diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ToolTipInstance.qml b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ToolTipInstance.qml
index 078c70268272e22d940875ad5b655287d3aec066..8ebdbea81e909c85120873dd217b4c023ddf2071 100644
--- a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ToolTipInstance.qml
+++ b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ToolTipInstance.qml
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ ColumnLayout {
         Image {
             id: albumArtImage
             // also Image.Loading to prevent loading thumbnails just because the album art takes a split second to load
-            readonly property bool available: status === Image.Ready || status === Image.Loading
+            // don't show album art if window title doesn't include media title (eg we're in a different browser tab)
+            readonly property bool available: (status === Image.Ready || status === Image.Loading) && generateTitle().includes(track)
 
             anchors.fill: hoverHandler
             // Indent by one pixel to make sure we never cover up the entire highlight