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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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hroski

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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!!Superuser Contribution Autoplay is off but Spotify acts like it is still on

PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAutoplay is turned off on both my desktop and phone, however, if I play a playlist on Spotify and the playlist ends, Spotify starts playing "related" songs. I hate i...

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  Plan Premium Country Belgium Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Autoplay is turned off on both my desktop and phone, however, if I play a playlis...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Playlist cover art with transparent background color changes to black after restarting the app.

PlanPremium StudentCountryBrazilOperating System(Windows 10, iOS 17.0.3, macOS Sonoma 14.0)My Question or IssueI have customized several cover arts with transparent backgrounds in PNG format, however after applying them to a playlist the background c...

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Plan Premium Student Country Brazil Operating System (Windows 10, iOS 17.0.3, macOS Sonoma 14.0) My Question or Issue I have customized several cover arts with transparent backgrounds in PNG...

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Superuser Contribution I can't add anything to the queue

Plan PremiumCountry UK Device Acer laptopOperating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue I can't add anything to the queue - it's as simple as that. There is no option to do that now.

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  Plan Premium Country UK   Device Acer laptop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue    I can't add anything to the queue - it's as simple as ...

Dessi

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The notification on desktop telling you when your phone is playing music, breaks spotify on mobile

EDIT: This apparently was a problem caused by the Link to Windows app, Not spotify's fault There is now a notification on desktop telling you when your phone is playing music, I hate it so much. When I attempted to go turn it off in preferences on de...

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EDIT: This apparently was a problem caused by the Link to Windows app, Not spotify's fault     There is now a notification on desktop telling you when your phone is playing music, I hate...

Billy-J

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Windows 11 Desktop not displaying keyboard when searching on a Touchscreen

Windows 11 Desktop not displaying keyboard when searching on a TouchscreenIs it possible to have keyboard appear when we click the search option?Using an All-In-One Touchscreen Windows 11 Pro

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Windows 11 Desktop not displaying keyboard when searching on a Touchscreen Is it possible to have keyboard appear when we click the search option? Using an All-In-One Touchscreen Windows 11 Pro

Koyubi

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Superuser Contribution Algo deu errado Experimente recarregar a página eu tenho esse erro

não consigo entrar no site nem no aplicativo do desktop porem no celular fica normal fica aparecendo esse erro de recarregar a pagina e no aplicativo diz isso

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não consigo entrar no site nem no aplicativo do desktop porem no celular fica normal fica aparecendo esse erro de recarregar a pagina e no aplicativo diz isso

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Superuser Contribution Can´t create new playlists anymore

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceLenovo Desktop and Iphone 13proOperating SystemWindows 10 and iOS 26.2.1 My Question or IssueSince yesterday I´m not able anymore to create new playlist starting from an artist album, clicking on add to Library. The pla...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Lenovo Desktop and Iphone 13pro Operating System Windows 10 and iOS 26.2.1   My Question or Issue Since yesterday I´m not able anymore to creat...

Joan

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Desktop resizes window too large after minimizing and getting back to it

PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI got a weird bug after the latest update on Spotify Desktop. When I shrink the window size to a more compact size and minimize it, Spotify always gets bigger when I open it up again.I...

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Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I got a weird bug after the latest update on Spotify Desktop. When I shrink the window size to a more compact si...

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Superuser Contribution It constantly says I'm offline even though I have a secure internet connection

PlanFreeCountrySingaporeDeviceThe older Asus A45VOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIt's constantly saying I'm in "Offline Mode" and that I need to be online to access everything. (Error code:4). It says at the top "No internet connection...

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  Plan Free Country Singapore Device The older Asus A45V Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue It's constantly saying I'm in "Offline Mode" and that I need to be onl...

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DJ plays the same songs, issue for a year now, no response from Spotify. all platforms not resolved

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I, like many other people have written posts about how Spotify DJ plays the same songs every...

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Superuser Contribution Xbox Spotify App Stereo / 5.1 toggle

Recently Spotify on my Xbox has stopped playing 5.1 surround audio. I've got an optical cable out of the console to my surround receiver. Before, Spotify would output 5.1. Now it only plays out of the front speakers. I've played with every setting, b...

