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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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Re: Friend feed empty - only shows "Connect with Facebook"

This is ridiculous - I'll connect Facebook again & again, this problem persists. Still wants me to connect facebook when I log out & back in. No friends show up, only a couple of the most recently followed accounts from Spotify direct. Spotify for Wi...

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This is ridiculous - I'll connect Facebook again & again, this problem persists. Still wants me to connect facebook when I log out & back in. No friends show up, only a couple of the most rec...

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How to hide this bar?

PlanFreeOperating SystemWindows 11 21h2Spotify for Windows Store My Question or Issue A strange panel appeared in the menu favorite music, how to fix it?Reinstallation doesn't work.

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Plan Free Operating System Windows 11 21h2 Spotify for Windows Store   My Question or Issue   A strange panel appeared in the menu favorite music, how to fix it? Reinstallation...

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Spotify stops playing when playing games

PlanPremiumCountryGreeceDeviceDesktop ComputerOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or IssueMy issue is that suddenly 2 days ago spotify decided to stop playing a few seconds after i hit play when i play a game.Example: I start the game, open spotify...

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Plan Premium Country Greece Device Desktop Computer Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue My issue is that suddenly 2 days ago spotify decided to stop playing a few sec...

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Superuser Contribution Searching option not working when ofline

PlanSpotify Premium for FamilyCountryBelgiumDeviceLenovo Thinkpad T495Operating SystemWindows 11 Home 21H2My Question or IssueWhen using the Spotify app on my laptop without being connected to wifi, the searching option will simply not work. If I sea...

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Plan Spotify Premium for Family Country Belgium Device Lenovo Thinkpad T495 Operating System Windows 11 Home 21H2 My Question or Issue When using the Spotify app on my laptop without being c...

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Superuser Contribution Can't remove unknown empty playlist from my Library

PlanFree/PremiumCountryPhilippinesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThere's a playlist that is empty but I can't remove it somehow. When I right-click it, nothing happens. I have no idea what playlist is this, since I just c...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Philippines Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue There's a playlist that is empty but I can't remove it somehow. When I right-cli...

Mario

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Superuser Contribution Spotify can't play this right now

PlanPremium 5+ yearsCountryUSDevicePC with Focusrite 2i4 and Rokit 8 monitorsOperating SystemWin 11, updated as of 12/10/2021gigabit internetall audio components verified as working (cables, monitors, system settings, audio interface) My Question or ...

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Plan Premium 5+ years Country US Device PC with Focusrite 2i4 and Rokit 8 monitors Operating System Win 11, updated as of 12/10/2021 gigabit internet all audio components verified as working...

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Superuser Contribution Nothing is being displayed

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceWindowsOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueHello People of the Spotify Community,I cant see anything when I log into my account. I have a blank screen. I dont see any songs or playlists. I don't know how long this ha...

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Plan Free Country USA Device Windows Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello People of the Spotify Community, I cant see anything when I log into my account. I have a blank s...

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Solved!! Missing: --enable-audio-graph has stopped giving option to select audio output device.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have been successfullly using the command line option "--enable-audio-graph" to select a different audio output device. The feature has been working for months. That f...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have been successfullly using the command line option "--enable-audio-graph" to select a di...

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Superuser Contribution Can't find my public playlists from another account

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceSonosOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy issue is similar to the one described here but the accepted solution won't for me.I have a bunch of playlists, which are all set to public (not collaborative). I also wor...

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Plan Premium Country   Device Sonos Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My issue is similar to the one described here but the accepted solution won't for me. I hav...

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Superuser Contribution Why wont my spotify desktop ever work

PlanPremiumCountryusaDevicePCOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or Issuespotify desktop is so janky, I've done literally everything in my power to fix it and literally nothing works. I've uninstalled and reinstalled, Restarted my computer, Opened...

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Plan Premium Country usa Device PC Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue spotify desktop is so janky, I've done literally everything in my power to fix it and literally no...

Jeremy

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Podcasts not working in 1.1.74.631.g0b24d9ad

PlanPremium DevicePC Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIn the new version of the desktop app "Spotify for Windows1.1.74.631.g0b24d9ad", I'm not able to play any podcasts.

