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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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PC playlist songs not ALL available on mobile

Howdy, I have checked the download box for one of my playlists filled with my local files, I believe that worked fine.The issue i am having is that not all of those local file songs downloaded are available for streaming on my mobile app, most of the...

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Howdy,   I have checked the download box for one of my playlists filled with my local files, I believe that worked fine. The issue i am having is that not all of those local file songs downlo...

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Solved!! Sharing to Facebook

I seem to not be able to share to Facebook what I am playing. I used to be very easy: just click on Share in the "..." area and there it goes. Recenlty it seems Spotify has changed the interface and when you click on Share, up pops a social media pic...

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I seem to not be able to share to Facebook what I am playing. I used to be very easy: just click on Share in the "..." area and there it goes.  Recenlty it seems Spotify has changed the interfac...

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Solved!! Can't share

I was until now able to share an idividual song to facebook by right clicking on the song which opened a box from which I selected facebook and it was shared, wonderful. Now when I right click the song It opens up a box that says share link to clipbo...

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 I was until now able to share an idividual song to facebook by right clicking on the song which opened a box from which I selected facebook and it was shared, wonderful. Now when I right click ...

MattSuda

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Does not play new song if song is removed after start

Basically:Start/restart Spotify. It has song A selected from last playlist (top song in my case). I listen to A and decide to remove it. B is now top song on it's place. A is still playing. I try to play B instead but pressing play/stop only affects ...

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Basically: Start/restart Spotify. It has song A selected from last playlist (top song in my case). I listen to A and decide to remove it. B is now top song on it's place. A is still playing. I try t...

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Friend feed not showing my friends

I previously had a problem where my Friend Feed didn't load at all and today Spotify Support helped me to change to account where Friend Feed was working just fine at the start. I'm using Facebook linked profile and I think this new problem started a...

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I previously had a problem where my Friend Feed didn't load at all and today Spotify Support helped me to change to account where Friend Feed was working just fine at the start. I'm using Facebook li...

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Start playing music on desktop app, then randomly will play from phone instead.

As the lengthy title states, the Spotify player is behaving strangely. I start playing music on my desktop computer (Windows 7). Then, randomly, it'll start playing the music on my android phone (Nougat)! Sometimes it'll play from both computer and p...

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As the lengthy title states, the Spotify player is behaving strangely. I start playing music on my desktop computer (Windows 7). Then, randomly, it'll start playing the music on my android phone (Nou...

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2 issues

First issue is that nobody can find my account on spotify or any of my playlists. Second issue is that when I close out of Spotify the border remains. sometimes when I click on things in the app nothing happens i have to click on them multiple times....

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First issue is that nobody can find my account on spotify or any of my playlists.  Second issue is that when I close out of Spotify the border remains. sometimes when I click on things in the a...

Sebasty

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Superuser Contribution Danish s*x toy ad on Spotify!?

Dear Spotify, Don't distribute s*x toy ads, not even if the account's age is 18+. I don't need to explain why. Just remove them.(The specific ad I'm talking about is from "Orion-erotik") Thanks in advance.Simon.

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Dear Spotify,   Don't distribute s*x toy ads, not even if the account's age is 18+.  I don't need to explain why. Just remove them. (The specific ad I'm talking about is from "Orion-ero...

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deleting & hiding local files

how do you delete local files from a source you opened and can you hide songs from local files while showing others from another source

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how do you delete local files from a source you opened and can you hide songs from local files while showing others from another source

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Re: Inbox and messages

Haha, thats funny, decided to take a look in here once again and found your message right on the bottom. turns out that the comment was made by ME. I just tried to access it via my profile and got a "The message you are trying to access is not availa...

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Haha, thats funny, decided to take a look in here once again and found your message right on the bottom. turns out that the comment was made by ME.   I just tried to access it via my profile a...

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Re: Inbox and messages

As far as I know Deezer is the only one that has anything social. I had just left Deezer because they really hadn't done any other development on social in the 1+ year I was there and swithed to a family subscription on Spotify for about a week when ...

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As far as I know Deezer is the only one that has anything social. I had just left Deezer because they really hadn't done any other development on social in the 1+ year I was there and swithed to&nbsp...

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Re: Inbox and messages

I made a screenshot of the deleted message:

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I made a screenshot of the deleted message:

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Re: Inbox and messages

@ luceiia So I didn't imagine they'd deleted that comment!Spotify - as removing social features is such a leap forward for your product, why do you fear competitors that still have such a laughably old-fashioned function?

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@ luceiia So I didn't imagine they'd deleted that comment! Spotify - as removing social features is such a leap forward for your product, why do you fear competitors that still have such a laughably...

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Re: Inbox and messages

So what alternate service offers similar social funtionality? After being ignored here and on Twitter, I'm ready to jump ship myself.

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So what alternate service offers similar social funtionality? After being ignored here and on Twitter, I'm ready to jump ship myself. 

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Initial Load Time Unacceptable (Windows Desktop)

Simple fact. If I am struck by an urge to listen to a specific song, waiting for the Windows Desktop App has become a painfully slow experience. It is MUCH quicker for me to open a web browser, hop on youtube, do a search, rifle through results, and ...

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Simple fact. If I am struck by an urge to listen to a specific song, waiting for the Windows Desktop App has become a painfully slow experience. It is MUCH quicker for me to open a web brow...

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Artist Info / Discovered on ... playlist reset or removed

I'm looking at the artist info alot, always checking the playlist that the artist was discovered on. Today i noticed that some playlists were removed on the info tab. Is this info resetted once a month or so, or how does it work? For example this cze...

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I'm looking at the artist info alot, always checking the playlist that the artist was discovered on. Today i noticed that some playlists were removed on the info tab. Is this info resetted once a mon...

MattSuda

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Playlist Folders not syncing between devices

Spoiler (Highlight to read)This is the folder directory on my pcThis is the folder directory on my pc Spoiler (Highlight to read)(pt2)(pt2)Spoiler (Highlight to read)This is the folder directory on my phone (pt1)This is the folder directory on my pho...

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This is the folder directory on my pc     (pt2) This is the folder directory on my phone (pt1) As you can see, the first screenshot shows a few normal playlist outside of the folde...

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Can't uninstall spotify

I am unable to uninstall spotify. When I try to unistall from control panel it says I have insufficient access to uninstall. Please help me.

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I am unable to uninstall spotify. When I try to unistall from control panel it says I have insufficient access to uninstall. Please help me.

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Spotify Windows App on the Fritz

When I start playing any playlist (my own or Spotify curated) the currently playing song skips around every second or so as if it's doing some kind of scan/seek. No audio plays. Same for any playlist and same when restarting the app. This behavior st...

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When I start playing any playlist (my own or Spotify curated) the currently playing song skips around every second or so as if it's doing some kind of scan/seek. No audio plays. Same for any playlist...

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I got Virus

I downloaded spotify for Desktop, Windows and the antivirus alerted me about Trojan

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I downloaded spotify for Desktop, Windows and the antivirus alerted me about Trojan

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