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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!! Black Screen within the Program (Win 7)

Hey, Spotify has been working good for a couple of months now but a couple of days ago it stopped working. -I can still play music but Stuff like: "Follow, Messages, App Finder, Radio, TuneWiki" it is all black. -Today it also stopped loading most of...

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Hey, Spotify has been working good for a couple of months now but a couple of days ago it stopped working. -I can still play music but Stuff like: "Follow, Messages, App Finder, Radio, TuneWiki" it...

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Saved music by artist isn't showing all music

It seems my Spotify app has updated (1.0.48.103.g15edf1ec) and with the update, when I browse in my library by Artist, not all of the albums/music I have saved shows up. However if I navigate to the main artist page, it will show the entire album as ...

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It seems my Spotify app has updated (1.0.48.103.g15edf1ec) and with the update, when I browse in my library by Artist, not all of the albums/music I have saved shows up. However if I navigate to the ...

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shutting down and restarting every 5 seconds

I normally listen to spotify on my phone without problems, but i am home sick today and am trying to listen on my laptop and i play a song and after 5 seconds the program shuts down and restarts. I logged off and logged back on and it is still doing ...

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I normally listen to spotify on my phone without problems, but i am home sick today and am trying to listen on my laptop and i play a song and after 5 seconds the program shuts down and restarts. I l...

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Starting position shifts after restart

Hey,each time i close Spotify, its saved starting position in regedit shifts by 86 pixel to the left. So when i start it again, it is a bit more left.Dunno why... I guess i have this problem since Windows 10, never tried to solve it.If you need more ...

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Hey, each time i close Spotify, its saved starting position in regedit shifts by 86 pixel to the left. So when i start it again, it is a bit more left. Dunno why... I guess i have this problem ...

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Wont let me uninstall Spotify for 3 weeks now, can't run it either.

I have had this problem for 3 weeks and I haven't been able to use Spotify. I tried running it compatibility mode, troubleshooting it and still no fix. It doesn't even show up on task manager but says it running when I try to delete it. ad8f106509e7d...

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I have had this problem for 3 weeks and I haven't been able to use Spotify. I tried running it compatibility mode, troubleshooting it and still no fix. It doesn't even show up on task manager but say...

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Help understanding Spotify Radio

I'm trying to figure out the radio feature on Spotify. I picked an artist and then used that to create a radio station. I get about 100 songs that repeat them selves over and over. After a few days it gets old. I'm I using it wrong? What I'd like is ...

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I'm trying to figure out the radio feature on Spotify. I picked an artist and then used that to create a radio station. I get about 100 songs that repeat them selves over and over. After a few days i...

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Solved!! Playlist Help

so here we goI started using spotify on my phone about a year ago. Over that time, I made a playlist of about 35 songs. Later, I installed spotify on my computer. I noticed that my original playlist was still on my phone, but hadn;t transferred to my...

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so here we go I started using spotify on my phone about a year ago.  Over that time, I made a playlist of about 35 songs.  Later, I installed spotify on my computer.  I noticed that m...

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Bug with the playlist radio

Sometimes when i skip a song with my media buttons Spotify starts the Playlist radio and plays the songs from the radio and not from my playlist.

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Sometimes when i skip a song with my media buttons Spotify starts the Playlist radio and plays the songs from the radio and not from my playlist.

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Solved!! Export Songs

Hi to all who are reading this I create this post to only ask if there is a way to export some song of Spotify to copy in a usb-key to listen in the car. The song i want is 78min-long so it's a big file. Thanks for helping me.

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Hi to all who are reading this   I create this post to only ask if there is a way to export some song of Spotify to copy in a usb-key to listen in the car. The song i want is 78min-long so it'...

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Radio and Daily mix like buttons are on opposite sides

Why are the like/upvote buttons opposite for the radio and daily mixes? Daily mix like is on the left and radio upvote is on the right. It results in a lot accidental liked/disliked songs. Please fix.

