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Spotify web player not working? Here are the top 7 fixes

Fed up with Spotify’s tantrums? Try these quick fixes and make your life easier.

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If you’re a religious worshipper of Spotify and have never faced a problem while using the app, you may be lucky. However, Spotify can also start acting up sometimes, especially when you use its desktop version. You may think of resorting to using the Spotify Web Player instead. But in case you don’t know, Spotify’s Web Player may not give you as seamless an experience as it gives with its desktop app, because it streams audio on a lower bitrate than its desktop counterpart. Hence, we bring to you the top 7 ways to fix the Spotify desktop app when it stops working.

Relaunch The Spotify App

Sometimes the bugs or errors that you might be dealing with in your Spotify desktop app go away merely by relaunching the application. So you might want to try your luck taking the easiest remedy first. Just click on the red cross button on the top right corner and then relaunch the app again from the Start menu on your taskbar. 

Relaunch Spotify-Top 5 Ways To Fix The Spotify Desktop App When It's Not Working

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Force Shut The App Using Task Manager

In case the app is not closing by simply clicking on the red cross button, you can force shut the app using Task Manager. To do so, just follow the steps mentioned below:

Step 1: Right-click on the Windows icon on your taskbar and click on Task Manager. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open the Task Manager window directly.

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Force Shut Spotify-Top 5 Ways To Fix The Spotify Desktop App When It's not Working

Step 2: Click on the Spotify app and then click on the End task button at the bottom right corner of the window. This will force shut the app and you can then start afresh with opening Spotify again. But we would recommend you give it a couple of seconds before relaunching the app. 

Step 2 Force Shut Spotify

Read also: Spotify Web Player: How To Best Access And Use All Its Features

Turn Off Hardware Acceleration In Your Spotify Desktop App

If relaunching the app does not work, then the next method you can try is turning off the Hardware Acceleration feature in the Spotify app. To do so, just follow the steps mentioned below.

Step 1: Open the Spotify desktop app and press the Alt key on your keyboard. This will automatically click open the drop-down list from the 3 dots on the top left corner of its interface. 

Hardware Acceleration- Top 5 Ways To Fix The Spotify Desktop App When It's Not Working

Step 2: Click on the View option

Hardware Acceleration- Top 5 Ways To Fix The Spotify Desktop App When It's Not Working

Step 3: Tap on the Hardware Acceleration option to uncheck it and close Spotify. Then wait for a few more moments before relaunching the app again.

Step 3- Hardware Acceleration

This would hopefully remove any bugs or errors and resume Spotify’s functioning normally. 

Restart Your PC

If any of the above methods don’t work, then what you can try next is to restart your PC by clicking on Restart in the power options given within the Start menu (accessed by clicking the Windows icon on the taskbar). 

Restart Your PC

Read also: How To Log Out Of Spotify From Android And Windows PC

Uninstall and Reinstall The Spotify App

The last option for you remains now to uninstall and reinstall the Spotify app on your PC, which is pretty easy to execute. Just hit the Windows key on your keyboard, right-click on Spotify and select the Uninstall option from the drop-down list. Now, to reinstall the app, Spotify recommends you to download and install the Spotify app via its complete installer package. 

Download the Spotify installer package for Windows from here.

Uninstall and Reinstall Spotify

Clear browser cache

If you’re using the Spotify web player on your PC’s web browser, try clearing the cache to get rid of any corrupted temporary files that may be causing it to malfunction. Here’s how you can go about it.

Step 1: Click on the ellipses (three dots) at the right corner of your browser window.

Step 2: Select Settings.

Step 2: Select Settings.

Step 3: Click on ‘Privacy and Security’ on the side menu.

Step 3: Click on 'Privacy and Security' on the side menu.

Step 4: Select ‘Clear browsing data’.

Step 4: Select 'Clear browsing data'.

Step 5: Select the checkbox for ‘Cached images and files’. You can also choose to delete other data like cookies, browsing history, and more.

Select the checkbox for 'Cached images and files'.

Step 6: Click on ‘Clear data’.

Reset Your Browser

If none of these fixes work, a browser reset may be in order. Here’s how you can perform a browser reset on Chrome. A browser reset disables all your extensions, deletes cookies, and resets the settings to default.

Step 1: Click on the ellipses (three dots) at the right corner of your browser window.

Step 2: Select Settings.

Step 2: Select Settings.

Step 3: Select ‘Reset Settings’ from the side menu.

Step 3: Select 'Reset Settings' from the side menu.

Step 4: Click on ‘Restore settings to their original defaults’.

Step 4: Click on 'Restore settings to their original defaults'.

So those were the top 7 ways we recommend you to fix the Spotify desktop app when it is not working. In case you’re still facing any issues, or if you know of any other remedy to fix the problem, do let us know in the comments section below. 

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