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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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Issues with Spotify

So every once in a while i will have spotify crash out on me while playing music, and will not restart. after rebooting computer it will load occasionally. more often it will load the process and not show the log in screen. on top of this if i get it...

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So every once in a while i will have spotify crash out on me while playing music, and will not restart. after rebooting computer it will load occasionally. more often it will load the process and not...

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Backing up playlists; song counts don't match

Hi, Hoping someone can explain the reason for the following: I use Excel to backup my playlists, but the song counts don't match (I CTRL+A from the Windows desktop client and paste into Excel). My take is that either the desktop client is incorrectly...

Gig Goer

Hi,   Hoping someone can explain the reason for the following:   I use Excel to backup my playlists, but the song counts don't match (I CTRL+A from the Windows desktop client and pa...

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[Windows] Crashes at browse playlists

Often when i enter Browse->Genres & Moods. When clicking on a random Genre/Mood or playlist there the application instantly shuts down. Happens around 50% of the times i'm at "Browse"

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Often when i enter Browse->Genres & Moods. When clicking on a random Genre/Mood or playlist there the application instantly shuts down. Happens around 50% of the times i'm at "Browse"

Joe

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Who added the playlist

Hello, Someone added playlists to my account and I wonder if I can se what IP adress that person had? The lists are not nice. I have changed tha password so hopefully it won't happen again, but I really want to know who it was.

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Hello,   Someone added playlists to my account and I wonder if I can se what IP adress that person had? The lists are not nice. I have changed tha password so hopefully it won't happen a...

Joe

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Cannot Start Radio for an album

Sometimes when I try to Start Radio for an album nothing happens. Spotify simply keeps on playing the current song. Only after I restart spotify the Start Radio works for a while. This happens after I upgraded to version 0.9.8.296.g91f68827. Another ...

Newbie

Sometimes when I try to Start Radio for an album nothing happens. Spotify simply keeps on playing the current song. Only after I restart spotify the Start Radio works for a while. This happens after ...

Joe

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How to listen to my Cellphone Music in my PC ?

Hi! I know my problem is a bit odd. I downloaded all my playlist in my cellphone (WP , and I want to listen to it, but via my desktop. Since I'm at work, I can't download Spotify or use it web , and I have a headset due to online meetings and stuff, ...

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Hi!  I know my problem is a bit odd. I downloaded all my playlist in my cellphone (WP 😎 , and I want to listen to it, but via my desktop.   Since I'm at work, I can't download Spoti...

Joe

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Won't load on web player or desktop

I am having trouble with Spotify, it started today... First of it would play a song and then just stop.. for no reason. I would Quit or Exit out of Spotify and it would work for alittle while again.. NOW it wont load, I cannot play any songs.. the di...

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I am having trouble with Spotify, it started today... First of it would play a song and then just stop.. for no reason. I would Quit or Exit out of Spotify and it would work for alittle while again.....

pnc

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Solved!! Spotify won't show certain things, random colours appearing

I've had this problem for some time. For the last few months, apps like MusiXmatch would only show the screen you can see on the picture below. I can still interact with the things that are supposed to be there. Up to now, this wasn't a big problem, ...

Casual Listener

I've had this problem for some time. For the last few months, apps like MusiXmatch would only show the screen you can see on the picture below. I can still interact with the things that are supposed ...

Peter__

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Multiple Artist listings in Your Music.

The built in filtering in is nice, but not when many of my Artists have multiple listings, a few have 3, a couple have 4, and that doesn't include side projects. I foresee the content team getting flooded to change a LOT of Artist listings because of...

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The built in filtering in is nice, but not when many of my Artists have multiple listings, a few have 3, a couple have 4, and that doesn't include side projects.  I foresee the content team gett...

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Bug: 'history' defaults to last album played after one track

Since the upgrade, when I go to my 'History' list and play a track from it, instead of continuing through the rest of the list it defaults to an apparently random track from the last album I played from. I assume this is a bug, as there is no reason ...

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Since the upgrade, when I go to my 'History' list and play a track from it, instead of continuing through the rest of the list it defaults to an apparently random track from the last album I played f...

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Solved!! After a song has finished playing, Spotify crashes.

