League says im spectating even though im not even in a game

MrSquid99·Jun 26, 2019·28 votes·29,184 views

the game says im spectating someone even though i am not, the section where you access your inventory and press "PLAY" is gone for me, cant be invited or anything. Help.

45 Comments

poptropican890Jun 26, 201929 votes

On windows go to C:\Riot Games\League of Legends\Config Delete a file called LeagueClientSettings.yaml Then open league Client should give you a new player Agreement and welcome you as a new player. Just sign in and everything should be fine

VoluptuousJun 27, 20191 votes

ty bro it actually worked :D

dillywhackedJun 30, 20191 votes

Found your solution for my friend and it worked. TYA

Dust HiderJul 2, 20191 votes

omg that actually works!!! ty so much :))

FahaxikiJul 2, 20191 votes

dam it , it actually worked to my friend lmao thx

Midnightsin23Jul 2, 20191 votes

Thanks, this really helped :D

Starci12Jul 4, 20191 votes

If my friend has the game on geforce, is there any alternative to this?

WarClownJul 6, 20191 votes

this has been happening to me twice now thanks for the tip friend

HisLaurenJul 13, 20191 votes

Thank you!

Zeros ResistanceJul 16, 20191 votes

what about mac?

Battle MistressJul 17, 20191 votes

OMG actually works. What a legend. TYSMMMMM :)))))))

Risy95Aug 3, 20191 votes

{quoted}

On windows go to C:\Riot Games\League of Legends\Config Delete a file called LeagueClientSettings.yaml Then open league Client should give you a new player Agreement and welcome you as a new player. Just sign in and everything should be fine

It worked, just need to wait for download. Can it be that once the file was deleted "by itself"? I recently had to set the region and language.

SneakNDstroyAug 26, 20191 votes

thank you so much

Persian HunterAug 27, 20191 votes

thank you !!!!

Redex208050Oct 16, 20191 votes

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

SnicksoJun 26, 201911 votes

Spectated a friend. Game crashed. Now i have the same thing as well. Was it fixed for you?

ProgetexxJun 26, 20198 votes

same here tried to spectate a friend, and now im rigged into the client. it says that im keep spectating, but i cant even start a match or join a lobby

MTEJun 26, 20197 votes

Same here.. Would like to know what to do! :-) item 3400

RevielentJun 26, 20196 votes

SAME HERE AND IM SO BORED AND CANT DO AYNTHING

T0X DRAVEnJun 26, 20194 votes

Same here.. Tried to spectate a friend, but somehow it crashed, and now i am stuck on a black screen ish.. Help! :))

EdbiggheadJun 26, 20194 votes

Same here =(. Spectated a friend yesterday, logged in today and got the massage : "You have been removed from the Party." My status says "spectating" and I can't select play, the shop etc. Don't know how to fix this. Can't join games or do anything. Please help

JossioJun 26, 20194 votes

yo I think i got a solution. you gotta click the 'quit' button next to the 'reconnect' button really fast when you see it. It worked for me

ŠρìΚσJun 26, 20192 votes

worked , thanks man all up vote this solution , you are right secodns after login we egt quit button for few seconds befor it disapear all we need is click quit befor.

hohreJul 2, 20191 votes

Yes you right. I solve this problem in this way. Thank you ! :D

You got the quit and reconnect button for a very few moments (around a second) after login (Authenticating).

IBYoungJun 26, 20194 votes

Yes my league is doing that too but i get no "reconnect button" or "quit button" its just the regular league lobby with the entire play collection profile store and lott tabs all missing and my profile just says spectating.

GoodLookingSmurfJun 26, 20193 votes

Bump... Same happened to me, i can see i am not the only one? :)

RiotWee DeedlesJun 26, 20193 votes

Hi Friends.

Sorry this is happening, I'm sure this is aggravating. We've found what we think is the cause and we're working on a fix.

In the meantime, the workaround that poptropican890 described is what I would recommend trying. (upvote them!)

{quoted}

On windows go to C:\Riot Games\League of Legends\Config Delete a file called LeagueClientSettings.yaml Then open league Client should give you a new player Agreement and welcome you as a new player. Just sign in and everything should be fine

Adding a little more details for clarity.

