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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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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 Issue with Screen Blinking After Closing Spotify URL in Edge or WebView2

PlanFreeCountryUSDeviceany machineOperating SystemWndows 11 24H2 My Question or IssueI'm experiencing an issue when opening the Spotify URL (https://open.spotify.com) in the Edge browser on my system. If I force-close the browser via Task Manager, th...

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Plan Free Country US Device any machine Operating System Wndows 11 24H2   My Question or Issue I'm experiencing an issue when opening the Spotify URL (https://open.spotify.com) in the ...

MihailY

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Superuser Contribution Stop open.spotify links to open the Spotify app!

My Question or IssueIn Chrome on Windows i acaccidentally clicked a message to open the Spotify app on load of the Webplayer. Now everytime i click on an open.spotify link the Spotify app opens up. Thats horrible!I want to only load the webplayer whe...

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My Question or Issue In Chrome on Windows i acaccidentally clicked a message to open the Spotify app on load of the Webplayer. Now everytime i click on an open.spotify link the Spotify app opens up....

rick_raven

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Superuser Contribution can't rate podcast after listening for 2 years

after listening to a podcast for about 2 years, i want to give it a rating, but it says i can't rate it until i listen to a few more episodes. this is ridiculous obviously

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after listening to a podcast for about 2 years, i want to give it a rating, but it says i can't rate it until i listen to a few more episodes. this is ridiculous obviously

Yordan

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Suddenly multiple songs from album start playing at the same time

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands Operating Systemwindows 11 My Question or IssueAs I was listening, suddenly multiple songs of the album I was listening to (Moon Music by coldplay) started to play at the same time. The songs that were playing were I thi...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands   Operating System windows 11   My Question or Issue As I was listening, suddenly multiple songs of the album I was listening to (Moon Music by col...

Amay

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New issues with the Add to Liked Songs button

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceSpotify for Windows (64 bit)1.2.66.447.g4e37e896Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have not had this issue before, but if I click on the + button to like a song, it gives me the check mark, showing t...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.66.447.g4e37e896 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have not had this issue before, but if...

ribezaz

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Your Niche Mixes no longer found in Made for You

Did they move the Niche mixes category? It disappeared a couple days ago. Used to be inside the Made for You section.

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Did they move the Niche mixes category? It disappeared a couple days ago. Used to be inside the Made for You section.

MattSuda

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Windows 10 App: Keyboard Shortcuts Not Working

Plan: Premium/PaidCountry: USADevice: Desktop (App)Operating System: Windows 10, 64-bit, Home Edition My Issue:Despite trying to use the keyboard shortcuts listed here: Spotify Support Keyboard Shortcuts for App With the exception of the space-bar, n...

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Plan: Premium/Paid Country: USA Device: Desktop (App) Operating System: Windows 10, 64-bit, Home Edition   My Issue: Despite trying to use the keyboard shortcuts listed here:  Spotif...

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Why is the search function disabled for old Spotify versions since a few weeks?

Hey, I'm using an old version of Spotify because I don't like the "newer" look. Until a few weeks everything was working fine, but now the search function only works for local songs and songs in subscribed playlists. I`ve tested different accounts an...

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Hey,   I'm using an old version of Spotify because I don't like the "newer" look. Until a few weeks everything was working fine, but now the search function only works for local songs and song...

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Superuser Contribution podcast video resolutions

PlanFree/CountryUSDevicePCOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueI'm having issues with playback of a video podcast. My internet wont support whatever the default resolution is, and I get a constant buffering because of this. This makes foll...

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Plan Free/ Country US Device PC Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm having issues with playback of a video podcast. My internet wont support whatever the defau...

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Superuser Contribution DJ not available on laptop only

Plan: PremiumCountry: US Device: Surface Laptop 7, ARCAPP: Windows store version For the past couple of months, I have not been able to access the spotify DJ from my laptop. It is available on my phone and desktop PC (also windows app), and I am even...

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Plan: Premium Country: US   Device: Surface Laptop 7, ARC APP: Windows store version   For the past couple of months, I have not been able to access the spotify DJ from my laptop. It ...

