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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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Cant add any song to my playlists

When i right click on song and try to add it to my list , it is not showing my lists. There are only "starred" and "windows media player" lists showing.

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When i right click on song and try to add it to my list , it is not showing my lists. There are only "starred" and "windows media player" lists showing. 

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how to display tracks shared to newsfeed/facebook

i regularly share tracks to my newsfeed and to my linked facebook account. is there any way of showing the history of tracks i have shared over the past week/month/year etc? i would find this very useful to review what i have been sharing and for usi...

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i regularly share tracks to my newsfeed and to my linked facebook account.   is there any way of showing the history of tracks i have shared over the past week/month/year etc?   i w...

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Spotify Crashing, CPU High

I've been having this issue for a while now. Probably about 2 months or something (I can't exactly remember). But Spotify has been really pissing me off lately. All I want to do is to listen to music, I don't mind the ads but sometimes my Spotify jus...

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I've been having this issue for a while now. Probably about 2 months or something (I can't exactly remember). But Spotify has been really pissing me off lately. All I want to do is to listen to music...

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Discover tab not working

So after one of the recent updates my disover tab wont display and music anymore. The tab only shows a picture of a man on a train with a woman listening to music is asleep on his arm. I have posted a screen shot below. ANYONE ELSE HAVING THIS ISSUE?...

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So after one of the recent updates my disover tab wont display and music anymore. The tab only shows a picture of a man on a train with a woman listening to music is asleep on his arm. I have posted ...

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Logitech Gaming Software and Spotify Don't Like Each Other

Hi- Whenever my headset is being used with Spotify (Premium, if it helps), the desktop app crashes often (Windows). I have to restart Spotify several times to get it to work, and then it doesn't work with any media keys or volume controls. I have a L...

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Hi- Whenever my headset is being used with Spotify (Premium, if it helps), the desktop app crashes often (Windows). I have to restart Spotify several times to get it to work, and then it doesn't wo...

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Band had Related Artists, and suddenly the tab and info has disappeared

My band The Silence Kit has had a Related Artists page for the last 2 years or so, although the artists weren't terribly similar until recently. 2 weeks ago I checked it and was excited to see many of our influences were now in the Related Artists se...

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My band The Silence Kit has had a Related Artists page for the last 2 years or so, although the artists weren't terribly similar until recently. 2 weeks ago I checked it and was excite...

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[solved]spotify plays the next song instead of the selected one

It's in the title, I have this issue. I click on one song, and spotify plays the next one instead of the one I clicked on. And spotify also plays the first second of the song and then go back at 0min0sec and plays the complete song. I have the last v...

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It's in the title, I have this issue.  I click on one song, and spotify plays the next one instead of the one I clicked on. And spotify also plays the first second of the song and then go back...

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'Your music' and 'Local music'?

How to add my local music that is not on spotify to my library 'Your music' so i can have all my favorite music in one place and be able to fast remove or add them in one touch? (Before it was star on playback and it was great, now it's your music) H...

Gig Goer

How to add my local music that is not on spotify to my library 'Your music' so i can have all my favorite music in one place and be able to fast remove or add them in one touch? (Before it was star o...

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Can't add a song on a playlist

ok, to add songs to my musics there's a limit of 10,000 songs, but then i've started using playlists and now i'm unable to do it. i've already tried to delete some song to see if there was a limit but it still didn't worked out

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ok, to add songs to my musics there's a limit of 10,000 songs, but then i've started using playlists and now i'm unable to do it. i've already tried to delete some song to see if there was a limit bu...

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Empty Shared Playlist

Hey everyone! I just made a playlist that I wanted to share, but when I share the link, it shows up empty. I've tried unchecking the "Hide Unplayable Tracks" option, but still no luck. Does it take a while for tracks to show up in a shared playlist, ...

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Hey everyone! I just made a playlist that I wanted to share, but when I share the link, it shows up empty. I've tried unchecking the "Hide Unplayable Tracks" option, but still no luck. Does it take a...

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Accidentally turned off "Who To Follow".....

