Spotify music makes it easy to access your favorite titles. Nevertheless, it can be difficult to play those songs, especially if you cannot access the Spotify web player. Many users experience this problem, and Fortunately, there is a simple workaround to fix this issue. Read along to find it!
Spotify Web Player stops playing or loading
- At first look, the service might be down for some reason, but you’ll need to figure out a solution yourself when the problem persists for hours. If Spotify Web Player is not playing or loading on Windows PC, here’s what you can do. You need to edit the Hosts file. Open Notepad as an administrator
- Click the File menu.
- Select Open and navigate to – C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
- Choose All Files instead of Text Documents.
- Select Hosts and click on Open.
- Look for any entries with Spotify or Fastly in the address.
- Delete the line or add a # in front of the line address.
- Refresh your web player.
Try editing the Hosts file on your Windows device if Spotify is available in your location but the Web Player won’t load. Follow the instructions listed below.
In the Windows Search bar type Notepad, right-click its entry, and select Run as administrator option.
Select the Open option in the File menu (upper-left corner) when NotePad launches.
Then, navigate to the following address – C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc.
Rather than clicking on Text Documents, select All Files. Then, select the Host files and select the Open option.
You should see a block of text with # in front of each line and might see entries like
0.0.0.0 website.com
127.0.0.1 website2.com
Look for entries that include Spotify or fastly. Examples include:
0.0.0.0 weblb-wg.gslb.spotify.com
0.0.0.0 prod.b.ssl.us-eu.fastlylb.net
If visible, delete the line. Alternatively, you can add a # in front of the line – that’s ‘commenting out’.
When done, save your changes and refresh the Web Player.
Your problem should be solved and you should be able to access the Spotify web player again.
Can you listen offline with Spotify?
Yes, it’s possible. When you are connected to a Wi-Fi network, all you have to do is download the songs. As a result, you can take your music and podcasts anywhere you can’t access the internet. You can download up to 10,000 songs on each of up to 5 different devices.
Does Spotify have a time limit?
I do not believe that anything comes for free. In spite of the fact that Spotify free is unlimited, it is strictly ad-supported for the first six months of registration. Following the expiration of this time period, additional restrictions are implemented, such as the 10 hour limit per month and the maximum number of tracks you can play based on your location.