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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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MIKAAAAEL

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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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bluehallon

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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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Widget windows responsive if pinned and other bugs about it

PlanIndividualCountryItalyDeviceWindows LaptopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueOn the widget windows (on the game tab) ) if you click on the button "▼" the widget is resized to show a list of songs and artists. Bug 1: if I have the widget ...

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Plan Individual Country Italy Device Windows Laptop Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue On the widget windows (on the game tab) ) if you click on the button "▼" t...

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No Spotify on Galaxy Store - [Galaxy Active Watch]

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceiPhone 8Operating SystemiOS 12.2 My Question or IssueI bought a new Galaxy Active Watch and after that, I installed all the needed updates for the smartwatch and the phone. I still can't find a Spotify app in the galaxy ...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device iPhone 8 Operating System iOS 12.2   My Question or Issue I bought a new Galaxy Active Watch and after that, I installed all the needed updates for t...

Sr_fcb

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Superuser Contribution SPOTIFY SAYS OFFLINE

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSAMSUNG GALAXY BOOK2 PRO 360Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueSpotify is saying I'm Offline, but I'm not. I checked settings, firewall, restarted, re-downloaded the app. Nothing seems to work. I check it on my ...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device SAMSUNG GALAXY BOOK2 PRO 360 Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Spotify is saying I'm Offline, but I'm not. I checked settings, firewall...

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VirusTotal said "SpotifySetup.exe" had 3 viruses.

Windows 10 and 11 Pro PCsSpotify free version On 8/18/2023, I downloaded the Windows Spotify app ("SpotifySetup.exe").https://www.spotify.com/us/download/windows/https://download.scdn.co/SpotifySetup.exe VirusTotal said "SpotifySetup.exe" had 3 virus...

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Windows 10 and 11 Pro PCs Spotify free version   On 8/18/2023, I downloaded the Windows Spotify app ("SpotifySetup.exe"). https://www.spotify.com/us/download/windows/ https://download.scdn....

Maxim

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Superuser Contribution wie sehe ich bei einem Podcast eine Abstimmung?

hallo,wie sehe ich bei dem Podcast "Die drei Rabauken" die Abstimmungen die sie bei Spotify immer veröffentlichen?Danke für die antworten

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hallo, wie sehe ich bei dem Podcast "Die drei Rabauken" die Abstimmungen die sie bei Spotify immer veröffentlichen? Danke für die antworten

Lyubka

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Local songs without album art breaks album art preview

PlanPremium DeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Playing a locally stored song that doesn't have a cover art will cause all subsequent songs to have the default/missing album graphic in the bottom left preview until the app is restarted.

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Plan Premium   Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10   Playing a locally stored song that doesn't have a cover art will cause all subsequent songs to have the default/missin...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution how do i hide recently played artists on my profile?

PlanFreeDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuei just want to hide recently played artists on my profile, that i don't listen to anymore. is that possible?

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Plan Free Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue i just want to hide recently played artists on my profile, that i don't listen to anymore. is that possible?

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Superuser Contribution I LOST MY SEARCH HISTORY ON WINDOWS!!!

I came home after a long day of working, and wanted to kick back with some music. I went to my search history to listen to some songs that I like, but which I do not want to add to any of my lists. I do this all the time and my search history was lon...

Gig Goer

I came home after a long day of working, and wanted to kick back with some music. I went to my search history to listen to some songs that I like, but which I do not want to add to any of my lists. I...

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Window opens too wide

PlanPremiumDeviceEVGA 1080Ryzen 7Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have 2 monitors, both are 1920x1080. Every time I open the spotify app, it will open a several pixels (5-10px) too wide creating a small bar on the edge of my other mon...

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Plan Premium Device EVGA 1080 Ryzen 7 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have 2 monitors, both are 1920x1080. Every time I open the spotify app, it will open a several...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution All songs greyed out, relogging results in nothing loading or playing and username default.

PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueNo spotify content loads on the desktop app, but web & mobile work just fine. First noticed an issue last night when spotify changed my name back to it's default, so I just changed it ...

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Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue No spotify content loads on the desktop app, but web & mobile work just fine. First noticed an issue last ni...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify web player error message + desktop app refusing to load, long-standing issue

PlanFreeCountryAmericaDeviceAcer Nitro 5Operating SystemWindows 11 - Firefox/Microsoft edge browser My Question or Issuethe Spotify web player ends up not working after I log in, displaying the error message "something went wrong, try reloading the p...

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Plan Free Country America Device Acer Nitro 5 Operating System Windows 11 - Firefox/Microsoft edge browser   My Question or Issue the Spotify web player ends up not working after I log...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Why doesn't Spotify remember which song you are when going from one device to another

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceDell XPS 15 and LGV35 ThinQOperating SystemWindows 11 and Android My Question or IssueI listen to some songs on my PC and then the next day when I switch to my phone it goes back to the last song I've listened on it and th...

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Plan Premium Country USA   Device Dell XPS 15 and LGV35 ThinQ Operating System Windows 11 and Android   My Question or Issue I listen to some songs on my PC and then the next day...

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Superuser Contribution ¿Como cambio la forma de reproduccion en pantalla completa?

En la reproduccion en pantalla completa de PC aparece la foto del artista y no la foto del album o la cancion en el medio como antes. En mi opinion es mejor la foto de la cancion o el album y queria saber si se puede cambiar de alguna forma.

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En la reproduccion en pantalla completa de PC aparece la foto del artista y no la foto del album o la cancion en el medio como antes. En mi opinion es mejor la foto de la cancion o el album y queria ...

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Superuser Contribution Bad sound quality

PlanPremium I am using the Desktop Application for Spotify. Device(PC, Desktop) Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueI have noticed, that the sound quality of my Spotify has significantly decreased. The volume is lower then usual, there i...

Gig Goer

  Plan Premium   I am using the Desktop Application for Spotify.    Device (PC, Desktop)   Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue I have notic...

OscarDC

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Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps crashing couple of minutes into playback

PlanPremiumCountryIsraelDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueFor a long while now Spotify keeps crashing 1-2 mintues after starting playback.I've tried every solution I could find and nothing has worked. In this current state the ap...

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Plan Premium Country Israel Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue For a long while now Spotify keeps crashing 1-2 mintues after starting playback. I've tried ev...

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Superuser Contribution Techie Clueless - I need help!!!

I can't get my downloaded songs on my Samsung Note 20 to play, much less download, to the Spotify on my computer. Spotify will play radio streaming and podcasts, but nothing I've downloaded. Can someone please help...in "very simple" terms. Thanks so...

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I can't get my downloaded songs on my Samsung Note 20 to play, much less download, to the Spotify on my computer.  Spotify will play radio streaming and podcasts, but nothing I've downloaded.&nb...

Joan

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution New Login method generates error PC

PlanPremiumCountryColombiaDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI changed my password recently therefore my Spotify logout from my PC, now that I'm trying to log in it opens Firefox. When I put my information, Spotify Web wor...

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  Plan Premium Country Colombia Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I changed my password recently therefore my Spotify logout from my PC, now th...

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Superuser Contribution Desktop: issues dragging song onto itself in queue

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThis issue happens on both the native desktop and web app (tested in Chrome), when I drag and drop a song to change its position within either the "Next in queue" or "Next...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue This issue happens on both the native desktop and web app (tested in Chrome), when I drag and ...

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