Spotify

A way to uninstall Spotify from your system

This web page contains thorough information on how to remove Spotify for Windows. It was coded for Windows by Spotify AB. More information on Spotify AB can be found here. You can read more about about Spotify at https://www.spotify.com. Spotify is usually set up in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Spotify directory, depending on the user's option. You can remove Spotify by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. Spotify.exe is the Spotify's main executable file and it occupies circa 20.24 MB (21218720 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed alongside Spotify. They occupy about 21.08 MB (22104288 bytes) on disk.

• Spotify.exe (20.24 MB)
• SpotifyMigrator.exe (730.41 KB)
• SpotifyStartupTask.exe (134.41 KB)

This info is about Spotify version 1.1.18.611.999 alone. You can find below info on other releases of Spotify:

• 1.1.17.543.92549
• 0.8.4.124.355986
• 1.1.86.857.375108
• 0.9.0.128.3134863
• 0.9.0.129.69789
• 1.0.80.474.6503
• 0.8.0.1028.3450140
• 1.0.68.407.6864
• 1.2.9.743.859593
• 1.1.99.878.146
• 1.2.5.954.4290
• 1.1.31.703.25622
• 1.0.77.338.75878
• 1.1.65.643.2707698
• 0.8.2.561.74788
• 1.1.62.583.868
• 1.0.72.117.6773
• 1.2.36.959.04500
• 1.1.55.498.98360
• 1.1.38.558.4100958
• 1.1.14.475.5668
• 0.1.0.26.76510
• 1.0.4.89.220433
• 1.2.0.1155.6314047
• 1.1.43.700.200
• 1.2.6.863.790205
• 1.1.84.716.58819
• 1.1.44.538.805792
• 1.1.3.259.817263
• 1.2.17.832.15351
• 1.1.18.605.09728
• 1.1.45.621.
• 1.0.95.282.2125
• 1.0.57.474.99538
• 1.0.3.101.97
• 1.1.39.608.75103
• 1.0.57.469.9076
• 0.9.7.16.4197456
• 1.1.48.628.0830
• 1.1.6.113.38817
• 1.2.50.335.528608
• 1.2.18.999.93827
• 1.0.62.508.249724
• 1.0.67.582.194363
• 0.9.11.27.21638
• 1.2.12.902.1924088
• 1.0.92.390.257
• 0.9.8.195.37492
• 1.1.70.610.4585142
• 1.1.47.684.1364199
• 1.1.98.691.759311
• 1.0.37.150.0202
• 1.2.47.364.065
• 1.2.32.997.464986
• 1.1.12.451.77255
• 1.0.83.316.96667
• 1.2.20.1216.7792
• 1.0.26.125.6486
• 1.0.36.122.3469
• 0.8.0.1035.27885
• 1.1.24.91.465
• 1.1.63.568.85
• 1.1.94.864.54046
• 0.9.4.169.03996
• 1.2.25.1009.075884
• 1.1.68.632.21183
• 1.0.53.758.342
• 1.0.47.11.37991
• 1.0.36.124.11920
• 1.2.29.605.6643
• 1.2.46.462.579130
• 1.1.51.380.068
• 1.2.24.756.7770
• 1.2.7.1275.5863487
• 1.1.12.449.4109645
• 0.9.17.6.746329
• 0.9.6.81.359796
• 1.2.8.907.36
• 1.0.85.257.08531
• 0.9.4.178.259772
• 0.8.3.222.31779
• 1.1.66.578.54069
• 1.1.54.592.020638
• 1.0.88.353.15261
• 1.1.37.690.8316
• 1.0.9.133.38
• 0.9.13.24.53103
• 0.9.15.20.95936
• 1.1.61.583.06066
• 1.1.59.714.7040462
• 1.2.11.911.041113
• 1.2.48.405.2486
• 1.0.69.336.7575
• 1.2.15.828.7941970
• 1.0.27.75.223232
• 1.0.23.90.42187855
• 0.9.1.57.7405149
• 1.1.60.668.09345
• 1.1.77.643.3466
• 1.2.31.1205.4597

