How remove black bar above playing?

1143420814 — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:03:46 GMT

Device

Operating System

Win 11

My Question or Issue

How do you remove the blacked out bar above track playing bar. It cuts out songs listed on screen in the playlist and its hard enough to get more items on screen when in landscape, I'm topped out on zoom out. I've even put one of my screens vertical just to see more songs listed when on my main PC.

I've uninstalled and reinstalled app to see if this solves it... but it never goes away. Can app developers sort it out

Re: How remove black bar above playing?

Paula_Vi — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 16:42:19 GMT

Hi there, @1143420814

Thanks for reaching out and welcome to the Spotify Community!

Keep in mind that the black bar you're mentioning is part of the overall playback bar's layout and it is how the Desktop app is designed. It is not something that can be fixed by reinstalling the app.

We value the time you took to share your feedback with us. At the moment, we can’t guarantee any change about this design soon, but we’ll pass all this info internally. Thank you for your comments.

If anything else comes up, the Community will be here for you!

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How remove black bar above playing?

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