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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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Local tracks duplicates

hi everyone, hope you guys can help me.I have uploaded a couple of local tracks (mp3 I have on my laptop) on spotify. Each track is like 4min long but, when uploaded onto spotify, each single track becomes 30min long, since the song is repeated like ...

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hi everyone, hope you guys can help me. I have uploaded a couple of local tracks (mp3 I have on my laptop) on spotify. Each track is like 4min long but, when uploaded onto spotify, each single track...

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Why!

Why was my music interrupted for an advert for heating controls. I don't pay for adverts.

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Why was my music interrupted for an advert for heating controls. I don't pay for adverts.

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Cannot open any Spotify App - Error: Spotify failed to load application feed

Hello, I have purchased the premium account yesterday.Unfortunately since the last update, I cannot open any App within Spotify, everytime the same error (see attached screen). I have reinstalled Spotify twice like described on spotify.com help. I am...

Casual Listener

Hello,   I have purchased the premium account yesterday. Unfortunately since the last update, I cannot open any App within Spotify, everytime the same error (see attached screen).   I ...

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Solved!! No freed space when I unsubscribed to playlist

Hi, I have some playlists that I made available offline, I need to free disk space, I don't know how to delete the musics that I've made available offlien so what I did is I unsubscribed to that playlist thinking that it will recover some free space ...

Casual Listener

Hi,   I have some playlists that I made available offline, I need to free disk space, I don't know how to delete the musics that I've made available offlien so what I did is I unsubscribed t...

Peter__

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Syncing albums to PC

Is it possible to sync albums I've saved into my music with my PC so I can play them when I'm not on-line? I can do it with playlists by toggling the 'available offline' options but can't see the button for albums. Than ks

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Is it possible to sync albums I've saved into my music with my PC so I can play them when I'm not on-line?  I can do it with playlists by toggling the 'available offline' options but can't see t...

Peter__

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New update makes it difficult to list all the tracks for an artist. Update spoils Spotify.

Spotify has now updated on my computers, even though I did not request it. Spotify used to be brilliant. You used to be able to quickly list all the tracks by a particular artist or band and these would be presented to you in order of popularity. The...

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Spotify has now updated on my computers, even though I did not request it. Spotify used to be brilliant. You used to be able to quickly list all the tracks by a particular artist or band and the...

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Syncing Local FIles

spotify wont stop trying to sync local files I now have 22 files of the same songs in locall files Help please

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spotify wont stop trying to sync local files I now have 22 files of the same songs in locall files Help please   

Peter__

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Radio Page Layout breaks below a certain size

When you reduce the central area to below 610 pixels wide, the layout breaks for Recommended Stations and Your Stations. The boxes for each station become random sizes (might be related to the resolution of the album art). This is happening on v0.9.8...

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When you reduce the central area to below 610 pixels wide, the layout breaks for Recommended Stations and Your Stations. The boxes for each station become random sizes (might be related to the resolu...

Peter__

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Find unavailable tracks

Does anybody know of a way to search for all unavailable tracks. Last time I updated Spotify some of my previously available tracks has become unavailable. For example, the track "Keith Don't Go" by Nils Lofgren, on the album "Acoustic Live" has beco...

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Does anybody know of a way to search for all unavailable tracks. Last time I updated Spotify some of my previously available tracks has become unavailable. For example, the track "Keith Don't Go"...

Peter__

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Starred tracks, what's the point?

Hello, new user here, running the latest version (0.9.4.169 - windows).Can someone explain what's the point of starring tracks in spotify if you can't see your starred tracks in your playlists or in album views? Am I missing something, an option mayb...

Casual Listener

Hello, new user here, running the latest version (0.9.4.169 - windows). Can someone explain what's the point of starring tracks in spotify if you can't see your starred tracks in your playlists or...

geoffspakes

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Solved!! Public playlist does not show to others

Hi, this is a bit new to me I found a case similar to this (Oct. 2013) on one of the the boards but without a solution. I have Spotify Premium, and my playlists don't not show to others.They are set Public, right click on the name shows "Make secret"...

Casual Listener

Hi,   this is a bit new to me 🙂 I found a case similar to this (Oct. 2013) on one of the the boards but without a solution.   I have Spotify Premium, and my playlists don't not sho...

Smurführer

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limited search results ?

4 Weeks ago i have 286 search results for "river song", now only 100 ... is the a new limit for the search results ? Also actually i am searching for "love" ... not more than 100 ... can you please change that !!!

Gig Goer

4 Weeks ago i have 286 search results for "river song", now only 100 ... is the a new limit for the search results ?   Also actually i am searching for "love" ... not more than 100 ... can y...

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My music is gone!?!?

a few days ago i added all of the songs i had saved on a couple of different playlists to the "your music/songs" feature. After making sure they all transferred i then deleted them from the original plalists. Now today i start up Spotify and only 39 ...

Casual Listener

a few days ago i added all of the songs i had saved on a couple of different playlists to the "your music/songs" feature. After making sure they all transferred i then deleted them from the origina...

Adam

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when clicking "play" in playlist, the currently played song isn't highlighted

Hey I couldn't find my problem in the database. When open a random playlist and clicking the "play"-button next to the album cover, the currently played song isn't highlighted. But when I click at a random song in the playlist. the songs are highligh...

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Hey   I couldn't find my problem in the database.   When open a random playlist and clicking the "play"-button next to the album cover, the currently played song isn't highlighted. ...

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Local Files Stopped Playing

I haven't had any problems with local files playing on Spotify. But, all of the sudden, they've stopped playing. I've updated Quicktime (which I've been told helps with that problem), but none of the local files will play. Is there any other way to f...

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I haven't had any problems with local files playing on Spotify. But, all of the sudden, they've stopped playing. I've updated Quicktime (which I've been told helps with that problem), but none of the...

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premium

I need a premium account to my exaims, i'll take the 30days free and then cancel it again before the 30days ends, but i need to know how to cancel it again? And if i submit to premium at my pc, does it then work as well on my phone?

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I need a premium account to my exaims, i'll take the 30days free and then cancel it again before the 30days ends, but i need to know how to cancel it again? And if i submit to premium at my pc, doe...

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Some songs not playing on Adema Album.

I tried other songs, like the Remix off of another album. And that worked but regardless Adema album is not playing all songs. Just thought I would let you know.

Newbie

I tried other songs, like the Remix off of another album. And that worked but regardless Adema album is not playing all songs. Just thought I would let you know.

Peter__

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Queue track from search bar

Hello, I'd like to request a feature When you search for an item and a series of suggested tracks appear underneath the search field, could you make it so that when you right click a track you can queue it? It's a bit cumbersome to open the track / a...

Casual Listener

Hello, I'd like to request a feature   When you search for an item and a series of suggested tracks appear underneath the search field, could you make it so that when you right click a track...

Peter__

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Like buttons for friend's notifications

Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to like/dislike friend's or followed musician's/band's notification on the right hand panel on Spotify Desktop application for PC. Is there a way to comment on these notifications? A small interface as can be see...

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Hi,   I was wondering if it is possible to like/dislike friend's or followed musician's/band's notification on the right hand panel on Spotify Desktop application for PC.   Is there...

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Only sidebars load with newest update

Since the newest changes to the UI, spotify has been practically unusable for me. The sidebars are the only windows that load. Everything else results in a blank white screen. I went ahead and attached a screenshot to more clearly illustrate what is ...

Casual Listener

Since the newest changes to the UI, spotify has been practically unusable for me. The sidebars are the only windows that load.  Everything else results in a blank white screen.  I went ahea...

Peter__

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