How to remove the Spotify skip song overlay in Windows 10

May 12, 2021

You've seen that bar that pops up every time you skip a Spotify song in Windows 10? Yeah me too, and if you skip songs as much I do then it's gotta go.

Here's how:

  1. Hit the ⊞ Win key.
  2. Type notification and select Notifications & actions settings.
  3. Under Notifications, click the toggle to off for Get notifications from apps and other senders.
  4. Open Spotify.
  5. In the top right, click your name to reveal the dropdown and then click Settings
  6. Scroll down to Display
  7. Remove the toggle for Show desktop notifications when the song changes and Show desktop overlay when using media keys