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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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Music not playing on my win10 PC in either desktop application or web player... help?

Hi. Gang, I really don't want to cancel spotify, but it's useless if it doesn't actually play on anything but my phone to me. My account must be okay, its working on my phone ... but i can't get it to play anything on desktop anymore,,, this started ...

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Hi. Gang, I really don't want to cancel spotify, but it's useless if it doesn't actually play on anything but my phone to me.   My account must be okay, its working on my phone ... but i can't...

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Question about the players, "Hearts" And "check marks"

Hey all -whats the difference when between the spotify app's (android) "Heart" and the desktop "check mark". Both seem to have some sort of "Save" functionality. Question may be very simple, thanks for your help,

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Hey all - whats the difference when between the spotify app's (android) "Heart" and the desktop "check mark".  Both seem to have some sort of "Save" functionality.   Question may be very...

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Cannot click + icon on imported playlist

Why cannot i click the + icon to like the song on an imported playlist? I can understand it if the song and album were really obscure but the song and album in question are very available. Song: Rumor Has ItArtist: AdeleAlbum: 21 See attachment

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Why cannot i click the + icon to like the song on an imported playlist?   I can understand it if the song and album were really obscure but the song and album in question are very available. ...

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Error message: Can't play current song.

I was playing a song from my playlist using the desktop app when suddenly a blue bar appeared at the top of the screen and it says "Cannot play current song". I have internet connection though and I'm on premium. It's not really a big deal but I'm ju...

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I was playing a song from my playlist using the desktop app when suddenly a blue bar appeared at the top of the screen and it says "Cannot play current song". I have internet connection though and I'...

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Filtering songs

I can see my playlist perfectly well. But when I filter, everything disappears. Press the X, everything comes back.

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I can see my playlist perfectly well. But when I filter, everything disappears. Press the X, everything comes back.

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Localization/Formatting Issue in Windows Desktop Player

I use the Windows desktop player set to the Espanol (International Spanish) language. Any Album/EP/Single that I view shows the correct translation except with what I can imagine is a formatting error. In short, I see curly braces for any Album/EP/Si...

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I use the Windows desktop player set to the Espanol (International Spanish) language.   Any Album/EP/Single that I view shows the correct translation except with what I can imagine is a format...

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Album view playlist

Would it be possible to get the play queue on desktop to mimic that of the apps?For instance, instead of a list of songs up next, a side scrolling view with the album art which the app versions implement? Thanks, Nathan.

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Would it be possible to get the play queue on desktop to mimic that of the apps? For instance, instead of a list of songs up next, a side scrolling view with the album art which the app versions imp...

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adads

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 ...

hotnspicyyyyyy

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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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