Spotify is one of the most widely-used music streaming services on the internet. Most of us use it on a mobile device like an iPhone, but if you use it on your Mac you’ve probably noticed that it starts up automatically when your Mac starts up. That’s fine if you want to have it running all the time, but if you don’t it can be frustrating. Here are a few ways to stop it.

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Change System Settings to Prevent Spotify from Opening on Mac Startup So basically, your system keeps the log of apps that automatically open during the startup. This log might be pushing your Spotify app to open during every boot. All you need to do is remove Spotify from the list. Reinstalling doesn't fix it. What shoudl I do? Here is the solution: Quit Spotify. On your Finder, click Go - Go to Folder, enter /Library/Application Support and click Go. Turn your Mac into a Spotify alarm clock Start waking up to your favorite Spotify tunes and set the perfect morning mood, for less than a cup of coffee a month. Start now only $2.99/month cancel anytime, no questions asked v2.0.0  macOS 10.12 or later required. After that, Spotify will not load by itself when you start your computer. Spotify’s Windows app also offers an option to minimize or close the app when you hit close buttonYou can change that too if you want. If Spotify still opens on startup on Mac, then check next solution. Back to menu ↑ 2. Turn off Open at login from the Apps dock on. Open the Spotify app on your Mac (if it is not yet opened). You can click the Launchpad and enter Spotify in the search box. When Spotify has opened, click on the app (to ensure it is the active app at the moment). From the top menu bar on the screen, click Spotify, and then click Preferences.

If you don’t want to prevent apps from launching at startup one by one, there is an app that shows you all the apps that currently run automatically and allows you to prevent that. CleanMyMac X also has several other tools to optimize the performance of your Mac and free up disk space. Here’s how to use it to stop Spotify launching automatically.

1. Download CleanMyMac X free version and launch it from your Applications.
2. Choose Optimization in the Sidebar.
3. Click on Login Items.
4. Check the box next to the items you want to stop starting up automatically.
5. Press Remove.

That’s all. By the way, if you click Launch Agents you’ll also see other background apps that are normally not visible. You can then switch them off too.

How to stop Spotify opening on startup using Spotify’s preferences

1. If Spotify isn’t open on your Mac, go to your Applications folder and double-click on it. (You can also launch it from the Dock or by using Spotlight to search for it).
2. Click on the Spotify menu and choose Preferences.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and choose Advanced Settings.
4. Locate Startup and Window Behaviour.
5. Click the drop down menu next to it and choose No.
6. Quit Spotify

Stop Spotify opening on startup using System Preferences

1. Go to the Dock and click on System Preferences, or choose it from the Apple menu.
2. Click on Users & Groups.
3. Choose your user account and click on the padlock, then type in your password.
4. Select the Login Items tab.
5. If Spotify is listed there, select it and press ‘-‘ at the bottom of the screen.

Note: If you’re happy for Spotify to launch at startup but just don’t want to see it, leave it listed in Login Items (or press ‘+‘ to add it if it’s not there, and check the box next to it under ‘Hide.’

Spotify starts automatically when you log in to your Mac. But if you use one of the methods above, you can stop it and have it run only when you want to use it.

A step-by-step guide to fixing a slow Spotify desktop app on Mac or PC.

Note: In many situations, a slow hard drive is the most likely culprit for a slow Spotify app; I strongly recommend upgrading to a solid state drive (SSD), which can greatly improve overall performance. Also, if manually deleting your cache in the method this post suggests does not work, reinstalling Spotify may help clear up issues; Spotify’s support page has a step-by-step breakdown of how to do this.

Today, while using Disk Inventory X tool on my Mac, I discovered my Spotify cache was taking up a staggering 10.5GB of space. As of late, I had also been experiencing significant slowdown in starting Spotify, and the application took at least a minute or two to boot up. I decided to clear the large cache earlier today, and the application’s performance improved dramatically thereafter. I’ve seen other people who have this issue, and so I figured I might write a step-by-step guide for dealing with it. Please close the Spotify app before following the steps below.

Mac

1. Using Finder, under the Go menu at the top of the screen, select the Go to Folder option (you can also press Shift-Apple Key-G to access). Inside the “Go to the folder” field that pops up, type or paste ~/Library/Caches/com.spotify.client/ and then click “Go” or press Enter.

2. Delete everything inside the com.spotify.client folder. You can select all of the items by pressing Command + A.

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3. Using the Go to Finder option from Step 1, go to ~/Library/Application Support/Spotify/.

4. Inside the Spotify folder, look for a file called prefs. Open this file in Notepad and add storage.size=1024 on a new line at the end of the file. Save this file. This should limit the size of Spotify’s cache to 1024MB or 1GB; you can change the “1024” value if you would like the cache to be smaller or larger.

5. Delete the PersistentCache folder inside the Spotify folder.

Windows

1. Type or paste C:UsersYOURUSERNAMEAppDataLocalSpotify into the directory bar of Windows Explorer. Delete the Browser, Storage, and Data folders.

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2. Type or paste C:UsersYOURUSERNAMEAppDataRoamingSpotify into the directory bar of Windows Explorer. Inside this folder, look for a file called prefs. Open this file in Wordpad and add storage.size=1024 on a new line at the end of the file. Save this file. This should limit the size of Spotify’s cache to 1024MB or 1GB; feel free to change the “1024” value if you would like the decrease or increase the size of the cache.

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P.S. If you would like some good Spotify playlists, I have a small, frequently changing playlist or a (nearly) endless playlist with 1400+ songs and counting. (Or check out the Spotify tag below this post.)