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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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Spotify plays the first song in the list rather than the one I selected.

Hoping someone can shed some light on a strange problem I've been having for about a week. When I select a song to play, rather than playing the song I selected, Spotify simply plays the first song in the list. In an album, for instance, regardless o...

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Hoping someone can shed some light on a strange problem I've been having for about a week. When I select a song to play, rather than playing the song I selected, Spotify simply plays the first song i...

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History Tab

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

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

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Next Song Problem

There is a problem on all of my devices (phone, laptop, and desktop) where spotify will not play the next song on an album or playlist but instead will play a song from La-Di-Da, an album by Roar. I haven't been able to find an answer or someone with...

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There is a problem on all of my devices (phone, laptop, and desktop) where spotify will not play the next song on an album or playlist but instead will play a song from La-Di-Da, an album by Roar. I ...

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I hate spotify support service

There is in MEXICO, no email or telephone contact.I has made dead end search about my problem.It unbeliveable that no body staff lisen me.I am consider to SUE spotify by FRAUD because the familiy service has no service to my family.I wait your answer...

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There is in MEXICO, no email or telephone contact. I has made dead end search about my problem. It unbeliveable that no body staff lisen me. I am consider to SUE spotify by FRAUD because the famil...

Robert_W

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Spotify says account is in use somewhere else. Account is not in use somewhere else.

Spotify keeps pausing because 'your account is being used somewhere else'. I've never given out my password. Just in case, I changed my password and logged out of all accounts manually from the online settings menu so all accounts should have been de...

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Spotify keeps pausing because 'your account is being used somewhere else'. I've never given out my password. Just in case, I changed my password and logged out of all accounts manually from the onlin...

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Local File not showing up

So one of my local songs keeps disappearing from spotify. as soon as I delete the song from the folder and readd it some time later it reappears in my collection and all the playlists I added it to earlier. There's other songs form that Folder that d...

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So one of my local songs keeps disappearing from spotify. as soon as I delete the song from the folder and readd it some time later it reappears in my collection and all the playlists I added it to e...

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Albums always starting from the first song

Whenenver I click a song from any album it always plays the first song, to get to the one I want I have to click the next song button at the bottom. I asked around and no one else I know is having this issue. I did try reinstalling and deleting all m...

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Whenenver I click a song from any album it always plays the first song, to get to the one I want I have to click the next song button at the bottom. I asked around and no one else I know is having th...

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Re-enabling the desktop overlay

Hi, I have Spotify premium version 1.0.52.725.g943b26a8 (latest as of 2/4/17), and I am having problems with the desktop overlay (media playback panel, song info currently playing...) with Spotify only. With other media playback apps (eg. built-in Gr...

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Hi, I have Spotify premium version 1.0.52.725.g943b26a8 (latest as of 2/4/17), and I am having problems with the desktop overlay (media playback panel, song info currently playing...) with Spotify on...

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Superuser Contribution doesn't play a specific song

i'm a premium account. when I select a song from an album with start button it starts from first song, not from the song i said to play. Why??

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i'm a premium account. when I select a song from an album with start button it starts from first song, not from the song i said to play. Why??

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Copying tracks and playlists from pc version to android

hi. is there any way to download my tracks or playlist once (on pc) and copy them to my android device so i can use them on both of my devices? or i have to download them twice?

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hi. is there any way to download my tracks or playlist once (on pc) and copy them to my android device so i can use them on both of my devices? or i have to download them twice?

Specialworld

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Daily Mix doesn't change

5 of my 6 daily mixes change each day as I expect. But my daily mix #1 stays exactly the same despite having listened to it twice. How can I get it to refresh?

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5 of my 6 daily mixes change each day as I expect. But my daily mix #1 stays exactly the same despite having listened to it twice. How can I get it to refresh?

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Recent update no longer allows sharing of multiple songs

The feature I'm talking about is being able to select multiple songs and click "share" in order to get the share link of all songs selected. The recent update has removed this potential, as now when you click "Share" with multiple songs selected, you...

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The feature I'm talking about is being able to select multiple songs and click "share" in order to get the share link of all songs selected.   The recent update has removed this potential, as ...

Jacob

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Solved!! Where is "You might also like"?

In the Android app, Spotify starts on top with a collection of playlists based on my interests. This section is called "You might also like". Is there anything like this in the desktop app? For me it only shows some local playlists (those are all in ...

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In the Android app, Spotify starts on top with a collection of playlists based on my interests. This section is called "You might also like".   Is there anything like this in the desktop&...

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Can't play strokes music

Hi guys,I don't know why i can't play the strokes music ( only 2,3 songs )Probably is because before using spotify i download their discography and i used spotify as player. I don't know how to resolve.Thanks P.S for example i created a playlist, whe...

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Hi guys, I don't know why i can't play the strokes music ( only 2,3 songs ) Probably is because before using spotify i download their discography and i used spotify as player. I don't know how...

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Song List

For some reason, unless I'm on the artist page I cannot pick which songs I want to play. I will go to an artist that I have saved music for and click on the 5th song listed, but it will start playing the 1st song and I have to use the next button to ...

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For some reason, unless I'm on the artist page I cannot pick which songs I want to play. I will go to an artist that I have saved music for and click on the 5th song listed, but it will start playing...

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Superuser Contribution No puedo logear spotify con mi facebook ?

Buenos dias , meses atras tuve que cerrar mi facebook anterior , y desde que abri el nuevo no pouedo logear mi spotify con mi face desde mi iphone 7 . no puedo compartir canciones ni contactos .me pudieran ayudar por favor . muchas gracias saludos

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Buenos dias , meses atras tuve que cerrar mi facebook anterior , y desde que abri el nuevo no pouedo logear mi spotify con mi face desde mi iphone 7 . no puedo compartir canciones ni contactos . me ...

ZullyB

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Solved!! Cannot access profile.

I cannot access my profile in the current version. Nothing happens when I click my name or the arrow. Hovering over it says profile and menu but nothing happens. Anyone else?

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I cannot access my profile in the current version. Nothing happens when I click my name or the arrow. Hovering over it says profile and menu but nothing happens.    Anyone else?

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Add / Import My Music

I've been going through my music and adding them to my Spotify library. Is there a way to do this more autmatically? It's taking a long time. I've seen where I can get Spotify to play my local MP3 files, but what I'm after is a way to simply import m...

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I've been going through my music and adding them to my Spotify library.  Is there a way to do this more autmatically?  It's taking a long time. I've seen where I can get Spotify to play my ...

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Share Music without social media

Hey there, since one of the last updates i can't share music without a social media account anymore. Before that it was possible to share music with your followers and friends within the dektop program or via ios app. I would very much appreciate to ...

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Hey there, since one of the last updates i can't share music without a social media account anymore. Before that it was possible to share music with your followers and friends within the dektop progr...

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play/pause button not working when im tabbed out

Hey, So I've been using spotify on my laptop for a long time now and I've never had a problem. But recently the play/pause and skip buttons dont work when im tabbed out of spotify but then when spotify is my main tab it works fine. I didn't have this...

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Hey, So I've been using spotify on my laptop for a long time now and I've never had a problem. But recently the play/pause and skip buttons dont work when im tabbed out of spotify but then when spoti...

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