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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

So in case anyone was wondering, Spotify is reading these hundreds and hundreds of comments and choosing not to reply. Someone else just posted a comment about looking for an alternate solution and finding a competitor that offers social interaction....

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So in case anyone was wondering, Spotify is reading these hundreds and hundreds of comments and choosing not to reply.     Someone else just posted a comment about looking for an alternat...

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Solved!! Spotify isnt using ANY Audio Device, yet I can still hear the music?

So, Im trying to stream a little again, and heres the issue: Even though I hear all the music I play through my headphones with absolutely no issue, Windows is actually telling me that Im not. When I record the entire Audio Output to stream it, the m...

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So, Im trying to stream a little again, and heres the issue:   Even though I hear all the music I play through my headphones with absolutely no issue, Windows is actually telling me that Im no...

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Spotify Desktop Plays The Wrong Songs, They Keep Making Spotify WORSE With Every Update!

I am SO sick and tired of spotify!! I pay for premium and have NO problem paying for a service that works right but for the love of *insert preferred deity here* they keep making their own service worse every time!This is an example of my issues....P...

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I am SO sick and tired of spotify!!  I pay for premium and have NO problem paying for a service that works right but for the love of *insert preferred deity here* they keep making their own serv...

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Playing Incorrect Song

Hello, When selecting an artist from 'Your Music', whenever I select a song in the list, it automatically plays a different song in the list. It will still shuffle correctly, I just cannot select a particular song without it playing a different song ...

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Hello,   When selecting an artist from 'Your Music', whenever I select a song in the list, it automatically plays a different song in the list. It will still shuffle correctly, I just cannot s...

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Shuffle won't play songs recently added to a playlist

Hi! I just added a bunch of new music to my starred playlist, but when I shuffle the playlist none of the new music comes up in the queue. There's about 47 new tracks that won't play on this playlist of 436 songs total. Help please!

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Hi! I just added a bunch of new music to my starred playlist, but when I shuffle the playlist none of the new music comes up in the queue. There's about 47 new tracks that won't play on this playlist...

Tom

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Spotify playlists made on my PC are not syncing on other devices

I have made playlists on my computer but when I go to use my phone or other computers the playlists are not there. HELP!!!

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I have made playlists on my computer but when I go to use my phone or other computers the playlists are not there.    HELP!!!

Tom

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Re: Inbox and messages

@Roko1 - Interesting. Do you know if this bot-feature will be made to function via desktop as well? It is untolarable that the functionality is not the same on phone and desktop. - I guess many of us who love to share music with individual friends li...

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@Roko1 - Interesting. Do you know if this bot-feature will be made to function via desktop as well? It is untolarable that the functionality is not the same on phone and desktop. - I guess many ...

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Solved!! Clipboard

I made a collabrative playlist that i would like to share with my friends, unfortunately, there is only one way i can share it with them, and that way being "Copy URL". For some reason, it keeps telling me that the URL got copied to the "ClipBoard". ...

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I made a collabrative playlist that i would like to share with my friends, unfortunately, there is only one way i can share it with them, and that way being "Copy URL". For some reason, it keeps tell...

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Re: Inbox and messages

Interesting how it's the users paying for the Premium who get to suffer from their money raising efforts. So...If you're all with Facebook now, why not make Spotify completely free? I'm not going to pay to use Facebook, this is worse than extortion. ...

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Interesting how it's the users paying for the Premium who get to suffer from their money raising efforts.   So... If you're all with Facebook now, why not make Spotify completely free? I'm no...

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Solved!! cant log in new W10 laptop

Setting up new laptop and using old one for this post. Have downloaded and installed windows programme which opens at the log in page. Allows me to enter username and password but the screen seems locked as cant change the remember me button which is...

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Setting up new laptop and using old one for this post. Have downloaded and installed windows programme which opens at the log in page. Allows me to enter username and password but the screen see...

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Re: Inbox and messages

That's what I call selling your soul to the devil.

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That's what I call selling your soul to the devil.

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Re: Inbox and messages

Figured something like this was most likely the real reason. Sucks for those of us that don't use facebook.

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Figured something like this was most likely the real reason. Sucks for those of us that don't use facebook. 

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Re: Inbox and messages

So...Finally see why Spotify has been completely silent on this issue, even with 133 pages of comments of despair about losing the Inbox/messaging feature:Check this out - https://venturebeat.com/2017/04/18/spotify-launches-facebook-messenger-bot-and...

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So... Finally see why Spotify has been completely silent on this issue, even with 133 pages of comments of despair about losing the Inbox/messaging feature: Check this out -  https://ventureb...

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Re: Inbox and messages

Another post mentioning a smaller competitior has been deleted. Why? Not having social features is an improvement, right? So you would expect users of rivals that include sharing and messsaging to flock to Spotify now that it's been improved - not th...

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Another post mentioning a smaller competitior has been deleted. Why? Not having social features is an improvement, right? So you would expect users of rivals that include sharing and messsaging to&nb...

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Spotify is removing offline playlist windows 10

Hey guys.. I'm having a lot of issues with spotify premium on my windows 10 pc. A have noticed that even if a playlist is fully downloaded, it will be noted as "not downloaded" a few days later. Its random which playlist that is getting removed, but ...

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Hey guys..   I'm having a lot of issues with spotify premium on my windows 10 pc.   A have noticed that even if a playlist is fully downloaded, it will be noted as "not downloaded" a fe...

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Spotify 1.0.52.725.g943b26a8 for Windows keeps crashing & is very slow

Software-Setup:- Win 10 Pro x64 Creators Update- Spotify 1.0.52.725.g943b26a8 - Premium Account- lots of local files ~ 60.000 files I have a clean Windows 10 installation and I also reinstalled the newest version of Spotify but when adding my local m...

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Software-Setup: - Win 10 Pro x64 Creators Update - Spotify 1.0.52.725.g943b26a8 - Premium Account - lots of local files ~ 60.000 files   I have a clean Windows 10 installation and I al...

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Windows 7 - spotifu is uninstaling themself after few minutes...

Hi guys.First of all i wanna say that i'm spotify premium user for couple of years and i love it!But unfortunetly after this sweet time bad time comes.My spotify - desktop version is disapearing...no errors, no messages, spotify just stop playing and...

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Hi guys. First of all i wanna say that i'm spotify premium user for couple of years and i love it! But unfortunetly after this sweet time bad time comes. My spotify - desktop version is disapearin...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Several minutes to load content when opening the program.

Since last couple of weeks or so when i start spotify it stays showing the loading icon for about 5 minutes before showing the content.I have tried disabeling the local files paths but problem persist. I don't remember if this started with an actuali...

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Since last couple of weeks or so when i start spotify it stays showing the loading icon for about 5 minutes before showing the content. I have tried disabeling the local files paths but problem...

octopus77

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Solved!! Daily mix isn't showing up on Desktop

I enjoy my Daily mix on my phone. And I've recently been told that it is available on the Desktop now. But it is not showing up on mine.

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I enjoy my Daily mix on my phone. And I've recently been told that it is available on the Desktop now. But it is not showing up on mine. 

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