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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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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 make Library view fill the window

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI can no longer make my library take up the entire view window after the latest spotify update.The new views are cluttered and make it hard for me to find the m...

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I can no longer make my library take up the entire view window after the latest sp...

NewUIisTerrible

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Superuser Contribution song lyrics do not synchronize

PlanFreeCountryEcOperating SystemWindows 11My Question or Issueif the "friends activity" bar is not present on the screen, the lyrics are no longer synchronized.Recent problem after last update

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Plan Free Country Ec Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue if the "friends activity" bar is not present on the screen, the lyrics are no longer synchronized. Recent problem after l...

Alex

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Solved!! glitchy audio

Idk why this started but idk if it was an emulator i downloaded on my HP labtop, after using it, i noticed the glitchy audio and tried everything from uninstalling the emulator, uninstalling and clean reinstalling spotify, updating sound drivers, unp...

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Idk why this started but idk if it was an emulator i downloaded on my HP labtop, after using it, i noticed the glitchy audio and tried everything from uninstalling the emulator, uninstalling and clea...

blacksnake4276

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Superuser Contribution Spotify does not launch on my Windows 10 laptop

Hello,I'm no longer able to launch Spotify on my Windows laptop. Re-installing the app and cleaning my hard-drive did not resolve the issue. The Event Viewer adds the following entry after trying to launch Spotify: Faulting application name: Spotify....

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Hello, I'm no longer able to launch Spotify on my Windows laptop. Re-installing the app and cleaning my hard-drive did not resolve the issue. The Event Viewer adds the following entry after trying t...

ata6502

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Can't play any song in Spotify from my Windows Desktop machine

PlanPremiumDevice(Desktop Computer)Operating System(Windows 11) My Question or IssueI get the following error whenever I try to play any song from the Spotify desktop app on Windows 11. See attached screenshot. I have tried uninstalling and reinstall...

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Plan Premium Device (Desktop Computer) Operating System (Windows 11)   My Question or Issue I get the following error whenever I try to play any song from the Spotify desktop ap...

kaworu_bloodpaw

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change a music via the task barr on windows

Hello when i am on the web page and i want to change a music without to go on the application i haven't the fonctionality for change a music quikly Thanks

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Hello when i am on the web page and i want to change a music without to go on the application i haven't the fonctionality for change a music quikly   Thanks

kaworu_bloodpaw

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Solved!! How to get this spotify layout?

I had this spotify layout where my library would be visible on left, the song icon enlarged and the current playlist playing on my left. I have an image of it too but it does not let me post an image of it. this happened on desktop and i really like ...

Newbie

I had this spotify layout where my library would be visible on left, the song icon enlarged and the current playlist playing on my left. I have an image of it too but it does not let me post an image...

MattSuda

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[Desktop] Ability to adjust album artwork size

Since the latest update changing the general layout of the Desktop app, we do not have the ability anymore to resize the album artwork to our liking by pulling it from the sides. It makes it hard to really appreciate the artwork on certain screen siz...

Newbie

Since the latest update changing the general layout of the Desktop app, we do not have the ability anymore to resize the album artwork to our liking by pulling it from the sides. It makes it hard to ...

MattSuda

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Superuser Contribution Windows Desktop Full Screen

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceHP LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueA while ago, when going into full screen mode in Windows, this was changed from the album cover, to the artists picture/profile or whatever.I did not agree with this, b...

Gig Goer

Plan Premium Country UK Device HP Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue A while ago, when going into full screen mode in Windows, this was changed from the album co...

Prague

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New Your Library sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...

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Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player.   The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if ...

MattSuda

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Song won't play after Advertisement.

PlanFreeCountry DevicePersonal computer.Intel i7-7700k, GTX 1080 TiOperating SystemWindows 10 My IssueAfter a sequence of ad's the next song in the album or playlist will not play. If you go to click on it a blue box at the top of the screen appears ...

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Plan Free Country   Device Personal computer. Intel i7-7700k, GTX 1080 Ti Operating System Windows 10   My Issue After a sequence of ad's the next song in the album or playlist w...

AlejaR

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How can I remove forever the new useless Now Playing View trash?

We just got another problem with the windows client. Now for some weird reason we get a hideous "Now Playing View" thing that closes our friend activity every time a new track starts. It's really stupid, and I can't even understand what's that trash ...

Roadie

We just got another problem with the windows client. Now for some weird reason we get a hideous "Now Playing View" thing that closes our friend activity every time a new track starts. It's really stu...

ben0012

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New Folders don't appear in the new version

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAny new folders I create don't show up since the update, I see that a folder has been created because the number of folders goes up but the folders can't be se...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Any new folders I create don't show up since the update, I see that a folder has be...

gimpboy76

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Superuser Contribution Windows app won't play music

This has been ongoing for a week now. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the app on Windows 11 multiple times. It will play music normally for a few days and then suddenly won't play any songs. Warning message is just "Spotify can't play this content r...

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This has been ongoing for a week now. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the app on Windows 11 multiple times. It will play music normally for a few days and then suddenly won't play any songs. Warning...

AlejaR

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Solved!! When I spam shuffle it just shows the same list of songs each time

I used to always click shuffle a few times until I got a nice queue of songs. However now that smart shuffle has been implemented, each time I click shuffle it toggles between how my playlist lists the song and a random shuffled list that never chang...

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I used to always click shuffle a few times until I got a nice queue of songs. However now that smart shuffle has been implemented, each time I click shuffle it toggles between how my playlist lists t...

-Pati

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Superuser Contribution Correct alphabetic playlist order (new interface 2023)

Hi,I just noticed that my maps starting with Swedish "Ö" is sorted before "P" and not in the bottom of my playlist. I'm guessing diacritical letters isn't interpreted correctly. I've tested it with both playlist, playlist folders and playlists inside...

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Hi, I just noticed that my maps starting with Swedish "Ö" is sorted before "P" and not in the bottom of my playlist. I'm guessing diacritical letters isn't interpreted correctly. I've tested it wit...

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Spotify stops responding

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicepcOperating Systemwindows 11 My Question or Issue Sometimes when i try to switch song spotify stops responding. If close the app and reopen it i get "the spotify application is not responding" All i can do is open up the...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device pc Operating System windows 11   My Question or Issue   Sometimes when i try to switch song spotify stops responding. If  close the app an...

Prague

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[premium version][windows] I can't click any song.

Even if i go through my liked ones, or when I search for new song. I can't by clicking on the green play button or also when I click on the title directly. I already unlog and reloged myself, deleted and redownloaded the app but nothing helped. You'r...

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Even if i go through my liked ones, or when I search for new song. I can't by clicking on the green play button or also when I click on the title directly. I already unlog and reloged myself, deleted...

Prague

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How to get the new desktop UI?

Last week, I got the new Spotify desktop UI (Windows 10) and loved it so much. I've been using it everyday since then, but this morning when I opened Spotify, I'm reverted back to the old UI. I have tried reinstalling, but it doesn't help. What shoul...

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Last week, I got the new Spotify desktop UI (Windows 10) and loved it so much. I've been using it everyday since then, but this morning when I opened Spotify, I'm reverted back to the old UI. I have ...

musicmysoul

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Spotify app in Windows stops

Spotify often stops by itself for no reason. I want the music to play as much as I want. I am not satisfied with how the application works. I don't know what I'm paying for

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Spotify often stops by itself for no reason. I want the music to play as much as I want. I am not satisfied with how the application works. I don't know what I'm paying for

Sebasty

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