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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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Yordan

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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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Solved!! Wrong song index selected on image click

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Bug FeedbackLet's say I have a playlist with 10 songs with static song indexes 1 to 10. Song index 1 will be shown at top and 10 at bottom.If I am playing the song with index 3(third from ...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Bug Feedback Let's say I have a playlist with 10 songs with static song indexes 1 to 10. Song index 1 will be sho...

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Superuser Contribution [W10] Weird radio behavior

[Premium, United States, Desktop, Windows 10] When I select ‘Go to Song/Artist radio’ sometimes it generates a great station based on that specific song/artist, but it usually just generates a station that’s full of songs that I used to listen to tha...

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[Premium, United States, Desktop, Windows 10]   When I select ‘Go to Song/Artist radio’ sometimes it generates a great station based on that specific song/artist, but it usually just generates...

Ver

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Superuser Contribution Queue management is extremely unintuitive

I used to use Google Play Music, I switched over to Spotify because GPM is going away and YouTube Music is awful in comparison. I like Spotify overall, but I just cannot get over how unintuitive queue management is with Spotify.With GPM, I had a queu...

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I used to use Google Play Music, I switched over to Spotify because GPM is going away and YouTube Music is awful in comparison. I like Spotify overall, but I just cannot get over how unintuitive queu...

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Superuser Contribution Local Files don't play anymore

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Spotify doesn't play my local files anymore, some months ago it suddenly stops playing them. The software identifies the files but won't play them anymore (you click on play an...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My Spotify doesn't play my local files anymore, some months ago it suddenly stops playing them. The softwar...

Ver

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Superuser Contribution After 10 months, Spotify Desktop for Windows 10 Pro still now working

Plan: PremiumCountry: United states DeviceRyzen x86 PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueI know a lot of fixes have happened in the last 10 months for the desktop application, however it is still not working for me. It at least starts...

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Plan: Premium Country: United states   Device Ryzen x86 PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue I know a lot of fixes have happened in the last 10 months for the ...

Ver

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Audio interface problem

PlanFree/PremiumCountryCanadaDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHey,Whenever I plug my headphones into my audio interface it says: Spotify can't play th...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Canada Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Hey, W...

Sebasty

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Superuser Contribution Recently Played is bugged

I'm using Spotify desktop app on Windows 10 Pro v2004 . Even though other sections work perfectly, I can only see the first half of the "Recently Played" section on my screen.

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I'm using Spotify desktop app on Windows 10 Pro v2004 . Even though other sections work perfectly, I can only see the first half of the "Recently Played" section on my screen.

Ver

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Superuser Contribution No es posible reproducir la cancion actual

PlanPremiumCountryVenezuelaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueTengo bastante tiempo siendo premium y recientemente tengo este problema, le doy a reproducir cualquier cancion y despues de unos segundos me sale un mensaje que dice que no es...

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Plan Premium Country Venezuela Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Tengo bastante tiempo siendo premium y recientemente tengo este problema, le doy a reproducir cualquier ...

Ivan

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Connect

PlanPremiumCountryPortugalDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 8.1Hello, i can't use spotify connect in the desktop app. If i am listening on my android phone or android TV, these devices won't appear on desktop app for some reason.They appear if i u...

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Plan Premium Country Portugal Device Desktop Operating System Windows 8.1 Hello, i can't use spotify connect in the desktop app. If i am listening on my android phone or android TV, these dev...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Duplicate and badly sorted favorite albums

Hi all, I’ve got some issues with my Albums library on a few of the first albums I had marked as favorites. Please check here the video capture I’ve made (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TvrlLM6FOp87h8yVHaAOLiBOYdZoNy1B/view?usp=sharingOn sort by ar...

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Hi all, I’ve got some issues with my Albums library on a few of the first albums I had marked as favorites. Please check here the video capture I’ve made (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TvrlLM6FOp8...

