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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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Solved!! Wrong Songs Playing When Selected (Sorting Bug)

Having a new problem where when I click on saved songs it starts playing a different song, and I have to manually skip through until I get what I want. This only happens with saved songs and after some investigation I worked out that the problem is a...

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Having a new problem where when I click on saved songs it starts playing a different song, and I have to manually skip through until I get what I want. This only happens with saved songs and after so...

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where can I see how many offline songs I have downloaded?

Hello, I'm attempting to troubleshoot why some of my offline songs won't play,and one of the checks is to see if you have >3,333 songs downloaded on one device. However, I don't know where either on my spotify local install or on the web account to s...

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Hello,   I'm attempting to troubleshoot why some of my offline songs won't play,and one of the checks is to see if you have >3,333 songs downloaded on one device.  However, I don't kno...

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recommended songs

was the feature of "recommended songs" removed? I cannot access it anymore. is there a way for me to get it back? i'm using the desktop app and windows.

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was the feature of "recommended songs" removed? I cannot access it anymore. is there a way for me to get it back? i'm using the desktop app and windows.

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Local files won't sync

I have added files to the folders and added the folders to sync. However they only work for a short period of time. They show up, I can add them to a playlist and sync them to my phone. However next time I start up spotify I need to readd all the fil...

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I have added files to the folders and added the folders to sync. However they only work for a short period of time. They show up, I can add them to a playlist and sync them to my phone. However next ...

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Slow DSL - will downloaded playlist solve streaming drop-outs?

My DSL is so slow that playing music via streaming causes drop-outs in the audio.I've got a Premium account, using Windows 10, and 1.0.53.758.gde3fc4b2 If I download a playlist but am still connected to the internet, will I get better playback? That ...

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My DSL is so slow that playing music via streaming causes drop-outs in the audio. I've got a Premium account, using Windows 10, and 1.0.53.758.gde3fc4b2   If I download a playlist but am stil...

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[Bug] Part of Friends Activity is hidden

I'm currently using the Desktop Spotify version on Windows with the Spanish language package. On the Friends Activity side panel, the Label "Actividad de los amigos" (Friends Activity) partially hides the information of the topmost friend. I am curre...

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I'm currently using the Desktop Spotify version on Windows with the Spanish language package.   On the Friends Activity side panel, the Label "Actividad de los amigos" (Friends Activity) parti...

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New PC - No content

I recently got a new PC (Windows 10) and downloaded the Spotify player. I have a premium account which I logged in with. Everything works fine except it says I have no saved playlists, songs, artists, albums, stations, etc... Any ideas out there?

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I recently got a new PC (Windows 10) and downloaded the Spotify player. I have a premium account which I logged in with. Everything works fine except it says I have no saved playlists, songs, artists...

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my pc doesnt allow install spotify

hi i have a huge problem about spotify on windows since 2 hours ago i have been trying to install spotify on my pc but when it download complety my pc shows a error window where it show "unavailable to install the neccesary files are downloaded but a...

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hi    i have a huge problem about spotify on windows since 2 hours ago i have been trying to install spotify on my pc but when it download complety my pc shows a error window where it sho...

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My music album filter

I accidentally pressed on the my music album tab "filter full albums only" and I would like to turn that filter off but I don't know how. I want to see all the albums I've only saved even only one song from that is.

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I accidentally pressed on the my music album tab "filter full albums only" and I would like to turn that filter off but I don't know how. I want to see all the albums I've only saved even only one so...

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Spotify won't open/launch?

I know this seems to be a big deal right now but I can't find a consistent solution online. Does anyone actually know what's going on? (Right now, if i try to open spotify it doesn't do anything. No warning or alert, just nada. In my task manager it ...

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I know this seems to be a big deal right now but I can't find a consistent solution online. Does anyone actually know what's going on? (Right now, if i try to open spotify it doesn't do anything. No ...