Ivelina

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Superuser Contribution Podcast video downloaded offline not working on desktop

Plan Premium Duo Operating system Windows 11 on Nitro 5 laptop Looking through my settings, there's no option to toggle audio-only downloads, which I suspect to be the crux of the problem. I've tried on both the browser and app, but I can't seem to f...

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Plan Premium Duo Operating system Windows 11 on Nitro 5 laptop   Looking through my settings, there's no option to toggle audio-only downloads, which I suspect to be the crux of the ...

Vasil

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Web Player (open.spotify.com) always throws a 403 error - Unsupported browser

PlanPremium DuoCountryIndiaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIt doesn't matter which browser I use, Chrome or Firefox, incognito or not, extensions enabled or disabled, cookies cleared or not, or which network I'm on. All ot...

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Plan Premium Duo Country India Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue It doesn't matter which browser I use, Chrome or Firefox, incognito or not, extensions ...

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Trojan in Spotify folder! False positive?

Windows defender found this today. I have not downloaded anything on my computer recently. Did a full scan on windows defender and one on malwarebytes and nothing gets detected anymore. Is there a chance this was a false positive? Thanks!

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Windows defender found this today. I have not downloaded anything on my computer recently.   Did a full scan on windows defender and one on malwarebytes and nothing gets detected anymore. &nb...

MateusM

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why does it say illegal scope when i try to login to the spotify app

when i try to login on the spotify app on windows 10 it redirects me to a page that says illegal scope and nothing else. i tried changing my default browser from opera gx to google chrome and it still says illegal scope

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when i try to login on the spotify app on windows 10 it redirects me to a page that says illegal scope and nothing else. i tried changing my default browser from opera gx to google chrome and it sti...

wagonballz

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Superuser Contribution Experiencing Lag While Streaming Spotify with GTA San Andreas

Hello everyone!I’ve been facing an issue when playing GTA San Andreas gtandreaspro.com while streaming music on Spotify, and I’m hoping someone can shed some light on this. Every time I try to play GTA San Andreas and listen to music on Spotify at th...

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Hello everyone! I’ve been facing an issue when playing GTA San Andreas gtandreaspro.com while streaming music on Spotify, and I’m hoping someone can shed some light on this. Every time I try to p...

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Superuser Contribution some local files stop autoplaying

hello, i have some interesting issue i have shared with a couple other users and has happened right out of the blue with no change of mine.sometimes when playing some tagged local files in any playlist and any order, right before some of them, the tr...

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hello, i have some interesting issue i have shared with a couple other users and has happened right out of the blue with no change of mine. sometimes when playing some tagged local files in any play...

AlejaR

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Superuser Contribution Full Screen: Read Along

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWin11 My Question or IssueEnjoying Read along (beta) for podcasts on desktop - wondering how I can make this full screen or enlarged as at the moment it only takes up a small corner of the scree...

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device Desktop Operating System Win11   My Question or Issue Enjoying Read along (beta) for podcasts on desktop - wondering how I can make this full scre...

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Superuser Contribution Advanced Settings to open weblinks with app is missing in Windows App

Hi allSpotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.65.255.g85e641b4 seems to be missing Advanced Settings, in which one supposedly can set the Windows App to open web links. Tried Re-installing the app already, to no avail. Older versions of Spotify seemed to ha...

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Hi all Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.65.255.g85e641b4 seems to be missing Advanced Settings, in which one supposedly can set the Windows App to open web links. Tried Re-installing the app already...

Vasil

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How to turn off playing now view permanently?

I hate that the playing now view pops up every time I switch playlists. It gets in the way. If I wanna see what's next I'll look at the queue or manually turn it on. The automatic pop-up is soooo irritating!

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I hate that the playing now view pops up every time I switch playlists. It gets in the way. If I wanna see what's next I'll look at the queue or manually turn it on. The automatic pop-up is soooo irr...

s_j

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Superuser Contribution Normalize volume not applying to artist/album previews

The Normalize audio feature doesn't work on previews, making them WAAAAAY louder than normal playback. There's been multiple instances where I’ve opened the preview of an album (because I’d forget this issue) and had to throw off my headphones.I use ...

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The Normalize audio feature doesn't work on previews, making them WAAAAAY louder than normal playback. There's been multiple instances where I’ve opened the preview of an album (because I’d forget th...

-leo

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