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Recently Spotify on my Xbox has stopped playing 5.1 surround audio. I've got an optical cable out of the console to my surround receiver. Before, Spotify would output 5.1. Now it only plays out of th...

Abraham_Arana

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Superuser Contribution Audio stuttering, lagging in Desktop App

Hello, For the past few days, my Spotify songs have been lagging and stuttering after a few minutes of listening. This only happens when I'm using the desktop app, with my phone and in the web browser, it just works fine. My internet connection is fi...

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Hello,   For the past few days, my Spotify songs have been lagging and stuttering after a few minutes of listening. This only happens when I'm using the desktop app, with my phone and in the w...

MihailY

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I can't find the Crossfade setting.

I've reviewed my settings and asked Google for help, but I still want my music to be cohesive across all my songs. Could an expert in the Spotify app please assist me with what I need to add to my Chromebook? Thank you!

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I've reviewed my settings and asked Google for help, but I still want my music to be cohesive across all my songs. Could an expert in the Spotify app please assist me with what I need to add to my Ch...

Amay

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Superuser Contribution Song title disappearing

PlanFreeCountryUnited Arab EmiratesDeviceHP Pavilion x360 2-in-1 Laptop 14-ek0xxxOperating SystemWindows 11 Home 25H2 My Question or IssueThe song title disappearing in windowed mode and native full screen. Despite clearing cache, reinstalling multip...

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Plan Free Country United Arab Emirates Device HP Pavilion x360 2-in-1 Laptop 14-ek0xxx Operating System Windows 11 Home 25H2   My Question or Issue The song title disappearing in windo...

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Cannot upload a damn JPG for a Playlist cover

PlanFree/PremiumCountrySerbiaDeviceLenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3Operating SystemWindows 11 64-bitMy Question or IssueI have downloaded pictures from Beatport. I wanted to upload these pictures as Playlist covers. When I tried adding them, I got an error "F...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Serbia Device Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 Operating System Windows 11 64-bit My Question or Issue I have downloaded pictures from Beatport. I wanted to upload these pic...

Billy-J

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Superuser Contribution Changing the Cache location

PlanPremiumCountryUnited statesDeviceDesktop (pc)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently I've been looking through my D drive and I see a bunch of 2 digit folders some containing nothing others containing a file that is named gibberis...

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Plan Premium Country United states Device Desktop (pc) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Recently I've been looking through my D drive and I see a bunch of 2 digit fol...

barpap42

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Superuser Contribution Re: Add whole playlists to “Liked Songs” at once

Found same issue from windows 11, solutions here did not work. no option to add playlist to liked songs, just other playlists

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Found same issue from windows 11, solutions here did not work. no option to add playlist to liked songs, just other playlists

KhamaniNani12

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Superuser Contribution How do I fix Spotify not letting me change songs and restarting the song?

Sometimes when I am using Spotify, the app plays the first second of a bunch of random songs then once it starts playing, it will restart and not let me change the song. This is most common when using Apple Carplay or the Desktop App. This makes the ...

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Sometimes when I am using Spotify, the app plays the first second of a bunch of random songs then once it starts playing, it will restart and not let me change the song. This is most common when usin...

Maria

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Can't play music

i have a problem with the app. I can't play the songs because the app give me a error message : Now SPotify can not play this content..... PlanFree/PremiumItalieCountry DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueHow risolve this prob...

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i have a problem with the app. I can't play the songs because the app give me a error message :  Now SPotify can not play this content.....   Plan Free/Premium ItalieCountry   D...

Amay

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Superuser Contribution Music Stops Playing Randomly on Desktop

PlanPremium CountryUSA DeviceDesktop Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueThe music randomly stops playing on my desktop. However, it seems the desktop still thinks it's playing music because the pause button is displayed, not the play butt...

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Plan Premium   Country USA   Device Desktop   Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue The music randomly stops playing on my desktop. However, it seems the...

MihailY

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