
Why does my Spotify crashes on Windows 10? So, it has become more and more frequent that, when I’m listening to some music on Spotify, I open the app to change the song, and it crashes. How do I solve this issue?
Many Spotify users have been left unable to play songs as the app crashes from time to time on their devices. Some users run into Spotify crashes on startup, others come across Spotify crashes when playing a song. And the Spotify team hasn’t come up with a thorough way to fix this issue. But there’re still workarounds you can try to fix Spotify keeps crashing issue.
In the following parts, I’m going to show you how to troubleshoot Spotify crashes glitch and an alternative way to play Spotify songs without any hassle.
Solutions to Spotify Crashes Issue
Though the Spotify team hasn’t carried out a fix to the crashing issue, you can do the following workarounds to solve the problem. Since some of the methods might clear the songs you’ve previously downloaded on your device, you may need to back them up before getting started.
Reinstall the Spotify App
No matter you’re confronting Spotify crashes issue on your phone or on the desktop, the quickest way to get the problem fixed is to delete the app on your device. Then install the latest version of the Spotify app on your device. Log in with your Spotify then play a song to see if the app is working properly.
Restart Your Device
If you’re running too many apps on your phone or computer, this may cause the Spotify crashes. A simple way to fix the problem is to restart your phone or reboot your computer, then open the Spotify app and play songs after the device restarts.
Clear Spotify Cache
Once you play a song on Spotify, a cache will be created so that it won’t consume data the next time you play the song again. But this might cause Spotify crashes if there’s too much cache stored in your phone. And this is when you need to clear the cache on your phone:
1. Open Spotify on your phone and go to Settings.
2. Scroll down to Storage, then tap Delete cache.
3. Tap DELETE CACHE again to clear up the cache on your phone.
Disable Hardware Acceleration
Hardware Acceleration is a feature that uses the graphics processor in your computer to make the Spotify app run faster, but this may cause some graphics issues including crashing. If Spotify crashes on Windows 10 PC or Mac, try disabling Hardware Acceleration and then restart the Spotify app.
Reset Your Network
If the Spotify app on your phone crashes on startup, this may be caused by a poor network. Try to restart your Wi-Fi router and reset the network on your phone. Test your network connection before you open the Spotify app. If it’s working, you might be able to open the Spotify app without crashing.
Ultimate Way to Fix Spotify Crashes Issue
Some Spotify users are suffering from the Spotify crashes issue from time to time. Once they fixed the issue today, it may come up again randomly in the future. It never a pleasing experience when you play songs on Spotify knowing that it might crash at any time without a clue. But is there a way to fix Spotify crashes issue permanently?
Yes, with ViWizard Spotify Music Converter, you can directly download whatever content from Spotify and then play with any media player on your phone or computer. All the songs can be accessed without the Spotify app, so that you won't come across any glitches from Spotify anymore.
ViWizard Spotify Music Converter is designed to convert Spotify audio files into 6 different formats such as MP3, AAC, M4A, M4B, WAV and FLAC. Almost 100% of the original song quality will be kept after converting process. With 5X faster speed, it only takes few seconds to download each song from Spotify.
ViWizard Spotify Music Converter Key Features
- Convert and download Spotify songs to MP3 and other formats
- Download any Spotify contents at 5X faster speed
- Play Spotify songs offline without Premium
- Fix Spotify crashes issue forever
- Save Spotify with the original audio quality and ID3 tags
1Launch ViWizard and Import Songs from Spotify
Open ViWizard software and the Spotify will be launched simultaneously. Then drag and drop tracks from Spotify into the ViWizard interface.
2 Set Up Output Parameters
After adding music tracks from Spotify to ViWizard, you can choose the output audio format. There're six options including MP3, M4A, M4B, AAC, WAV and FLAC. And then you can adjust the audio quality by selecting the output channel, bit rate, and sample rate.
3 Start the Conversion
Once all the setting is finished, click the "Convert" button to start loading Spotify music tracks. After the conversion, all the files will be saved to your specified folder. You could browse all the converted songs by clicking "Converted" and navigate to the output folder.
3Play Spotify Everywhere without Crashing Issue
Now you can transfer the downloaded Spotify songs to your phone or any devices that can play music. And the good news is, the Spotify crashes issue has been fixed forever.

Adam Gorden is an experienced writer of ViWizard who is obsessed about tech, movie and software.