How to turn off playing now view permanently?

[WarQueenLola9]

I hate that the playing now view pops up every time I switch playlists. It gets in the way. If I wanna see what's next I'll look at the queue or manually turn it on. The automatic pop-up is soooo irritating!

[Yordan · Accepted solution]

Hi @WarQueenLola9!

You can toggle off this feature in the Settings menu under Display:

Cheers!

[WarQueenLola9]

AHHH!!! yes!! Thank you! This helps my ADHD brain immensely. 

[tomsabin]

Thank you, I hate this feature so much.

[ASKRATA]

Dear Spotify. I appreciate that you have created the "Now Playing Side Window". However, I do not enjoy having it forced upon me each time I change from one playlist to another, between Windows, or when the song playing changes. As a playlist curator, I appreciate that I can use multiple screens with multiple windows which is a function that no other streaming service can do. However, with no On/Off selection, this function is a major distraction that slows my workflow, as I sort through various New Music playlists, including my Release Radar. Please give users the ability to use this function when WE want to. Please DO NOT FORCE it on us. 

Thank you. 

[ASKRATA]

I appreciate you showing me which button to turn off. I couldn't find it on the web player or the mobile app. However here is a screenshot of my Settings in the Web app. As you can see the 'Show the now-playing panel on click of play' is off. However the 'now playing panel' is not going away. I can't work as a playlist curator with this happening. I restarted my computer and have the latest version of the web app. 

[ASKRATA]

For me, this problem has not gone away. My issue is not closed

[ASKRATA]

You can see I have the switch off but the now playing windows are open. If I play a different song the windows will switch to that song. 

[Elena]

Hey @ASKRATA,

Thanks for reaching out!

From your screenshots I can see that you're using both the desktop app and the Web Player. The "Show the now-playing panel on click of play" option is turned off for the desktop app, but it looks like it isn't in the Web Player. Can you turn it off from the settings there as well? That way, the Now Playing view won't reopen unless manually opened. 

If you want to open/close it, you can also click on the Now playing view icon:

Let us know how it goes.

[ASKRATA]

Thank you, Elena. I am eternally grateful. This issue has now been fixed by turning off in the app and web player,  ❤️

[Ivelina]

Thanks for letting us know @ASKRATA 🙂

The Community's always here if you need help with anything else.

Have a good one!

[catchs0meZZZs]

Edit: I think I posted this in the wrong place lol