Spotify

A guide to uninstall Spotify from your system

This web page contains detailed information on how to uninstall Spotify for Windows. The Windows release was created by Spotify AB. Further information on Spotify AB can be found here. More details about the program Spotify can be found at http://www.spotify.com. The application is frequently installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Spotify folder (same installation drive as Windows). The entire uninstall command line for Spotify is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe. The application's main executable file occupies 7.16 MB (7504952 bytes) on disk and is named Spotify.exe.

Spotify contains of the executables below. They occupy 10.02 MB (10511640 bytes) on disk.

• Spotify.exe (7.16 MB)
• SpotifyCrashService.exe (760.05 KB)
• SpotifyLauncher.exe (121.55 KB)
• SpotifyWebHelper.exe (1.94 MB)
• wow_helper.exe (71.55 KB)

This data is about Spotify version 1.0.8.59.8276 alone. You can find below info on other application 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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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Directories left on disk:

• 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\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Storage\https_www.spotify.com_0.localstorage
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Pepper Data\Shockwave Flash\WritableRoot\#SharedObjects\Z6T6GKYN\fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net\play.spotify.com.sol
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects\J7SGW8F7\fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net\play.spotify.com.sol
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Spotify.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\about.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\ad.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\album.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\article.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\artist.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\browse.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\buddy-list.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\chart.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\charts.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\collection.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\collection-album.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\collection-artist.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\collection-songs.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\creator-about-modals.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\discover.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\error.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\findfriends.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\folder.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\follow.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\genre.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\glue-resources.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\glue-resources-pre-vis-2.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\hub.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\licenses.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\local-files-desktop.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\messages.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\musixmatch-lyrics.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\musixmatch-lyrics-cp.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\notification-center.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\playlist-desktop.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\profile.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\radio.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\search.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\settings.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\share.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\social-chart.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\social-feed.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\suggest.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\zlink.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\zlink-queue.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\zlogin.spa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\cef.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\cef_100_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\cef_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\d3dcompiler_43.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\devtools_resources.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\ffmpegsumo.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\inst_ver.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\libcef.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\arb.mo
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\de.mo
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\el.mo
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\en.mo
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\es.mo
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\es-419.mo
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\fi.mo
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\fr.mo
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\fr-CA.mo
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\hu.mo
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\it.mo
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\ja.mo
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\nl.mo
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\pl.mo
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\pt-BR.mo
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\ru.mo
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\sv.mo
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\tr.mo
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\zh-Hant.mo
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\zsm.mo
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\natives_blob.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\pdf.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\prefs
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\running
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\snapshot_blob.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\SpotifyCrashService.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\SpotifyLauncher.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\SpotifyWebHelper.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\user-cache.bnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Users\iam.kato-user\ad.bnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Users\iam.kato-user\Apps\album-header\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Users\iam.kato-user\Apps\feed\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Users\iam.kato-user\Apps\home\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Users\iam.kato-user\Apps\notification-popup\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Users\iam.kato-user\Apps\people\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Users\iam.kato-user\Apps\search-dropdown\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Users\iam.kato-user\Apps\search-header\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Users\iam.kato-user\chtulu.bnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Users\iam.kato-user\Cookies\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Users\iam.kato-user\guistate
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Users\iam.kato-user\local-files.bnk

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Spotify
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\Spotify.exe

How to delete Spotify with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Spotify is a program marketed by Spotify AB. Frequently, users choose to remove this program. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because removing this by hand takes some experience related to PCs. The best QUICK approach 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 Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows PC.

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

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

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications installed on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Spotify or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Spotify". If it exists on your system the Spotify app will be found very quickly. After you click Spotify in the list , some information about the program is shown to you:

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

For instance you can see that for Spotify:

• The software company 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 show up. accept the uninstall by pressing 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 removing Spotify using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Spotify by Spotify AB from your computer, we are not saying that Spotify by Spotify AB is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove Spotify supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.