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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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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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Solved!! Home Screen Glitches

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePC and MobileOperating SystemWindows and Android My Question or IssueOn the home screen the first 4 items are randomly chosen months ago and semi-permanent for some reason, one of which is an album I listened to 1 song on 4...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device PC and Mobile Operating System Windows and Android   My Question or Issue On the home screen the first 4 items are randomly chosen months ago and semi-p...

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Superuser Contribution Can't play one song

I can't play 'Something In The Way' by Nirvana and haven't been able to for the last two weeks. It's really driving me crazy. https://open.spotify.com/track/4gHnSNHs8RyVukKoWdS99f?si=0551dd79ba1146acPlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceLenovo IdeaPad 5Operating...

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I can't play 'Something In The Way' by Nirvana and haven't been able to for the last two weeks. It's really driving me crazy.   https://open.spotify.com/track/4gHnSNHs8RyVukKoWdS99f?si=0551dd7...

Yordan

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Local Songs not downloading on PC (Windows)

Firstly, no this is not a syncing problem. My local songs refuse to download whenever I click the download button. Contacted support and they didn't know what was wrong either. All other songs that are originally on Spotify can be downloaded and it i...

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Firstly, no this is not a syncing problem.  My local songs refuse to download whenever I click the download button. Contacted support and they didn't know what was wrong either. All other songs...

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how do I block liberal content on Spotify

I just joined Spotify not too long ago and I see a lot of ridiculous liberal/sjw content that I'm completely not interested in... so I don't want it showing up on my account... is it a way I can block this content if not you all seriously need to add...

Gig Goer

I just joined Spotify not too long ago and I see a lot of ridiculous liberal/sjw content that I'm completely not interested in...  so I don't want it showing up on my account... is it a way I ca...

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Superuser Contribution it wont allow me to uninstal spotify

PlanFree/PremiumCountryusaDeviceleveno legion 51Operating Systemwindows 10 My Question or Issuei try to uninstall spotify in my control panel and there seem to be no files there and when i check my app data roaming file it doesnt seem to show up ther...

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Plan Free/Premium Country usa Device leveno legion 51 Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue i try to uninstall spotify in my control panel and there seem to be no files th...

Yordan

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Superuser Contribution Can't Open Spotify after "System Restore". Everything else is working, including sound.

PlanFree/PremiumCountry USA Device Windows 7 desktop.(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System Window 7 64 bit(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue "Can't Open Spotify after "System Restore". Everythin...

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Plan Free/Premium Country USA   Device Windows 7 desktop. (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System Window 7 64 bit (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Manage Spotify song on multiple devices

Hey, I couldn't find anything about this but my wording is probably poor.I am posting on here about -when I am listening on Spotify, for this example lest say on my phone. On my desktop I can see what is playing on my phone and even change songs. Whe...

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Hey, I couldn't find anything about this but my wording is probably poor. I am posting on here about - when I am listening on Spotify, for this example lest say on my phone. On my desktop I can see...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Just a bug with playback

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueLook at the attachment below

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Plan Premium Country   Device PC Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Look at the attachment below

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Superuser Contribution Lazy Loading Causing Playback Issues

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFor long podcast libraries, the lazy loading feature is causing playback issues. If a library is longer than X amount, it will not initially load any episodes of podcast beyo...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue For long podcast libraries, the lazy loading feature is causing playback issues. If a library is l...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify crashing when sorting music in playlist

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceASUS Rog Zephyrus G14Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueMy issue is that spotify is continuing to crash on me while using excessive memory through task manager. I have already uninstalled the app, cleared ...

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  Plan Premium Country Australia Device ASUS Rog Zephyrus G14 Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue My issue is that spotify is continuing to crash on me while using...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Problem with viewing a song

None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanPremiumCountrySlovakiaDeviceDell InspironOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello.I report again one issue with song...

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None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Premium Country Slovakia Device Dell Inspiron Operating System Wind...

Dian

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Album saves to my library but not the songs in the album

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueEverytime I try to save a whole album the songs in it don't save to my library, I have to click each song to save them. The songs don't appear in my saved songs, but the al...

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Plan Free Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Everytime I try to save a whole album the songs in it don't save to my library, I have to click ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't save albums/new songs to my library

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceLaptop, PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue For the past several days, I've been unable to save any new music to my Albums library. I can click on the button that favorites albums and songs, but it does...

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Plan Free Country United States Device Laptop, PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  For the past several days, I've been unable to save any new music to my Album...

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Superuser Contribution Small Song Banner left down corner disappeared

Hi Spotify team. I have a problem with the little song banner in the upper left corner disappearing on version 1.1.84.716 when I play a truck game called Euro Truck simulator 2 on PC. I play on Windows 10. When I'm out of the game, the song banner ap...

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Hi Spotify team. I have a problem with the little song banner in the upper left corner disappearing on version 1.1.84.716 when I play a truck game called Euro Truck simulator 2 on PC. I play on Windo...

Jeremy

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Solved!! [Win10] Spotify not closing and taking up huge amounts of CPU power

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktop PC Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi there,whenever I close Spotify it does not close properly. No matter whether I close it via clicking the X, using the menu or the icon in my system tray, it ...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop PC   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Hi there, whenever I close Spotify it does not close properly. No mat...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Voice Control forWindows 10 Desktop PC Not Available?

Plan--PremiumCountry--USADevice--Windows PC Desktop with Windows 10 with latest updatesOperating System--Windows 10 Voice Control for Windows 10 Desktop PC doesn't seem to be available as I never see the microphone icon in the Spotify app. I tried al...

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Plan--Premium Country--USA Device--Windows PC Desktop with Windows 10 with latest updates Operating System--Windows 10   Voice Control for Windows 10 Desktop PC doesn't seem to be available...

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Superuser Contribution My playlists Bug

PlanFree Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or Issue:There some to be an issue that whenever I scroll down then field my playlist on the desktop app some of my top playlists disapear. For they to apear again I must close and open the app again.

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Plan Free   Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue: There some to be an issue that whenever I scroll down then field my playlist on the desktop app some of my top playlis...

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Superuser Contribution Windows 10 taskbar marginally covers the play bar on web player

Pretty much what it says in the title. Attached screenshot to show problem. Any ideas how to fix it?

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Pretty much what it says in the title. Attached screenshot to show problem. Any ideas how to fix it?

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Collaborative Playlist

I have a collaborative playlist with my previous lover. How do I know he is also playing a song on our playlist at the same time as me? I don't follow him anymore.

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I have a collaborative playlist with my previous lover. How do I know he is also playing a song on our playlist at the same time as me? I don't follow him anymore.

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