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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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Superuser Contribution Windows app refuses to play after a song or two

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10/11 My Question or IssueThis is a new issue. Just started in the last week or two. I open the application and start playing something. Everything goes fine for 1 or even two songs, but then the p...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10/11   My Question or Issue This is a new issue.  Just started in the last week or two.  I open the application a...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Local File song won't show new name

How can I get Spotify to use the names I've given to Local Files that I own? I have a number of recordings that I own, and I want the song names to be names that I choose when I import them into my private Spotify playlist. E.g., shorter or more mean...

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How can I get Spotify to use the names I've given to Local Files that I own?   I have a number of recordings that I own, and I want the song names to be names that I choose when I import them ...

sidneymayo

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Superuser Contribution The volume of the music goes down and up by itself

PlanPremiumCountryTürkiyeDevice(PC)Operating System(Windows 11) My Question or IssueThe volume of the music goes down and up by itself. This is despite volume normalization being turned off in the settings. It happens all the time.

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Plan Premium Country Türkiye Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 11)   My Question or Issue The volume of the music goes down and up by itself. This is despite volume normalization b...

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Superuser Contribution Set bookmark in audio books

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceAllOperating SystemAll My Question or IssueI often hear audio books via Spotify. But of course in 15 hours of hearing I need some breaks, some "music", some other inspiration. I despair every time, because whenever I int...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device All Operating System All   My Question or Issue I often hear audio books via Spotify. But of course in 15 hours of hearing I need some breaks, s...

jdallasr

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Superuser Contribution I am becoming extremely frustrated. Spotify stopped working on my desktop

PlanPremiumUSADeviceNewer desktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI have removed the AP and reinstalled in 3 times so far in the past two days. I have gone in and looked at my drivers. I have selected and reselected my speakers. Everyth...

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Plan Premium USA Device Newer desktop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I have removed the AP and reinstalled in 3 times so far in the past two days.  I have gone ...

Ivelina

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Superuser Contribution How do I add something to the START of the queue?

PlanPremiumCountryCanada DevicePC, Android phone, Android TVOperating SystemWindows 10, Android My Question or IssueHow do I play a whole album or playlist? Currently it only plays the first song on the album and adds the rest to the end of the queue...

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  Plan Premium Country Canada   Device PC, Android phone, Android TV Operating System Windows 10,  Android   My Question or Issue How do I play a whole album...

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Superuser Contribution Distortion, buzzing on quiet songs such as solo piano or violin, Eq or normalisation issue

When playing relatively soft music typically solo instrumental piano or violin, I am getting crackle and distortion that sounds like speaker overload on tracks. I have both spotify and PC volumes set to 50%, and have tried various wired headphones bu...

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When playing relatively soft music typically solo instrumental piano or violin, I am getting crackle and distortion that sounds like speaker overload on tracks.  I have both spotify and PC volum...

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Superuser Contribution DIO Songs not on Spotify

I've been recenty getting back into DIO, and came to the old reliable Spotify, only to find NONE OF THEIR MUSIC! I'm on Windows 10, and am using Spotify Version: 1.1.0.237.g378f6f25 To recreate my issue, one would simply go to the search bar, and fin...

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  I've been recenty getting back into DIO, and came to the old reliable Spotify, only to find NONE OF THEIR MUSIC!  I'm on Windows 10, and am using Spotify Version: 1.1.0.237.g378f6f2...

Maria

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Desktop App Not Playing Any Audio

Plan Premium Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows My Question or Issue So this started this morning, but my spotify desktop app won't play anything. I can search music just fine, and if I hit play it will show progress on the song, but n...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue So this started this morning, but my spotify desktop app won't play anything.  I ca...

Milha

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution 'Hide song' button does nothing for one particular album

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueHide song button doesn't work for "Jamie XX - In Colour" album, yet it works everywhere else I've tried. I want to never listen to "I know there's gonna be (Good Times)" song b...

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  Plan Premium Country   Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Hide song button doesn't work for "Jamie XX - In Colour" album, yet it works everywhere...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution Playlist Background Color Not Updating

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently I've noticed all my playlist background colors changed to a seemingly random color and no matter what I change in the first 4 songs, the colors st...

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Plan Premium Country United States   Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Recently I've noticed all my playlist background colors changed to a see...

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Superuser Contribution Close button should minimize and Alt-F4

PlanPremiumCountryCZOperating SystemWindows 10, Windows 11 My Question or IssueIt worked for a long time that setting "Close button should minimize" worked for Alt-F4 keyboard shortcut as well. With some recent update, this shortcut closes the app. F...

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Plan Premium Country CZ Operating System Windows 10, Windows 11   My Question or Issue It worked for a long time that setting "Close button should minimize" worked for Alt-F4 keyboard sh...

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Superuser Contribution After playing for a short while, desktop app refuses to load album or artist info

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueThis is a weird one, and it only seems to affect Windows 11; My iOS device and Mac laptop work as expected. When using my Windows PC, after Spotify first loads,...

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue This is a weird one, and it only seems to affect Windows 11; My iOS device and Mac l...

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Superuser Contribution Cant Uninstall Spotify

Cant find Spotify in appdata, control panel, the app isn't opening up.I saw the other post about the same problem but I couldn't follow the solution because it is not there in control panelPlanFreeCountryIndia Device(Asus tuf f15)Operating System( Wi...

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Cant find Spotify in appdata, control panel, the app isn't opening up. I saw the other post about the same problem but I couldn't follow the solution because it is not there in control panel Plan ...

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Superuser Contribution can't install on win 11 store

PlanPremiumCountryhunDevicepcOperating Systemwin 11 My Question or Issuei click the download button but it stays clickable and nothing happens

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Plan Premium Country hun Device pc Operating System win 11   My Question or Issue i click the download button but it stays clickable and nothing happens

Yordan

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Superuser Contribution How to (rapidly) get the names of playlists from the library (and not just get the URL)

PlanPremiumCountryNO DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHey, do anyone here know how to copy the playlist names from Spotify? It used to be possible to drag and drop from the web player version of Spotify into Excel 4 year...

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Plan Premium Country NO   Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10     My Question or Issue Hey, do anyone here know how to copy the playlist names from Spotify? It us...

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Superuser Contribution почему когда я начинаю поиск, в поисковике выходит 'что то пошло не так' и виснет весь spotify

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Upload someone else's music

I want to upload some music by an artist which is not available on Spotify. It was not officially released. However almost all his albums are already there. I do not want to make money by uploading the music. I want all the revenue generated to go to...

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I want to upload some music by an artist which is not available on Spotify. It was not officially released. However almost all his albums are already there. I do not want to make money by uploading t...

Shaunbr1

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Superuser Contribution Spotify window starting maximized but not full-screen

Hello,The Spotify team has finally fixed the "close" button appearence making it bigger again. That is a wonderful thing. However it seems there's a new issue of the same kind.I didn't find any bug report about this, so here I am, probably speaking f...

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Hello, The Spotify team has finally fixed the "close" button appearence making it bigger again. That is a wonderful thing. However it seems there's a new issue of the same kind. I didn't find any b...

Dessi

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