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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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ALL playlists gone

I opened spotify today to find that all my playlists are missing. All i have is the option to create my first playlist... They are all missing on my phone too, so it's not just the computer. tried relogging spotify. Any ideas?

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I opened spotify today to find that all my playlists are missing. All i have is the option to create my first playlist... They are all missing on my phone too, so it's not just the computer. tried re...

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Solved!! Why do you remove tracks that we're available before?

HiWhy are you removing tracks that previously was playable? For instance, there is one track that I really love that I have in my favorites, but can no longer play. It's this one;https://open.spotify.com/track/22rKL7QSNs9dnkErc6Jb5yWhy is it removed/...

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Hi Why are you removing tracks that previously was playable? For instance, there is one track that I really love that I have in my favorites, but can no longer play. It's this one; https://open...

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Premium Family, spotify connect

Recently I upgraded my Spotify account to Family Premium. I use Spotify Connect to play through a Gramofon, but the device is not available in the Windows Desktop Apps of my family members. The option is greyed out. So it looks like I only can use Sp...

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Recently I upgraded my Spotify account to Family Premium. I use Spotify Connect to play through a Gramofon, but the device is not available in the Windows Desktop Apps of my family members. The optio...

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Solved!! Can't Open Spotify or Uninstall

I have an issue... it is getting me mad.. I start up my spotify, nothing shows up, I go to my task manager, spotify is a background proccess, I was listening to it when I went to bed, then I came home from school and it was closed. so I opened it up,...

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I have an issue... it is getting me mad.. I start up my spotify, nothing shows up, I go to my task manager, spotify is a background proccess, I was listening to it when I went to bed, then I came hom...

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Icons in sidebar missing

Noticed after update to 1.0.47.13.gd8e05b1f that icons of functions like "Browse", "Radio" and "Your music" are missing in the left sidebar in windows desktop client. Is that a bug or is it a feature implemented intentionally in the newer version? I ...

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Noticed after update to 1.0.47.13.gd8e05b1f  that icons of functions like "Browse", "Radio" and "Your music" are missing in the left sidebar in windows desktop client.   Is that a bu...

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Clicking artist says "Can't be found" but I can play their music saved in my playlist just fine

So I was trying to look up some of the artists whose songs I've saved to some playlists. I was mainly curious to see if their Spotify artist page would name the genre of music they make. So I clicked ODESZA from who I saved a few songs, but Spotify t...

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So I was trying to look up some of the artists whose songs I've saved to some playlists. I was mainly curious to see if their Spotify artist page would name the genre of music they make.   So ...

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Problem with finding songs in playlist when there is a song named asterisk.

If you have a called '*' in a playlist, it acts as a "catch-all" when typing to find tunes. This means that you cannot find any songs that are located beneath the '*' song in the playlist. This can be recreated by adding the album "Before the Dawn He...

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If you have a called '*' in a playlist, it acts as a "catch-all" when typing to find tunes. This means that you cannot find any songs that are located beneath the '*' song in the playlist.   T...

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Spotify don't remember last played song or queue list on restart

When I've a long list of queued songs and/or playing from a playlist and I turn off Spotify or my computer and the app won't remember the queue or the last song in a playlist I played from recently.Sometimes it starts up with a song and queue that I ...

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When I've a long list of queued songs and/or playing from a playlist and I turn off Spotify or my computer and the app won't remember the queue or the last song in a playlist I played from recently. ...

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Windows app crashing upon launch

Hi. Recently Spotify has started crashing on launch on one of my PCs.. App starts up - but screen stays black and eventually program shuts down.Windows 10. Account is OK as works fine on other devices.Just tried logging all other devices off and rein...

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Hi. Recently Spotify has started crashing on launch on one of my PCs.. App starts up - but screen stays black and eventually program shuts down. Windows 10. Account is OK as works fine on other de...

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Local MP3 file "not available".

Hey guys. I downloaded Princess Nokia's free mixtape and would love to add some of the songs to my playlists. The songs are in MP3 format. However, whenever I try to play the songs in Spotify, I get the following error message: I don't have this issu...

