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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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Superuser Contribution Connect to a device

Premium Plan, USA, hp pavillion laptop, windows 10I noticed this problem after the last update. I did a search in the help section and checked in the Ongoing Issues section and could not find a similar situation. I have Spotify on my laptop and I con...

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Premium Plan, USA, hp pavillion laptop, windows 10 I noticed this problem after the last update. I did a search in the help section and checked in the Ongoing Issues section and could not find a sim...

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Superuser Contribution FLAC's Causing Spotify to Freeze and Crash

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I just downloaded a bunch of FLACs and pointed spotify to their location on my HDD. Tracks all play, skip, etc. without an issue. However if I skip forward within ...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   I just downloaded a bunch of FLACs and pointed spotify to their location on my H...

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Superuser Contribution Full screen lyrics issue

Plan Premium Country Brazil Operating System Windows 11 Spotify Version Spotify for Windows (64 bit)1.2.84.476.ga1ff6607 My Question or Issue Hello, I’ve always used Spotify with the lyrics displayed in full screen on my second monitor. However, toda...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil Operating System Windows 11 Spotify Version Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.84.476.ga1ff6607 My Question or Issue Hello, I’ve always used Spotify wit...

lhoet

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Why did you remove the ability to move the cache?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceDesktop ComputerOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhy was the ability to move the cache removed from Spotify for the Win 11 Desktop? I need for this to be reimplemented so I can conserve SSD space.

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Desktop Computer Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Why was the ability to move the cache removed from Spotify for the Win 11 De...

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Superuser Contribution "Wired connection" is playing, but nothing is playing anywhere

PlanPremiumCountryusaOperating Systemwindows11My Question or IssueWhen I select 'this computer' from speaker list, it then shows current device as 'wired connection' .. track time is increasing but nothing is playing on any of my devices. There are n...

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Plan Premium Country usa Operating System windows11 My Question or Issue When I select 'this computer' from speaker list, it then shows current device as 'wired connection' .. track time is in...

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Superuser Contribution No podcasts will play with "Sorry, we're not able to play this content." message

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceOMEN 35L Gaming Desktop GT16-0xxxOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueBefore this issue, the Spotify app on my PC would load super slowly, and not actually play anything when it did eventually load. I fixed that issu...

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Plan Free Country USA Device OMEN 35L Gaming Desktop GT16-0xxx Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Before this issue, the Spotify app on my PC would load super slowly, a...

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Superuser Contribution how can i find a spotify version available for windows 8.1?

i want to find a version of spotify available for windows 8.1. i dont even know what is the latest version available for windows 8.1, can yall help me out?

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i want to find a version of spotify available for windows 8.1. i dont even know what is the latest version available for windows 8.1, can yall help me out?

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Removed songs no longer hidden and play in Albums

PlanPremium Why have you removed the ability to remove tracks from albums?!!!This was a great simple feature to remove tracks you dont want to listen to.You should not now be forcing everyone to make playlists for every single album!It was great the ...

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Plan Premium   Why have you removed the ability to remove tracks from albums?!!! This was a great simple feature to remove tracks you dont want to listen to. You should not now be forcing e...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Windows App does not play any song nor shows my liked songs / playlist content

PlanPremium (Family)CountryGermany DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My IssueThe Spotify App does not play any song. If I click play on a song, nothing happens. It does not show in the play bar at the bottom of the app and does not start playing...

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Plan Premium (Family) Country Germany   Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro   My Issue The Spotify App does not play any song. If I click play on a song, nothing happens. I...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify plays on its own

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueFor a few months now I've had this issue with Spotify that it will start playing on its own every time I start up my computer. As in, if I press the power button ...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue For a few months now I've had this issue with Spotify that it will start playing on it...

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Superuser Contribution Repeat one skips after an ad break

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceWindows 11 DesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 When playing a song on a playlist/album/authors top 10 with repeat one enabled, the song WILL repeat itself, up until an advertisement plays, at which it will go to the ne...

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Plan Free Country United States Device Windows 11 Desktop Operating System Windows 11   When playing a song on a playlist/album/authors top 10 with repeat one enabled, the song WILL rep...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution External monitors disconnect when opening Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesOperating SystemWindows10 My Question or IssueWhenever Spotify is active my monitors will constantly disconnect and reconnect (and my bluetooth mouse). This happens with the web player, the desktop app, and on webpages ...

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Plan Premium Country United States Operating System Windows10   My Question or Issue Whenever Spotify is active my monitors will constantly disconnect and reconnect (and my bluetooth mou...

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Superuser Contribution The swedish version of website loads when i try to go to my account

The swedish version of website loads when i try to go to my account or change my family settings. Even though i connected to the us version of the website.

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The swedish version of website loads when i try to go to my account or change my family settings. Even though i connected to the us version of the website.

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How to stop a jam? I mistakenly clicked Start a Jam. The music stopped.

I lost my whole queue and Recently Played lists. I can't get anything else to work or find a way to end the Jam. I've logged out and back in. I have Premium Duo.

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I lost my whole queue and Recently Played lists. I can't get anything else to work or find a way to end the Jam. I've logged out and back in. I have Premium Duo.

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Solved!! Windows Desktop application and Android application can no longer discover each other on Spotify Con

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWindows PC and Google PixelOperating SystemWindows 11 and Android 16 My Question or IssueAfter a recent update on Windows and/or Android, I no longer find my Windows application on my Android app, nor my Android app on the ...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Windows PC and Google Pixel Operating System Windows 11 and Android 16   My Question or Issue After a recent update on Windows and/or Android, I no long...

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Spotify Search does shows random songs and artists but not what I wrote in the search?

PlanPremiumCountry : Bulgaria DeviceLaptop lenovoOperating SystemWindows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueAlways on softwares like algoriddim dj pro or rekordbox, when i am practicing at home and i am using search, if write Madonna it shows me evrything ...

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Plan Premium Country : Bulgaria   Device Laptop lenovo Operating System Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Always on softwares like algoriddim dj pro or rekordbox, when i am ...

Amay

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Superuser Contribution This content is not available for all songs

PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceDell laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 x64 My Question or IssueI cant play any song directly from Spotify on my laptop. The only thing that works is to press the play button in an album. All songs are greyed out....

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Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device Dell laptop Operating System Windows 10 x64   My Question or Issue I cant play any song directly from Spotify on my laptop. The only thing t...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Favorite song icons not showing in my playlists

I run the Windows desktop application of Spotify. It looks like today the small green icon has changed that shows that you have added a song to your favorite songs. In this playlist and in all my others though, those icons do not show anymore: This i...

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I run the Windows desktop application of Spotify. It looks like today the small green icon has changed that shows that you have added a song to your favorite songs. In this playlist and in all my oth...

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Cant play songs, app unresponsive

PlanPremium CountryUKDeviceWindows 11 My Question or IssueWas working fine, but this morning spotify started crashing and now won't play any songs. Controls are blanked out. It does keep opening more spotify windows. Will work for a min after restart...

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Plan Premium  Country UK Device Windows 11   My Question or Issue Was working fine, but this morning spotify started crashing and now won't play any songs. Controls are blanked out....

Lucerious

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Superuser Contribution Podcast will not show as played.

Plan: PremiumCountry: USDevice: Dell LaptopOperating System: Windows 10My Question or Issue:I like to filter my Podcasts out by 'Unplayed Episodes'. For the last few weeks, played episodes are still showing in my queue. When I go back to the episodes...

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Plan:  Premium Country:  US Device: Dell Laptop Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue: I like to filter my Podcasts out by 'Unplayed Episodes'.  Fo...

Vasil

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