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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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Specific song will not play custom transition in any mixed playlists.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice(Windows 11 Desktop, iPhone 12)Operating System(iOS 18.6.2, Windows 11) My Question or IssueI am encountering a seemingly hyper-specific problem where one singular song, "RAWFEAR - Live From Bellwether" by Twenty ...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device (Windows 11 Desktop, iPhone 12) Operating System (iOS 18.6.2, Windows 11)   My Question or Issue I am encountering a seemingly hyper-specific ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify clears queue every time I close down the app.

Spotify has started clearing my queue every time I close it down. I can recreate the issue with 100% consistency. another thing to note is that every time I close down the app, the playlist I currently am on breaks down and doesn't work properly (onl...

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Spotify has started clearing my queue every time I close it down. I can recreate the issue with 100% consistency. another thing to note is that every time I close down the app, the playlist I current...

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Superuser Contribution The volume of the music goes down and up by itself

PlanPremiumCountryTürkiyeDevice(PC)Operating System(Windows 11) My Question or IssueThe volume of the music goes down and up by itself. This is despite volume normalization being turned off in the settings. It happens all the time.

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Plan Premium Country Türkiye Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 11)   My Question or Issue The volume of the music goes down and up by itself. This is despite volume normalization b...

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Superuser Contribution how to delete a SINGLE song fom my playlist NOT the entire list?

e.g. I'm B. Dylan fan but some of his songs I don't like. so I want to delete just a SINGLE song that I don't want to listen to; however, there is no easy way to do this that I can find. And this should be a very easy function to accomplish I would t...

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e.g. I'm B. Dylan fan but some of his songs I don't like. so I want to delete just a SINGLE song that I don't want to listen to; however, there is no easy way to do this that I can find. And this ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify doesn't continue to the next track on an album

PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhen I played Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys, the album stopped after the third song, Don't Talk (put your head on ...

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Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue When I played Pet Sounds by The Beach...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Outdated Version of Spotify - Can not Update

PlanPremiumCountryU.S.DevicePersonal ComputerOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhen I attempt to play a song, I get a popup notifying me that my version of Spotify is outdated. I can either click Update or Dismiss. If I click Dismiss, it...

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Plan Premium Country U.S. Device Personal Computer Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue When I attempt to play a song, I get a popup notifying me that my version of Spoti...

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Superuser Contribution 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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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, ...

xanovich

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Shuffle mode playing the same songs all the time

I have a playlist with 10,000 songs and use shuffle to listen to them. What I realized the past weeks is that the same songs are played over and over again - and not because I listen to this playlist 24/7 but because the shuffle mode seems to not pic...

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I have a playlist with 10,000 songs and use shuffle to listen to them. What I realized the past weeks is that the same songs are played over and over again - and not because I listen to this playlist...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Crossfade happening while turned off

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktop PC / Nothing phone 2aOperating SystemWindows 11 / Android 15 My Question or IssueExperiencing ~5s of crossfade on both of my devices despite the duration being set to 0s and the setting turned off. Automix is al...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop PC / Nothing phone 2a Operating System Windows 11 / Android 15   My Question or Issue Experiencing ~5s of crossfade on both of my devices de...

gmknobl

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Superuser Contribution App on Windows not starting

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDevice(Computer)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueFor the past couple of months, Spotify has stopped working on my PC (Windows). The app simply won’t open.I’ve tried completely uninstalling Spotify — including d...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil Device (Computer) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue For the past couple of months, Spotify has stopped working on my PC (Windows). The ap...

whatdoyoutakemefor

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Podcasts] Played/Unplayed Filter Missing

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueI'm assuming this is a result of the recent UI update for the Desktop app, but appears that the played/unplayed filter on Podcasts has disappeared.

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Plan Premium Country USA Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue I'm assuming this is a result of the recent UI update for the Desktop app, but appears that ...

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switching to Spotify from Youtube music

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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Superuser Contribution Double clicking shuffle bug

Device/OS: Windows 10, Desktop app & browser versionsIssue: Double clicking a playlist set to shuffle does not play that playlist shuffled anew. If I am currently playing a track in Playlist 1 and I double click it, Spotify will now start playing fro...

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Device/OS: Windows 10, Desktop app & browser versions Issue: Double clicking a playlist set to shuffle does not play that playlist shuffled anew. If I am currently playing a track in Playlist 1 ...

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Superuser Contribution Crossfade stopped working on my account across all devices

Hi everyone,I've been experiencing an issue with Crossfade for several months.Crossfade is enabled (I've tried multiple values, including 12 seconds), but songs never fade into each other, they always switch instantly.I've already tried:Clean reinsta...

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Hi everyone, I've been experiencing an issue with Crossfade for several months. Crossfade is enabled (I've tried multiple values, including 12 seconds), but songs never fade into each other, they a...

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Superuser Contribution Custom window border leaves little room for dragging the application window

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceWindows DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThis is more of a bug report than a question, but I found no dedicated place to report bugs. If the spotify windows application is not maximized, the new UI ...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Windows Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue This is more of a bug report than a question, but I found no dedicated place to r...

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Solved!! How do you see the list I'm currently playing?

On desktop, when I click on another artist or playlist to take a look at it, I can't go back to the list I was playing, like a playlist or a radio. Sometimes, I can use the back buttons, but that does not always work. In the past, I could just click ...

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On desktop, when I click on another artist or playlist to take a look at it, I can't go back to the list I was playing, like a playlist or a radio. Sometimes, I can use the back buttons, but that doe...

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Song auf Handy zulassen?

Ich wollte einen Song abspielen und dann kam folgende Meldung:"Wir können diesen Inhalt erst abspielen, wenn du den Song in der Spotify App auf deinem Handy zulässt."Ich benutze Spotify auf dem PC, hatte es aber eine Weile auch auf dem Handy mit dem ...

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Ich wollte einen Song abspielen und dann kam folgende Meldung: "Wir können diesen Inhalt erst abspielen, wenn du den Song in der Spotify App auf deinem Handy zulässt." Ich benutze Spotify auf dem P...

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Superuser Contribution Music volume keeps lowering

I have had this issue for the past few days for seemingly no reason, however I'm experiencing it on the windows app AND web player. I've re-installed the app, turned off normalize audio, turned off the equalizer. It's not due to low power mode as I a...

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I have had this issue for the past few days for seemingly no reason, however I'm experiencing it on the windows app AND web player. I've re-installed the app, turned off normalize audio, turned off t...

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Spotify for windows is causing bluetooth/wifi driver to crash

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDevice Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueLast week at the company I work for we got reports of wifi and bluetooth adapter drivers crashing on windows 11. Me and other people from the WinAdmins community have ...

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  Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device   Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Last week at the company I work for we got reports of wifi and bluetooth adapt...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution "Top tracks this month" removed

Is it just me or did the feature for looking at your Top Songs/Tracks this Month disappeared? It vanished and I am so annoyed that it is gone. Is this happening to you?

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Is it just me or did the feature for looking at your Top Songs/Tracks this Month disappeared? It vanished and I am so annoyed that it is gone. Is this happening to you? 

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