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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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Superuser Contribution Spotify Windows Store App Causing Bluetooth & Wi-Fi Driver Resets in Enterprise Environments

Hi Spotify Team,We would like to report what appears to be a serious issue affecting Bluetooth and Wi-Fi stability on Windows devices running the Spotify app installed from the Microsoft Store.Over the last two weeks, our organization has experienced...

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Hi Spotify Team, We would like to report what appears to be a serious issue affecting Bluetooth and Wi-Fi stability on Windows devices running the Spotify app installed from the Microsoft Store. Ov...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Desktop App - Very Slow Launch / Black Screen Issue

Hi Spotify Support Team,I'm experiencing a persistent issue with the Spotify desktop app on my computer and would appreciate your help.When I launch the app, it takes a very long time to load. It displays a completely black screen for a long time—fre...

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Hi Spotify Support Team, I'm experiencing a persistent issue with the Spotify desktop app on my computer and would appreciate your help. When I launch the app, it takes a very long time to load. It...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it"I have tried all t...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Widget is gone

VersionSpotify for Windows (64 Bit)1.2.98.301.gfcaeba72PlanPremium CountryGermanyOperating SystemWindows 11 25H2 My Question or IssueToday I realized the Widget from the Widget-Panel is gone. I installed spotify from the Windows Store on three differ...

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Version Spotify for Windows (64 Bit) 1.2.98.301.gfcaeba72 Plan Premium  Country Germany Operating System Windows 11 25H2   My Question or Issue Today I realized the Widget f...

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Windows 10 Error Code 50

I recently removed the Spotify app from my Windows 10 computer, and when I tried to download the desktop version, it gave me an error code 50 telling me it can't connect to the internet. I click "retry", and then it tells me the installer is corrupt....

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I recently removed the Spotify app from my Windows 10 computer, and when I tried to download the desktop version, it gave me an error code 50 telling me it can't connect to the internet. I click "ret...

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Superuser Contribution 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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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 pr...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Shuffle mode playing the same songs all the time

I have a playlist with 10,000 songs and use shuffle to listen to them. What I realized the past weeks is that the same songs are played over and over again - and not because I listen to this playlist 24/7 but because the shuffle mode seems to not pic...

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I have a playlist with 10,000 songs and use shuffle to listen to them. What I realized the past weeks is that the same songs are played over and over again - and not because I listen to this playlist...

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Superuser Contribution spotify overlay not working in Windows 11

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceWindows desk topOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or Issue So I upgraded to windows 11 but the spotify music overlay does not show up. It's checked on in the settings. I tried both the App and normal version of Spotif...

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Plan Premium Country USA   Device Windows desk top Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue   So I upgraded to windows 11 but the spotify music overlay does not s...

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Superuser Contribution Something went wrong, try reloading page loop

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueAfter logging in to spotify desktop on my pc i keep getting the something went wrong, try reloading page pop-up. Ive tried a fresh clean reinstall deleting all files associate...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue After logging in to spotify desktop on my pc i keep getting the something went wrong, try reloading...

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Superuser Contribution Studio Auto-run Schedules Not Working

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueNo scheduled routines will run without being started manually. The AI has confirmed all setups are correct and the times to run are there, but they will not fire: cron r...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue No scheduled routines will run without being started manually. The AI has confirmed all setup...

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Superuser Contribution messageing on computer

PlanFree/PremiumCountryCalifornia OC.DeviceHP computer.Operating SystemHP computer. My Question or IssueI cannot find my messages when I am on the app on my computer and I have no idea on what to do. anyone know how to fix this?

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Plan Free/Premium Country California OC. Device HP computer. Operating System HP computer.   My Question or Issue I cannot find my messages when I am on the app on my computer and I ha...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Skips playlist in reverse and Loops the First Two Seconds of the Song

Hello! This issue began last night and has continued into today. I've cleared my browser cache on both Chrome and Firefox, updated both browsers to the latest version, and I have restarted my PC several times. I'm having no luck on my own, unfortunat...

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Hello! This issue began last night and has continued into today. I've cleared my browser cache on both Chrome and Firefox, updated both browsers to the latest version, and I have restarted my PC seve...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Web Player Auto Logs-out After Closing Browser

I've been logging into Spotify Web using my Facebook account for the past few months since I got premium, and recently I keep getting logged out of web player whenever I exit my browser. I checked my settings and I don't have the checkbox for clearin...

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I've been logging into Spotify Web using my Facebook account for the past few months since I got premium, and recently I keep getting logged out of web player whenever I exit my browser. I checked my...

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Superuser Contribution Multiple issues - skip play, auto play randomly on multiple devices

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceWindows on Google, Explorer (online streaming - due to work policy cannot install Windows app), Google TV My Question or IssueI'm having multiple issues over the last few days. My Google TV starts autoplaying music while...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device Windows on Google, Explorer (online streaming - due to work policy cannot install Windows app), Google TV   My Question or Issue I'm having multiple is...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Song Radio doesn't feature the original song?

For my account across every device, when I go to Song Radio the original song doesn't appear as it died for other people with the same devices. Attached are two screenshots of the issue. I'm in the song radio for "Mural" by Lupe Fiasco and it isn't i...

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For my account across every device, when I go to Song Radio the original song doesn't appear as it died for other people with the same devices.   Attached are two screenshots of the issue. I'm...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Where have the seperate Title and Artist columns gone?

Something I have noticed recently while using Spotify on Windows Desktop - In my playlists there used to be a 'Track' column next to a seperate 'Artist' column. These columns have now been merged into one ' Track/Artist' column next to an 'Album' col...

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Something I have noticed recently while using Spotify on Windows Desktop - In my playlists there used to be a 'Track' column next to a seperate 'Artist' column. These columns have now been merged int...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Disable Video on desktop app

There no X or way to close or stop a video on Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.64.408.g0a9b557c

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There no X or way to close or stop a video on Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.64.408.g0a9b557c

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Superuser Contribution Can spotify allow texting on computers?

So sometimes i can go on my phone and sometimes i can't. I listen to Spotify mostly on my computer, so i fallow people and want to text them but since of Spotify does not allow you to text on computers that's annoying. Has anyone found a way around i...

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So sometimes i can go on my phone and sometimes i can't. I listen to Spotify mostly on my computer, so i fallow people and want to text them but since of Spotify does not allow you to text on compute...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify is agonisingly slow on desktop (windows 11)

Windows 11I've never had issues with spotify until recently, not even on Windows 11.Recently I pulled all my liked songs into a playlist, and also added my local songs to the playlist. After a lot of troubleshooting to get my local songs to work, thi...

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Windows 11 I've never had issues with spotify until recently, not even on Windows 11. Recently I pulled all my liked songs into a playlist, and also added my local songs to the playlist. After a ...

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Superuser Contribution Can't get anything to play on desktop

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(Dell computerOperating System(Windows 11 My Question or IssueI usually play music while I'm at work using the browser for Spotify. However it is absolutely unreliable on when it works. There are so many times where just tr...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device (Dell computer Operating System (Windows 11   My Question or Issue I usually play music while I'm at work using the browser for Spotify. However it is a...

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