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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 app black

My Question or Issue I just randomly opened my computer a couple of days ago and spotify is blank aside from 3 dots in the top left. I've tried a varity of fixed and the only one that worked was donwloading an old version but spoitfy auto updated and...

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  My Question or Issue  I just randomly opened my computer a couple of days ago and spotify is blank aside from 3 dots in the top left. I've tried a varity of fixed and the only one that ...

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Superuser Contribution Windows 10 - Left corner song banner (pause,stop)

This has been going on for a while, and according to other posts Spotify is "fixing" this since June. Everytime you quit Spotify you have to go into the settings and enable-disable the option "show desktop overlay when using media keys" for this anno...

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This has been going on for a while, and according to other posts Spotify is "fixing" this since June. Everytime you quit Spotify you have to go into the settings and enable-disable the option "show d...

Jemi

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Superuser Contribution cannot add song to playlists

PlanPremiumCountryuk DevicedesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuerecently went from free to premium. have spotify on windows desktop and iphone. now when i try and drag and drop a track to playlists on desktop , just get circle with d...

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Plan Premium Country uk  Device desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue recently went from free to premium. have spotify on windows desktop and iphone. now when...

Jemi

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Superuser Contribution Album does not work on Spotify desktop

PlanPremiumDeviceAsus laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, I am having issues listening to Harry Styles' album on my laptop, it works perfectly fine on my phone. The song starts and then it cuts to another part and cuts again etc...

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Plan Premium Device Asus laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Hi, I am having issues listening to Harry Styles' album on my laptop, it works perfectly fine on ...

Jemi

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PLEASE ADD AN EQUALIZER TO PC

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black screen

PlanfreeCountry czech republicOperating Systemwindows 7 ultimate My Question or Issue i have been getting this issue for a few weeks now and im honestly considering quitting spotify altogether because of this, i reinstalled spotify like 15 times (aft...

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  Plan free Country  czech republic Operating System windows 7 ultimate   My Question or Issue  i have been getting this issue for a few weeks now and im honestly conside...

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Superuser Contribution skipping song

PlanPremiumCountry The NetherlandsDevicecustom made desktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Every time i try to play https://open.spotify.com/track/5nXwGh9Ya2VbPPp5w28nLbit automaticly skips the song after exactly 50 seconds, happens i...

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Plan Premium Country  The Netherlands Device custom made desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Every time i try to play https://open.spotify.com/tr...

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Solved!! Spotify won't stop opening with windows.

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 Home My Question or Issue I disabled Spotify startup in the advanced settings and removed it from window's startup list, but it keeps appearing when I boot up my PC. What can I do ab...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 Home   My Question or Issue  I disabled Spotify startup in the advanced settings and removed it from win...

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Switching devices changes song

Hello all, Spotify has been working without the singlest issue, with my premium account, for about two years. But for the last two months though something came up. I have an old PC (windows XP) which is connected to my TV and i often use it to play m...

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Hello all,   Spotify has been working without the singlest issue, with my premium account, for about two years. But for the last two months though something came up.  I have an old PC (w...

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The spotify reproduction banner (Windows 10) still showing even if i turn off the option.

PlanPremium CountryArgentina DeviceDesktop PC Operating SystemWindows 10 x64 My Question or IssueThe spotify reproduction banner (Windows 10) still showing even if i turn off the option on the settings. See attached.

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Plan Premium   Country Argentina   Device Desktop PC   Operating System Windows 10 x64   My Question or Issue The spotify reproduction banner (Windows 10) still showi...

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Issue with library only showing 30 most recently saved songs

I've been having an issue lately where my Spotify library (desktop) is only willing to show the 30 most recent songs I've added to it. I have the latest version and it keeps doing this. If I type a single letter into the search bar it will show resul...

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I've been having an issue lately where my Spotify library (desktop) is only willing to show the 30 most recent songs I've added to it. I have the latest version and it keeps doing this. If I type a s...

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Solved!! Audio Graph making my computer freezing and BSoD

I use the AUDIO GRAPH command so that I can listen to the music on my speakers that are connected to an audio interface, I did the same on my old computer, they were the same peripherals, but in that notebook it stops playing after a while and if I d...

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I use the AUDIO GRAPH command so that I can listen to the music on my speakers that are connected to an audio interface, I did the same on my old computer, they were the same peripherals, but in that...

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Changing playback device adds 3 songs to the queue

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceJBL Link 10, Google Home, Note 9, Windows PCOperating SystemAndroid O, Win10 My Question or Issue Sometimes when I am listening to music I change the playback device to another speaker or connect device. Sometimes when I...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device JBL Link 10, Google Home, Note 9, Windows PC Operating System Android O, Win10   My Question or Issue  Sometimes when I am listening to music I ...

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Cortana doesn't play

PlanPremiumCountryArgentina DeviceIntel Core i7-7700HQ 16 GB RAMOperating SystemWindows 10 Home 64-bits My Question or IssueHello. I've linked Cortana with Spotify successfully. When I tell Cortana to open Spotify it works.. but no other command work...

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Plan Premium Country Argentina  Device Intel Core i7-7700HQ 16 GB RAM Operating System Windows 10 Home 64-bits   My Question or Issue Hello. I've linked Cortana with Spotify succe...

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Cannot play certain songs on the Desktop Spotify App.

Hi there! I've been encountering this weird issues where I cannot play decent songs on my Laptop from the Spotify App, I've looked up the solutions before opening a topic here (basically I had to find out if the song was broken or was it just me, tur...

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Hi there! I've been encountering this weird issues where I cannot play decent songs on my Laptop from the Spotify App, I've looked up the solutions before opening a topic here (basically I had to fin...

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Spotify continues playing, but no sound

PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDeviceLenovo x230, i5-3320, 6GB RAMOperating SystemWindows 7 x64 (Build 7601 Service Pack 1) My Question or Issue After 10-20 minutes of playing songs just fine, it stops playing the music (in the middle of the song).Event-V...

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Plan Premium Country  Germany Device Lenovo x230, i5-3320, 6GB RAM Operating System Windows 7 x64 (Build 7601 Service Pack 1)   My Question or Issue  After 10-20 minutes of p...

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I cant play on any browser

PlanFreeCountry ItalyDevicePCOperating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueI can't play musci from any browser, edge, chrome or firefox, why. If I play with the application of Spotify it plays music, but I prefere to use the web version.

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Plan Free Country  Italy Device PC Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue I can't play musci from any browser, edge, chrome or firefox, why. If I play with the a...

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Issues playing Spotify on a Microsoft Surface

PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceMicrosft SurfaceOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi there, Spotify won't play through my laptop speakers but I can listen to music if I plug in headphones. I don't want to wear headphones at my desk though so...

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Plan Premium Country UK  Device Microsft Surface Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Hi there, Spotify won't play through my laptop speakers but I can listen ...

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Can't add a playlist

PlanPremiumCountry ItalyDeviceOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hello everybody, It seems that I can't add a playlist to my library unless I delete another one...is it because of the 10000 limit? I don't have any clue about the reason w...

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Plan Premium Country  Italy Device Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Hello everybody,    It seems that I can't add a playlist to my library unles...

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NOT FIXED: Spotify keeps freezing up my entire computer, been a problem for 2 years

DeviceLenovo Flex 2-14Operating SystemWindows 10 Home My Question or IssueI posted this nearly a year ago now: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Spotify-keeps-freezing-up-my-entire-computer/m-p/3564242 Spotify keeps freezing up my enti...

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Device Lenovo Flex 2-14 Operating System Windows 10 Home   My Question or Issue I posted this nearly a year ago now: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Spotify-keeps-fre...

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