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Hey guys.   I downloaded Princess Nokia's free mixtape and would love to add some of the songs to my playlists. The songs are in MP3 format. However, whenever I try to play the songs in Spotif...

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Odd window resolution

Brief description of the issue:Using spotify in full screen has and odd resolution of 1936x1066, on a 1920x1080 display, seems to have some weird effects.Effects include:Fullscreening while hovering on both monitors will create a small line on the ot...

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Brief description of the issue: Using spotify in full screen has and odd resolution of 1936x1066, on a 1920x1080 display, seems to have some weird effects. Effects include: Fullscreening while ho...

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All songs not showing under a saved album.

The Spotify client updated today to 1.0.47.13 and now when I click on any saved album, it's not showing the full track listing. It's doing this for all of them. An example is in the attachment. Oops! Nevermind. I restarted the client and that helped....

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The Spotify client updated today to 1.0.47.13 and now when I click on any saved album, it's not showing the full track listing. It's doing this for all of them.   An example is in the att...

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Problem downloading songs in windows 10

I'm a premium user but the "download" switch doesnt appear in "Your Music" > Songs. I want to download the songs from the the songs i clicked "Save to Your Music", cut the **bleep** about making the songs i want to download into a playlist and downlo...

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I'm a premium user but the "download" switch doesnt appear in "Your Music" > Songs.   I want to download the songs from the the songs i clicked "Save to Your Music", cut the **bleep** about...

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Solved!! removal of devices tab

i have spotify premium and read that i can sync all my music into my ipod third generation. what i read said that to sync the music to the ipod the devices tab needed to be oppened i looked and looked and cant find it. is there any other way i can sy...

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i have spotify premium and read that i can sync all my music into my ipod third generation. what i read said that to sync the music to the ipod the devices tab needed to be oppened i looked and looke...

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Saving Songs vs Saving Albums

This only seems to happen on the windows desktop client for me (i havent tested this from my Mac), but songs that are part of albums that I have saved dont appear in my saved songs list. Example: I want to add a full album to my library, so I click t...

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This only seems to happen on the windows desktop client for me (i havent tested this from my Mac), but songs that are part of albums that I have saved dont appear in my saved songs list.  Exampl...

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Play all songs

So, a month ago before an update I could click on an artist on my saved artists and it would display only the songs and/or albums I saved for said artist. Now if I click on any artist it takes me directly to the artists page (which of course I don't ...

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So, a month ago before an update I could click on an artist on my saved artists and it would display only the songs and/or albums I saved for said artist. Now if I click on any artist it takes me dir...

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suddenly 2 ps4s on my devices list??

Today when I started playing music on spotify I noticed 2 playstation 4s available under devices named "PS4-233" and "PS4-392". I have never used a ps4 in my life. I am using facebook to login on my spotify and have 2 step verification on my facebook...

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Today when I started playing music on spotify I noticed 2 playstation 4s available under devices named "PS4-233" and "PS4-392". I have never used a ps4 in my life. I am using facebook to lo...

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Volume control with active speakers

Hi, I've got active/self-powered speakers, which are connected to my pc via USB. Changing the volume with my media buttons on the keyboard does not work, as the windows volume is triggered, which has no effect on my speaker's volume. However, when ch...

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Hi,   I've got active/self-powered speakers, which are connected to my pc via USB. Changing the volume with my media buttons on the keyboard does not work, as the windows volume is triggered, ...

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Playist Recommended Songs Problem.

Hello everybody, i have a problem about which is defined at title. I have created too much playists. Only one of my playist, i can not see the recommended songs in this playist. Other playists there have Recommended Song Optional. For instance K O R ...

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Hello everybody, i have a problem about which is defined at title. I have created too much playists. Only one of my playist, i can not see the recommended songs in this playist. Other playists there ...

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Playlist sorting options

Playlists cannot be dragged into a new playlist folder unless it already contains a playlist Steps to reproduce on Windows1. Create a new playlist folder2. Attempt to drag an existing playlist into this folder3. Playlist is not moved Not, this bug ca...

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Playlists cannot be dragged into a new playlist folder unless it already contains a playlist   Steps to reproduce on Windows 1. Create a new playlist folder 2. Attempt to drag an existing pl...

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