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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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MIKAAAAEL

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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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Solved!! Can't here voice track !

Hi all, Since this morning, on the windows desktop app, I can't hear anymore voice track for almost each music.I only hear the instrumental track and chorus track.It seems that's the main voice track has a very low sound. Is there a way to correct th...

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Hi all,   Since this morning, on the windows desktop app, I can't hear anymore voice track for almost each music. I only hear the instrumental track and chorus track. It seems that's the mai...

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Superuser Contribution Unable to Create Playlist Xbox

PlanFreeCountryUSA DeviceXBOX ONEOperating SystemXBOX ONE My Issuecannot create playlist I got to my library there is no such option this is really stupid. I also noticed there is a discography option to look in an artist but, even if I were able to ...

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  Plan Free Country USA   Device XBOX ONE Operating System XBOX ONE   My Issue cannot create playlist I got to my library there is no such option this is really stupid. I a...

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Superuser Contribution Feature - Continue play on PC speakers AND cast to Google Cast device.

Has anyone found out a workaround to play audio on a PC and Google Home device at the same time? Would love to utilize my PC speakers as a home device.

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Has anyone found out a workaround to play audio on a PC and Google Home device at the same time? Would love to utilize my PC speakers as a home device.

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Why doesn't spotify support importing from .ogg files?

I hear when spotify uses the .ogg format for music. But you can't import music from your local files to your spotify if it's .ogg? That seems very dumb. Why do they not support .ogg files? I just want to listen to the music I have downloaded, but bec...

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I hear when spotify uses the .ogg format for music. But you can't import music from your local files to your spotify if it's .ogg? That seems very dumb. Why do they not support .ogg files? I just wan...

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Superuser Contribution Songs pause suddenly, and the app doesn't let me resume them

Since a few days from now, my Spotify Desktop App keeps on pausing the songs suddenly, as if I were the one pausing it, and does not let me resume it, pausing every time I press play. I've seen discussions where people say it's because the app is ope...

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Since a few days from now, my Spotify Desktop App keeps on pausing the songs suddenly, as if I were the one pausing it, and does not let me resume it, pausing every time I press play. I've seen discu...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Web Player not Working in Vivaldi

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceWindows Laptop (HP zbook)Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueThe web player does not seem to come up anymore in Vivaldi. This has been working just fine for a while and about 3 days ago it stopped. The web player s...

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Plan Premium Country   Device Windows Laptop (HP zbook) Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue The web player does not seem to come up anymore in Vivaldi.  This h...

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Spotify App - Creates ALT+TAB Bug

There is probably some issue with how the gif/video is being rendered at the sidebar where info about the currently playing title is being displayed.The problem is that if i have some game open, in my case Sea of Thieves, and the sidebar with info ab...

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There is probably some issue with how the gif/video is being rendered at the sidebar where info about the currently playing title is being displayed. The problem is that if i have some game open, in...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution important monitor flickering caused by fullscreen spotify application on windows

PlanPremiumCountry canada Device(pc)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issueimportant monitor flickering caused by spotify application on windows. it took me a long time to figure out and precisely find what's wrong dû to the nature of the pro...

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Plan Premium Country canada   Device (pc) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue important monitor flickering caused by spotify application on windows. it took me a ...

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Superuser Contribution Discover Weekly differs from device to device even in same network

PlanPremium (Not family) DeviceWindows Notebooks, within same Network Operating SystemBoth Windows 11 latest stable My Question or IssueThe "Discover Weekly" playlist on each Spotify instance differs albeit having at least some songs in commin. I wou...

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Plan Premium (Not family)   Device Windows Notebooks, within same Network   Operating System Both Windows 11 latest stable    My Question or Issue The "Discover Weekly" ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify doesn't work with VPN, even connected through a US>US server

Add VPN support or provide a business case why VPNs are blacklisted. PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePC - Win 10

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Add VPN support or provide a business case why VPNs are blacklisted.   Plan Premium Country US Device PC - Win 10    

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Desktop - Double clicking "Add to liked songs" button plays the song

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktop - Alienware Aurora R16Operating SystemWindows 10VersionSpotify for Windows (64 bit)1.2.45.454.gc16ec9f6 IssueDouble clicking the "Add to liked songs" / "Add to playlist" (+) button (a common operation when you wa...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop - Alienware Aurora R16 Operating System Windows 10 Version Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.45.454.gc16ec9f6   Issue Double clicking t...

