▷ How to prevent Spotify from opening at startup

Spotify is a music streaming platform that allows you to stream music directly from your devices. This service also offers a desktop application for Windows users. Unfortunately, many Windows users have problems with the Spotify application. Spotify app keeps starting on every Windows startup. This would have been normal behavior because many applications today come with a setting that allows them to start at Windows startup., and this option is enabled by default. But, in this case, Users find that the Spotify app always starts at Windows startup even though they have disabled the app's auto-start option.

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What causes the Spotify app to open at startup?

Here is a list of things that can make the Spotify app open on startup.

• Spotify app settings: the first and most common thing that causes this is the Spotify settings. Many users are not even familiar with this option of the Spotify app and, as enabled by default, many users see that the application turns on at every startup. And even if you want to disable the autostart option, this option is well hidden, which makes it very difficult for not-so-tech-savvy users to disable it.

• Windows update: the latest Windows updates can also cause this problem. There is a feature in Windows that reopens applications that were open the last time it was closed. Then, even if its autostart option is disabled, the Spotify app will start on the next startup if you had the Spotify app open at the time of shutdown.

Note:

Make sure the Spotify application is closed before shutting down your computer. This will help you reduce the problem that could be causing this.. If the application does not start automatically on the next startup, means the problem was caused by the Windows function.

Method 1: disable automatic start of Spotify app

This is the first thing on your to-do list in the process of getting rid of Spotify autostart issue.. There is an option that allows the Spotify application to start automatically on every startup. Turning it off might solve the problem. If you have already disabled this option, continue with next method. If that is not the case, follow the steps below.

1. Open the Spotify app

2. Click the down arrow next to the image and select You can also hold down the CTRL key and press P to open these settings

Spotify app settings

1. Select Advanced Settings.

Advanced settings of the Spotify app

1. You should be able to see an option called Open Spotify automatically when connected to computer. It should be in Windows Start and Behavior. Select No from the drop-down menu.

Disabled Spotify app autostart option

That's all. This should prevent the app from starting on every login.

Method 2: disable automatic start of Spotify app via task manager

Windows provides a way to access the list of applications that are scheduled to run on every startup. You can take a look at this list and disable the automatic start of Spotify app from this list. Follow the steps below

1. Hold down the CTRL keys, SHIFT and ESC simultaneously (CTRL + SHIFT + ESC). This will open the task manager.

2. Click Start. This should show a list of applications that are scheduled to open on every startup.

3. Find the Spotify app from this list and select it

4. Click Disable in the lower right corner

Disabled Spotify app autostart option (Task Manager)

This should disable the automatic start of the Spotify app.

Method 3: uncheck Allow Spotify to open from web

Although it doesn't make much sense, Many users noted that disabling this option somehow fixes the Spotify app auto-start issue. Then, just disable this option by following the steps below.

1. Open the Spotify app

2. Click the down arrow next to the image and select You can also hold down the CTRL key and press P to open these settings

Spotify app settings

1. Select Advanced Settings.

Advanced settings of the Spotify app

1. Disable Allow Spotify to open from the web It should be in the Windows Startup and Behavior section and should be enabled by default

Allow Spotify to open from the web disabled

Check if this solves the problem. If the problem is not resolved after disabling this option, try disabling Spotify app from Task Manager as well (follow the method 2). If the problem is solved, you can keep this option disabled until Spotify developers fix the issue in next updates. +

Method 4: rename the Exe file of the Spotify application

Rename the executable file of the Spotify application (spotlss.exe) and the Spotify launcher executable file (SpotifyLauncher.exe) will solve the problem for you. Therefore, follow the steps below to rename the Spotify executables.

1. Go to your desktop, right-click on the Spotify shortcut icon and select Delete

2. Hold down the CTRL keys, SHIFT and ESC simultaneously (CTRL + SHIFT + ESC). This will open the task manager.

3. Click on the Processes tab

4. You should be able to see the process spotify.exe running in the list. If you don't see it, run the Spotify app.

5. Right click on Spotify. exe and select Open file location

Get the location of the Spotify app

1. Now, close the Spotify app if it is open

2. Right click on Spotify. exe from file explorer and select Rename. Add a 1 additional to the name and press Enter. It should be spotify1.exe now. Note: You can name it whatever you want, the point is to rename it.

Change spotify.exe to spotify1.exe Rename the Spotify app executable

1. Now right click on Spotifylauncher. exe from file explorer and select Rename. Add a 1 additional to the name and press Enter. It should now be spotifylauncher1.exe.

This should prevent the Spotify app from running on every startup. You can right click on the spotify1.exe file and select Create Shortcut. Can cut it / paste or drag it to the desktop to use this shortcut to open the Spotify app.