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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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Re: Inbox and messages

Please restore my shared songs in the playlist. I am so disappointed the message feature is gone -- it was one of my favorite parts of Spotify (and I am a paying customer -- family plan). My kids and I, even, shared songs -- great way to connect with...

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Please restore my shared songs in the playlist. I am so disappointed the message feature is gone -- it was one of my favorite parts of Spotify (and I am a paying customer -- family plan). My kids and...

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Releasing Bluetooth speakers

I have a BEM Mojo bluetooth speaker, and Spotify (basic, playing online) has taken possession of it and won't let go. I have instructed my PC laptop to disconnect and to forget the speaker, and then reconnected, and it is still tied to Spotify so tha...

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I have a BEM Mojo bluetooth speaker, and Spotify (basic, playing online) has taken possession of it and won't let go. I have instructed my PC laptop to disconnect and to forget the speaker, and then ...

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DSBridge not working

Dsbridge not working after last update of desktop application on 1.0.49.125. Win 10, 32 bit. Correct it, please. I did downgrade of application.

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Dsbridge not working after last update of desktop application on 1.0.49.125. Win 10, 32 bit. Correct it, please. I did downgrade of application.

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Cant play certain song issue

Wanted to randomly listen to some die antwood albums tension and keep getting the error that spoitfy cant play any songs and for some it will play for a few seconds, stop and then give the error. have tried uninstalling, reinstaling, and everything e...

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Wanted to randomly listen to some die antwood albums tension and keep getting the error that spoitfy cant play any songs and for some it will play for a few seconds, stop and then give the error. hav...

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songs not available for windows 10 install of spotify

i recently installed spotify on windows 10... my playlists show that some songs are not available and grayed out, even though, i have another computer right next to it running windows 7 with spotify and the same playlist open and all of the songs are...

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i recently installed spotify on windows 10... my playlists show that some songs are not available and grayed out, even though, i have another computer right next to it running windows 7 with spo...

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Deezer works; Spotify doesn't.

Windows 10 Desktop. Deezer app works perfectly. Spotify doesn't: It either locks my PC or takes 18+ minutes to log in. As both work with Sonos, it's a no-brainer which one I keep and which one I dump. Please Spotify technical sort this problem now be...

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Windows 10 Desktop. Deezer app works perfectly. Spotify doesn't: It either locks my PC or takes 18+ minutes to log in. As both work with Sonos, it's a no-brainer which one I keep and which one I dump...

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Some local file track titles not being displayed

I have a few local file-based tracks whose titles are not being displayed in Spotify, either in the Desktop version on Windows 10 or the iOS version on an iPhone 6s. I verified that the metadata inside the MP3 files is correct, and Spotify can play t...

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I have a few local file-based tracks whose titles are not being displayed in Spotify, either in the Desktop version on Windows 10 or the iOS version on an iPhone 6s. I verified that the metadata insi...

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Desktop App Lags my internet.

I attempt to go to my next song and it spike to 25Mbps-40Mbps. Causes the games I am playing to Lag behind. This started happening about a week ago when yet again another bad update was released. The one before that would randomly make my phone open ...

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I attempt to go to my next song and it spike to 25Mbps-40Mbps. Causes the games I am playing to Lag behind. This started happening about a week ago when yet again another bad update was released. The...

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Re: Inbox and messages

My buddy and I used to swap our favorite songs with one another using the messaging feature. I never added them to any playlists, as I always just played them from the inbox. Tried to find them today and discovered this horrible news. Dammit!!! I hav...

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My buddy and I used to swap our favorite songs with one another using the messaging feature. I never added them to any playlists, as I always just played them from the inbox. Tried to find them today...

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Re: Inbox and messages

Yeah this is just really disappointing, no way around it. Hard to understand how something seemingly so simple could be deemed too expensive to maintain. What about people who used messages with friends to archive certain music that they had shared w...

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Yeah this is just really disappointing, no way around it. Hard to understand how something seemingly so simple could be deemed too expensive to maintain. What about people who used messages with frie...

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Re: Inbox and messages

THIS. Often when I shared my playlists with friends I'd accompany them with personal messages, little stories, background information or just plain ol' page-long ramblings about how awesome this music I was passing on really was. All of that is gone ...

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THIS. Often when I shared my playlists with friends I'd accompany them with personal messages, little stories, background information or just plain ol' page-long ramblings about how aw...

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"This Song is Not Available" on EVERY song.

I haven't ever had any problems with Spotify until today. It crashed on it's own for some unknown reason and since restarting it won't play any song. I've already tried reinstalling the app and tried using the web player, that doesn't work either, an...

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I haven't ever had any problems with Spotify until today. It crashed on it's own for some unknown reason and since restarting it won't play any song. I've already tried reinstalling the app and tried...

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No local files

Hi,I have installed spotify new again and now it don't show me the songs (0 songs) on my computer (local files), although I've added the source in the options.

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Hi, I have installed spotify new again and now it don't show me the songs (0 songs) on my computer (local files), although I've added the source in the options.

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Ajuda com os arquivos locais

Mesmo desmarcando todas as pastas, os meus arquivos locais não mudam, não importando o que eu faça. Já tentei praticamente tudo que é possivel mas as musicas não mudam, não entrando nenhuma nova nem saindo.Além disso, gostaria de saber como excluir m...

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Mesmo desmarcando todas as pastas, os meus arquivos locais não mudam, não importando o que eu faça. Já tentei praticamente tudo que é possivel mas as musicas não mudam, não entrando nenhuma nova nem ...

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Downloading a playlist does not work

Hey,I tried downloading my 3 albums with a total of around 300 songs but i can only download the first album that has around 19 songs. when i try to download the other the. the download goes super fast (too fast for a regular download). and then it g...

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Hey, I tried downloading my 3 albums with a total of around 300 songs but i can only download the first album that has around 19 songs. when i try to download the other the. the download goes super ...

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"This song is not available." Every song is skipped.

I get this error on literally every song on every playlist/album/etc: "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." I am on Windows 7 using the desktop application. This issue is intermittent, but frequent. So...

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I get this error on literally every song on every playlist/album/etc: "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it."   I am on Windows 7 using the deskt...

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Spotify won't download on my Sony.

I am trying to download Spotfiy onto my desktop but every time I do, it says that it is running but not responding. How am I able to fix this? I have deleted it and re-downloaded it but it still comes up with the same issue. Any help would be appreci...

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I am trying to download Spotfiy onto my desktop but every time I do, it says that it is running but not responding. How am I able to fix this? I have deleted it and re-downloaded it but it still come...

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Spotify crashing windows 10

Hi, Iv recently installed spotify on my windows 10 desktop computer and while in the process of installing it crashed my network, when trying to repair the network connection through windows it crashed my computer, when it restarded back into windows...

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Hi,  Iv recently installed spotify on my windows 10 desktop computer and while in the process of installing it crashed my network, when trying to repair the network connection through wind...

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Solved!! The shuffle shuffle

Sure this has been beat to death but I'm a drummer so we'll beat it some more. I listened to all of my songs in order, took a long time. Now that I've done that I'd like to listen randomly. As I recall that used to mean play songs across my list, wel...

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Sure this has been beat to death but I'm a drummer so we'll beat it some more. I listened to all of my songs in order, took a long time. Now that I've done that I'd like to listen randomly. As I reca...

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