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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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Superuser Contribution Volume keys not wokring

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDEll LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10, My Question or IssueMy volume keys don't work when playing music through Spotify. I can toggle the windows volume or press the keys as much as I like with no result - until the volume hi...

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PlanPremium Country   Device DEll Laptop Operating System Windows 10,   My Question or Issue My volume keys don't work when playing music through Spotify. I can toggle the windows ...

Dian

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Application on Windows 10 doesnt work properly

So i can open it the albums are getting shown but when i click on one of them the songs are not loading i cant play any songs.What i tried:Clean reinstallHosts data deletedChecked with an other connectionChanged Dns and tried with a vpnStarted Pc in ...

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So i can open it the albums are getting shown but when i click on one of them the songs are not loading i cant play any songs. What i tried: Clean reinstall Hosts data deleted Checked with an oth...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution Spotify High CPU usage

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10, i5 9600K My Question or IssueSpotify has been using lots of cpu as of recently and I am wondering if anybody else is having this issue. Whenever I change songs, either using media keys or ...

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Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10, i5 9600K   My Question or Issue Spotify has been using lots of cpu as of recently and I am wondering if anybody els...

MihailY

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Desktop doesn't work properly after using Mobile app

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceDesktop PC, Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 ProOperating SystemAndroid Oreo, Windows 11 My Question or IssueHi, I'm having this particular issue with Spotify Desktop for a couple of weeks now and I was unable to find any post about ...

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Plan Premium Country Poland Device Desktop PC, Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro Operating System Android Oreo, Windows 11   My Question or Issue Hi, I'm having this particular issue with...

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Superuser Contribution Songs won't play on desktop app, and web player says something went wrong

After logging into the web player I get a permanent "something went wrong." I'm on the right version of Chrome and have restarted it and my computer. My desktop app is the same, loading recent activity but not playing anything or letting me access my...

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After logging into the web player I get a permanent "something went wrong." I'm on the right version of Chrome and have restarted it and my computer. My desktop app is the same, loading recent activi...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution One Tagger

I recently had my account suspended (And later reopened), due to 'fradulent activity', in which i believe my desktop application was detecting that a DJ software was copying the titles of songs from my playlist. After talking to someone for help i ma...

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I recently had my account suspended (And later reopened), due to 'fradulent activity', in which i believe my desktop application was detecting that a DJ software was copying the titles of songs from ...

MihailY

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Superuser Contribution Why wont spotify open

When I click on the spotify app it says Spotify isn't responding and wont open

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When I click on the spotify app it says Spotify isn't responding and wont open

Lyubka

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Superuser Contribution Give us an option to permanetly keep square covers

The Spotify client UI is getting worse and worse after every update. Now everything is getting infested with the horrendous rounded corners plague, even covers are getting destroyed by the intrusive and uninspired Spotify UI. Please! Stop destroying ...

Roadie

The Spotify client UI is getting worse and worse after every update. Now everything is getting infested with the horrendous rounded corners plague, even covers are getting destroyed by the intrusive ...

betterbebugs

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Superuser Contribution track info sidebar automatically opens after closing it

Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueThe new track info side bar keep opening every time I change an artist/song/playlist.Please fix this bug so it will keep closed after closing it.

Gig Goer

Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue The new track info side bar keep opening every time I change an artist/song/playlist. Please fix this bug so it will keep closed after clo...

Eni

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Crashing When Trying to Login

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue My Spotify app crashes immediately when trying to login. No error messages or anything. Never had issues before. I have tried a clean install both from the direct downl...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   My Spotify app crashes immediately when trying to login.  No error messages or a...

naturalweasel

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Superuser Contribution Desktop app - buttons frozen and continues playing after closing.

Premium subsriber. After playing for about an hour, buttons freeze - e.g.shuffle on/off or play. When I close the app, it's still playing - it is not minimized and if I try to open it again it won't. When I look at Task Manager several instances of S...