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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you remove Spotify.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Spotify:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall Spotify:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Spotify.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\SpotifyAB.SpotifyMusic_zpdnekdrzrea0\Spotify.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\C__Users_UserName_AppData_Roaming_Spotify_Spotify_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\SpotifyAB_SpotifyMusic_zpdnekdrzrea0!Spotify
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000002
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000003
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000004
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000005
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000006
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000007
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000008
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000009
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00000a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00000b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00000c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00000d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00000e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00000f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000010
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000011
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000012
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000013
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000014
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000015
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000016
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000017
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000018
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000019
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00001a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00001b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00001c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00001d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00001e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00001f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000020
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000021
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000022
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000023
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000024
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000025
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000026
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000027
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000028
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000029
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00002a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00002b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00002c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00002d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00002e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00002f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000030
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000031
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000032
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000033
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000034
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000035
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000036
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000037
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000038
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000039
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00003a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00003b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00003c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00003d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00003e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00003f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000040
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000041
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000042
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000043
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000044
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000045
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000046
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000047
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000048
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000049
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00004a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00004b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00004c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00004d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00004e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00004f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000050
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000051
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000052
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000053
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000054
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000055
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000056
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000057
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000058
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000059
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00005a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00005b

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Extensions\ContractId\Windows.BackgroundTasks\PackageId\SpotifyAB.SpotifyMusic_1.118.611.0_x86__zpdnekdrzrea0\ActivatableClassId\Spotify.AppX5de6y3m6snav18a538dgrg186xvtxjn8.mca
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Extensions\ContractId\Windows.BackgroundTasks\PackageId\SpotifyAB.SpotifyMusic_1.118.611.0_x86__zpdnekdrzrea0\ActivatableClassId\Spotify.AppXks4e55m14b9mwh7sz7nk67kh2w377key.mca
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Extensions\ContractId\Windows.BackgroundTasks\PackageId\SpotifyAB.SpotifyMusic_1.118.611.0_x86__zpdnekdrzrea0\ActivatableClassId\Spotify.AppXzwfwq1gvw7aznxw9eq4vde3cdxz78jpz.mca
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\PackageRepository\Extensions\windows.protocol\spotify
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\PackageRepository\Packages\SpotifyAB.SpotifyMusic_1.118.611.0_x86__zpdnekdrzrea0\SpotifyAB.SpotifyMusic_zpdnekdrzrea0!Spotify
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\Repository\Packages\SpotifyAB.SpotifyMusic_1.118.611.0_x86__zpdnekdrzrea0\Spotify
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\SystemAppData\SpotifyAB.SpotifyMusic_zpdnekdrzrea0\SplashScreen\SpotifyAB.SpotifyMusic_zpdnekdrzrea0!Spotify
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\SystemAppData\SpotifyAB.SpotifyMusic_zpdnekdrzrea0\Spotify
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\spotify
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Spotify
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\spotify
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Spotify

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\Repository\Packages\SpotifyAB.SpotifyMusic_1.118.611.0_x86__zpdnekdrzrea0\Spotify\Capabilities\URLAssociations\spotify
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-580121440-1700887408-1133714136-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{A6DD890A-9EEE-4FE4-BE67-224223D0E4AD}C:\users\UserName\appdata\roaming\spotify\spotify.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{D032BC07-9C9E-4C2A-BD41-8F68C7641124}C:\users\UserName\appdata\roaming\spotify\spotify.exe

How to erase Spotify from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Spotify is a program marketed by Spotify AB. Frequently, users want to remove it. Sometimes this can be efortful because deleting this manually takes some knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY solution to remove Spotify is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Spotify or simply activate the Search field and type in "Spotify". If it is installed on your PC the Spotify app will be found automatically. After you select Spotify in the list of programs, some data about the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Spotify, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Spotify:

• The publisher is: https://www.spotify.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Spotify.


8. After removing Spotify, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Spotify which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Spotify with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Spotify by Spotify AB from your computer, we are not saying that Spotify by Spotify AB is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Spotify supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.