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A way to uninstall Spotify from your system

Spotify is a Windows application. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. It is written by Spotify AB. More information about Spotify AB can be found here. Please follow if you want to read more on Spotify on Spotify AB's web page. Spotify is usually set up in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Spotify directory, depending on the user's option. The full command line for removing Spotify is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for admin rights. The program's main executable file is titled spotify.exe and it has a size of 4.53 MB (4752384 bytes).

The executable files below are part of Spotify. They occupy an average of 6.18 MB (6476800 bytes) on disk.

  • spotify.exe (4.53 MB)
  • SpotifyLauncher.exe (61.00 KB)
  • SpotifyHelper.exe (509.00 KB)
  • SpotifyWebHelper.exe (1.09 MB)


The current web page applies to Spotify version 0.9.4.185.7545404 alone. For other Spotify versions please click below:

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

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Spotify from your PC:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify

Files remaining:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\C__Users_UserName_AppData_Roaming_Spotify_spotify_exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spotify\Storage\index.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\_Getintopc.com_Spotify_Installer.rar.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Spotify.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Data\apps.zip
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Data\cef.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Data\d3dcompiler_43.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Data\d3dcompiler_46.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Data\devtools_resources.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Data\icudt.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Data\libcef.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Data\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Data\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Data\locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Data\resources.zip
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Data\SpotifyHelper.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Data\SpotifyWebHelper.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\inst_ver.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\prefs
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\spotify.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\SpotifyLauncher.exe

Registry that is not removed:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\spotify
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Spotify
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\spotify

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-758722555-1291093122-1996469519-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXb6820.30645\Spotify_Installer.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-758722555-1291093122-1996469519-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\spotify.exe


A way to delete Spotify using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Spotify is a program by Spotify AB. Some people choose to erase it. Sometimes this can be troublesome because performing this manually requires some advanced knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE way to erase Spotify is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to clean your system.

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2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs installed on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Spotify or simply click the Search field and type in "Spotify". If it exists on your system the Spotify application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Spotify in the list of programs, the following information about the program is shown to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Spotify, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the application you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for Spotify:





  • The publisher is: http://www.spotify.com
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Spotify.
Uninstall Spotify


8. After removing Spotify, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Spotify that 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 registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • 10.0
  • Windows Vista (6.0)
  • Windows XP (5.1)
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • Windows 8 (6.2)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Spotify by Spotify AB from your computer, we are not saying that Spotify by Spotify AB is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Spotify supposing 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' computers.

2016-06-29 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-29 17:40:18.680