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Plan Premium   Device PC   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue In the new version of the desktop app "Spotify for Windows 1.1.74.631.g0b24d9ad", I'm not able ...

MattSuda

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Superuser Contribution Privacy (Friends music)

PlanPremiumCountryRussiaDeviceiPhone 11 and Desktop (Windows)Operating SystemiOS 15.1 and Windows 10 My Question or IssueDesktop (Windows):I can't see what my friends listening. My privacy setings is right, I turned all what it need, but i can't see ...

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Plan Premium Country Russia Device iPhone 11 and Desktop (Windows) Operating System iOS 15.1 and Windows 10   My Question or Issue Desktop (Windows): I can't see what my friends liste...

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Superuser Contribution Music stops after few seconds...

Music stops after few seconds in my Windows Spotify app,the same happens on web player. I CAN'T listen to anything ....culprit is a Mac, I don't use it, the lid is closed (probably it's sleeping or almost sleeping), but Spotify app on it (it's on, bu...

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Music stops after few seconds in my Windows Spotify app, the same happens on web player. I CAN'T listen to anything .... culprit is a Mac, I don't use it, the lid is closed (probably it's sleeping ...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution spotify weekly not updating

PlanPremiumCountryindoneisa Devicelaptop, oppo a1Operating Systemwindows 11 My Question or Issueive tried to update my discovery weekly, UNfollow Discover Weekly if you currently have it set to Follow. Log out of Spotify. Close Spotify. Open Spotify....

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  Plan Premium Country indoneisa   Device laptop, oppo a1 Operating System windows 11   My Question or Issue ive tried to update my discovery weekly,    UNfollow...

Alex

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Can't launch Spotify with a link anymore

I used to be able to launch spotify with a link to the .exe which would allow me to bring the app to the foreground using a streamdeck or loupedeck. Now you can no longer launch it with a link. Any work around?

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I used to be able to launch spotify with a link to the .exe which would allow me to bring the app to the foreground using a streamdeck or loupedeck.  Now you can no longer launch it with a link....

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Superuser Contribution My Episodes margin added after removing item from list

PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe 'issue' is just aesthetically.When navigating to "My Episodes" I wanted to remove a bunch of episodes.By doing so every time I removed an episode a margin of ~1px was added a...

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Plan Premium Country Belgium Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The 'issue' is just aesthetically. When navigating to "My Episodes" I wanted to remove a bunch of episode...

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Superuser Contribution [Feature Request] Context Menu main actions

Hi,I think the context menu is a bit "messy"To improve the ui and accessibilitySpotify could show the most used actions (add to Like, add to queue, share, and add to playlist) like in Firefox context menu It could looks like this :Of course this is u...

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Hi, I think the context menu is a bit "messy" To improve the ui and accessibility Spotify could show the most used actions (add to Like, add to queue, share, and add to playlist) like in Firefox c...

Elena

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Superuser Contribution No more "sort by durration/length"?

Plan PremiumCountry USADevice iPhone/PCOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueIt seems I can no longer click the clock to filter songs by length/durration. Is this a bug or was the feature removed? If it was removed, then WHY?

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  Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone/PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue It seems I can no longer click the clock to filter songs by length/durra...

Alex

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't play songs using the Desktop App

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePC/Roku TVOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello, I have been having issues with the Spotify app on Windows 10 and the Spotify Roku channel on my tv for the past couple of weeks. I don't know if the two issues ...

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Plan Premium Country US Device PC/Roku TV Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello, I have been having issues with the Spotify app on Windows 10 and the Spotify Roku ch...

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Superuser Contribution Can't play spotify from desktop client

I am using a laptop with Windows and since few days back I can't play music (with/without headset) from the desktop client.It works in the webplayer.I have restarted the client, logged in/out, uninstall/install again without success.

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I am using a laptop with Windows and since few days back I can't play music (with/without headset) from the desktop client. It works in the webplayer. I have restarted the client, logged in/out, un...

MafeG

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