This is a little technical, so if you feel uncomfortable I think you could also just fully reinstall the league client.

As a warning, this will delete some of your settings. I'm going to have you rename the file so you could always revert it, but that's probably not necessary.

Close League Client
Find the folder that contains your config files.

Windows: C:\Riot Games\League of Legends\Config Mac: Applications -> League of Legends -> Right-click the icon -> Show Package Content -> Contents -> LOL -> Config

Rename your LeagueClientSettings.yaml file to something else so that LeagueClient won't find it.
Restart LeagueClient

This should recreate the file when you restart LeagueClient without the troublesome settings that are putting you into this state.

If this doesn't work, then uninstalling league and deleting the folder to make sure no files are left over is probably the next option.

Happy TFTing!

Dianasour Jun 26, 20191 votes

[{quoted}](name=Wee Deedles,realm=NA,application-id=LqLKtMpN,discussion-id=qj2g26Va,comment-id=0013,timestamp=2019-06-26T22:25:52.000+0000)

Hi Friends.

Sorry this is happening, I'm sure this is aggravating. We've found what we think is the cause and we're working on a fix.

In the meantime, the workaround that poptropican890 described is what I would recommend trying. (upvote them!)

Adding a little more details for clarity.

This is a little technical, so if you feel uncomfortable I think you could also just fully reinstall the league client.

As a warning, this will delete some of your settings. I'm going to have you rename the file so you could always revert it, but that's probably not necessary.

Close League Client

Find the folder that contains your config files.

Windows: C:\Riot Games\League of Legends\Config Mac: Applications -> League of Legends -> Right-click the icon -> Show Package Content -> Contents -> LOL -> Config

Rename your LeagueClientSettings.yaml file to something else so that LeagueClient won't find it.

Restart LeagueClient

This should recreate the file when you restart LeagueClient without the troublesome settings that are putting you into this state.

If this doesn't work, then uninstalling league and deleting the folder to make sure no files are left over is probably the next option.

Happy TFTing!

This worked, thanks a bunch...

hotul66Jun 28, 20191 votes

thx a lot

Daviscup123Jun 26, 20192 votes

I have the same problem, i have 20 minutes ban and minus LB.

tïredJun 26, 20192 votes

Same thing is happening to me. Really hope this is fixed soon

wowisbetterjsJun 26, 20192 votes

Any update on this Issue?

ŠρìΚσJun 26, 20192 votes

same :s

VoluptuousJun 26, 20192 votes

yeah, me too

VanRocksoNJun 26, 20192 votes

Same Problem here...no "quit" button anywhere....gg rito...solution please! :(

Dark Star DianaJun 26, 20192 votes

same thing happened to me. what i did was repair client, then it shows the (reconnect or quit) mode for a split second. u have to spam that quit butto before it disappears and hope u get it in time

TsingTaosJul 3, 20191 votes

This worked for me. I went to task manager to make sure any league was shut down. Then that popped up.

MAureliuzZJun 26, 20191 votes

Oh i got the reconnect button!!!!

MAureliuzZJun 26, 20191 votes

Hm, it only popped up once...Guess I lost my chance.

MAureliuzZJun 26, 20191 votes

I hit it! Try to lag up your lobby startup by spamming the login (I entered the wrong password several times). Then the "Reconnect" and "Quit" button will appear.

MRLOLI6000Jun 26, 20191 votes

Solution to this its happened 3 times now and this is how i have fixed it each time --- 1. close league fully 2. log in 3. as the log in turns into the league symbol with the loading bar press escape (this should bring up the reconnect / quit option) 4. after clicking OK to the you were removed from party quickly press the reconnect button (put your mouse as far left of the OK button so that you can spam click and it should click okay then immediately click reconnect)

MintøwJul 2, 20191 votes

i deleted the file called LeagueClientSettings.yaml, re opened the client but it says "repairing" and now i cant even open the client itself, just says "repair failed" i did all the steps in teh "repair failed" website information and none of the worked

cooploopsJul 6, 20191 votes

Hitting the quit button worked for me, doing anything to lag the client a bit so you can spam click that quit button works. I tried logging into my second account and that seemed to slow it down a bit.