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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 Can't skip through podcast using Spotify Premium on website

PlanPremiumCountryU.S.DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhile listening to podcasts online (Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome), the website doesn't let me skip through podcasts. Instead, the podcasts are restarted with an ad. ...

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Plan Premium Country U.S. Device Desktop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue While listening to podcasts online (Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome), the website doesn't le...

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Bugs with 'Next Up' list

Next up list cannot be cleared. I like to play an album and then have the music finish. I don't want spotify to keep playing from the next up list. Everytime my queue of music ends there is something in the 'next up' list to play - every single time,...

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Next up list cannot be cleared.   I like to play an album and then have the music finish. I don't want spotify to keep playing from the next up list.     Everytime my queue of...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Cache keeps clogging up my PC

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI dont know if this is the right place to post this, but this is the only place that will allow me to post, so Im posting hereWhy am I unable to clear and delete the cach...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I dont know if this is the right place to post this, but this is the only place that will allo...

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Superuser Contribution Equalizer feature not showing up in desktop app - Windows 11

Device/OS: Windows 11Plan: PremiumCountry: Bangladesh I've just started using Spotify on Windows 11; as you can see, in my settings, there is no Equalizer function under Audio Quality OR Playback. Equalizer shows up fine on all my other linked device...

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Device/OS: Windows 11 Plan: Premium Country: Bangladesh   I've just started using Spotify on Windows 11; as you can see, in my settings, there is no Equalizer function under Audio Quality O...

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Massive cache

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceWindows 11 PCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI was looking at my EQ in settings, scrolled down and saw a cache setting. It said there was >20000MB (over 20GB) of cache in case of "slow network" (I have very, v...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Windows 11 PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I was looking at my EQ in settings, scrolled down and saw a cache setting. It said there...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify PC app not working

As said above, the spotify app is just refusing to work. I can log in just fine, but my playlists are gone, profile is just random numbers and letters, I'm basically in a complete offline mode.I have confirmed through the browser that it works just f...

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As said above, the spotify app is just refusing to work. I can log in just fine, but my playlists are gone, profile is just random numbers and letters, I'm basically in a complete offline mode. I ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution I need a setting to change the color of the lyrics screen

I've been having increased sensibility to lights and colors nowadays and the already jarring colors spotify sometimes chooses for the lyrics screen are having worse and worse effects on me. I can't find any settings in the preferences page to adjust ...

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I've been having increased sensibility to lights and colors nowadays and the already jarring colors spotify sometimes chooses for the lyrics screen are having worse and worse effects on me. I can't f...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution After installing last update, Spotify for Windows opens and closes immediately

After installing version Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.88.481 from version 1.2.87.415.g88652836 Spotify opens and closes immediately. After that, we have to uninstall it, then reinstall it.

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After installing version Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.88.481 from version 1.2.87.415.g88652836 Spotify opens and closes immediately. After that, we have to uninstall it, then reinstall it.

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Superuser Contribution Remove spotify from system tray windows

PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue How can we disable spotify from running in the bottom right hand corner, the notification area (system tray) in windows. If the software is running it cannot be removed.

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  Plan Premium   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  How can we disable spotify from running in the bottom right hand corner, the notification area (system...

AnnoyedSashman

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Song skips after playing 8 seconds

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueBeen using the installed app for years and years never had any problems suddenly about a week ago after playing 8 seconds of a song it skips to the next continously, have trie...

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  Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Been using the installed app for years and years never had any problems suddenly about a we...

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Superuser Contribution Audio quality keeps changing mid-song despite settings

PlanPremiumCountryTaiwanDeviceLenovo ThinkpadOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI recently bought proper headphones (Audio Technica M40x) and noticed how Spotify audio quality changes within the same song; it usually starts off crisp but t...

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Plan Premium Country Taiwan Device Lenovo Thinkpad Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I recently bought proper headphones (Audio Technica M40x) and noticed how Spotify audio qu...

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desktop playlist/album scroll preview limited to 20 songs?

PlanPremiumCountryBrazil Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI recently noticed that the desktop version now has the preview feature, but whenever i use it, it always stops me 20 songs in. this doesnt happen on my phone, i can listen to 20...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I recently noticed that the desktop version now has the preview feature, but whenever i use it, it ...

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Superuser Contribution recently played section gone again

Since the last update the "Recently Played" section is missing again. Will it be fixed soon?

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Since the last update the "Recently Played" section is missing again. Will it be fixed soon?

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How to disable auto play when you search for a song?

Since the version (1.1.57.443.ga029a6c4-a) when you search for a song and no song is being played (even when you just have paused the current song), spotify automatic play the song you found on the search... The big problem is that this operation ove...

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Since the version (1.1.57.443.ga029a6c4-a) when you search for a song and no song is being played (even when you just have paused the current song), spotify automatic play the song you found on the s...

VictorAlexa

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Superuser Contribution How to disable autoplay after album ends?

Whenever I click play on an album, after the last song, Spotify just moves on to something similar instead of ending play. I want it to stop at the end of the album. I'm not seeing any way to stop this other than adding the album to its own playlist,...

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Whenever I click play on an album, after the last song, Spotify just moves on to something similar instead of ending play. I want it to stop at the end of the album. I'm not seeing any way to stop th...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution spotify can not play this right now. if you have the file on your computer you can import it.

PlanFreeCountryEgyptDevicedesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify can not play this right now. if you have the file on your computer you can import it. This happens with the Windows app while using computer speakers or headphone...

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Plan Free Country Egypt Device desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Spotify can not play this right now. if you have the file on your computer you can import it. ...

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Quick way to queue song

How come Spotify still hasn't a quick way to add a song in the queue? Clicking the song title with the right button, highlighting the "add to queue" and then clicking again looks simple but in fact becomes a lot tedious and not practical at all when ...

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How come Spotify still hasn't a quick way to add a song in the queue? Clicking the song title with the right button, highlighting the "add to queue" and then clicking again looks simple but in fact b...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Desktop app wont use headset as output device.

I've been reading through multiple posts about this issue but I haven't been able to find the answer. I'm on the desktop app and I get the "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." message when I tr...

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I've been reading through multiple posts about this issue but I haven't been able to find the answer. I'm on the desktop app and I get the "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on ...

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Change Playback Device BETA

yesterday i saw that there was a beta and now its gone i dont know if my client is broken or its being pulled back for further testing but my question is does anyone know where it went?

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yesterday i saw that there was a beta and now its gone i dont know if my client is broken or its being pulled back for further testing but my question is does anyone know where it went?

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