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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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how do i get tracks to play agaoin after ad supposedly ends... ad has stoppe everything,

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how do i get tracks to play agaoin after ad supposedly ends... ad has stoppe everything,

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Spotify preview on taskbar shows a missing image preview

As seen to the left, the mouseover ability does not display the player preview (music is still playing). Note that you can still use |<, play, >| buttons as they poke out from the bottom of the missing image.

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As seen to the left, the mouseover ability does not display the player preview (music is still playing).   Note that you can still use |<, play, >| buttons as they poke out from the...

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Video Ads With Sound Playing Over Music

On the Windows desktop app if I change from the browse window to the radio window sometimes the ads will be video ads that have audio. This is annoying because the ads will play over my music. These are not regular ads that come in between songs. The...

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On the Windows desktop app if I change from the browse window to the radio window sometimes the ads will be video ads that have audio. This is annoying because the ads will play over my music. These ...

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Solved!! Songs missing...

Songs keep disappearing from my library. It's been happening for quite a while now. It's cool.....got plenty more to get me by LOL.But seriously, what's up with the missing songs?Keep up the good work Spotify.....and I'm ready for lossless!Thanks.

Gig Goer

Songs keep disappearing from my library. It's been happening for quite a while now. It's cool.....got plenty more to get me by LOL. But seriously, what's up with the missing songs? Keep up the ...

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This song is not available

Hi, I updated my spotify, then when I logged back in I can't play any of my songs. It just says "this song is not available". I am a premium member, and I haven't cancelled it, so i don't know why it is doing this. Spotify works on my phone fine, it'...

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Hi,  I updated my spotify, then when I logged back in I can't play any of my songs. It just says "this song is not available". I am a premium member, and I haven't cancelled it, so i don't kn...

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Not all local files are scanned

HOW IS THIS BUG STILL NOT FIXED!? I remember having this issue a year ago but I switched computers and the new one initially was fine so I just left it at that. Now I'm again noticing that more and more files are not being scanned and added to my loc...

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HOW IS THIS BUG STILL NOT FIXED!?   I remember having this issue a year ago but I switched computers and the new one initially was fine so I just left it at that. Now I'm again noticing that m...

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Logitech G710+ Volume Control

I am wondering if there is any way for me to use the volume wheel on my logitech G710+ to control the volume of spotify (not the whole system). I have looked online and found a post where someone said that the spotify team was looking into it 11 mont...

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I am wondering if there is any way for me to use the volume wheel on my logitech G710+ to control the volume of spotify (not the whole system). I have looked online and found a post where someone sai...

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Songs are said to be unavailable

When I load up my spotify nd try to play a song on my laptop it plays the song for about 4 seconds then the music stops playing and a banner says the song is unavalible. It does this for every song I try. Nothing I have done to try and fix this has w...

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When I load up my spotify nd try to play a song on my laptop it plays the song for about 4 seconds then the music stops playing and a banner says the song is unavalible. It does this for every song I...

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Waking up PS4 using Spotify on Windows 10

Hi! I am using a PS4 connected to my audio system to listen to Spotify. If the PS4 is in sleep mode I am able to open the Spotify on iOS and click "Listen on my PS4" to wake the PS4 and start playing automatically. However, when trying to connect to ...

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Hi!   I am using a PS4 connected to my audio system to listen to Spotify. If the PS4 is in sleep mode I am able to open the Spotify on iOS and click "Listen on my PS4" to wake the PS4 and star...

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Spotify Doesn't Play Music [Desktop, Windows]

The first issue I had is when I was listening to music using the Desktop App, I would click next song and it would scroll through every song in my playlist, playing each one for maybe a quarter of a second, until it stopped. Once it stops, I can't ch...

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The first issue I had is when I was listening to music using the Desktop App, I would click next song and it would scroll through every song in my playlist, playing each one for maybe a quarter of a ...

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Solved!! Wrong "Date Added" on songs in playlist

All of a sudden 20 songs in my playlist that I added around 5 years ago says that they were added 2016-12-16. I always sort my playlists by recently added so I get the most fresh songs on top and this screws up that philosophy.

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All of a sudden 20 songs in my playlist that I added around 5 years ago says that they were added 2016-12-16. I always sort my playlists by recently added so I get the most fresh songs on top and thi...

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Re: Inbox and messages

Yeah I use SoundCloud too! But I drive for a living and travel a lot. So on top of Spotify having a great UI for night time trips, the playlist for me are better organized because I have a TON of them (also slight ocd). The sound quality of SoundClou...

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Yeah I use SoundCloud too! But I drive for a living and travel a lot. So on top of Spotify having a great UI for night time trips, the playlist for me are better organized because I have a TON of the...

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Re: Inbox and messages

So, in other words, now is a great time to try out other streaming music services?

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So, in other words, now is a great time to try out other streaming music services?

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Re: Inbox and messages

SoundCloud for example has messaging, (with working notifications, too!) and it's a free service. So that's just not true.

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SoundCloud for example has messaging, (with working notifications, too!) and it's a free service. So that's just not true.

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Spotify keeps "forgetting" local tracks.

Both podcasts in form of mp3's from iTunes as well as mp3's made in Audacity exported as LAME mp3's. I use Win 10 LTSB ( 10.0.14393 Build 14393 ) and Spotify version 1.0.55.487.g256699aa. This doesn't happen if I use an old version of Spotify. In fac...

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Both podcasts in form of mp3's from iTunes as well as mp3's made in Audacity exported as LAME mp3's.   I use Win 10 LTSB ( 10.0.14393 Build 14393 ) and Spotify version 1.0.55.487.g256699a...

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add errors i've seen so far, windows 10 desktop

video ads stop short.- uninstall and reinstall app. video ads on smaller ad area, under the song list that ads are normally, but not video ads- i am troubleshooting now

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video ads stop short.- uninstall and reinstall app.   video ads on smaller ad area, under the song list that ads are normally, but not video ads- i am troubleshooting now

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Connection Reconnect takes alot and its buggy

Spotify on windows when the internet connection gets lost the client takes alot to reconnect back , there is no try to reconnect now button or anything , the delay between each try is very long, better UX looking into this

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Spotify on windows when the internet connection gets lost the client takes alot to reconnect back , there is no try to reconnect now button or anything , the delay between each try is very long, bett...

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Solved!! I can't make my playlist public

Hi!I have a playlist that I can't make public, for some reason (?). All my playlists are otherwise public, but when I try to make this one the same I can't even make the choice "Make public" when I right click on it. The option is grey and not possib...

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Hi! I have a playlist that I can't make public, for some reason (?). All my playlists are otherwise public, but when I try to make this one the same I can't even make the choice "Make public" when...

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Added dates keep resetting

My main playlist has a problem with songs I added years ago having their "date added" reset to the current day fairly often. It really ruins the flow of my playlist so if there's a solution I'd be glad for it. This only happens on the desktop app and...

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My main playlist has a problem with songs I added years ago having their "date added" reset to the current day fairly often. It really ruins the flow of my playlist so if there's a solution I'd be gl...

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