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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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szkill

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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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betterhalf

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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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earthbound

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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 can't play this song right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it.

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueShort and simple version; Was listening to music just fine. Got a new piece of software that required PC to restart. PC also updated during restart. Now no music plays. ANY. A...

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Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Short and simple version; Was listening to music just fine. Got a new piece of software that requir...

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Superuser Contribution Disable podcast video (bump)

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Windows LaptopOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue To whom it may concern, I want to ask for an update on the featur...

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

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution My liked songs not having green heart on singers spotify page

PlanFree Deviceasus laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI go to artists spotify, I check out their latest album and I am pretty sure I liked (and gave heart) to all the songs on album but the green hearts are not showing. I go to "So...

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Plan Free   Device asus laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I go to artists spotify, I check out their latest album and I am pretty sure I liked (and gave hea...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Joe Rogan Podcast - not working on web browser or windows app

PlanStudentCountryUSDeviceWeb browser and Windows desktop appOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueHello every time I click play it doesn't work, then it says we can't play this video. However i am able to play joe rogan experience in my iphone...

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  Plan Student Country US Device Web browser and Windows desktop app Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Hello every time I click play it doesn't work, then it says w...

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Superuser Contribution Friend activity not updating

PlanFreeCountryUKDevicePCOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueThis seems to still be a consistent bug despite previous topics saying it has been fixed. Every so often, my feed will say my friends have listened several days ago when I know ...

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Plan Free Country UK Device PC Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue This seems to still be a consistent bug despite previous topics saying it has been fixed. Every ...

Eni

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Scrobbles missing on Last.fm

PlanPremiumCountryRussiaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOn the 8th of February Last.fm stopped scrobbling music from Spotify. I reset both Last.fm and Spotify applications on the 10th of February and now scrobbling is working f...

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Plan Premium Country Russia Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue On the 8th of February Last.fm stopped scrobbling music from Spotify. I reset both Last.fm and ...

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Superuser Contribution my activity is not showing in my friends

PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDevice Operating System(i, Android , Windows 10,) My Question or Issueı do not use private mode.And click to show my activities in settings but again my activities is not showing.

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Plan Premium Country Turkey Device   Operating System (i, Android , Windows 10,)   My Question or Issue ı do not use private mode.And click to show my activities in settings but a...

Eni

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Multi tab UI

PlanPremiumCountryIsraelDevicePC laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuedon't understand how until today the UI not support multi tab!?!?!?it's will makes the life more easily for this app! Please consider!

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Plan Premium Country Israel Device PC laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue don't understand how until today the UI not support multi tab!?!?!? it's will makes the...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution Sorting

Windows 10 Hey, why is it so that when I mark several songs to add them to another playlist they appear arranged in a alphabetically order based on title in the new playlist? Even though both playlist have the "recently added" as sorting filter.And i...

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  Windows 10   Hey, why is it so that when I mark several songs to add them to another playlist they appear arranged in a alphabetically order based on title in the new playlist? Even th...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution CAN'T CHANGE PLAYLIST COVER

Hi! I can't change playlist covers on either my chromebook, my husband's windows PC or on the webplayer. Both PCs have the desktop app. The edit option isn't available.Please let me know how to do this! Nya CountryUKDeviceWindows PC/ Chromebook

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Hi!  I can't change playlist covers on either my chromebook, my husband's windows PC or on the webplayer. Both PCs have the desktop app. The edit option isn't available. Please let me know how...

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution Podcast start playing by itself

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOn Spotify Windows Desktop client, whenever you just view a podcast page, but don't select any podcast episode to play, after roughly 5 to 10 minutes, the most recent podcast e...

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Plan Premium Country   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue On Spotify Windows Desktop client, whenever you just view a podcast page, but don't select any ...

Elena

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Superuser Contribution Can't install from Microsoft Store

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceDell Latitude 3190Operating SystemWindows 10 20H2 19042.804 My Question or IssueWhen I try to install Spotify from the Microsoft Store, it always

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Plan Free Country United States Device Dell Latitude 3190 Operating System Windows 10 20H2 19042.804   My Question or Issue When I try to install Spotify from the Microsoft Store,...

Xenia

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Superuser Contribution Is there somewhere I can find release notes for the updates to the Spotify app?

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceDell Latitude 3190Operating SystemWindows 10 20H2 My QuestionI am wondering if there is somewhere I can find detailed release notes for every update to Spotify for Windows.

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Plan Free Country United States Device Dell Latitude 3190 Operating System Windows 10 20H2   My Question I am wondering if there is somewhere I can find detailed release notes for ever...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution My spotify keybinds stopped working

I usually use FN + the pause, skip, replay or volume up and down keys to use spotify when im busy or in games, but recently its just stopped working, it only works when I actually click into the spotify app, then when I click back out I lose the cont...

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I usually use FN + the pause, skip, replay or volume up and down keys to use spotify when im busy or in games, but recently its just stopped working, it only works when I actually click into the spot...

Elena

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Ran a Spotify ad blocker and now Spotify does not work.

PlanFree/PremiumCountryAmericaOperating System(Windows 10.) My Question or IssueHi, as you may have read for my thumbnail, you must get the point already. So, when I ran the ad blocker, (this was like 3 months ago so I do not quite remember the ad bl...

Casual Listener

Plan Free/Premium Country America Operating System (Windows 10.)   My Question or Issue Hi, as you may have read for my thumbnail, you must get the point already. So, when I ran the ad b...

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Superuser Contribution Bug in "add to playlist" duplicate detection

I am quite happy that you finally brought back the warning about adding duplicates., however this feature is buggy. If I select two duplicates in an existing playlist and add only these two songs to a new playlist in the same step, no warning is show...

Roadie

I am quite happy that you finally brought back the warning about adding duplicates., however this feature is buggy. If I select two duplicates in an existing playlist and add only these two songs to ...

Eni

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify on windows 10 keeps playing random tracks after listening to anything for about 1 minute

PlanPremiumCountryRomaniaOperating SystemWindows 10 (not the windows store app) My Question or Issue This has happened after I listened to my "tastebreakers" playlist. Basically after i'm playing any song, after about 1 minute the track skips to anot...

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Plan Premium Country Romania Operating System Windows 10 (not the windows store app)   My Question or Issue  This has happened after I listened to my "tastebreakers" playlist. Basic...

Novy

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify friend activity forced open?

PlanFreeCountryU.S.ADeviceASUS Zenbook Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAs the subject says, yesterday my friend activity was forced open, and the usual ways of closing it (double clicking) don't close it. It covers a quarter of my scre...

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  Plan Free Country U.S.A Device ASUS Zenbook  Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue As the subject says, yesterday my friend activity was forced open, and the ...

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Superuser Contribution CTRL-A only selects 100 songs

Plan- PremiumCountry- United States DeviceDell XPS 15 9560Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am attempting to copy all of the songs from my "Liked Songs" into a public playlist so that I can share my songs with friends and family. Howev...

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Plan - Premium Country - United States   Device Dell XPS 15 9560 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I am attempting to copy all of the songs from my "Liked Songs"...

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Superuser Contribution Add to queue

PlanPremiumCountry UKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueUsing the desktop app when I click add to queue nothing adds to queue.Works fine if I use the mobile app.

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Plan Premium Country  UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Using the desktop app when I click add to queue nothing adds to queue. Works fine if I use...

Novy

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