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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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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 Spotify sound lowers with other sounds

I've had this issue for a little while now, it's not my control panel sound settings, all are set to no exclusive control, and no dimming of any kind. never found a spotify setting for this. communications is set to do nothing every time a person tal...

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I've had this issue for a little while now, it's not my control panel sound settings, all are set to no exclusive control, and no dimming of any kind. never found a spotify setting for this. communic...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Desktop Not Recognizing Any Local Files

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceHP PavilionOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello,I have a new computer. Spotify will not recognize any of my local files on the desktop version, which are only about a dozen at this point.Here's what I've tr...

Casual Listener

Plan Premium Country USA   Device HP Pavilion Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello, I have a new computer. Spotify will not recognize any of my local files o...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution Export Playlist Info to Excel

I have managed to put song titles and artists to an Excel chart. However, it did not include the song times. Is there a way to get export the times? USAFamily PlanDesktop Windows 7

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I have managed to put song titles and artists to an Excel chart. However, it did not include the song times. Is there a way to get export the times?   USA Family Plan Desktop  Windows ...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution WiFi connection problems

PlanPremiumCountryScotland DeviceDell laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue

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Plan Premium Country Scotland   Device Dell laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  

Alex

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Superuser Contribution My spotify is randomly pausing every couple of seconds to every few minutes.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling spotify and it still randomly paused. I also tried using the web browser and it randomly paused there as well. I also disconnected all places that I've logged into so the only places that I'm currently logged int...

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I tried uninstalling and reinstalling spotify and it still randomly paused. I also tried using the web browser and it randomly paused there as well. I also disconnected all places that I've logged in...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Wrapped Comparison

Not sure if this is the correct forum, so I apologize if it isn't. I remember in years past being able to compare the current year's stats with previous years' stats (i.e. how many minutes you listened this year compared to other years). I am unable ...

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Not sure if this is the correct forum, so I apologize if it isn't. I remember in years past being able to compare the current year's stats with previous years' stats (i.e. how many minutes you listen...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Queue

So I don't really know how to ask a question or write on here, but my queue keeps getting deleted lately, on my laptop and on my phone. It is annoying. Anyone know what I can do to solve this problem?

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So I don't really know how to ask a question or write on here, but my queue keeps getting deleted lately, on my laptop and on my phone. It is annoying. Anyone know what I can do to solve this problem?

Ivan

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Superuser Contribution Web app won't open

Whenever I try to open up the web app it tells me there's a serve errorI have already cleared my cache and tried every browser on my computer and an incognito window with no successI cannot download or use the app currently because of some issues on ...

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Whenever I try to open up the web app it tells me there's a serve error I have already cleared my cache and tried every browser on my computer and an incognito window with no success I cannot down...

Ivan

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Superuser Contribution Multiple tracks from Avantasia's 'Angel of Babylon' have track crossover

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueThe album 'Angel of Babylon' by Avantasia doesn't seem to be divided up correctly, with multiple tracks featuring snippets of the next track in the album seconds before they en...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The album 'Angel of Babylon' by Avantasia doesn't seem to be divided up correctly, with multiple tracks fea...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Local Files Issues - Need Help adding / deleting

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceLenovo IdeaPad 10th GenOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI just got a new laptop - I'm looking to keep things clean this go around as my music was a mess on my last device. I'm trying to add one new album on L...

Casual Listener

  Plan Premium Country USA   Device Lenovo IdeaPad 10th Gen Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I just got a new laptop - I'm looking to keep things clean th...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Random songs at the bottom of my liked songs

As you can see from the below image, when I scroll down to the beginning of my liked songs, there are three songs that do not have a timestamp for when they were added and were not there previously. Does anyone know why this is and how it happened?Pl...

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As you can see from the below image, when I scroll down to the beginning of my liked songs, there are three songs that do not have a timestamp for when they were added and were not there previously. ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Lyrics not working anymore - "Humming is fun"

PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 2004 My Question or IssueThe lyrics from Musixmatch are no longer there, it shows "Humming is fun" message. It used to work before but it no longer works now, please help.

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Plan Free Country India Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 2004   My Question or Issue The lyrics from Musixmatch are no longer there, it shows "Humming is fun" message. It used...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Bluetooth speaker controlling my music

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePC desktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueEvery time my bluetooth speaker shuts off automatically it plays spotify and it runs forever in the background. Not a big problem, but very annoying and it ruins t...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Every time my bluetooth speaker shuts off automatically it plays spotify and it runs fo...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Music Keeps Pausing Every 2-4 Seconds.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 running spotify thru UWP My Question or IssueMy music keeps pausing every 2-4 seconds. Tried reinstalling logging out, no other devices do this.

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 running spotify thru UWP   My Question or Issue My music keeps pausing every 2-4 seconds. Tried reinstalling logging...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution won't recognize local file

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I downloaded an mp3 file and moves that to the folder where all my local files are stored. I then deleted the original in my downloads folder. But when I do that, sp...

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  Plan Premium Country Germany Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   I downloaded an mp3 file and moves that to the folder where all my local f...

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Superuser Contribution how to change the genres of your artistpage?

Busy looking around for 30 minutes and not idea where to post this or where to find an answer.through everynoise.com I found out my own band is labeled in only 1 very specific genre. This is not correct as we are much broader and not even countryspec...

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Busy looking around for 30 minutes and not idea where to post this or where to find an answer. through everynoise.com  I found out my own band is labeled in only 1 very specific genre. This is ...

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[Desktop] Local files no longer linked

I recently discovered that spotify (Windows desktop version) could browse my local files and if they existed on spotify I could click on the song/artist/album and be taken to the page, where I could follow/add etc. I was happily making my way through...

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I recently discovered that spotify (Windows desktop version) could browse my local files and if they existed on spotify I could click on the song/artist/album and be taken to the page, where I could ...

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Superuser Contribution Autoplay still plays after turned off

PlanFamily PremiumCountryU.S.A.DeviceAcer LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issueso after spending 2 days trying to turn off autoplay i finally figured it out but even after i turned it off it still continued to use autoplay

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Plan Family Premium Country U.S.A. Device Acer Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue so after spending 2 days trying to turn off autoplay i finally figured it out b...

Jeremy

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Spotify app for Windows 10 (PC) no longer working. Multiple attempts to uninstall and reinstall...

Hello. The Windows app for PC is no longer working after multiple attempts to uninstall/reinstall. Nothing but a black screen once downloaded. Spotify Premium user. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Hello. The Windows app for PC is no longer working after multiple attempts to uninstall/reinstall. Nothing but a black screen once downloaded. Spotify Premium user. Any help would be greatly apprecia...

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Solved!! Windows Script Host Error

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDevice(Dell Laptop)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueWhenever I open the Desktop App, I get hit with an error as shown in the image belowI have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app multiple times, even uni...

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Plan Premium Country India Device (Dell Laptop) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Whenever I open the Desktop App, I get hit with an error as shown in the image belo...

Bella_K

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