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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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Related artist is the artist iself

Hi, I saw a strange thing on my own artist profile Dr. Sounds, the first related artist is Dr. Sounds iself.

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Hi, I saw a strange thing on my own artist profile Dr. Sounds, the first related artist is Dr. Sounds iself.  

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spotify will not play songs anymore

All of a sudden the songs from my local files will not play even though they all used to play before. I tried reinstalling, and I tried the edit preference thing but it will not work. It says the files are unsupported now.

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All of a sudden the songs from my local files will not play even though they all used to play before. I tried reinstalling, and I tried the edit preference thing but it will not work. It says the fil...

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Songs on playlist automatically switched out for live versions.

Why are some of the songs on my playlists automatically switched out for live versions of the song? The album edition, that I chose for my playlist, is still available to listen to and it's possible to add it to my playlists again aswell. Why would i...

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Why are some of the songs on my playlists automatically switched out for live versions of the song? The album edition, that I chose for my playlist, is still available to listen to and it's po...

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Windows and Linux dualboot

Hi there! I have a question. I couldn't find any answer for this online. So.. I've been using spotify on windows and a downloaded some playlists (avaible offline). Then I installed Linux and Spotify won't open those playlists offline. I know where my...

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Hi there! I have a question. I couldn't find any answer for this online. So.. I've been using spotify on windows and a downloaded some playlists (avaible offline). Then I installed Linux and Spot...

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Can I change Spotify's Black Skin Can not see text???

Hi, I am a newbe, I really like Spotify. But even on a 15'' desktop I have a VERY hardtime seeing the text. I can not figure out how to change the settings. Can they be changed? Currently the font is white on a black back ground. I have found questio...

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Hi, I am a newbe, I  really like  Spotify.  But even on a 15'' desktop I have a VERY hardtime seeing the text. I can not figure out how to change the settings. Can they be changed?...

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Question about liking a song in my radio

So i have a radio in my Spotify i have english playlist and chinese playlist i created 2 play lists 1 for english and 1 for chinese and i want the radio i use for chinese songs in my chinese playlist When i like a song in my chinese radio i want them...

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So i have a radio in my Spotify i have english playlist and chinese playlist   i created 2 play lists 1 for english and 1 for chinese and i want the radio i use for chinese songs in my chine...

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Spoty doesn't work on computer after 1 week of shut down

So basically I shut down my computer since I was going to Mallorca, just got home today and started to run my computer again is a new computer for about 2500€. Spoty starts working as fast as the computer runs, but now when I got home it didn't start...

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So basically I shut down my computer since I was going to Mallorca, just got home today and started to run my computer again is a new computer for about 2500€.   Spoty starts working as fast...

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Solved!! 2 minuite ad? Spinin records ad

Hi, ive been using spotify for around a year now I use it to listen to music while playing games, it gets really annoying. The ad is for something like spinin record i dont know i dont like that kind of music, but the ad says its usual crap and then ...

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Hi, ive been using spotify for around a year now I use it to listen  to music while playing games, it gets really annoying. The ad is for something like spinin record i dont know i dont like t...

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Empty playlist and loading playlist errors

Hello everybody, Since a couple of days I can't manage playlist correctly. I want to import an iTunes playlist (not smart, but normal playlist) in Spotify. Firstly, I've tried to import with the File>Import Playlist>iTunes mode but, if on the Windows...

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Hello everybody, Since a couple of days I can't manage playlist correctly. I want to import an iTunes playlist (not smart, but normal playlist) in Spotify. Firstly, I've tried to import with th...

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friends profile pictures not showing

hello, suddenly my friends profile pics doesn´t showing up. both "friendlist" and "listen activity". but i can see what they listen to and also there names ( how you can see in the screenshot) so far i have disconnect my facebook account and also del...

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hello,   suddenly my friends profile pics doesn´t showing up. both "friendlist" and "listen activity".    but i can see what they listen to and also there names ( how you can s...

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See which tags a track/playlist/radio has

I keep having trouble creating the perfect radio station based on a playlist. Possibly because my playlists sometimIs this possible?es really can not be represented by a set of genres but rather a set of genres with exceptions. I would like to create...

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I keep having trouble creating the perfect radio station based on a playlist. Possibly because my playlists sometimIs this possible?es really can not be represented by a set of genres but rather a se...

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Solved!! Bug: Join Me Ad locks up Spotify Player

The advertisement for "Join Me" flips on and Spotify shows the advertisement but it doesn't end. The only way to get to the next song is to exit and launch spotify again. I actually had it sit for 30 minutes with nothing happening to see if it was an...

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The advertisement for "Join Me" flips on and Spotify shows the advertisement but it doesn't end.  The only way to get to the next song is to exit and launch spotify again.  I actually ...

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Can't play the current track

I get this message when I try to play any of the songs from an album I have recently downloaded, this album is not available on Spotify and I'm only trying to use Spotify as a media player. So far I have tried: logging out, exiting the player and the...

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I get this message when I try to play any of the songs from an album I have recently downloaded, this album is not available on Spotify and I'm only trying to use Spotify as a media player. So far I ...

Peter__

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why can't edit song id3 tags by person ?

many chinese song ,can't show his chinese name , just display id tags by transliteration string , it s very strange !!!!!!! ah ah ah

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many chinese song ,can't show his chinese name , just display id tags by transliteration string  ,   it s very strange !!!!!!! ah ah ah   

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Do you have same problem (no playlists)

Hello, yesterday all of sudden all my playlists disappeared and instead of them I got 2 playlists with country and royal music. I`m wondering is this some kind of bug or just someone hacked my Spotify account? PS Albums in My Music are left untouched

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Hello, yesterday all of sudden all my playlists disappeared and instead of them I got 2 playlists with country and royal music. I`m wondering is this some kind of bug or just someone hacked my Spotif...

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Solved!! Copying songs

Can i to copy cached songs to hear in others devices in MP3 format? Thank u

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Can i to copy cached songs to hear in others devices in MP3 format?   Thank u

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Windows Desktop client failed to update playlist

I tried to contact Spotify support first. And they reply me with some options, I tried them all, and none of them works. I reply them again. Seriously, no reply in 48hours! This is how Spotify treat your customers? My Windows 7 desktop client can't u...

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I tried to contact Spotify support first. And they reply me with some options, I tried them all, and none of them works. I reply them again. Seriously, no reply in 48hours! This is how Spotify t...

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spotify premium

I upgraded to premium AND I went to go download a playlist for offline use and it still says I need to upgrade even though I did. I select the upgrade button AMD it takes me to a receipt saying I upgraded

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I upgraded to premium AND I went to go download a playlist for offline use and it still says I need to upgrade even though I did. I select the upgrade button AMD it takes me to a receipt saying I upg...

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Music Totals Discrepancy, Please Help!

All, I have a discrepency between the total songs my music playlist says it contains and how many songs are actually on the playlist. Any ideas on what could be causing this? Yesterday the playlist said I had 196 but I only had 193. Today its down to...

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All,   I have a discrepency between the total songs my music playlist says it contains and how many songs are actually on the playlist. Any ideas on what could be causing this? Yesterda...

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