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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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earthbound

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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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Activity feed showing songs from months ago.

I was talking to a friend on skype the other day and she told me she wanted me to listen to a particular song she was listening to, so naturally i'd look on my activity feed and asked her if it was the song that was showing up there, and she said no,...

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I was talking to a friend on skype the other day and she told me she wanted me to listen to a particular song she was listening to, so naturally i'd look on my activity feed and asked her if it was t...

robzim737

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stopping and starting

songs are stopping and starting every 30 seconds. I have been a premium member for 6 plus months and have never had this problem before now as of one hour ago. Any help would be appreciated

Roadie

songs are stopping and starting every 30 seconds.  I have been a premium member for 6 plus months and have never had this problem before now as of one hour ago.  Any help would be appreciat...

Peter__

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I receive an SMS with a password but cannot find any place where to insert it

Hi, I cannot use Spotify at all (!) because when I log-in, my Spotify tells me that "You will shortly get an SMS with a password code to log in". Then I receive the SMS but cannot find any place where to insert the password. The user interface tells ...

Casual Listener

Hi,   I cannot use Spotify at all (!) because when I log-in, my Spotify tells me that "You will shortly get an SMS with a password code to log in". Then I receive the SMS but cannot fin...

Basileios3

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Artist specific

Spotify will play my radio but whenever a Schoolboy Q comes up it will not play it, it will play anyone but him. Even if i go to him specifically and try to just play his tracks spotify wont do it. any ideas for a solution?

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Spotify will play my radio but whenever a Schoolboy Q comes up it will not play it, it will play anyone but him.  Even if i go to him specifically and try to just play his tracks spotify wont do...

natecrizzle

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Motörhead - The World is Ours Vol. 2

Die Liedtitel in diesem Album sind vermischt. Beispielsweise sind die Titel "Rock out" und "One Night Stand" vertauscht.

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Die Liedtitel in diesem Album sind vermischt. Beispielsweise sind die Titel "Rock out" und "One Night Stand" vertauscht.    

Daniel

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Strangest Radio songs

I think this has to be one of the strangest radio choices spotify has served up yet. Starting a Brian Adams radio station (summer of 69) four tracks later and it's playing "Doctor Jones" by aqua. hummm Needless to say it was thumbs down. On a serious...

Roadie

I think this has to be one of the strangest radio choices spotify has served up yet. Starting a Brian Adams radio station (summer of 69) four tracks later and it's playing "Doctor Jones" by aqua. hum...

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Solved!! Spotify slows down the PC, CPU load issue

I cannot use Spotify honestly on my PC because it consumes far too much CPU power. When playing music the task managers shows a CPU load of more than 50%, but I still need my PC for working in parallel, taking that much ressources is not acceptable. ...

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I cannot use Spotify honestly on my PC because it consumes far too much CPU power. When playing music the task managers shows a CPU load of more than 50%, but I still need my PC for working in parall...

Peter__

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Is there a way to check which playlist does the song belongs to?

In iTunes, there is a "Show in Playlist" option in which we can find out which playlist is the song in. Is there a way to do this in Spotify Desktop? Thanks in advance for all the help!

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In iTunes, there is a "Show in Playlist" option in which we can find out which playlist is the song in.   Is there a way to do this in Spotify Desktop?   Thanks in advance for ...

eddyjs

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Syncing playlist with premium trial

Hi all ! I'm what you could call "new " to spotify, and I was wondering if you could sync your playlists to use them offline with a Spotify Premium Trail account. If yes, will the playlist stay synced (ie: refreshed every time you add a song or go on...

Newbie

Hi all !   I'm what you could call "new " to spotify, and I was wondering if you could sync your playlists to use them offline with a Spotify Premium Trail account. If yes, will the playlist...

Peter__

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Crossfade not working or am I doing it wrong?

I do not have gapless playback on when crossfade is activated, i have turned it off and restarted Spotify, i have tried changing the time to crossfade and it does not work either, i have tried all i know! It worked fine an hour ago! And now when i ad...

Gig Goer

I do not have gapless playback on when crossfade is activated, i have turned it off and restarted Spotify, i have tried changing the time to crossfade and it does not work either, i have tried all i ...

