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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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szkill

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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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betterhalf

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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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earthbound

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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 to remain with hidden activity??

I have many friends on spotify who can always see what i listen to in their sidebar-feed. But sometimes when i don't want anyone to see what i listen to, i hide my activity. But when i log out and log back in, my activity is being shared again. How d...

Newbie

I have many friends on spotify who can always see what i listen to in their sidebar-feed. But sometimes when i don't want anyone to see what i listen to, i hide my activity. But when i log out and lo...

MartinStoichkov

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Discover Weekly disappeared

Every week I look forward to going through my Discover Weekly list and all of a sudden it's gone. When I go into the discover tab I can see the "Release Radar" and then there is a blank spot where the "Discover Weekly" icon used to appear. I have bee...

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Every week I look forward to going through my Discover Weekly list and all of a sudden it's gone. When I go into the discover tab I can see the "Release Radar" and then there is a blank spot where th...

mikeOmatic

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Error code 17 WINDOWS 10

First, something was wrong with my Spotify on my computer (Windows 10) everytime I would try to open it so I uninstalled it and tried reinstalling it and now an ERROR CODE 17 is popping up eveytime I try to reinstall it. I have tried to right click a...

Newbie

First, something was wrong with my Spotify on my computer (Windows 10) everytime I would try to open it so I uninstalled it and tried reinstalling it and now an ERROR CODE 17 is popping up eveytime I...

bbender4961

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Three Year Premium Member -- Local Files Continues to Not Function

Even though the early Def Leppard catalog isn't on Spotify, I own it & have it in my local music files. Spotify continues to grey out these options, regardless of how many times I reload or start the process anew. Spotify will sub my Pyromania "Rock ...

Casual Listener

Even though the early Def Leppard catalog isn't on Spotify, I own it & have it in my local music files. Spotify continues to grey out these options, regardless of how many times I reload or start...

laura32

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Re: Inbox and messages

They dont want us to share music privately. Thats the only thing im seeing here.

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They dont want us to share music privately. Thats the only thing im seeing here. 

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Connection lost to Spotify ... song ends

I keep having the error message: Unable to play 'xxx' - the connection to Spotify was lost. Of course restaring the router or the PC is not helping. This doesn't seem to be a unique problem - why doesnt Spotify have a topic that REALLY deals with the...

Casual Listener

I keep having the error message: Unable to play 'xxx' - the connection to Spotify was lost. Of course restaring the router or the PC is not helping. This doesn't seem to be a unique problem - why doe...

Hubo

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Superuser Contribution Mobile phone random play when using my PC.

A new issue has arose today and that is that while listening to a song on my computer on the application, my phone will randomly start playing a random song. I was listening to Flume and then my phone started playing Kasabian. Thus stopping the PC ap...

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A new issue has arose today and that is that while listening to a song on my computer on the application, my phone will randomly start playing a random song. I was listening to Flume and then my phon...

STBoarder

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Solved!! Shuffle not working at all

Hello there!When I try to shuffle a playlist (any playlist) on the Spotify Desktop client (Windows 7, Version 1.0.52.725.g943b26a8) it plays in the exact order of the original playlist, no matter if shuffle is enabled or not. Also this happens with t...

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Hello there! When I try to shuffle a playlist (any playlist) on the Spotify Desktop client (Windows 7, Version 1.0.52.725.g943b26a8) it plays in the exact order of the original playlist, no mat...

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Solved!! When I shuffle a playlist, it wont get shuffled.

When I choose a playlist in my library and press play, it play all the songs in order. When I press shuffle, every song still gets played in order. When i've choosen a song to begin with and then skip it with shuffle on it starts from the begining bu...

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When I choose a playlist in my library and press play, it play all the songs in order. When I press shuffle, every song still gets played in order. When i've choosen a song to begin with and then ski...

Extronia

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Remove button in daily mix being ignored

Recently (within the past week), my daily mixes have begun to ignore my removes. I'll click Remove, then 'Don't play this song', and once a new set of songs load, it'll be there. I know Deep Purple is good, but I don't want them in multiple mixes.

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Recently (within the past week), my daily mixes have begun to ignore my removes. I'll click Remove, then 'Don't play this song', and once a new set of songs load, it'll be there.   I know Deep...

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Particular playlist hardly shuffles

Hey, I have a playlist that is almost 50/50 'Five Finger Death Punch' and 'Lamb of God' (I'm not after judgement about my music choices). Ive noticed that when I shuffle this playlist the shuffle is ALL FFDP songs (in a seemingly random order) and th...

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Hey,    I have a playlist that is almost 50/50 'Five Finger Death Punch' and 'Lamb of God' (I'm not after judgement about my music choices). Ive noticed that when I shuffle this playlist ...

wickod124

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getting error code 408

hi i am live in iran and love to use spotify but when i was trying to connect spotify getting error code 408that means my country whitch i choose in spotify accounts doesnt match with my ipwell i went to the account and searching for iran there isnt ...

Newbie

hi i am live in iran and love to use spotify  but when i was trying to connect spotify getting error code 408 that means my country whitch i choose in spotify accounts doesnt match with my ip ...

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HTF do I add a song from my computer???

I want to add a song to one of my Spotify playlists from the music folder in my computer. How do I do this? I downloaded Clip Grab to get the song off YouTube and put in my Music file. Then I followed the directions about Spotify and Local Files. I s...

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I want to add a song to one of my Spotify playlists from the music folder in my computer. How do I do this?  I downloaded Clip Grab to get the song off YouTube and put in my Music file. Then I f...

TobyAhnz

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Selected music interrupted constantly by deplorable Vietnamese (?) pop music

I use Spotify on my PC. I have been having this issue for about a month. At seemingly random intervals the music on my queue will stop and music that I have never heard of will begin playing. I have to close out of Spotify and begin again. Sometimes ...

Casual Listener

I use Spotify on my PC. I have been having this issue for about a month. At seemingly random intervals the music on my queue will stop and music that I have never heard of will begin playing. I have ...

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History Tab

The History Tab still isn't displaying the previous played songs!

Roadie

The History Tab still isn't displaying the previous played songs!

Jasonc126

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when I try to play ANY song, it says its "not available"

Spotify is saying "song not available" when I try to play anything from my library

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Spotify is saying "song not available"  when I try to play anything from my library

Jacob

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Unable to clear search field

This has been broken over the last 2 or 3 updates. I can no longer clear text entered into the search field by pressing the "X". The X is visible when there is text in the field, but you can't click it. Is this a known issue?

Gig Goer

This has been broken over the last 2 or 3 updates.  I can no longer clear text entered into the search field by pressing the "X".   The X is visible when there is text in the field, but y...

Jacob

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Not access with Windows 10

Hi, I'm using Windows 10 from few days. I downloaded Spotify but, after I put my username and password, I can not click above "access". So, I can not use Spotify.Why? Can you help me please?Thanks so muchBye!Lorenzo

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Hi, I'm using Windows 10 from few days. I downloaded Spotify but, after I put my username and password, I can not click above "access". So, I can not use Spotify. Why? Can you help me please? ...

llorenc78

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Sharing Feature changed?

Did you spotify recently discontinue the feature for letting us send private messages and music on the spotify platform? It seems like now we can only share things on to our facebook page

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Did you spotify recently discontinue the feature for letting us send private messages and music on  the spotify platform? It seems like now we can only share things on to our facebook page

somethnlikethat

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