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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 Screen flicker when scrolling down in a Podcast show

PlanPremiumCountrySouth AfricaDeviceLenovo ThinkPad T431sOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro 20H2 My Question or IssueMy screen flickers when I scroll down to the end of a Podcast show. I think this is a bug. It's happening on both the EXE version of Spot...

Casual Listener

Plan Premium Country South Africa Device Lenovo ThinkPad T431s Operating System Windows 10 Pro 20H2   My Question or Issue My screen flickers when I scroll down to the end of a Podcast...

Peter

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Superuser Contribution Spotify closing itself for almost the past 4 months

Plan(Family Premium)Country(Germany) Device(PC, OnePlus 2, OnePlus 5t)Operating System(Windows 10, Android 6, Android 10) My IssueMy spotify keeps crashing in online mode for the past 4 months almost. What happens is, if spotify starts in online mode...

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Plan (Family Premium) Country (Germany)  Device (PC, OnePlus 2, OnePlus 5t) Operating System (Windows 10, Android 6, Android 10)   My Issue My spotify keeps crashing in online mod...

Katerina

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Superuser Contribution Spotify sometimes doesn't play a certain album

Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device IdeaPad S340 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Every now and then when I try to play an album, nothing will play and the album icon in the left hand corner disappears, as shown here: [snip - C...

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Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device IdeaPad S340 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Every now and then when I try to play an album, nothing will play a...

Katerina

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Searching in liked songs not working

PlanPremiumCountryHungaryDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello.I used to search my liked songs with the filter above it. Now it is not working. I write an expression to the input field, and the mechanism could not find the song...

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Plan Premium Country Hungary Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello. I used to search my liked songs with the filter above it. Now it is not working. I wri...

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Superuser Contribution Windows Spotify

Hello i'm a premium user from italy and previusly i didn't had premium but still tried to listen to music on my pc, my prblem is that when i click on a song it doesn't start playing anything the bar down doesn't show anything, before i had a problem ...

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Hello i'm a premium user from italy and previusly i didn't had premium but still tried to listen to music on my pc, my prblem is that when i click on a song it doesn't start playing anything the bar ...

savastrestefano

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Superuser Contribution The new update has made many things much harder

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceWindows 10 PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe new update to the layout has caused more harm than good.Firstly, the search button is no longer at the top and now is a completely different section, wh...

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Plan Free Country United States Device Windows 10 PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The new update to the layout has caused more harm than good. Firstly, the sear...

Peter

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Superuser Contribution problems with my playlist and other music.

Plan: Family Premium Country: The Netherlands Device:The Problem is with my PC, but when i use the app on my phone it works correctly. Operating System:Windows 10 My Question or Issue:I can't play any music from all sorts of playlists, podcasts etc, ...

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Plan: Family Premium   Country: The Netherlands   Device: The Problem is with my PC, but when i use the app on my phone it works correctly.   Operating System: Windows 10 &nbs...

Elena

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Desktop users want information density, not a tablet experience

See subject. Post whether you agree or disagree with the maxim that desktop users prefer information density, quick navigation, and sorting options to graphic-rich and sprawled touch-centric design.

Gig Goer

See subject.    Post whether you agree or disagree with the maxim that desktop users prefer information density, quick navigation, and sorting options to graphic-rich and sprawled touch-c...

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Superuser Contribution Sorting songs in my playlists with drag and drop

I’m using new version of desktop app and I have noticed that sorting songs manually (by drag&drop) isn’t very smooth now. When I’m near end of my playlist with many songs and I want to move a song to top the screen isn’t scrolling automatically. I ne...

Newbie

I’m using new version of desktop app and I have noticed that sorting songs manually (by drag&drop) isn’t very smooth now. When I’m near end of my playlist with many songs and I want to move a son...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution user name in collaborative playlist

My Question or Issuei want to start a collaborative playlist with my cousins but also want the playlist to mention who added the song (when the playlist is public). i know a collaborative playlist can't be made public but i saw someones playlist wher...

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My Question or Issue i want to start a collaborative playlist with my cousins but also want the playlist to mention who added the song (when the playlist is public). i know a collaborative playlist ...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution ESET firewall vs Spotify

(soory for my english Im not native) Hi I had some problems with spotify few days ago (like 2-5 ago dont remember anymore). So I did clean reinstall and now its even worse. When I turn it on its says im offline (error code: 4). But its acting really ...

Newbie

(soory for my english Im not native) Hi I had some problems with spotify few days ago (like 2-5 ago dont remember anymore). So I did clean reinstall and now its even worse. When I turn it on its says...

Ver

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Superuser Contribution Spotify believes there is no internet when there is

PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Spotify won't play any music (everything is greyed out), because it believes that there is no internet connection. Nothing else on my PC believes there is no internet connection. It's like...

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Plan Premium   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My Spotify won't play any music (everything is greyed out), because it believes that there is no internet connection...

Jeremy

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Full screen mode disappeared in the latest Premium version (desktop windows)

I received an upgraded version of Windows and in the same time an upgrade of SpotifyThe version is now 1.1.47.684.g136419d9-a (on windows 10 family version 2004)I have the Premium subscription.Since the upgrade, the FULL SCREEN button has disappeared...

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I received an upgraded version of Windows and in the same time an upgrade of Spotify The version is now 1.1.47.684.g136419d9-a (on windows 10 family version 2004) I have the Premium subscription. ...

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Superuser Contribution Desktop application resizes itself upon maximizing from minimized state

PlanPremiumCountryUSA Device(Desktop PC)Operating System(Windows 10 Pro x64 1909) My Question or IssueIf I minimize Spotify, and then bring it back/maximize it, the Spotify application resizes to a different size, and is now on two monitors instead o...

Casual Listener

Plan Premium Country USA   Device (Desktop PC) Operating System (Windows 10 Pro x64 1909)   My Question or Issue If I minimize Spotify, and then bring it back/maximize it, the Sp...

Peter

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Superuser Contribution offline option (button) unavailable

I am using Spotify free the version 1.1.40.508.gd5bc2931 the OS is "windows 8.1 professional" ,the problem appear after i log out and login again then i notice that offline option from the menu is missing. i tried to log out and login again, but the ...

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I am using Spotify free the version 1.1.40.508.gd5bc2931 the OS is "windows 8.1 professional" ,the problem appear after i log out and login again then i notice that offline option from the menu ...

Mario

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[Desktop] Cannot open Joe Rogan podcast video

I have read the other posts on this topic, but none have been exactly my situation. I can never open the video version of this without reinstalling the app and rebooting my desktop. For the record, the audio only version won't play either, but I don'...

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I have read the other posts on this topic, but none have been exactly my situation.  I can never open the video version of this without reinstalling the app and rebooting my desktop.  For t...

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[Desktop][Playlists] Unable to see all my Daily Mixes

I have so many daily mix playlists that I am unable to scroll to the side and see all of them. At the 6th mix, it cuts off the preview halfway and I can't see anything past that, as there's no slider or scroll sideways button or anything. Is there a ...

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I have so many daily mix playlists that I am unable to scroll to the side and see all of them. At the 6th mix, it cuts off the preview halfway and I can't see anything past that, as there's no slider...

KevBoneGT

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Missing dislike button on PC version

HelloMy spotify PC version seems to be broken. Web Play as well as desktop app.In my discover weekly / release radar I can't dislike any tracks. The button is missing. And all the disliked songs from the app I can still see and have to listen on PC. ...

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Hello My spotify PC version seems to be broken. Web Play as well as desktop app. In my discover weekly / release radar I can't dislike any tracks. The button is missing. And all the disliked songs ...

FlipTheBunk

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