How to delete a Spotify account step by step

Some people may want to delete their Spotify account because they prefer another service or perhaps want to give up music streaming al­to­geth­er. To do this, you’ll need to navigate to the correct section on Spotify’s support page. We’ll guide you through the necessary steps to delete your Spotify account.

Possible reasons for deleting your Spotify account

There are many reasons for wanting to delete your Spotify account. For example, there are a number of at­tract­ive Spotify al­tern­at­ives with in­ter­est­ing features that you might want to try out. You may also find that the sub­scrip­tion costs are too high in the long run. If you delete your Spotify account, you won’t have to pay the monthly fee of £11.99 for Spotify Premium anymore. If you have the family plan, you can save £19.99. The limited music selection may also be a reason to delete your Spotify account as users fre­quently discover that certain songs are not available.

You may also not be satisfied with the auto­mat­ic­ally generated sug­ges­tions. Quite a few music en­thu­si­asts find the Spotify algorithm to be flawed and would prefer to directly support the artists in their favourite genre. In addition, Spotify pays very low royalties to bands and solo artists. Therefore, it is sometimes better for musicians if listeners delete their Spotify accounts and buy more albums instead.

How to delete your Spotify account step by step

If you have decided to delete your Spotify account, follow the steps below:

Step 1: Go to Spotify Support in your browser or click on the app on one of your devices.

Step 2: Log in.

Step 3: In the app, open the menu by tapping the downward arrow icon and select ‘Account’. If you’re using the web version, you can skip this step.

Step 4: Next, select ‘Account Help’ from the overview on the support page.

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Step 5: Next, click on the ‘Account Help’ tab and click on the option ‘Closing your account and deleting your data’.

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Step 6: Now you can choose whether you’ve been using the Premium or free version of Spotify. Select your preferred option and click on the provided link.

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Step 7: Click on the ‘Close my account and delete my data’ button to finalise the account deletion.

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After com­plet­ing these steps to delete your Spotify account, your old username cannot be used again. All playlists and followers will be per­man­ently deleted.

The deleted account can be re­act­iv­ated within 7 days via a link sent by Spotify via email. After this period, the account can no longer be restored, and the process of per­man­ently deleting your data will begin.

The al­tern­at­ive: How to cancel your Spotify Premium sub­scrip­tion

Instead of deleting your Spotify account, you can opt to switch to a free account. As a user of the free version, you can remain re­gistered without any ob­lig­a­tions. However, you’ll need to accept a few lim­it­a­tions. Ad­vert­ise­ments will be played, mobile usage is re­stric­ted to shuffle mode for playlists, and offline music listening isn’t available in the free version.

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