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Why are the like/upvote buttons opposite for the radio and daily mixes? Daily mix like is on the left and radio upvote is on the right. It results in a lot accidental liked/disliked songs. Please fix.

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Play on same device you pressed play on?

I clicked to start music playing on the desktop client, and the music started playing on my phone, very loudly, at work. How can I prevent this from happening? It's ridiculous for my phone to start playing music because i clicked play on the desktop ...

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I clicked to start music playing on the desktop client, and the music started playing on my phone, very loudly, at work. How can I prevent this from happening? It's ridiculous for my phone to start p...

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Can't see what my friends are listening to for months now

Hi, I have spotify premium but I still cannot see what my friends are listening. I have been having this problem for months now. Can you please let me know when you will release a fix for this problem?

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Hi,   I have spotify premium but I still cannot see what my friends are listening. I have been having this problem for months now.   Can you please let me know when you will release a f...

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HELPPPPPP!!!!!!!! Black screen of death (windows 10)!!!!!!!!!!

HELP!!!!!!! Since installing spotify on my laptop i keep getting the black screen of death. I've turned off hardwear accerlation and still getting it constantly. I even got it after uninstalling spotify!!! Help!!!!!!!!!! This is making it impossible ...

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HELP!!!!!!! Since installing spotify on my laptop i keep getting the black screen of death. I've turned off hardwear accerlation and still getting it constantly. I even got it after uninstalling spot...

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Solved!! Spotify isn't fitting screen correctly.

As you can see in the photo, when Spotify is maximized it overlaps into the taskbar, as seen by the darker part on top of the taskbar.

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As you can see in the photo, when Spotify is maximized it overlaps into the taskbar, as seen by the darker part on top of the taskbar. 

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Library won't show all my saved songs (Windows)

I have a saved library of a couple hundred songs. When I browse my library on Spotify desktop, only about 15 of those songs appear, the rest do not show up. On my phone it works fine and I can see all my songs.

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I have a saved library of a couple hundred songs. When I browse my library on Spotify desktop, only about 15 of those songs appear, the rest do not show up. On my phone it works fine and I can see al...

MartinStoichkov

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Spotify opens, black screen, then send me to error.app.spotify.com, which sends me to an ISP error

No idea why. Just started yesterday, along with a few other issues. What may have happened is Spotify files became corrupted, just like most of my other files, not sure though. Thanks for any help in advance.

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No idea why. Just started yesterday, along with a few other issues. What may have happened is Spotify files became corrupted, just like most of my other files, not sure though. Thanks for any help in...

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Do any spotify developers visit this site? Help with missing preferences menu - Windows 7

Greetings - i truly need some assistance from a spotify windows developer I have been having provlems with Spotify Menus on my windows 7 64bit SP1 and I believe that if a developer was reviewing it would be an easy fix. Specifically, my edit menu onl...

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Greetings - i truly need some assistance from a spotify windows developer 🙂   I have been having provlems with Spotify Menus on my windows 7 64bit SP1 and I believe that if a developer was re...

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Solved!! Spotify doesn't open up its window and won't uninstall

Hey there, since two weeks, everytime I try to start the Spotify desktop version, the window does not appear. I'm able to find a task in my taskmanager indicating that Spotify should be running. However, it doesn't actually show me the player. I want...

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Hey there,   since two weeks, everytime I try to start the Spotify desktop version, the window does not appear. I'm able to find a task in my taskmanager indicating that Spotify should be runn...

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Music stops at random every few seconds

After the visual design update today I now cannot play any song without it stopping every few seconds and then starting as if i paused it. Even if I dont have anythign else open this problem still occurs. Restarting my pc does help for a few songs, t...

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After the visual design update today I now cannot play any song without it stopping every few seconds and then starting as if i paused it. Even if I dont have anythign else open this problem still oc...

Xaalis

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