Spotify

A way to uninstall Spotify from your system

You can find on this page detailed information on how to uninstall Spotify for Windows. The Windows version was created by Spotify AB. More information on Spotify AB can be found here. You can read more about about Spotify at https://www.spotify.com. The application is frequently located in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Spotify folder. Keep in mind that this location can vary depending on the user's choice. C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Spotify. Spotify.exe is the Spotify's main executable file and it occupies close to 19.50 MB (20449904 bytes) on disk.

Spotify contains of the executables below. They occupy 21.76 MB (22822104 bytes) on disk.

• Spotify.exe (19.50 MB)
• SpotifyCrashService.exe (460.11 KB)
• SpotifyLauncher.exe (111.61 KB)
• SpotifyMigrator.exe (786.11 KB)
• SpotifyStartupTask.exe (127.61 KB)
• SpotifyWebHelper.exe (759.61 KB)
• wow_helper.exe (71.55 KB)

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The current web page applies to Spotify version 1.0.62.508.249724 only. You can find below info on other versions 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
• 1.0.67.582.194363
• 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
• 1.1.18.611.999
• 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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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are listed below.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Spotify:

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

The files below were left behind on your disk by Spotify's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\#!001\MicrosoftEdge\User\Default\DOMStore\XD81WN68\www.spotify[1].xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\C__Users_UserName_AppData_Roaming_Spotify_Spotify_exe
• 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_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_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_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
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00005c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00005d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00005e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_00005f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000060
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cache\f_000061

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\spotify.com
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www.spotify.com
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\EdpDomStorage\spotify.com
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\EdpDomStorage\www.spotify.com
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\spotify
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Spotify
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Spotify

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1262983002-3685696979-4267054122-1005\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{8C939F78-425A-40ED-AAD4-51B35FE0ADE7}C:\users\UserName\appdata\roaming\spotify\spotify.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{721D986A-E1A2-4EA4-B73F-99227A453E53}C:\users\UserName\appdata\roaming\spotify\spotify.exe

A way to delete Spotify with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Spotify is a program released by Spotify AB. Frequently, computer users decide to erase it. This can be easier said than done because removing this manually takes some skill related to removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE practice to erase 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 PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Spotify or simply click the Search field and type in "Spotify". The Spotify application will be found very quickly. After you select Spotify in the list , some information regarding the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding Spotify, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance 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 window will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Spotify.


8. After uninstalling Spotify, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Spotify that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Spotify with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Spotify by Spotify AB from your computer, nor are we saying that Spotify by Spotify AB is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Spotify supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.