Ivan

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Superuser Contribution Spotify can only play songs that are on a playlist or that are saved

PlanPremiumCountryU.S.Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently my desktop Spotify app has been unable to play songs that aren't on a playlist or that aren't saved. If I restart or reinstall Spotify it works normally for a few hours, bu...

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Plan Premium Country U.S. Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Recently my desktop Spotify app has been unable to play songs that aren't on a playlist or that aren't saved....

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Superuser Contribution The deployment operation failed because the specified application needs to be registered first.

DeviceDell LatitudeOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueNormally when I start my laptop, Spotify starts automatically, however this morning the following error appears:C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\SpotifyAB.SpotifyMusic_1.144.538.0_x86_...

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Device Dell Latitude Operating System Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue Normally when I start my laptop, Spotify starts automatically, however this morning the following error appears:...

Ver

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Superuser Contribution Trouble with Spotify desktop application for Windows

Hi all, I play my music via Spotify desktop application for my windows laptop, via usb I connect my laptop to my Pioneer DDJ SR set (as a hub). I am able to play all music and sounds via this away, except via the Spotify application, the application ...

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Hi all,   I play my music via Spotify desktop application for my windows laptop, via usb I connect my laptop to my Pioneer DDJ SR set (as a hub). I am able to play all music and sounds via thi...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution 100% Disk at Startup

PlanPremium CountryUSA Device(Desktop) Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issue:Every time I launch Spotify my computer is pretty much frozen for up to a minute. I have local files turned off (all my music is from Spotify). I opened the task...

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Plan Premium   Country USA   Device (Desktop)   Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue: Every time I launch Spotify my computer is pretty much frozen fo...

Mihail

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Spotify opens Automatically!!

I have windows 10, and whenever I turn my computer on Spotify opens automatically. I already checked Advanced Settings. How can I disable that?

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I have windows 10, and whenever I turn my computer on Spotify opens automatically. I already checked Advanced Settings. How can I disable that?

Billy-J

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution local files arent playing

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 I use local files a lot and about 2 weeks ago they just stopped playing out of nowhere. Whenever I try to play a local file I don't get any error messages but it the audio doesnt play and the song is stuck at 0:0...

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Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10   I use local files a lot and about 2 weeks ago they just stopped playing out of nowhere. Whenever I try to play a local file I don't get any error ...

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Homepage is bugged

Premium plan/Windows 10 My Question or IssueA few of lists (recently played, new podcasts episodes, discover...) are bugged - the album covers are cut and then there is just a black screen. What did not help:- restarting PC, logging in/out;- clean re...

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Premium plan/ Windows 10   My Question or Issue A few of lists (recently played, new podcasts episodes, discover...) are bugged - the album covers are cut and then there is just a black scre...

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Superuser Contribution RANDOM SONGS NOT IN MY PLAYLIST KEEP PLAYING

PlanFreeCountryROMANIADeviceSamsung Galaxy S9+Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI made a playlist with 6 songs as you can see in the picture. Spotify keeps playing random songs out of nowhere. The only songs I have liked are the songs in my...

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Plan Free Country ROMANIA Device Samsung Galaxy S9+ Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I made a playlist with 6 songs as you can see in the picture. Spotify keeps playing ...

Alex

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Premium Family: Firefox stopps after every track

Plan Premium FamilyCountry Germany Device Win 10 / Web Player / Firefox 82 Spotify stopps playing after every track in my tracklist.To continue, i have to klick on the next track & on play.How can I set Spotify to play continuously?

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Plan Premium Family Country Germany   Device Win 10 / Web Player / Firefox 82   Spotify stopps playing after every track in my tracklist. To continue, i have to klick on the next ...

Billy-J

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Superuser Contribution Spotify taking up so much space I can't even use it.

PlanFreeCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueOkay, so, I decided to download Spotify so I can listen to music while playing games. I had 2GB left and I assumed it'd just be like, 200mb since it's mostly just streaming things (my pl...

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Plan Free Country USA Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Okay, so, I decided to download Spotify so I can listen to music while playing games. I had 2GB left and I assumed it'd j...

Alex

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