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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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szkill

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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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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 Why does the online player stop playing after 10 seconds?

I am listening to the online web player. I am using windows 11 operating system. Commercials play in their entirety- even up to 30 seconds or 1 minute, however my music always cuts of after 10 seconds.

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I am listening to the online web player. I am using windows 11 operating system. Commercials play in their entirety- even up to 30 seconds or 1 minute, however my music always cuts of after 10 secon...

Bittencourt

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Superuser Contribution Suddenly have poor audio quality on Spotify Desktop

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceHP Pavilion G6 (Purchased in 2012; HDD replaced with SSD a few years back)Intel(R) Core(TM) **bleep** GHz6.00 GB RAMOperating SystemWindows 10 HomeMy Question or IssueSpotify Desktop has suddenly started working rea...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device HP Pavilion G6 (Purchased in 2012; HDD replaced with SSD a few years back) Intel(R) Core(TM) **bleep** GHz 6.00 GB RAM Operating System Windows 1...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify web refreshes page as I'm typing in the search bar

Operating SystemWin 11, Chrome My Question or IssueThis seems to be a new problem where the spotify web player refreshes as I'm typing, and is super aggressive about searching before I'm done typing. E.g. I tried searching for "DJ Got Me" by Maeta. B...

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Operating System Win 11, Chrome   My Question or Issue This seems to be a new problem where the spotify web player refreshes as I'm typing, and is super aggressive about searching before I'm...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Volume wont adjust on desktop.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueAs stated, the volume won't adjust at all on desktop, neither the app slider or the volume mixer via Windows affects the volume. Universal volume adjustments do work, but tha...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue As stated, the volume won't adjust at all on desktop, neither the app slider or the volume mixer v...

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Desktop app playing different songs than what's clicked on

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDell laptopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhen I click on a song in a playlist, a different song on that playlist plays. WHen I click to play a song on an album, a different song by the artist (sometimes not...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Dell laptop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue When I click on a song in a playlist, a different song on that playlist plays. WHen I cli...

osornios

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Superuser Contribution Spotify not using correct audio output from the start

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDevicePC + S.M.S.L DL200 DAC via USB (but with the same exact problem via coax connection)Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI'm having troubles with Spotify app output device after every launch. My default device ...

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Plan Premium Country Poland Device PC + S.M.S.L DL200 DAC via USB (but with the same exact problem via coax connection) Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I'm having tr...

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Superuser Contribution Album art for local files + remote playback

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceDesktop PC, Notebook, Apple iPhone 12Operating SystemWindows 10 Pro & iOS 15 My Question or IssuesI genuinely tried searching as suggested but could not find my exact "issue". MY SCENARIO:I have a desktop PC which I u...

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device Desktop PC, Notebook, Apple iPhone 12 Operating System Windows 10 Pro & iOS 15   My Question or Issues I genuinely tried searching as suggeste...

Yordan

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Skips playlist in reverse and Loops the First Two Seconds of the Song

Hello! This issue began last night and has continued into today. I've cleared my browser cache on both Chrome and Firefox, updated both browsers to the latest version, and I have restarted my PC several times. I'm having no luck on my own, unfortunat...

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Hello! This issue began last night and has continued into today. I've cleared my browser cache on both Chrome and Firefox, updated both browsers to the latest version, and I have restarted my PC seve...

Maria

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Spotify won't work with USB audio interface (Behringer UMC204HD)

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemWin 10 Pr 64bit My Question or IssueI'm running studio monitors connected to this interface. Whenever I select the interface in Windows as output Spotify keeps skipping songs not playing anything. Rein...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device PC Operating System Win 10 Pr 64bit   My Question or Issue I'm running studio monitors connected to this interface. Whenever I select the interface ...

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Does anyone know why I can't hear anything from Spotify through wired and wirless devices?

Does anyone know why I can't hear anything from Spotify through anything? It's not working through the laptop speakers, a wireless headset, 7 sets os wireless earbuds, or a wired headset. I asked people from Spotify but they had no clue about anythin...

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Does anyone know why I can't hear anything from Spotify through anything?  It's not working through the laptop speakers, a wireless headset, 7 sets os wireless earbuds, or a wired headset. ...

Bittencourt

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Superuser Contribution Desktop app not playing through bluetooth headphones

PlanPremiumCountry SwedenDevicePC LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I just bought a new pair of bluetooth headphones (Sony h.ear2 WH-H900N). I can pair them with my laptop, but I cannot listen to the Spotify desktop app with them....

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Plan Premium Country  Sweden Device PC Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I just bought a new pair of bluetooth headphones (Sony h.ear2 WH-H900N). I c...

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Superuser Contribution Cross-device play issues

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceMacbook pro, windows pc, iphoneOperating SystemiOS, windows 10 My Question or IssueI have persistent issues when operating Spotify with my current setup.My output device is a windows 10 PC. While working, I control spotify...

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Plan Premium Country USA   Device Macbook pro, windows pc, iphone Operating System iOS, windows 10   My Question or Issue I have persistent issues when operating Spotify with my ...

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Superuser Contribution Can't sort songs by "recently added" on PC

PlanPremium DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIt's been like this for a while now, I can't seem to be able to sort my songs on my playlist by recently added, which is weird because I can easily to that on the android app, would l...

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Plan Premium   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue It's been like this for a while now, I can't seem to be able to sort my songs on my playlist by recently...

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Superuser Contribution Playback issues (stuttering / crackling) on Windows desktop app

Hi, I'm having troubles with playback on Windows desktop since a week or 2. It stutters every now and then. Sometimes it plays without problems for like 30 seconds, and then it starts again. I read other posts with the same issue where the solution w...

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Hi,   I'm having troubles with playback on Windows desktop since a week or 2. It stutters every now and then. Sometimes it plays without problems for like 30 seconds, and then it starts again....

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Desktop (Windows) won't play any songs, but will play videos. Web player works fine.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 11 22H2 My Question or IssueSince yesterday my Spotify app will give me the error "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." fo...

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Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 11 22H2   My Question or Issue Since yesterday my Spotify app will give me the error "Spotify can't play ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify app makes my game stutter/freeze till I tab out

Hello,so I’ve got a new pc around 2-3weeks ago (high end specs). Everytime I listen to Spotify on the app it makes my game stutter really bad and I basically can’t do anything anymore so I have to tab out my game to fix the stutter and tab in again. ...

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Hello, so I’ve got a new pc around 2-3weeks ago (high end specs). Everytime I listen to Spotify on the app it makes my game stutter really bad and I basically can’t do anything anymore so I have to ...

Yordan

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Let me configure media keys in spotify settings to control volume/play pause/etc

I've been trying to post this suggestion in these forums and I got directed here. I still do not know if this is the correct place to post it, these forums are really confusing. Anyway Spotify has a major inconvenience explained below: A very importa...

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I've been trying to post this suggestion in these forums and I got directed here. I still do not know if this is the correct place to post it, these forums are really confusing.   Anyway Spoti...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Queue

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop (Windows)Operating SystemWindows 11My Question or IssueYou can see in the screenshots attached that clicking on a song and it would change the songs in the queue but it's not doing it anymore. Is this some...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop (Windows) Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue You can see in the screenshots attached that clicking on a song and it would chan...

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