Spotify

A guide to uninstall Spotify from your system

Spotify is a computer program. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was created for Windows by Spotify AB. More data about Spotify AB can be read here. Please open http://www.spotify.com if you want to read more on Spotify on Spotify AB's web page. The application is frequently placed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Spotify folder (same installation drive as Windows). The complete uninstall command line for Spotify is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe. spotify.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 6.25 MB (6553144 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed together with Spotify. They take about 8.34 MB (8742624 bytes) on disk.

• spotify.exe (6.25 MB)
• SpotifyLauncher.exe (60.05 KB)
• SpotifyHelper.exe (599.55 KB)
• SpotifyWebHelper.exe (1.44 MB)

This info is about Spotify version 0.9.14.13.5645 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
• 1.1.55.498.98360
• 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
• 1.2.18.999.93827
• 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
• 1.1.18.611.999
• 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
• 1.1.51.380.068
• 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
• 1.0.69.336.7575
• 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
• 1.1.59.710.134
• 1.0.1.811.6321681
• 1.1.46.916.4161
• 0.9.15.27.87634

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Spotify:

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

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

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\data_2

Many times the following registry keys will not be removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\spotify
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Spotify

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\spotify\DefaultIcon\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\spotify\shell\open\command\
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Spotify\DisplayIcon
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Spotify\DisplayName

A way to erase Spotify from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Spotify is a program by Spotify AB. Frequently, computer users choose to remove this program. This is hard because deleting this manually takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY practice 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 already installed on your PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to clean your system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Spotify or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Spotify". The Spotify application will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Spotify in the list of apps, the following data about the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about Spotify, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Spotify:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.spotify.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Spotify.


8. After uninstalling Spotify, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Spotify which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Spotify using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Spotify by Spotify AB from your PC, we are not saying that Spotify by Spotify AB is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove Spotify supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.