Spotify

How to uninstall Spotify from your system

You can find on this page details on how to remove Spotify for Windows. It is produced by Spotify AB. More information on Spotify AB can be seen here. More information about Spotify can be seen at http://www.spotify.com. The application is often installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Spotify folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can remove Spotify by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Spotify\Spotify.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file occupies 112.21 KB (114904 bytes) on disk and is named SpotifyLauncher.exe.

Spotify is comprised of the following executables which take 8.50 MB (8914568 bytes) on disk:

• spotify.exe (7.25 MB)
• SpotifyLauncher.exe (112.21 KB)
• SpotifyWebHelper.exe (1.14 MB)

The current page applies to Spotify version 0.8.4.99.24951 only. You can find here a few links to other Spotify releases:

• 1.1.17.543.92549
• 0.8.4.124.355986
• 1.2.64.407.14116
• 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
• 1.2.67.555.4168
• 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
• 1.2.65.255.856414
• 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
• 1.2.59.515.17939
• 1.0.3.101.97
• 1.1.39.608.75103
• 1.2.67.553.85202
• 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
• 1.1.18.611.999
• 1.2.59.518.423652
• 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
• 1.2.60.564.6305
• 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
• 1.2.61.443.51574
• 1.1.59.714.7040462
• 1.2.11.911.041113

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If you are manually uninstalling Spotify we recommend you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Spotify:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Spotify

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Spotify\Data\chrome.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Spotify\Data\gnsdk_dsp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Spotify\Data\gnsdk_musicid_file.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Spotify\Data\gnsdk_sdkmanager.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Spotify\Data\icudt.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Spotify\Data\libcef.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Spotify\Data\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Spotify\Data\resources.zip
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Spotify\Data\SpotifyWebHelper.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Spotify\inst_ver.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Spotify\spotify.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Spotify\SpotifyLauncher.exe

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

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

A way to uninstall Spotify from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Spotify is an application released by Spotify AB. Frequently, users decide to erase it. This can be difficult because uninstalling this manually takes some knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY way 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 Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows system.

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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. Take some time to get familiar with the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Spotify or simply activate the Search field and type in "Spotify". If it is installed on your PC the Spotify program will be found very quickly. When you select Spotify in the list , some information regarding the program is made available to you:

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

For example you can see that for Spotify:

• The software company is: http://www.spotify.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Spotify\Spotify.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Spotify.


8. After removing Spotify, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Spotify which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Spotify using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows system 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 computer, nor are we saying that Spotify by Spotify AB is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Spotify in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.