How do I hide media player next to volume control?

[pikaKipz]

I like the little volume bar that windows shows when you turn the volume up and down. What I dont like is the media player bar next to it. It appeared for the first time for me today.

Is there any way to remove this?

Heres what I mean: http://imgur.com/a/v3aMV

 

[Colif]

That would be groove. There aren't any options to change that in groove. the player lacks a lot of functions so I would use something else like Foobar and not get either popup (though volume one will show up if you use media buttons on keyboard).

 

[pikaKipz]

That would be groove. There aren't any options to change that in groove. the player lacks a lot of functions so I would use something else like Foobar and not get either popup (though volume one will show up if you use media buttons on keyboard).

Is there a way to delete Groove then? Or will that mess with my computer

 

[Colif]

just don't use it. its built into win 10 so i would guess that even if you removed it, win 10 would reinstall it.

Set another media player as default and ignore it... that is what I did.

you can go to settings/privacy/Background Apps and turn groove off there as I found it used to run in background and talk to Onedrive

 

[pikaKipz]

just don't use it. its built into win 10 so i would guess that even if you removed it, win 10 would reinstall it.

Set another media player as default and ignore it... that is what I did.

you can go to settings/privacy/Background Apps and turn groove off there as I found it used to run in background and talk to Onedrive

Thing is, Im using Spotify and so that is my media player. I cant change that

 

[Colif]

So are you listening to spotify through Groove? if so, i can't see a way to remove the pop up player

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/uninstall-groove-music-windows-10

 

[pikaKipz]

So are you listening to spotify through Groove? if so, i can't see a way to remove the pop up player

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/uninstall-groove-music-windows-10

Im listening to Spotify through Spotify. But I use my keyboard to adjust the volume (as in windows built in volume adjuster). Thats when the media player appears, whenever I turn the volume up or down.

Cheers for the link, will have a look into it.

 

[Colif]

what is your default media player in settings/system/default apps. If you change it away from groove, I doubt that pop up will happen when you use volume - I just tried and with foobar as default, i don't get an extra media bar.

I wish they had a media player toolbar like old windows used to, so much more useful than some pop up but then I guess pop up easier for touch screens, something I don't have. Can't we have both?

 

[pikaKipz]

what is your default media player in settings/system/default apps. If you change it away from groove, I doubt that pop up will happen when you use volume - I just tried and with foobar as default, i don't get an extra media bar.

I wish they had a media player toolbar like old windows used to, so much more useful than some pop up but then I guess pop up easier for touch screens, something I don't have. Can't we have both?

Tried with VLC, no use.
Also tried with Foobar, no use.

 

[pikaKipz]

For anyone that might experience the same problem as me, I found a fix to the issue.

I downloaded "HideVolumeOSD" and it removed it.