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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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betterhalf

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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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earthbound

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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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Solved!! Can't play specific artists/songs

PlanFree/PremiumCountryHungaryDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 (64 bit, Pro) My Question or IssueFor the past month I've been unable to play songs from new artists completely. I click play on for example Loqiemean's Повес2ка album, current song stop...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Hungary Device PC Operating System Windows 7 (64 bit, Pro)   My Question or Issue For the past month I've been unable to play songs from new artists completel...

MattSuda

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Superuser Contribution A problem that I don't know if it's Facebook or Spotify end of things

PlanFamilyCountryCanadaDevice(ASUS ROG G512LI )Operating System(Windows 11.) My Question or IssueI don't know if this is either a Facebook Issue or Spotify Issue but this has been going on for MONTHS and I can imagine that both Facebook and Spotify w...

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Plan Family Country Canada Device (ASUS ROG G512LI ) Operating System (Windows 11.)   My Question or Issue I don't know if this is either a Facebook Issue or Spotify Issue but thi...

AlejaR

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Superuser Contribution playlists work but if I want to listen to a single artist it wont play

On the desktop PC app, if I want to listen to any playlist it will play but if I want to listen to a single artist i.e. Doja Cat or Drake it wont play. It only buggs out on the desktop my phone and web browser work fine. I have tried to uninstall and...

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On the desktop PC app, if I want to listen to any playlist it will play but if I want to listen to a single artist i.e. Doja Cat or Drake it wont play. It only buggs out on the desktop my phone and w...

Dian

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Non trovo il tasto : "Condividi" su Spotify in PC desktop windov 10

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Non trovo il tasto : "Condividi" su Spotify in PC desktop windov 10

Dian

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Superuser Contribution Webplayer problems

Hello! I’m not a paying customer, I only use what’s for free. So I don’t want any service from you, I just want to help and point out some something.The web interface has some problems, partially very essential. Let’s show this on the example of Abov...

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Hello!   I’m not a paying customer, I only use what’s for free. So I don’t want any service from you, I just want to help and point out some something. The web interface has some problems, pa...

toneyginder

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Superuser Contribution Spotify desktop version audio cuts off when opening a Chrome tab for the first time

DeviceAsus G14Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhen I have music playing from the desktop application and go and open a chrome tab to browse the web, the audio cuts off and spotify says it cannot play this song. Fix for this is to have ...

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Device Asus G14 Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue When I have music playing from the desktop application and go and open a chrome tab to browse the web, the audio cuts off...

kunnaal

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Superuser Contribution win10,brave browser frontend

PlanFreeCountryindia Device(brave,windows)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issueon opening the home page the class name are also shown along the button namesimilar issue with user profile buttonsissue is same with and without brave shieldt...

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Plan Free Country india   Device (brave,windows) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue on opening the home page the class name are also shown along the button name...

MihailY

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Superuser Contribution Songs out of order/missing from Liked Playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceDell LaptopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueHi all, The songs in my "Liked Songs" are displayed out of order or missing. When I click on a song to play, it plays the correct song, but when I look at the unshuffl...

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Plan Premium Country USA   Device Dell Laptop Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Hi all,   The songs in my "Liked Songs" are displayed out of order or missing...

Lyubka

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Superuser Contribution cant play songs on pc app

I cannot play songs on pc app but when I open spotify in browser I can play and listen songs. How can I fix this.

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I cannot play songs on pc app but when I open spotify in browser I can play and listen songs. How can I fix this.

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Superuser Contribution Apparently Windows installed Spotify app without my permission

I spotted Spotify mysteriously running upon boot up, yet I never installed it-- ever. One theory: Sometimes if there are Windows updates, updates to apps can squeeze through. And maybe I always had the app installed and somehow a setting in it change...

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I spotted Spotify mysteriously running upon boot up, yet I never installed it-- ever.   One theory: Sometimes if there are Windows updates, updates to apps can squeeze through. And maybe I alw...

Iselamar

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Spotify cannot play whole albums but allows to play playlists

This problem only exists while using Spotify on PC. While using it with iPhone it works perfectly.

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This problem only exists while using Spotify on PC. While using it with iPhone it works perfectly.

kaworu_bloodpaw

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Menus in web player are showing object names rather than display names

Web player on chrome. Instead of Home, Search, Your Library, See All menus are showing as view.web-player-home, navbar.search, navbar.your-library, shelf.see-all

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Web player on chrome. Instead of Home, Search, Your Library, See All menus are showing as view.web-player-home, navbar.search, navbar.your-library, shelf.see-all

kaworu_bloodpaw

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Superuser Contribution Submitting ideas

I'm trying to find the place to submit a new idea for implementation to Spotify in the future, however, I can't find it and I've seen two people post the link to where to do so although I have no clue where the button is on the linked page to do it.O...

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  I'm trying to find the place to submit a new idea for implementation to Spotify in the future, however, I can't find it and I've seen two people post the link to where to do so although I hav...

MihailY

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Superuser Contribution Not sorting podcasts properly

PlanPremiumCountryIrelandDevice(Samsung Galaxy Book Go)Operating System(Windows 11.) My Question or IssueSpotify doesn't properly sort my podcasts by recently added. The one at the end was last uploaded yesterday and one of them in the middle was Mar...

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  Plan Premium Country Ireland Device (Samsung Galaxy Book Go) Operating System (Windows 11.)   My Question or Issue Spotify doesn't properly sort my podcasts by recently added. ...

Dian

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Superuser Contribution Shuffle playlist in the desktop app is broken

Some o the songs in the shuffle playslist aren't there, in its place there a blank song with no name, no artist, no album, no nothing. And when the play list get to that song, spotify just stop playing completely.

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Some o the songs in the shuffle playslist aren't there, in its place there a blank song with no name, no artist, no album, no nothing. And when the play list get to that song, spotify just stop playi...

Dian

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Refuses to play any songs on Desktop Win10

PlanPremium FamilyCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to open any of my playlists/library/liked songs, it shows a loading icon for ~30 seconds and then "Something went wrong while loading your albums." I can sea...

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Plan Premium Family Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I try to open any of my playlists/library/liked songs, it shows a loading icon for ~30 ...

phazeHello

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Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps increasing the volume of all media open

When I open the Spotify app on my computer, the audio of any media playing from my web browser is doubled. Spotify doesn't change the volume on my computer, it remains at the level I set it at, but is considerably louder without changing the number. ...

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When I open the Spotify app on my computer, the audio of any media playing from my web browser is doubled. Spotify doesn't change the volume on my computer, it remains at the level I set it at, but i...

Eni

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