Desktop Overlay can't be disabled

[okeiducky]

Plan

Premium

Country

Taiwan 

Device

Desktop PC

Operating System

Windows 10

My Question or Issue

Over the past month or so, I have repeatedly tried to disable the desktop overlay that pops up in the top-left corner of my screen when I change songs. Even though in Spotify preferences the option is disabled, it still keeps popping up randomly.

Each time I must go back into Spotify preferences, enable the overlay and disable it again, then it would return to normal and stay disabled. But after a few days it would all of the sudden start to pop up again, even though the option in preferences stays disabled.

I am not sure whether it happens after a software update or not, as I haven't been paying attention to it, but this is extremely annoying.

I've also noticed the tray icon disappearing once or twice. I have my Spotify client close to a tray icon, but every now or then it would close without a tray icon nor a taskbar window, but it would keep functioning and my media keys can still be used to change songs. I would have to launch the program from my Start Screen again to pop up the Spotify client, manually exit the program, and relaunch it again to get the tray icon working.

I'm a relatively new Spotify user, and I would really hope that this can be resolved quickly. As someone working on the desktop PC, sometimes using the PC 10-14 hours a day, with the PC (and Spotify) staying on for weeks at a time, this happens too frequently to ignore.

Lately members of my family have started to ask me why do I suddenly swear out aloud (I never used to do this) so please resolve this bug before I couldn't hold it anymore and smash my keyboard the next time it happens in the middle of my work while trying to meet a deadline for which I'm falling behind because I procrastinate too much (which often involves listening to songs on Spotify) and ending up making my family afraid of me and getting a divorce and becoming a drunk and losing my job and finally couldn't take it anymore and jump off a building somewhere...you get the idea.

Fix this. Pretty please? Or someone give me a hint on what else is needed to make sure the overlay is disabled? Am I having Spotify running for too long at a time and the program just isn't stable enough for this? Is it because I didn't get the Family Plan so Spotify tries to make life difficult for me?

[saturnfreeway]

Same problem here.

On Spotify version 1.0.82.447.g975ad224

on Windows 10

[thetikicarver]

Same problem. Really annoying...

[Snerax]

Same problem here on Windows 10 with spotify version 1.0.82.447.g975ad224

[Adelare]

I am also having this problem. The overlay appears even when it is turned off. I can get it to go away if I turn it on and then off again, but then it comes back the next time I reboot. Spotify seems like such a simple piece of software, yet I've had problems abound with it. I still can't get the **bleep** thing to not start with Windows, no matter what I do.

[lucasbda1]

I am having the same annoying bug, facebook messenger or not

I have it on every boot, and set the switch (that is off) to on and then back to off again, as a workaround while we wait for a permanent solution

IT'S ANNOYING, PLEASE FIX IT!!

[GoDLiKeR]

Same! Doesn't matter *Microsoft Store* version or *exe* version - bug persist everywhere... 

[kaanmijo]

 This appears to be fixed in version 1.0.83.318.g6c07039d, which I got today.

Edit 8 hours later:

I spoke too soon, it's not fixed.

[user-removed]

That's great to hear! I'm gonna check when I got home from work

[Rebellz]

I just updated but this it's still happening

[thetikicarver]

Updated this morning to 1.0.83.318.g6c07039d and the problem persists. Quite annoying... 

[Eserne]

Same problem!! Completely annoying, and i don't have anything else running, never used or installed Messenger or other FB related program.

Are spotify staff not giving a **bleep** about this at all? Do they even read their forums?

[franzen84]

Same issue here, also on Windows 10.

This is extremely annoying.

[Loxer]

Hey @okeiducky,

Spotiff is in the works to fixing this bug for everyone. Please, in the meantime you may try this software to help you get rid of it until an official fix is released from Spotify.

Have a nice day 🙂

[lazlubi]

Just pointing out that this solution removes the Windows Volume top left overlay completely in case somone gets confused.

[Jakeheut]

I've been having the same issue for a couple weeks now. Just recently updated and still happening. Please fix!

[Frederic_Mele]

Also received the update to 1.0.83.318.g6c07039d and so far it seems to have solved it. Will see in a few hours 🙂

[Scudd]

Still happening for me on this version

[sneakatone]

I have to toggle it on an off everytime to disable it but on desktop application restart it comes back

[bensonlaw]

I am having the same issue too. I do not have Facebook messenger installed on my desktop. 

This is a BUG introduced in recent update.

THIS IS EXTREMELY ANNOYING. PLEASE ESCALATE AND FIX THIS. 

[ntgism]

Just updated to version 1.0.84.344.gfc674f6f and the problem seems fixed. As soon as the update finished and Spotify restarted I checked with my media keys and the overlay wasn't showing.

Thank you for the update, but to be honest it was a bit late!