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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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Switches from podcast to random, unfamiliar music

Plan: FreeCountry: USAOS: Windows 10Every so often, my podcast will stop and a song I've never heard before will begin to play. I haven't used Spotify for music in ages, let alone the genre of the songs that begin to play. This has happened when the ...

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Plan: Free Country: USA OS: Windows 10 Every so often, my podcast will stop and a song I've never heard before will begin to play.  I haven't used Spotify for music in ages, let alone the g...

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Superuser Contribution How to fix Spotify when it keeps saying 'error-dialog.generic.body'?

Windows 10 Spotify appBasically, after I download Spotify and log in, it will say 'error-dialog.generic.header', with 'error-dialog.generic.body' under it. There is also a green box saying 'fatal-error.generic-label' which I can click, but when I do ...

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Windows 10 Spotify app Basically, after I download Spotify and log in, it will say 'error-dialog.generic.header', with 'error-dialog.generic.body' under it. There is also a green box saying 'fatal...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Multiple skipping

Multiple songs are skipping when I click "NEXT" button. It was happening once in 2 or 3 days, but it's happening daily.

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Multiple songs are skipping when I click "NEXT" button. It was happening once in 2 or 3 days, but it's happening daily. 

Novy

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Playback Problems

So for months now, despite doing multiple rounds of troubleshooting, my desktop app won't play/work. Either it doesn't respond or it says "Spotify cannot play this right now. And the browser app isn't any better, it either starts the song and just re...

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So for months now, despite doing multiple rounds of troubleshooting, my desktop app won't play/work. Either it doesn't respond or it says "Spotify cannot play this right now. And the browser app isn'...

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Superuser Contribution impossible to start listenning music both pc and web

Premium familyCountryFranceDevicepcOperating Systemwindows 11 / Firefox/brave/opera My Question or Issuesince 3 days, after an update of the app, my spotify is not working. I can connect in app (with google email) and web player. After is more compli...

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Premium family Country France Device pc Operating System windows 11 / Firefox/brave/opera   My Question or Issue since 3 days, after an update of the app, my spotify is not working. I c...

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Superuser Contribution Bring back the freaking noice aesthetic full-window "Now Playing View"

I swear that this this feature was removed in an update in the last 24 hours or close to it because I was just using it yesterday. I will call it the full-window "Now playing view". I just barely started using this feature a few weeks ago, and let me...

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I swear that this this feature was removed in an update in the last 24 hours or close to it because I was just using it yesterday. I will call it the full-window "Now playing view". I just barely sta...

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Superuser Contribution Smart playlists repeating the same song multiple times in a Row

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11IssueWhen listening to a smart playlist (like a Daily Mix), I encountered a strange issue where a song is repeating multiple times (in my case, 29 times in a row) before the playlist returned ...

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Plan Premium Country France Device PC Operating System Windows 11 Issue When listening to a smart playlist (like a Daily Mix), I encountered a strange issue where a song is repeating multipl...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Recent Searches do not show songs anymore.

PlanFreeCountryIndia DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue1 month ago I updated my Spotify on my pc and my android phone and recent searches do not show songs anymore. I can search and play the songs but it is not stored in the rece...

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Plan Free Country India   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue 1 month ago I updated my Spotify on my pc and my android phone and recent searches do not s...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Song counter does not match playlist vs. add to a playlist view

PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDeviceWindows laptop and Android phoneOperating SystemAndroid 14 and Windows 11 My Question or IssueSong counter does not match in one of my playlists. All unavailable songs are shown. In a playlist view it says clearly 7738 ...

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Plan Premium Country Finland Device Windows laptop and Android phone Operating System Android 14 and Windows 11   My Question or Issue Song counter does not match in one of my playlist...

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Superuser Contribution Playlists and lyrics not displaying (it shows "couldn't find playlist")

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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

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Superuser Contribution Typing into search bar pause the song

PlanPremiumCountryGermany DeviceHPOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueSince 2 or 3 days I have a super annoying issue on Desktop App:basically everytime I am typing in the search bar, the song paused.It makes my user experience terrible.

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  Plan Premium Country Germany   Device HP Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Since 2 or 3 days I have a super annoying issue on Desktop App: basically e...

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How to install Spotify machine wide from powershell?

I would like to be able to push the Spotify install to users trough our RMM system, this as users are not allowed to install software them selves.I have basically tried everything, and from our standpoint right now, the installer is getting run by "N...

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I would like to be able to push the Spotify install to users trough our RMM system, this as users are not allowed to install software them selves. I have basically tried everything, and from our s...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Settings menu and Explicit Content option removed in new web player

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10,web playerMy Question or IssueThe new web player has removed the Settings menu and it now appears there is no way to control the Explicit content option. How do I do this now?

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Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10,web player My Question or Issue The new web player has removed the Settings menu and it now appears there is no way to control the Explicit content optio...

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Superuser Contribution No duplication warning when adding a song to playlist

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceLenovo Legion Y520TOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI have been having problem with getting the warning that the song I'm about to add to my playlist already is on the playlist. The playlist is a shared pla...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Lenovo Legion Y520T Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I have been having problem with getting the warning that the song I'm about to...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Playback Issues: Songs Going Silent On Windows App

PlanPremiumCountryPhilippinesDeviceAcer AspireOperating SystemWindows 11 Pro For Workstations My Question or IssueIt's the same thing with the ongoing issue reported by Android device users, the progress bar of a song keeps moving but there's no soun...

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Plan Premium Country Philippines Device Acer Aspire Operating System Windows 11 Pro For Workstations   My Question or Issue It's the same thing with the ongoing issue reported by Andro...

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Superuser Contribution Weird dips and fluctutations in audio

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHelloI have a weird issue where it seems that Spotify try to decrease intrument volume and increase vocal volume under a song. It does a terrible job, and it's super annoy...

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Plan Premium Country Norway Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello I have a weird issue where it seems that Spotify try to decrease intrument volume ...

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Superuser Contribution How to Move (Up/Down) Liked Songs Playlist

PlanPremium MonthlyCountryBangladeshDeviceiPhone SE 2 (15.1)Operating SystemWindows 10 (21H1)macOS BigSur 11.6.1 My Question or IssueLike my own Created Playlist, is it possiable to move 'Liked Songs' playlist Up/Down as my Order? If so, How?Sorry fo...

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Plan Premium Monthly Country Bangladesh Device iPhone SE 2 (15.1) Operating System Windows 10 (21H1) macOS BigSur 11.6.1   My Question or Issue Like my own Created Playlist, is it pos...

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Superuser Contribution Music videos autoplay

PlanPremiumCountryTürkiyeDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueEvery time I click on the songs it starts with the video then I have to click "switch to audio" to skip it. The volume in videos is lower. Additionally, there may be diff...

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Plan Premium Country Türkiye Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Every time I click on the songs it starts with the video then I have to click "switch to audio...

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