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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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eoris

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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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Superuser Contribution i do not want to see 'whats trending' on my home page

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue'What's Trending' is the first thing that shows up when I open spotify every day. It is showing me a bunch of podcasts made by bigots and other people I'm generally not interes...

Casual Listener

Plan Premium Country Australia Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue 'What's Trending' is the first thing that shows up when I open spotify every day. It is showing me a bun...

seajr

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Superuser Contribution Recently Played section doesn't have a "See All" option

PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDeviceDell 5410Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThrough the last two updates, the "See All" option has disappeared from the Recently Played section. It's only on my PC and still shows on my iPhone.

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Plan Premium Country Finland Device Dell 5410 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Through the last two updates, the "See All" option has disappeared from the Recently Pl...

Alex

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Solved!! local files on the new update

PlanPremiumCountry Device Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI enabled local files, but I don't see any option for them in the sidebar. Where do I go to access my local files in the new update?

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Plan Premium Country   Device   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I enabled local files, but I don't see any option for them in the sidebar. Where do I go to...

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Superuser Contribution followers can't see my activity

Hi, I have the "Share my listening activity on Spotify" option on but none of my followers can see what I'm listening to. I tried reinstalling the Spotify application, turning the option on and off, and also tried logging off and on again but nothing...

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Hi, I have the "Share my listening activity on Spotify" option on but none of my followers can see what I'm listening to. I tried reinstalling the Spotify application, turning the option on and ...

Ulya

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Superuser Contribution Local files messed up my spotify app

I was trying to load some local files on my pc and once they loaded in I tried to listen to one of the songs and after that Spotify kept asking for me to reload the page and every time I try it just kept asking me to reload the page please help.

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I was trying to load some local files on my pc and once they loaded in I tried to listen to one of the songs and after that Spotify kept asking for me to reload the page and every time I try it just ...

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution Moving app between monitors with different scaling

PlanPremiumDeviceLaptop with 4K monitorOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueWith an external monitor, the app will behave strange when I move it between the monitors. I run the 4K monitor in 175% scaling and the external monitor on 100% scal...

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Plan Premium Device Laptop with 4K monitor Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue With an external monitor, the app will behave strange when I move it between the monitors. I run the...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution Black screen

Operating SystemWindows 10 ProMy Question or IssueSo when I start Spotify I get a Black screen for already like 1 Month. It worked for a day when I started a installer on my Desktop and it worked once I think after I started it more than 20 times and...

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Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue So when I start Spotify I get a Black screen for already like 1 Month. It worked for a day when I started a installer on my Desktop and it work...

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Superuser Contribution Multiple issues

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktop Computer Intel i9, 32GB Ram, 1080ti GPUOperating SystemWindows 10Spotify Version@latestMy Question or Issue(s)1: Text and icons are not smooth: Previous UI for comparison: 2: Double copyright notices on bottom of alb...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Desktop Computer Intel i9, 32GB Ram, 1080ti GPU Operating System Windows 10 Spotify Version @latest My Question or Issue(s) 1: Text and icons are not...

Eni

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bring old ui back
broken ui
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Desktop just doesnt work

PlanPremiumCountryMexicoDevice(Windwos PC)Operating SystemEdition Windows 10 ProVersion 20H2OS build 19042.985 My Question or IssueSpotify Version: 1.1.60.672.g6ad9c215-a same issue for the past 4/5 months or so, being paying this thing to not use it...

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Plan Premium Country Mexico Device (Windwos PC) Operating System Edition Windows 10 Pro Version 20H2 OS build 19042.985   My Question or Issue Spotify Version: 1.1.60.672.g6ad9c...

Eni

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Lag
laggy
not working
unresponsive
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Superuser Contribution Blacked out playlists and buttons

Sometimes my home, search button and playlists are blacked out. Making it hard to see with combination of the dark application. PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10

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Sometimes my home, search button and playlists are blacked out. Making it hard to see with combination of the dark application.    Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device PC Operati...

Ivan

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Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps crashing after 5 minutes

PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDeviceHP Envy laptop 13-ad0xxOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've posted this question before, for my laptop and phone.I open the app, my music plays for 5 minutes or so and then my app crashes and closes.The p...

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Plan Premium Country Belgium Device HP Envy laptop 13-ad0xx Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I've posted this question before, for my laptop and phone. I open the ap...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Why does the new desktop update absolutely suck? So many features GONE.

Spotify updated about a week ago on my laptop, and it's absolute trash now. I can no longer edit playlist photos or descriptions. When I click on my profile, I can't view my account the way others do anymore. I can't change the order of playlists any...

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Spotify updated about a week ago on my laptop, and it's absolute trash now. I can no longer edit playlist photos or descriptions. When I click on my profile, I can't view my account the way others do...

iNNoVation

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Browse] Get back to the orginal position in the album library

Hi! The new update of the desktop app looks very nice and the overall user experience has improved in my opinion. I figured there is something that was better implemented before though: as an album listener I have a big album library which I tend to ...

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Hi! The new update of the desktop app looks very nice and the overall user experience has improved in my opinion. I figured there is something that was better implemented before though: as an album l...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Playlists] Add the recently added feature from Android

a recent update taht redesinged the UI seems to have removed then option to sort playlists by recently added. Personaly i only listen to my playlists. The feature still exist on Android so it seems like it accidentaly got dropped...

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a recent update taht redesinged the UI seems to have removed then option to sort playlists by recently added. Personaly i only listen to my playlists. The feature still exist on Android so it seems l...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Other] Playlist Images Don't Load and Folders Don't Appear on New Windows UI

I have a lot of playlists that I use a lot of folders to keep sorted; without folders my library would be a practically unusable mess. I always used to use the big icons in the center to navigate, but with the new UI, that is very difficult. Folders ...

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I have a lot of playlists that I use a lot of folders to keep sorted; without folders my library would be a practically unusable mess. I always used to use the big icons in the center to na...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution For $120 a year the new desktop sucks. Please revert!

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

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Pros and Cons of the 2021 update and if there is something I can do to remove the cons

PlanFreeCountryDenmarkDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have been using spotify for quite a while now, I started using spotify on another account that I had connected to my facebook back in 2013ish, but I made a new account a y...

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Plan Free Country Denmark Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have been using spotify for quite a while now, I started using spotify on another account that ...

Jeremy

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making public lists visible to others??

I'm a new user, so apologies if this question has an obvious answer.I have a premium account using Windows 10.I put a list of tracks into a playlist, and mark it public. Then on another account (free if that matters) I try to search for that playlist...

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I'm a new user, so apologies if this question has an obvious answer. I have a premium account using Windows 10. I put a list of tracks into a playlist, and mark it public. Then on another account (...

Arikabeth

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Superuser Contribution Spotify pauses music when open on Desktop & IPhone

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceWindows 10 & iPhone 10Operating SystemWindows 10 IOs 14 My Question or Issuerecently my spotify on iphone would keep pausing immediatly after pushing the play button after a while of this issue I soon noticed that if ...

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device Windows 10 & iPhone 10 Operating System Windows 10 IOs 14   My Question or Issue recently my spotify on iphone would keep pausing immediatly a...

Eni

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution play part of public list

Plan Premium DeviceWindows (using web player)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIs there a way to play part of a long, public playlist?I'm a new Spotify user, so there may be something obvious that I'm missing. In this case there is a pub...

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Plan Premium   Device Windows (using web player) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Is there a way to play part of a long, public playlist? I'm a new Spotify user...

Arikabeth

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