topic Re: How can i deactivate the "Now playing view", not to open automatically? in Desktop (Windows)

How can i deactivate the "Now playing view", not to open automatically?

LeslieT — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 09:01:43 GMT

Even though i close the "Now playing view", it annoyingly automatically opens whenever i click to start a new playlist or song.
Please make it stop doing this automatically.

Re: How can i deactivate the "Now playing view", not to open automatically?

Amay — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 10:08:16 GMT

Hey @LeslieT, welcome to the Spotify Community!

You can turn off the following setting to disable auto-opening for the new Now Playing View:

Let me know how it goes!

Re: How can i deactivate the "Now playing view", not to open automatically?

LeslieT — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 13:03:45 GMT

Works great, thanks 🙂

Re: How can i deactivate the "Now playing view", not to open automatically?

Their_UI_sux_blows — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 13:46:38 GMT

Nice, but this doesn't work. For example, if a podcast has a video, the Now Playing view opens even when disabled.

Re: How can i deactivate the "Now playing view", not to open automatically?

Amay — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 03:15:37 GMT

Glad to know @LeslieT!

@Their_UI_sux_blows when you play a podcast with video, the now playing view on the right is where the video plays.

This is the default behaviour. For now, there's no way to change it for videos.

For music, you can use the option that I mentioned in the first response.

Let me know if you need help with anything else.

Re: How can i deactivate the "Now playing view", not to open automatically?

jompish — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 04:08:09 GMT

is this forced upon us now?