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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 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:...

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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...

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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...

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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?

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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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Superuser Contribution Spotify desktop app randomly freezing and not responding

PlanPremiumCountryCroatiaDevicePC DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueSpotify desktop app often freezes on my PC. While frozen, it will be in a not responding mode, but it will continue to play music, it will just have a non responsi...

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Plan Premium Country Croatia Device PC Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify desktop app often freezes on my PC. While frozen, it will be in a not responding mode,...

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Superuser Contribution Reinstalls on Startup

I got Spotify premium and was stoked the first day I used it. But then I quickly learned that Spotify reinstalls everytime I restart my device, which I suppose means everytime I reopen Spotify. The reinstall doesn't even work properly, so then I have...

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  I got Spotify premium and was stoked the first day I used it. But then I quickly learned that Spotify reinstalls everytime I restart my device, which I suppose means everytime I reopen Spotif...

Alex

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[Desktop] How do I disable downloading of songs in Desktop application? Add an option please

1. Who knows how many songs I have tagged for downloading and how much space they would take up on my drive if downloaded to my local storage?2. It is impossible to disable the downloading of songs in Desktop App, don't know about other platforms but...

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1. Who knows how many songs I have tagged for downloading and how much space they would take up on my drive if downloaded to my local storage? 2. It is impossible to disable the downloading of songs...

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Superuser Contribution Some downloaded music cannot be played or are not shown when I am move abroad

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevice(laptop, huawei P30)Operating System( Android Oreo, Windows 10) My Question or Issue I was in central America before the corona outbreak then comeback to Germany. Some songs (downloaded ones) or even artist or podcast I...

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  Plan Premium Country Germany Device (laptop, huawei P30) Operating System ( Android Oreo, Windows 10)   My Question or Issue   I was in central America before the co...

Ivan

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Solved!! Premium, Web Player: How to change Spotify settings?

Hello!Win 10 / Firefox / OperaSpotify Premium Family How can I change the settings (autoplay etc) in the web-player?

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Hello! Win 10 / Firefox / Opera Spotify Premium Family   How can I change the settings (autoplay etc) in the web-player?

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Superuser Contribution I can't play an album

PlanPremiumCountryItaly DeviceSamsung Galaxy A5 2016Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi guys. I've got a strange isse with a single album, called "Diamonds" by the band Enforcer. I simply cannot play any songs from that LP, if i click o...

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Plan Premium Country Italy   Device Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi guys. I've got a strange isse with a single album, called "Diam...

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Superuser Contribution How to Change Username on PC

PlanPremiumCountry Device(PC, Google Pixel 3a)Operating System(Windows 10, Android) My Question or IssueCan we start a vote or get some technical support so that users on PC don't have to have the random string of numbers and letters assigned to them...

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Plan Premium Country   Device (PC, Google Pixel 3a) Operating System (Windows 10, Android)   My Question or Issue Can we start a vote or get some technical support so that users o...

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Offline music downloads quality question

Windows 10 PRO desktop using premium accountI understand it’s possible to download music to play offline later, however it also says this can’t be done with the app, so I assume I have to use the web player to download music for offline playing, but ...

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Windows 10 PRO desktop using premium account I understand  it’s possible to download music to play offline later, however it also says this can’t be done with the app, so I assume I have to use...

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Superuser Contribution Sort Playlist By Newest Added To Oldest Added?

I follow some playlists and they're sorted by what's added recentlty to what was added first. I want to make my playlist set this way. However, whenever I share my playlist with friends, they see the very first songs I added at the top instead of the...

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I follow some playlists and they're sorted by what's added recentlty to what was added first. I want to make my playlist set this way. However, whenever I share my playlist with friends, they see the...

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Superuser Contribution Jumps to unknown playlist

So recently I have had the issue where after a random amount of time listening to my music on my computer, Spotify will stop what ever playlist I am listening, and play the same few songs over and over. I have no Idea what these songs are, I never li...

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So recently I have had the issue where after a random amount of time listening to my music on my computer, Spotify will stop what ever playlist I am listening, and play the same few songs over and ov...

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