topic Spotify says it is offline even though I am successfully connected to wifi. in Desktop (Windows)

spotify is offline even though i have connection

busrakucuk — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 09:23:24 GMT

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Plan

Premium student

Country

turkey

Device

asus zenbook

Operating System

(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)

windows 11

My Question or Issue

my spotify playlist is working but when i search for something or when im on home page, it says you are offline, but my laptop has internet connection, what is the issue, how can i solve it? help pls

Re: spotify is offline even though i have connection

unclerk — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 19:05:01 GMT

You sure that offline mode is closed and connection is working? If those are working try a clean reinstall

Re: spotify is offline even though i have connection

busrakucuk — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 10:31:12 GMT

i did what you said but still same

Re: spotify is offline even though i have connection

Lyubka — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 10:42:35 GMT

Hey @busrakucuk,

Thank you for reaching out here in the Community.

We'd suggest that you try to disable hardware acceleration in the app. Go to Settings > Compatibility > toggle off "Enable hardware acceleration" option then restart Spotify.

It's also a good idea to delete your prefs file. Follow the steps below.

Go to C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\.
There you'll find a file called prefs, which holds info about the currently logged in account. Simply delete it.
While in the Spotify folder, you'll also find a Users folder. Open it and delete its contents as well.
Restart the Spotify app.

Note that you'll be logged out and your settings will be reset, so you'll have to adjust them again. If you had music downloaded for offline listening, you'll have to re-download it as well. Your library, however, will not be affected, so no worries there.

If none of the above solutions work, would you mind asking a friend or a family member to log in on your device to see if the app behaves the same way?

Hope this helps. Let us know how it goes.

App thinks I'm offline but can play non-cached music just fine

ts330 — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 08:50:17 GMT

Premium user on Windows 11 in UK.

Spotify for Windows (64 bit)
1.2.47.366.g0d3bd570

The app thinks I'm offline when there is clearly network connectivity. The app shows the "You're Offline" message on the home screen while playing non-cached music. Logging into the web UX shows the banner at the bottom indicating that my account is currently playing music on my Windows 11 device. As does the iOS app. So, clearly the app on Windows is able to communicate with the Spotify backend but thinks it's in offline mode from a UX perspective. Toggling offline/online in Menu -> File has no effect. Restarting the app does. But this is a pain.

This appears to happen when Windows 11 wakes from sleep. This has been happening for months.

What's the deal? thanks

Spotify says it is offline even though I am successfully connected to wifi.

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:27:39 GMT

(On PC) I am able to play music by pressing play on the playlist UI element, but when I open the play list cannot select particular songs. I also cannot make any searches. The blue icon in the upper right corner tells me I am disconnected.

Re: How do I set back my account to online

Mystery-Fan — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 13:18:00 GMT

Same thing - there is no offline mode listed under playback - using desktop version on my laptop. Do I really need to reinstall - for about the 5th time - Spotify?