Sorry if this is well covered, but couldn't find anything exactly like it. I accidentally hid who to follow in the right corner and now can't get it to reappear. Any suggestions?

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Sorry if this is well covered, but couldn't find anything exactly like it. I accidentally hid who to follow in the right corner and now can't get it to reappear.  Any suggestions?

Peter__

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People following my secret playlist

I have gotten several messages telling me that someone is following my playlist, i have tried unpublishing it but this has not helped, i keep getting new people following it. I've tried to right click it to see if it is published, but no, it says "ma...

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I have gotten several messages telling me that someone is following my playlist, i have tried unpublishing it but this has not helped, i keep getting new people following it.   I've tried to...

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Major Problems Since Yesterday - desktop app constantly "loading"

Huge problems since yesterday synching iphone to Windows desktop - just upgraded to 0.9.12.10 and what a HUGE mistake. None of my playlists are synching and they've all disappeared from my iphone. I've reinstalled both aps 3 times. I think the first ...

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Huge problems since yesterday synching iphone to Windows desktop - just upgraded to 0.9.12.10 and what a HUGE mistake.  None of my playlists are synching and they've all disappeared from my ipho...

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Can't sync local files to PC (Windows 7) and Iphone 4

I don't know what is happening. 1) I create a folder 2) I download music and put in that folder 3) Choose that foulder in "Preferences" on Spotify 4) As soon as I choose that folder, 100+ other folders are appearing out of nowhere inside of it See a ...

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I don't know what is happening.   1) I create a folder  2) I download music and put in that folder 3) Choose that foulder in "Preferences" on Spotify 4) As soon as I choose that f...

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Spotify offline cache issues

I've been a Spotify premium user for well over a year now, and in recent months I've had countless issues syncing my Windows desktop client, to the point I've considered it's probably more efficient to simply stream everything and cancel my subscript...

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I've been a Spotify premium user for well over a year now, and in recent months I've had countless issues syncing my Windows desktop client, to the point I've considered it's probably more effic...

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[Windows] Missing created playlist within client from web-based embedded multitrack list (0.9.12.10)

Description: In last versions it was possible to get a new created playlist within spotify client as soon as played any song from a web-based embedded multitrack playlist. Now in this version no playlist appears. To reproduce: - generate a web-based ...

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Description: In last versions it was possible to get a new created playlist within spotify client as soon as played any song from a web-based embedded multitrack playlist. Now in this version no pl...

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Spotify radio doesn't remember likes/dislikes

I'm using Spotify radio almost everyday, and usually I do some likes, but I have no new songs in my playlist from February. What could it be? No matters if a like either from phone or pc app

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I'm using Spotify radio almost everyday, and usually I do some likes, but I have no new songs in my playlist from February.   What could it be?   No matters if a like either fr...

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Playlist stuck on loading

Hi One of my playlists shows its name as just 'Loading...', with no songs inside. No amount of logging out/in helps Also, this issue is present in my Android app as well as the web player. Help!

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Hi One of my playlists shows its name as just 'Loading...', with no songs inside. No amount of logging out/in helps Also, this issue is present in my Android app as well as the web player. Help!

Peter__

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Reinstalling Spotify

In june, i was told to update spotify. I updated it, and it glitched out. I thought it was an installation issue. Uninstalled and attempted to reinstall and it wouldn't reinstall. I have tried all summer to reinstall. My laptop is a 64-bit. I have tr...

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In june, i was told to update spotify. I updated it, and it glitched out. I thought it was an installation issue. Uninstalled and attempted to reinstall and it wouldn't reinstall. I have tried al...

Peter__

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Radio stations have the exact same songs every time Spotify loads and radio station playback issues

Hello. Recently (in the last month or so) it appears that Spotify radio was changed so that you could see in the future of what radio was going to play whereas before you could only see what was played in the past. Since that change, all of my radio ...

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Hello. Recently (in the last month or so) it appears that Spotify radio was changed so that you could see in the future of what radio was going to play whereas before you could only see what was play...

Peter__

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