[Desktop][Running] Running Spotify Application in the Background...

Think it would be very convenient if we could run the Spotify application in the background. I remember it used to be an option under "Edit>Preferences..." before a certain update removed it... O.o

Updated: 2015-06-21Hello!
With "running in the background" do you mean minimize to system tray?
If so, version 1.0.7 added that option again.
Please check under Menu => Edit => Preferences => Startup and Window Behaviour => Close button should...
Or did you mean something else?

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