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Superuser Contribution Search loses the current page

When you use search, and then press the back button, it goes back 2 pages instead of 1

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When you use search, and then press the back button, it goes back 2 pages instead of 1

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Superuser Contribution Recommended songs resets to first selection after refreshing it and leaving page

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktop & IPhoneOperating SystemWindows & IOS My Question or IssueAfter refreshing the recommended songs list at the bottom of my playlist, the list will reset back to the initial list if I leave the page and come back ...

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Plan Free/Premium Country UK Device Desktop & IPhone Operating System Windows & IOS   My Question or Issue After refreshing the recommended songs list at the bottom of my playl...

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Superuser Contribution jam not working on desktop

Hello, I'm using Spotify for Windows (64-bit) 1.2.48.405.gf2c48e6f on 2 different computers.And I'm not getting the Jam feature.I bought a family plan 1 week ago and I'm a member.I have tried to do it on mobile and web as well and I get the feature o...

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Hello, I'm using Spotify for Windows (64-bit) 1.2.48.405.gf2c48e6f on 2 different computers. And I'm not getting the Jam feature. I bought a family plan 1 week ago and I'm a member. I have tried t...

Joan

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Superuser Contribution i cant add songs to my playlist

when i click the pluss button on songs and it pops up the add to playlist menu my playlist that i wanna add it to dosent show up its a colab playlist but im the creator of it

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when i click the pluss button on songs and it pops up the add to playlist menu my playlist that i wanna add it to dosent show up its a colab playlist but im the creator of it

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Solved!! Spotify Web Player not working in multiple browsers

Hi, I am sadly out of ideas to fix the problem on my end.I reinstalled my windows 10 pro N in december, and spotify worked for a period of time. I also installed the media pack I think. After some hiccups with other programs like sound equalizer spot...

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Hi, I am sadly out of ideas to fix the problem on my end. I reinstalled my windows 10 pro N in december, and spotify worked for a period of time. I also installed the media pack I think. After s...

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i logged in and out of my spotify on my laptop and playlists are not there

i logged out of spotify and when logging back in my playlists are no longer in my library, however they are on my library on my phone just not my laptop they both use the same acount

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i logged out of spotify and when logging back in my playlists are no longer in my library, however they are on my library on my phone just not my laptop they both use the same acount

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Solved!! Minimized Spotify + Hotkeys

PlanDuoCountryNetherlandsDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 8.1 My Question or Issue:Hi! I've been wondering how to enable hotkeys while Spotify is minimized? My keyboard has no next/previous/play/pause keys so I'd like to be able to use ctrl+arrow to q...

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Plan Duo Country Netherlands Device PC Operating System Windows 8.1   My Question or Issue: Hi! I've been wondering how to enable hotkeys while Spotify is minimized? My keyboard has no...

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Superuser Contribution Bring back the option to report explicit content

Plan: FamilyCountry: USADevice: PCOperating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue: I really don't like having multiple songs dropping F-bombs around my kids, especially when those songs aren't marked "Explicit." There used to be an option to report...

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Plan: Family Country: USA Device: PC Operating System: Windows 10   My Question or Issue: I really don't like having multiple songs dropping F-bombs around my kids, especially when tho...

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Superuser Contribution Troubleshooting creating folders Spotify Desktop (immediately disappear)

please see the videohttps://youtu.be/NfeG1R6eysA when i press de + button, the folder is created but immediately disappear PlanPremiumDevice(PC)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issue

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please see the video https://youtu.be/NfeG1R6eysA   when i press de + button, the folder is created but immediately disappear   Plan Premium Device (PC) Operating System (Win...

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