Disable animations or switch to a minimum

JohnnyThief — Wed, 21 May 2025 22:45:13 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

Germany

Device

Desktop PC

CPU: Intel Core i7 8700 - 3.19 GHz
RAM 16,0 GB

Spotify and Windows run on a SSD Samsung 870
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12 GB)

Operating System

Windows 10

My Question or Issue

Hey guys!

I saw in the Task-Manager, that Spotify uses a ridiculous amount of CPU as soon as animations are used.

Example: Move the mouse over “Your top mixtapes”.

From 0.1 - 0.5% idle usage (with music as well), Spotify jumps to 20-30% usage.

All this without playing any music (pic shows Task-Manager with such a spike).

What I have already done and what is known:

Spotify for Windows (64 bit)
1.2.64.408.g0a9b557c
Windows is updated
I have reinstalled Spotify from the homepage, via Microsoft Store is not an option.
I have disabled hardware acceleration + restart and reactivated it + restart, no change
Canvas is deactivated.
No social community or other connections
Network via LAN
Drivers are updated (via AMD and Snappy Driver)

Nevertheless, up to 30% is too much for such animations.

There has already been at least one request about this, but they seem to have been ignored.
The post:

Any ideas from the friendly community and/or team? 😊

Re: Disable animations or switch to a minimum

b1adam — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:42:19 GMT

I would like an option like this as well