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A guide to uninstall Spotify from your system

You can find below detailed information on how to uninstall Spotify for Windows. It is produced by Spotify. More information on Spotify can be found here. Spotify is commonly set up in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Host App Service\Engine folder, but this location may differ a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the program. C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Host App Service\Engine\HostAppService.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Spotify. Spotify's main file takes about 3.26 MB (3421600 bytes) and is named WebAppHelper.exe.

The executable files below are part of Spotify. They take an average of 20.04 MB (21018224 bytes) on disk.

  • HostAppService.exe (7.38 MB)
  • HostAppServiceInterface.exe (1.54 MB)
  • HostAppServiceUpdater.exe (7.86 MB)
  • WebAppHelper.exe (3.26 MB)


The information on this page is only about version 1.0.2 of Spotify. You can find below info on other versions of Spotify:

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

Folders remaining:
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay_5.320.6242.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Widgets\Spotify

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove Spotify:
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay_5.320.6242.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Assets\SpotifyBranding\Spotify_FirstRun_Header.png
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay_5.320.6242.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Assets\SpotifyBranding\Spotify_Logo.png
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay_5.320.6242.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Widgets\Spotify\Assets\CircularSpUIT_Bold.ttf
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay_5.320.6242.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Widgets\Spotify\Assets\CircularSpUIT_Book.ttf
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay_5.320.6242.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Widgets\Spotify\Assets\spoticon_Regular.ttf
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Host App Service\IconCache\persistent\Spotify.ico
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\C__Users_UserName_AppData_Roaming_Spotify_Spotify_exe

Supplementary values that are not removed:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2877701232-3102546906-1469867877-1007\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe


A way to delete Spotify from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Spotify is an application released by the software company Spotify. Some computer users want to remove this program. Sometimes this is difficult because doing this manually takes some know-how related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK solution to remove Spotify is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your computer.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Spotify or simply click the Search field and type in "Spotify". The Spotify app will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Spotify in the list of programs, some data regarding the application is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Spotify, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Spotify.
Uninstall Spotify


8. After removing Spotify, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Spotify that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Spotify with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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



Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Spotify by Spotify from your PC, nor are we saying that Spotify by Spotify is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Spotify in case 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.

2016-10-16 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-10-16 07:18:55.553