topic Re: Spotify starts muted in Desktop (Windows)

Spotify starts muted

BearBuddyCookie — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 12:34:22 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

Netherlands

Device

Desktop PC

Operating System

Windows 7

My Question or Issue

Every time I start my pc, Spotify starts with it's sound muted. I have to manually go to spotify to unmute it which really starts to bother me 😞

Re: Spotify starts muted

OneByBoo — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 13:19:06 GMT

Hey there !

Let's check something togheter.

I'd like you to disable the automatic startup of Spotify on you computer:

- Click on your user name right corner

- Settings

- Click on "Advanced Settings"

- Go to "Startup and windows behavior"

- Under open "Spotify Automatically" change it to NO.

Let me know if when you open it on your own with this change of setting it stats mute again.

This way we'll have a better understanding of what the problem really is.

Waiting on your response.

Re: Spotify starts muted

BearBuddyCookie — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 17:04:41 GMT

Hi! I disabled automatic startup and when manually starting Spotify after a reboot the sound wasn't muted. I changed my startup setting preference back to "minimized" and after rebooting the sound again was not muted. To be sure, I again shut down my PC, played some music on my phone Spotify application (as is usually the case), and then again booted my PC. Yet again, no muted sound problems anymore.

Although this might be frustrating for people in the future finding this thread, as we haven't found the source of the problem, this little trick might be a solution. I think it also fixed a problem that I forgot I had, which is that Spotify would always start set with the same song from a certain playlist. Now it actually started with the last song I played. Thanks for your help!

Re: Spotify starts muted

OneByBoo — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 17:12:18 GMT

Glad i could help !

Re: Spotify starts muted

Turinmormeg — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 19:02:07 GMT

I have the same problem, but this solution doesn't work. I use winX, notpremium spotify and I have already disabled automatically startup.

Re: Spotify starts muted

MafeG — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 19:12:24 GMT

Hi @Turinmormeg,

Thank you for posting on the Community and welcome.

To start, let us know if you've already tried performing a clean reinstall of the app. This one is more thorough than a regular one and can be helpful to get rid of any cache that might be causing trouble.

After you remove the app, make sure to download it from the Microsoft Store.

If this doesn't work, please let us know the operating system you're running.

Let us know how it goes.

Re: Spotify starts muted

Turinmormeg — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 19:22:24 GMT

Thank you. I've already reinstalled it before, but I have never installed it through microsoft store. Now it works.

Re: Spotify starts muted

MafeG — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 19:32:28 GMT

Hey @Turinmormeg,

Thanks for letting us know that everything is working fine now.

Remember to always keep your app updated, so you don't miss any fixes or new features. Don't hesitate to give us a shout if you have more questions.

Have a great day!

Re: Spotify starts muted

yuv963 — Mon, 12 May 2025 21:49:54 GMT

Hey,
I have the same problem only it happens on the Chrome spotify browser, running on Mac 2018 Sonnoma.
Everytime I open spotify it starts muted and it does bug.
Thanks