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Premium subsriber. After playing for about an hour, buttons freeze - e.g.shuffle on/off or play. When I close the app, it's still playing - it is not minimized and if I try to open it again it won't....

OscarDC

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Solved!! How do I revert the recent playlist/folder changes on the desktop app?

The recent update to the UI messed up all of the folders and playlists that I had organized. I can't even move the folders anymore, I can only pin them. Some of my playlists have been reorganized, and are now out of order. Every band/artist I follow ...

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The recent update to the UI messed up all of the folders and playlists that I had organized. I can't even move the folders anymore, I can only pin them. Some of my playlists have been reorganized, an...

finncahill

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How to get a share link WITHOUT allowing clipboard access?

I'm simply trying to get a URL to share a track, but there only way I can see to do this is "copy to clipboard", which means allowing websites to access my computer's clipboard. As someone who values my privacy, this is not an option to me. Do I want...

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I'm simply trying to get a URL to share a track, but there only way I can see to do this is "copy to clipboard", which means allowing websites to access my computer's clipboard. As someone who values...

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Superuser Contribution Plays random song in middle of podcast, plays by itself when paused

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUKDeviceLenovo LaptopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueSpotify desktop app keeps playing a random song when I am listening to a podcast. After a few mins of listening it just switches to a song I have never heard of a...

Visitor

  Plan Free/Premium Country UK Device Lenovo Laptop Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Spotify desktop app keeps playing a random song when I am listening to a podca...

MihailY

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution "Liked Songs" is not functioning properly

I added a certain song to "Liked Songs" three years ago,Now I click to navigate to its album, but the "Liked Songs" icon is not displayed in the album.

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I added a certain song to "Liked Songs" three years ago, Now I click to navigate to its album, but the "Liked Songs" icon is not displayed in the album.

MihailY

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Superuser Contribution Spotify seems like it's offline on windows, but internet is connected

A few days ago, I reset my PC (I do this yearly to maintain decent system performance) after this, I figured I'd redownload all of my programs and applications, and when I downloaded Spotify, everything seemed fine until I logged in, and now it's the...

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A few days ago, I reset my PC (I do this yearly to maintain decent system performance) after this, I figured I'd redownload all of my programs and applications, and when I downloaded Spotify, everyth...

Yordan

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Superuser Contribution win10/desktop: error code http 11/all commands in spotify bar greyed out

Reinstalled several times, logged out of all devices, allowed spotify.exe in through firewall or disabled entirely, restarted computer, nope nothing nada. Nothing works, extremely frustrating. Works fine on android and web browser.

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Reinstalled several times, logged out of all devices, allowed spotify.exe in through firewall or disabled entirely, restarted computer, nope nothing nada. Nothing works, extremely frustrating. Works ...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution WoW classic + Spotify makes my new computer crash.

PlanFreeSwedenDevicePC Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueHi! I bought a new computer like two weeks ago and I'm very happy with it. There is just a slight problem with it. While i play WoW Classic and listen to music through Spotify it...

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Plan Free Sweden Device PC  Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Hi! I bought a new computer like two weeks ago and I'm very happy with it. There is just a slight p...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution Why can I only listen to smart shuffle

When I press shuffle at my Computer at home the Smart shuffle is integrated in the normal shuffle mode. I do not want that. I want only to hear Songs that are in my playlist and not others. And I can not deactivate the smart shuffle. I only can deact...

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When I press shuffle at my Computer at home the Smart shuffle is integrated in the normal shuffle mode. I do not want that. I want only to hear Songs that are in my playlist and not others. And I can...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Video settings for desktop app

Video settingsWe need a Video Settings option in the desktop app. I just had a problem with the quality of the video with podcasts that I'm watching (Poor quality video) and I couldn't fix it. There is no video settings option that could fix it for m...

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Video settings We need a Video Settings option in the desktop app. I just had a problem with the quality of the video with podcasts that I'm watching (Poor quality video) and I couldn't fix it. Ther...

MihailY

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