if i'm not using the pc. This is happe...

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Hi, the title explains very well what's happening. After a while of not using the pc with the Spotify app opened (doesn't matter if running an album or iddle) windows restarts. The weird thing is th...

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Playlists Not Syncing Until Client Restart

Playlists don't seem to sync anymore until I restart the client. This includes both personal and spotify generated (Discover Weekly, Release Radar) playlists, as well as daily mixes.

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Playlists don't seem to sync anymore until I restart the client. This includes both personal and spotify generated (Discover Weekly, Release Radar) playlists, as well as daily mixes.

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SPOTIFY IS NOT UPDATING

i cant seem to be able to update spotify i uninstalled it two three times and reinstalled it still when i click on the arrow with the blue point it loads but then its still not updated dont know what to do

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i cant seem to be able to update spotify i uninstalled it two three times and reinstalled it still when i click on the arrow with the blue point it loads but then its still not updated dont know what...

JamesHelps

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Solved!! Why are some music grayed out?

I have spotify premium and i noticed that some songs aren't playable. Please, don't tell me its that "Not available in your country" thing.....

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I have spotify premium and i noticed that some songs aren't playable. Please, don't tell me its that "Not available in your country" thing.....

JamesHelps

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New Format Incompatable With Windows 7

My old ASUS laptop PC Notebook died several months ago. I had been using Windows 10 for about one year prior to that. Since that time I have purchased a Dell Latitude Model E5530 which was refurbished. The operating system for my new used laptop is W...

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My old ASUS laptop PC Notebook died several months ago. I had been using Windows 10 for about one year prior to that. Since that time I have purchased a Dell Latitude Model E5530 which was refurbishe...

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Automatic updates

Hello,I have an issue with automatic updates. I don't want them! The newest version of Spotify doesn't work on my computer and for now it doesnt't seem like it is going to change so I want to keep the older version of the program. Unfortunately, I ca...

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Hello, I have an issue with automatic updates. I don't want them! The newest version of Spotify doesn't work on my computer and for now it doesnt't seem like it is going to change so I want to keep ...

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spotify automatically skips through my songs

basically what is happening is that spotify plays my songs for less than a second each, and zooms through all of the songs on my playlist. this is a school laptop i am using, which i bring home with me. im not sure how to fix computer related problem...

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basically what is happening is that spotify plays my songs for less than a second each, and zooms through all of the songs on my playlist. this is a school laptop i am using, which i bring home with ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify crashes in latest version (1.0.56.451.gb2f539fc)

In the latest version of my favorite music app on desktop :), everything is going better... except for one thing! When i try to delete more than a thousand songs (not in a playlist, but saved songs), the app is crashing my computer... i thought, mayb...

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In the latest version of my favorite music app on desktop :), everything is going better... except for one thing! When i try to delete more than a thousand songs (not in a playlist, but saved songs),...

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Won't load my playlists on web player

My playlists won't load when using web player. I'm using latest version of Windows and Explorer. It comes eup with a spinning loading icon, but nothing happens!

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My playlists won't load when using web player. I'm using latest version of Windows and Explorer. It comes eup with a spinning loading icon, but nothing happens!    

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"Something went wrong. We can't seem to find the artist."

Been getting this error message ("Something went wrong. We can't seem to find the artist.") all morning. It shows up for any artist I try. I've tried ending the spotify processes and relaunching the app, but nothing is fixing the issue. I'm able to s...

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Been getting this error message ("Something went wrong. We can't seem to find the artist.") all morning. It shows up for any artist I try. I've tried ending the spotify processes and relaunching the ...

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Local files

I just got a new PC and re-downloaded all my music. The files are going into local file but will not play. Whenever i attempt to play pne i get an error message(see attached file). The files are in mp3 format and worked just fine on my last pc

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I just got a new PC and re-downloaded all my music. The files are going into local file but will not play. Whenever i attempt to play pne i get an error message(see attached file). The files are in m...

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Solved!! No quiet time

We use Spotify at the Office to play background music, usualy via Radio or Playlists. But when the chosen Radio station finishes we get an eery silence in the room How can we set it up so there is never any down time - so that Spotify just keeps on p...

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We use Spotify at the Office to play background music, usualy via Radio or Playlists.    But when the chosen Radio station finishes we get an eery silence in the room   How can we ...

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Solved!! Cannot start a radio

I've subscribed recently to Spotify, and I've heard about the feature to start a "Radio" from any song, band or album, but unfortunately this feature doesn't show up in the desktop player. I can access it only from the web player. I'm attaching two s...

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I've subscribed recently to Spotify, and I've heard about the feature to start a "Radio" from any song, band or album, but unfortunately this feature doesn't show up in the desktop player. I can acce...

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No es posible reproducir la canción actual (1.0.56.451.gb2f539fc)

He descargo hoy día 13/06/2017 Spotify para Windows (1.0.56.451.gb2f539fc) y cada vez que finaliza una canción de un álbum o lista de reproducción, se para y sale el mensaje "No es posible reproducir la canción actual". Si le doy al botón siguiente o...

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He descargo hoy día 13/06/2017 Spotify para Windows (1.0.56.451.gb2f539fc)  y cada vez que finaliza una canción de un álbum o lista de reproducción, se para y sale el mensaje "No es posible repr...

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Re-select high quality button after each update

Hi Spotify,I have to reselect the high quality button on spotify after each update again. This is really annoying. How can I solve this? And if this can't be solved, can Spotify fix this issue with an update? Thanks in advanceHidde

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Hi Spotify, I have to reselect the high quality button on spotify after each update again. This is really annoying. How can I solve this? And if this can't be solved, can Spotify fix this issue with...

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Skipping next song after relaunching

Whenever I have to close Spotify for a while and then reopen it, it skips the song that was supposed to play next. Also, if I closed it when it was playing the last song on the queue, it just goes back to the beginning of the album/playlist/whatever ...

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Whenever I have to close Spotify for a while and then reopen it, it skips the song that was supposed to play next. Also, if I closed it when it was playing the last song on the queue, it just go...

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Solved!! Song doesn't start at beginning

Hello, I hope someone can help me. I noticed that a track on spotify starts at 0:14 seconds everytime, it is kinda annoying and I do not know how to fix it. It is just 1 song no others.It is in a country playlist. Well I know this is short but I hope...

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Hello,    I hope someone can help me.   I noticed that a track on spotify starts at 0:14 seconds everytime, it is kinda annoying and I do not know how to fix it.   It i...

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Does Spotify Automatically Disable Surround Sound?

I recently got some razer kraken headphones that have 7.1 surround sound, and I am wondering if spotify disables it. Surround sound in a music program would suck so I need to know.

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I recently got some razer kraken headphones that have 7.1 surround sound, and I am wondering if spotify disables it. Surround sound in a music program would suck so I need to know.

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