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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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Superuser Contribution Spotify loads images (album covers) slowly, with a delay

So, sometimes images don't load properly. It's not a constant issue, but rather an intermittent one - they might load fine for a while, and then the problem will occur. A new song starts playing, but the image showing what's currently playing remains...

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So, sometimes images don't load properly. It's not a constant issue, but rather an intermittent one - they might load fine for a while, and then the problem will occur. A new song starts playing, but...

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AI DJ text and voice requests missing on Windows 11 Desktop App

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 11My Question or IssueHi everyone,On the mobile app, you can give specific prompts or voice requests to the AI DJ to choose what you want to listen to. However, on the Windows 11 deskto...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue Hi everyone, On the mobile app, you can give specific prompts or voice requests to the AI DJ ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Sandbox setup fails on Polish Windows – “Group Administrators was not found

PlanPremiumCountryPolandOperating System(Windows 11) During the setup of Studio by Spotify Labs, the sandbox configuration fails when the installer attempts to locate the local Windows group named “Administrators”.I am using a Polish-language version...

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Plan Premium Country Poland Operating System (Windows 11)   During the setup of Studio by Spotify Labs, the sandbox configuration fails when the installer attempts to locate the local Win...

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Superuser Contribution Web player won't stay logged in

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWindows PC (web browser)Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueSpotify isn't staying logged in on my browser like it did before the recent "Can't play this right now" issue started a few days ago. I have the browser...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Windows PC (web browser) Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Spotify isn't staying logged in on my browser like it did before the recent ...

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Superuser Contribution Friends activity

Plan Premium Country Brazil Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue In this week, I can't see more than 20 friends on friends activity, which i follow at least 39 friends (it would be showing all of them recently), only show people that list...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue In this week, I can't see more than 20 friends on friends activity, which i follow at least 39 fr...

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missing songs in my playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUK Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueOn the website - songs 10000.Same playlist on the desktop app 7530 wth Spotify

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Plan Premium Country UK   Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue On the website - songs 10000. Same playlist on the desktop app 7530   wth Spotify

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Spotify web app logs me out every time i restart my pc

Every time I open the Spotify web app it logs me and ask forces me to authenticate my profile via email every time I log out of my pc. I am unable to use the Spotify application so this is the only way.PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWindows 11 PC

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Every time I open the Spotify web app it logs me and ask forces me to authenticate my profile via email every time I log out of my pc. I am unable to use the Spotify application so this is the only w...

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Concert film not shown on PC

PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'd like to watch the Billions Club concert of Olivia Rodrigo, but I get only the audio version. Why?

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Plan Premium Country Finland Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'd like to watch the Billions Club concert of Olivia Rodrigo, but I get only the audio versio...

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Superuser Contribution 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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  Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop PC Intel Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Followed clean re-install instructions after getting black screen at star...

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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, ...

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Superuser Contribution friend activity isnt working even though setting is toggled

when i wanted to use Friend Activity it asked my to turn on 'Share my listening activity on Spotify', but when i checked the settings it is already toggled. I toggled it off and on again but Friend Activity still doesnt work.

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when i wanted to use Friend Activity it asked my to turn on 'Share my listening activity on Spotify', but when i checked the settings it is already toggled. I toggled it off and on again but Friend A...

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Superuser Contribution Re: The authorize page after clicking log in doesn't load

Trying to do the same, I go to the Rekordbox app, click log in, it takes me to the authorization page, I click authorize, and then I get a prompt that asks to open Rekordbox on behalf of Spotify, I approve it, and then nothing happens. Been doing thi...

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Trying to do the same, I go to the Rekordbox app, click log in, it takes me to the authorization page, I click authorize, and then I get a prompt that asks to open Rekordbox on behalf of Spotify, I a...

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Superuser Contribution Canvas feature disappeared

Did anyone having a problem with canvas in pc version Spotify. In my pc canvas not working

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Did anyone having a problem with canvas in pc version Spotify. In my pc canvas not working

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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...

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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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution High idle CPU usage (≈30%)

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 HomeVersion 22H2OS Build 19045.7058 My Question or IssueI recently discovered (maybe a couple days ago) that my Spotify app (Windows store ver) on desktop has been using alot of my CPU while ...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Home Version 22H2 OS Build 19045.7058   My Question or Issue I recently discovered (maybe a couple days ago) that my...

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Sootify playlist going to radio.

I keep trying to listen to my, over 14 hour playlist on shuffle mode, and after a couple hours it will just start playing radio instead of continueing with the actual playlist, i even have it downloaded ave it still happens.This happens on both my ph...

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I keep trying to listen to my, over 14 hour playlist on shuffle mode, and after a couple hours it will just start playing radio instead of continueing with the actual playlist, i even have it downloa...

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Superuser Contribution Queue readding already played songs

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceComputer and LG K40Operating SystemWindows 10 and Android My Question or IssueFor the last few months, I've been having issues with my queue adding songs that were already played, making it impossible to rotate th...

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  Plan Premium Country United States Device Computer and LG K40 Operating System Windows 10 and Android    My Question or Issue For the last few months, I've been having iss...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify: A firewall may be blocking spotify. Please update your firewall to allow spotify.

Plan Free Country Canada Device Windows 10 My Question or Issue Everytime i try to login my spotify account, the firewall issue keeps on coming up. Ive tried to delete it, check if my country is still the same, tried a different account, tried a vpn,...

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Plan Free Country Canada   Device Windows 10   My Question or Issue Everytime i try to login my spotify account, the firewall issue keeps on coming up. Ive tried to delete i...

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Superuser Contribution Web player login "Something Went Wrong"

PlanPremium FamilyCountryCanadaDeviceAcer Aspire Operating SystemWindows 10 Home My Question or IssueI've made a magnitude of attempts to login in to Spotify Web Player with no success, I've tried making sure all updates are completed I've restarted ...

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Plan Premium Family Country Canada Device Acer Aspire  Operating System Windows 10 Home   My Question or Issue I've made a magnitude of attempts to login in to Spotify Web Player ...

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