topic Re: Audio stuttering, lagging in Desktop App in Desktop (Windows)

Audio stuttering, lagging in Desktop App

Lachsnacken — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:21:29 GMT

Hello,

For the past few days, my Spotify songs have been lagging and stuttering after a few minutes of listening. This only happens when I'm using the desktop app, with my phone and in the web browser, it just works fine. My internet connection is fine, I don't have any issues, and Ookla Speedtest says my download and upload speeds are normal.

What i already tried:

- Clean reinstall

- Cache clear

- Audio quality changed from Loseless to Very High

- turned off hardware acceleration

Plan

Premium

Country

Germany

Device

Operating System

Windows 11

Re: Audio stuttering, lagging in Desktop App

MihailY — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 10:29:50 GMT

Hey @Lachsnacken,

Welcome to the Spotify Community!

That's quite the extensive troubleshooting you've done, great job! We'd also suggest that you check our Windows troubleshooting guide for more steps to try and let us know if the issue persists when using a different account or the web player.

On another note, could you check if the app is working as expected when playing downloaded songs with your internet connection disabled?

Keep us posted.

Re: Audio stuttering, lagging in Desktop App

Lachsnacken — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:11:25 GMT

Looked like it was a problem with Windows. Today it works perfectly fine, thank you for your answer.

Re: Audio stuttering, lagging in Desktop App

MihailY — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 13:36:44 GMT

Thank you for your reply and confirmation.

We're glad to hear that everything works as it should for you again!

We've checked your profile and it looks like you're new to the Community. Have you checked out our Music section? You can find song recommendations there!

Also, if you like you can go ahead and introduce yourself here in this thread as well as it's always appreciated 🙂

Cheers!