Tools: How to Fix Spotify's Ugly Blue Titlebar on Gnome (2026)

Tools: How to Fix Spotify's Ugly Blue Titlebar on Gnome (2026)

Before Note: If you're using the Flatpak version of Spotify or Spotify Launcher rather than Spotify directly, this article might not fully solve your problem. Hit me up on my Discord server for assistance, as I haven't had time to update this article for those situations yet. This is going to be a super short article because this is a really easy fix! I've been using Arch Linux with Gnome and recently noticed an annoying blue titlebar on Spotify that doesn't match the default Gnome design. I'm using the spotify Arch Linux package. Based on my research, this has to do with the Chromium Embed Framework's design, along with Gnome famously not supporting Server-Side Decorations in apps. Not working for you? Hit me up on my Discord server! Templates let you quickly answer FAQs or store snippets for re-use. Are you sure you want to ? It will become hidden in your post, but will still be visible via the comment's permalink. Hide child comments as well For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse

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nano ~/.config/spotify-flags.conf nano ~/.config/spotify-flags.conf nano ~/.config/spotify-flags.conf CTRL + Shift + V --ozone-platform=x11 --disable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=x11 --disable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=x11 --disable-features=UseOzonePlatform - Close Spotify. - Open a bash terminal. Run: - An interactive editor should appear. Paste this content (press CTRL + Shift + V): - Save the file (press CTRL + O, then Enter, then CTRL + X). - Reopen Spotify.