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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 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 ...

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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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Superuser Contribution Windows desktop app is not syncing with Android app

* PLEASE DO NOT MERGE (HIDE) THIS QUESTION AS A RESPONSE TO ANOTHER QUESTION WITH NO ACTIVITY OR SOLUTIONS AGAIN. I ACTUALLY WANT A CHANCE OF SOME RESPONSES/HELP. *Albums showing as added on the Android app are not showing as added on the desktop app...

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* PLEASE DO NOT MERGE (HIDE) THIS QUESTION AS A RESPONSE TO ANOTHER QUESTION WITH NO ACTIVITY OR SOLUTIONS AGAIN. I ACTUALLY WANT A CHANCE OF SOME RESPONSES/HELP. * Albums showing as added on the...

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Superuser Contribution Right Side Audio 'Louder'

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePC/HyperX Cloud Revolver S/ASUS Xonar DSXOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueCurrently I'm experiencing a strange audio balancing issue that I can't find the answer to elsewhere. What's currently happening is when...

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Plan Premium Country US Device PC/HyperX Cloud Revolver S/ASUS Xonar DSX Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Currently I'm experiencing a strange audio balancing issue t...

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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Playlists] Date Added (computer mode)

Now that you've updated computer mode, it's hard to make sure that you can flip the date added column. There used to be a specific column with the date it was added on computer mode, and now that's completely gone. So when you put it to sort by date ...

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Now that you've updated computer mode, it's hard to make sure that you can flip the date added column. There used to be a specific column with the date it was added on computer mode, and now that's c...

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Superuser Contribution My Spotify is repeating music when I press A

My Spotify is repeating music or running back when I press A, and this is really annoying when I'm playing any game, any way to resolve it?

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My Spotify is repeating music or running back when I press A, and this is really annoying when I'm playing any game, any way to resolve it?

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I enter my email and then nothing happens and it disapears

i type up my email then i press enter but what i typed disapears from the screen and nothing happens i type my email over and over but everytime i press enter the email disapears

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i type up my email then i press enter but what i typed disapears from the screen and nothing happens i type my email over and over but everytime i press enter the email disapears

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Spotify desktop app problems

Hi everyone, this is probably the wrong place to ask this but there doesn’t seem to be a technical/software support board. A few days ago I crashed my computer with 3D software (Cinema 4D) and since then I’ve had issues with my Spotify desktop app on...

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Hi everyone, this is probably the wrong place to ask this but there doesn’t seem to be a technical/software support board.  A few days ago I crashed my computer with 3D software (Cinema 4D...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Error 17 after re-installing

Hello, so I've been trying to listen to my favorite podcast on Windows 11 using the Spotify app. However, now it doesn't play the podcast anymore. The app worked fine when listening to songs, only with podcasts it doesn't play the episodes anymore. S...

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Hello, so I've been trying to listen to my favorite podcast on Windows 11 using the Spotify app. However, now it doesn't play the podcast anymore. The app worked fine when listening to songs, only wi...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't login at desktop ( windows 8.1 pro) but i can at web

PlanFree/PremiumCountryGreeceDevicePCOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)windows 8.1 pro 64My Question or IssueLast days was trying to login at the Desktop Spotify program but i got this :The username or password is incorrect. (Err...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Greece Device PC Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) windows 8.1 pro 64 My Question or Issue Last days was trying to login at the Desktop...

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want to share my spotify profile link

I don't know how to share my spotify profile link on social media like facebook. Kindly help me in this.

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I don't know how to share my spotify profile link on social media like facebook. Kindly help me in this.

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Superuser Contribution Error creating link to invite collaborators, help?

I can't create a link to invite collaborators onto my Spotify playlist.As soon as I click the option to do that, it says "Something went wrong."No link, just the popup, and that's all.I am using Spotify Desktop on Windows 11 Home 23H2.

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I can't create a link to invite collaborators onto my Spotify playlist. As soon as I click the option to do that, it says "Something went wrong." No link, just the popup, and that's all. I am usin...

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Superuser Contribution Some keyboard shortcuts aren't working in the Web Player

Some Keyboard Shortcuts don't work on Spotify Web Player Example: Raise volume (Alt + Up Arrow)Lower volume (Alt + Down Arrow)Seek forward (Shift + Right Arrow)Seek backward (Shift + Lefr Arrow) Please Fix it

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Some Keyboard Shortcuts don't work on Spotify Web Player Example: Raise volume (Alt + Up Arrow) Lower volume (Alt + Down Arrow) Seek forward (Shift + Right Arrow) Seek backward (Shift + Lefr A...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Disable Local Files

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI want to disable Spotify from accessing my local audio files on the desktop app, but there s...

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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 I want ...

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Superuser Contribution where can i find a offline installation package for the newest spotify ?

i am looking for the newest offline install file bot when i use this link https://download.scdn.co/SpotifyFullSetup.exe i get the one for an old verion can i find the one for the newest version some where

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i am looking for the newest offline install file bot when i use this link https://download.scdn.co/SpotifyFullSetup.exe i get the one for an old verion can i find the one for the newest version s...

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