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Solved!! Spotify track not appearing in itunes playlist on itunes on laptop

Can anybody help re this? I've installed and re-installed Spotify, I have Premium but any track I download from Spotify doesn't appear in my iTunes on my laptop, even when I've saved the track to my itunes playlist in Spotify

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Can anybody help re this? I've installed and re-installed Spotify, I have Premium but any track I download from Spotify doesn't appear in my iTunes on my laptop, even when I've saved the track to my ...

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The spotify friends feed don't appear

I already uninstalled and installed and don't resolve...

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I already uninstalled and installed and don't resolve...

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Some songs are saved in "Your Music" but when I visit the artist's page they aren't saved

I was listening to "Your Daily Mix" today when the song "My Doorbell" by The White Stripes came on. The player said I hadn't saved the song and showed the album was "Get Behind Me Satan". I visited the artist's page and scrolling through I found that...

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I was listening to "Your Daily Mix" today when the song "My Doorbell" by The White Stripes came on. The player said I hadn't saved the song and showed the album was "Get Behind Me Satan". I visited t...

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Lost my own music

Last January I put my desktop in storage as we started to remodel our house.I soon noticed on my iPhone playlists that many of my songs that I had added to playlists from my own CD's were greyed out.When I clicked on these songs, I got a message that...

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Last January I put my desktop in storage as we started to remodel our house. I soon noticed on my iPhone playlists that many of my songs that I had added to playlists from my own CD's were greyed ou...

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Error Code 57

Upon launching spotifysetup.exe, the installer works for about 3 seconds before giving a popup saying that it can't downlaod Spotify, and to click OK to download in browser. Then gives error code 57 I've tried restarting, I've tried safe-mode, I've t...

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Upon launching spotifysetup.exe, the installer works for about 3 seconds before giving a popup saying that it can't downlaod Spotify, and to click OK to download in browser. Then gives error code 57 ...

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PS3 and Windows app communication issue

Hi guys. I'm having a very annoying problem every time I want to control Spotify on my PS3 from my Windows 10 laptop. My PS3 is there in the "other devices" menu so when I select it it starts playing well like three or four songs until it just stops ...

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Hi guys. I'm having a very annoying problem every time I want to control Spotify on my PS3 from my Windows 10 laptop. My PS3 is there in the "other devices" menu so when I select it it starts playing...

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Re: Inbox and messages

thanks for sharing this, I knew there had to be a real "monetary" reason and this is totally it! Facebook is trying to cram messenger down everyone's throat and this is just another step. Making us go outside of spotify app to share songs and content...

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thanks for sharing this, I knew there had to be a real "monetary" reason and this is totally it! Facebook is trying to cram messenger down everyone's throat and this is just another step. Making us g...

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Re: Inbox and messages

Spotify, THIS IS A HUGE MISTAKE. Honestly the lower user engagement clearly came from you not knowing how to do a basic messaging inbox. This was by far my favorite feature and I have honestly lost touch with friends who love music as much as I do as...

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Spotify,   THIS IS A HUGE MISTAKE. Honestly the lower user engagement clearly came from you not knowing how to do a basic messaging inbox. This was by far my favorite feature and I have honest...

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Can't unfollow playlist

Hi! With version 1.0.53.758.gde3fc4b2 seems to be impossible to unfollow playlist. The option is in mouse menu, but nothing happens. Wild Guess: username has changed and the original playlist does not exist. The playlist is 'Finland Top 50'. Original...

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Hi!  With version 1.0.53.758.gde3fc4b2 seems to be impossible to unfollow playlist. The option is in mouse menu, but nothing happens. Wild Guess: username has changed and the original playlist d...

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Play Queue

With the updated spotify web player it seems that it no longer allows you to add a specific song in to the queue to play next? Please tell me they didn't remove this feature! If I'm playing a playlist but want to hear a song that's not in that playli...

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With the updated spotify web player it seems that it no longer allows you to add a specific song in to the queue to play next?  Please tell me they didn't remove this feature! If I'm playing a p...

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