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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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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 Spotify hangs on Laptop

PlanPremiumCountrySwitzerlandDeviceLaptop, Google Pixel 3aOperating SystemAndroid Windows 10 My Question or IssueI am listening on Laptop for work. Then i make a break and go outside and listening with my mobilephone. Stop playing on Mobilephone. Wak...

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Plan Premium Country Switzerland Device Laptop, Google Pixel 3a Operating System Android  Windows 10   My Question or Issue I am listening on Laptop for work. Then i make a break ...

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Superuser Contribution New design is awful

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI use Spotify since 2014 and this is absolutely the worst design ever. Almost every shortcut on sidebar is deleted. We're unable to scroll through all artists songs. Album...

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Plan Premium Country Poland Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I use Spotify since 2014 and this is absolutely the worst design ever. Almost every shortcut on...

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution Windows 10 Spotify volume overlay

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI just installed a fresh copy of Windows 10 and immediately went to install Spotify as one does. Whenever I go to change my volume while Spotify is running now, an ...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I just installed a fresh copy of Windows 10 and immediately went to install Spotify as o...

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution New Update Does Not Adapt to Wider Aspect Ratios

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIn the older version prior to the major new update, my playlists, content and song information would flow towards the other end of the screen for my 32:9 a...

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  Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue In the older version prior to the major new update, my playlists, conte...

Novy

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Superuser Contribution Friend Activity is truncated

The "Friend Activity" tab in the desktop app for Spotify is currently only displaying three of my ten friends, with the oldest activity being 8 hours. I was previously able to see the activity of all my friends within the last week or so, but it is n...

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The "Friend Activity" tab in the desktop app for Spotify is currently only displaying three of my ten friends, with the oldest activity being 8 hours. I was previously able to see the activity of all...

Eni

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Duplicate warning missing in new UI when adding songs to a playlist

PlanPremium CountryGermany DevicePC Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen adding songs to a playlist there used to be a helpful option to only add the songs that aren't already there. In the new update however the duplicate songs just g...

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Plan Premium   Country Germany   Device PC   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When adding songs to a playlist there used to be a helpful option to o...

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Superuser Contribution Search history lost after the new desktop UI auto-update

PlanPremiumCountryHong Kong DeviceDesktop Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAll my previous search history is lost after today's auto-update on desktop. Is there a way to recover them? I use the search history as a list for artist/ album...

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  Plan Premium Country Hong Kong  Device Desktop  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue All my previous search history is lost after today's auto-update on...

Novy

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Superuser Contribution Add to New Playlist not functional when music is not being played

PlanPremiumCountryCzech RepublicDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIf the player is not playing any music, function "Add to Playlist - New playlist" is not interactive. Repro steps:1) Stop player and Pick random album.2) Click Thr...

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Plan Premium Country Czech Republic Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue If the player is not playing any music, function "Add to Playlist - New playlist" is no...

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Superuser Contribution Update has ruined layout and made Spotify hard to use.

PlanPremiumCountryAUDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10In artist view, new layout makes it impossible to view songs of artist without selecting a particular album.No list view available. Only tiles.Also still can not sort search results so no ...

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Plan Premium Country AU Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10 In artist view, new layout makes it impossible to view songs of artist without selecting a particular album. No list vie...

Eni

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Show All Tracks of an Artist

Hey folk,since the new update (Windows) - I cant access all the songs by simply scrolling down. I hope that this is .. just a bug, or something? Usually I would just click on an artist, it would lead me to its page and I could see the list of all son...

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Hey folk, since the new update (Windows) - I cant access all the songs by simply scrolling down. I hope that this is .. just a bug, or something? Usually I would just click on an artist, it would le...

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After the update, why have you removed the "Discovered in..." tab?

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 Those of us who work with playlists, it helped us a lot that in the profiles of the artists we have in our playlists, the tab "Discovered in X playlist" appeared. It was a very useful to...

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Plan Premium Country Spain Device Computer Operating System Windows 10   Those of us who work with playlists, it helped us a lot that in the profiles of the artists we have in our playl...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Song length mismatch

It's not really an important detail, but when I look at a song on my playlist, the song length is 1:13 but when I play the song, it says the song length is 1:12. I took a screenshot of the specific song just in case.

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It's not really an important detail, but when I look at a song on my playlist, the song length is 1:13 but when I play the song, it says the song length is 1:12.      I took a s...

Novy

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Superuser Contribution MY spotify PC app is not updated to the latest UI

PlanFree/PremiumCountryINDONESIADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy spotify is still on the old UI, I knew this from my brother's pc, he has the new UI version

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Plan Free/Premium Country INDONESIA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My spotify is still on the old UI, I knew this from my brother's pc, he has the new UI ...

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Superuser Contribution Desktop Updated - Media Buttnos not working anymore.

After the newest update the media buttons on the keyboard and mouse has stopped working when Spotify is not the main application.So I.E, I turn on spotify and put some music on, start a game, and while in the game I can't Play/Pause or Previous/Forwa...

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After the newest update the media buttons on the keyboard and mouse has stopped working when Spotify is not the main application. So I.E, I turn on spotify and put some music on, start a game, and...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Playlists] Fix layout on large desktop displays

Hello Spotify Team, Thank you for the latest UI update. I'm using Spotify on a large (27") display in a separate "desktop" in full-screen mode so I can easily access it with just one button. Previously the song information was easy to read and nicely...

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Hello Spotify Team,   Thank you for the latest UI update. I'm using Spotify on a large (27") display in a separate "desktop" in full-screen mode so I can easily access it with just one button....

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My Local Files Duration is Saying Wrong Time?

This is really bothering me. Today I added a new Album to my local files- not only did I have a lot of problems getting all the songs on there (There were 3 songs missing, and i retried at least 4 times, deleting and ripping the disc again etc. I als...

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This is really bothering me. Today I added a new Album to my local files- not only did I have a lot of problems getting all the songs on there (There were 3 songs missing, and i retried at least 4 ti...

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Superuser Contribution Some issues of new update

PlanFree Country : No Matter Device(PC) Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issue I have an issue with new features of updated Spotify.First, this is an option that was previously only available for Spotify Premium users, I previously used it...

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Plan Free   Country : No Matter   Device (PC)   Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue   I have an issue with new features of updated Spotify. ...

Mihail

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How to move songs to the top!!!!!!!!! New update.

It now takes me so long to move one song to the top of my playlist. The track list order management is bugged. When I select every track above the track I'm trying to move up, it doesn't select everything. Updates should increase Functionality. What ...

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It now takes me so long to move one song to the top of my playlist. The track list order management is bugged. When I select every track above the track I'm trying to move up, it doesn't select every...

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Superuser Contribution Multiple problems with latest update: no guard against multiple songs in playlists and more

PlanFree/PremiumDeviceHP ElitebookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueJust got the latest auto-update on PC desktop app. Major changes in how things are displayed. I don't like it and it causes me some problems: 1) There is no warning agai...

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Plan Free/Premium Device HP Elitebook Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Just got the latest auto-update on PC desktop app. Major changes in how things are displayed. I d...

Eni

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