Peter__

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Related artists gone on Windows Desktop Application

Can see this has been reported for Andriod but want to make sure it is reported for the Desktop and Web Versions too!!!! It's across the board the fact that Spotify has lost the "Related Artists" link. I have fouind it its a generally unknown band th...

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Can see this has been reported for Andriod but want to make sure it is reported for the Desktop and Web Versions too!!!!  It's across the board the fact that Spotify has lost the "Related Artist...

Peter__

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Solved!! Spotify 0.9.8 update doesn't work

Hi, I used Spotify on one computer of me yesterday, and followed the notification to restart spotify, to install the new update. Now I have the newest version (0.9.8.15) of Spotify on this computer. Now I just wanted to update Spotify on my other com...

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Hi,   I used Spotify on one computer of me yesterday, and followed  the notification to restart spotify, to install the new update. Now I have the newest version (0.9.8.15) of Spoti...

Peter__

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Spotify doesn't show top list

Hey guys, need a little help here! My spotify have stopped showing me the content of the top list - all other playlists works fine. Anyone know how to fix this? Screenshot: Hope someone can help me out

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Hey guys, need a little help here! My spotify have stopped showing me the content of the top list - all other playlists works fine. Anyone know how to fix this? Screenshot:      ...

ani-head

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Hello, Below is my original email to Spotify: Hello,I clicked on the Album: "Terri Clark" by Terri Clark to play the album, but the Album cover for: "Greatest Hits" by Terri Clark comes up instead of the one for: "Terri Clark"! The same thing happene...

Roadie

Hello, Below is my original email to Spotify:     Hello, I clicked on the Album: "Terri Clark" by Terri Clark to play the album, but the Album cover for: "Greatest Hits" by Terri C...

Groffeaston

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Solved!! Long Blocks of Ads

Ever since the 0.9.6.72 update I have been experiencing long blocks of ads that play for at least 3 minutes, around 6 ads a break. I know I didn't pay for premium, but the ad blocks were never this bad before the update. I've quit the program thinkin...

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Ever since the 0.9.6.72 update I have been experiencing long blocks of ads that play for at least 3 minutes, around 6 ads a break. I know I didn't pay for premium, but the ad blocks were never this b...

Peter__

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Other artists on a track

In the image below, I believe this is column is displaying other artists on the track. However, even when I maximize or stretch the window beyond the width of the screen it still has a ellipsis at the end. Two questions: 1) Is the only way to get all...

Casual Listener

  In the image below, I believe this is column is displaying other artists on the track. However, even when I maximize or stretch the window beyond the width of the screen it still has a ellip...

jlongoria

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Make shuffle MORE shuffle please

Like the title says, i am tired of shuffle mode playing the same songs too many times! Fix your Shuffle mode!

Gig Goer

Like the title says, i am tired of shuffle mode playing the same songs too many times! Fix your Shuffle mode!

Joe

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Solved!! Problem with Spotify Update on desktop

So I had Spotify install and everything work fine, then Spotify asks me to do an update so I click on the Spotify restart button updater,..It downloaded the update but then it says Error code 17 - Spotify unable to start. Now I did some research here...

Music Fan

So I had Spotify install and everything work fine, then Spotify  asks me to do an update so I click on the Spotify restart button updater,..It downloaded the update but then it says Error code 1...

Masikoo

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Spotify does not play anymore

Hello, my Spotify Premium isn't playing any of the Songs I clicked on.The Song shows up, and directly stops at 00:00.I've already tried to restart my Windows, reinstalled Spotify and my Flash Player but nothing worked.What can I do. Cheers

Visitor

Hello,   my Spotify Premium isn't playing any of the Songs I clicked on. The Song shows up, and directly stops at 00:00. I've already tried to restart my Windows, reinstalled Spotify and m...

Peter__

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Not playing songs

ok i noticed this maybe a week ago. In my playlists i have a collection of songs (some from personal collection, others from subscribed artists) recently i noticed that random songs have stopped playing. I mean ill play a song then it goes through a ...

Newbie

ok i noticed this maybe a week ago. In my playlists i have a collection of songs (some from personal collection, others from subscribed artists) recently i noticed that random songs have stopped play...

Peter__

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