Hey. Ive been using spotify for quite a few months now and since this afternoon, everytime a song has finished playing, Spotify decides to close itself down which suggests to me that it has crashed. has anybody else had this problem. if not, should i...

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Hey. Ive been using spotify for quite a few months now and since this afternoon, everytime a song has finished playing, Spotify decides to close itself down which suggests to me that it has...

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Merge Playlist - Retain Added Date

Hi there everyone, I was wondering if the community could please help me. I would like to combine a few playlists, which is easy enough, but I very much need to retain the 'added date' as I and my circle of friends search and order tracks using this ...

Roadie

Hi there everyone,   I was wondering if the community could please help me.   I would like to combine a few playlists, which is easy enough, but I very much need to retain the 'adde...

bjc999

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Spotify and Flash Pro IDE Issue

This likely effects small minority of people who use Spotify, but I have a rather peculiar (and annoying) bug. I'm a game developer and we use Flash Pro CS6 to create menus and such. In Flash Pro, their are controls to navigate through the layers of ...

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This likely effects small minority of people who use Spotify, but I have a rather peculiar (and annoying) bug.   I'm a game developer and we use Flash Pro CS6 to create menus and such. ...

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Managed to delete songs fron playlist

Hey, one of my playlists is collaborative and someone have deletet almost all of the songs on it. and i was quite alot of songs in this playlist and it will be a pain in the a** to find them all and be adding them all over again. If some of the admin...

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Hey, one of my playlists is collaborative and someone have deletet almost all of the songs on it. and i was quite alot of songs in this playlist and it will be a pain in the a** to find them all and ...

Joe

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moved back to Germany

Hi, I was living in Portugal when I created my spotify account Nearly three weeks ago i moved back to Germany and now I'd like to use Spotify Free again! I do not have a mastercard or a paypal account! Please help me

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Hi, I was living in Portugal when I created my spotify account Nearly three weeks ago i moved back to Germany and now I'd like to use Spotify Free again! I do not have a mastercard or a pa...

Joe

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Friends can't see what i'm listeninig

Hi, i have a complex problem with spotify. When i connect spotify account with a facebook account, my freinds can't see what music i'm listening to. When i adding songs to "favorite", below the title, it doesn't show what artists are in playlist ("in...

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Hi, i have a complex problem with spotify. When i connect spotify account with a facebook account, my freinds can't see what music i'm listening to. When i adding songs to "favorite", below the title...

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Solved!! 7 Spotify Web Helpers Running Simultaneously

I've always had Spotify Helper running, and i've never minded it. But after the last update, i suddenly have 5-7 of them running, and it's happening to both the mac and windows client. If i forcequit them, they will all start up again. It's not like ...

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I've always had Spotify Helper running, and i've never minded it. But after the last update, i suddenly have 5-7 of them running, and it's happening to both the mac and windows client. If i forcequit...

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Solved!! Why i can't search and view my profile?

I'm a user from Hong Kong so my English may be so bad. my spotify has no problem till these days i cannot check my profile, it shows "please go online to view user profile" and i cannot search song too. when i type something in the search bar nothing...

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I'm a user from Hong Kong so my English may be so bad.   my spotify has no problem till these days i cannot check my profile, it shows "please go online to view user profile" and i canno...

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Show me how to disable upload / p2p

Hi, I pay Spotify $10/month (premium) Please tell me how to disable upload / p2p stuff that makes me lag every 5 minutes. Can't enjoy playing games while listening to music. I have AT&T U-verse with a crappy 1.5mpbs upload. I also heard that AT&T thr...

Casual Listener

Hi, I pay Spotify $10/month (premium)   Please tell me how to disable upload / p2p stuff that makes me lag every 5 minutes.  Can't enjoy playing games while listening to music.  ...

Joe

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Playlists Vanished?

Logged in today, was told I had wrong password, which wasn't correct. My name and profile pic are still the same, but I can't find any of my playlists! If someone would help me find thwem, I'd be so grateful! Thanks! Cathy Philpot

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Logged in today, was told I had wrong password, which wasn't correct. My name and profile pic are still the same, but I can't find any of my playlists! If someone would help me find thwem, I'd be so ...

Peter__

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