Use iTunes Mini Player on PC

Mini Player takes up very little space on your screen and still lets you adjust the volume, search for songs, choose which songs play next and more.

Mini Player displays the album artwork for the song that’s playing. When you move the pointer over the artwork, controls appear.

Expanded Mini Player showing the controls for the song that’s playing. In the upper-right corner is the close button, used to switch to the full iTunes window. In the bottom of the window is a slider you can drag to go to a different part of the song. Below the slider on the left side is the More button, where you can choose view options and other options for the song that’s playing. On the far right below the slider are two buttons — the magnifying glass to search the music library, and the Up Next list to see what’s playing next.

You can also shrink the Mini Player screen to an even smaller size.

The smaller iTunes Mini Player, showing only the controls (and not the album artwork).

In the iTunes app on your PC, do any of the following to play music:
Choose View > Show Mini Player.
Do one of the following:
- View and edit a list of upcoming songs: Click the Up Next button in the bottom-right corner of the Mini Player window.
- Shrink to the smaller Mini Player screen: In the row of controls, click the More button , then choose Hide Mini Player Large Artwork.
  To expand back to the full Mini Player, click the More button , then choose Show Mini Player Large Artwork.
- Exit Mini Player: Click the Close button in the top-right corner of the Mini Player window.

Tip: To quickly open Mini Player from the playback controls, click the album artwork.

To keep Mini Player in the foreground on your desktop, choose Edit > Preferences, click Advanced, then select “Keep Mini Player on top of all other windows”.

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Use iTunes Mini Player on PC