How to Delete the Spotify Account? Let’s Find Out!

The answer to your question “How to delete Spotify account?” is given in this article. The process of deleting account on Spotify is very simple.

You may want to delete Spotify account for various reasons: you may have found a better platform for listening to music, you may have become bored of Spotify, you may have found a more budget friendly app, annoyed of ads while streaming, lagging due to slow speed of internet connection etc.

Step-by-step guide with screenshots to delete your account on Spotify mobile and desktop is given below, keep in mind if you delete your account permanently, you will not be able to recover your account.

You can also read about How to Change Spotify Username by clicking here.

You can delete your account on Spotify mobile app by following the simple steps explained with screenshots.

Following are the steps with screenshots to delete account on Spotify mobile:

Step 1

After opening the Spotify app on your mobile, navigate to “Home” on the bottom left corner of your screen and tap icon of “Profile” on the top left corner of your screen, as shown in the screenshot.

Step 2

After tapping the icon on your mobile, navigate to “Settings and Privacy” by tapping on it as shown in the screenshot.

Step 3

After navigating to Settings and Privacy tap on “Account” at the top on your mobile, as shown in the screenshot.

Step 4

After navigating to Account tap on “close your account” in the last sentence as shown in the screenshot.

Step 5

Now tap on green tab “Close my account and delete my data” as shown in the screenshot, to delete your account after reading terms.

Deleting Spotify account on a desktop is quite similar to the process on a mobile device. There is a slight difference in interface, but the overall steps remain largely the same.

Following are the steps with screenshots to delete Spotify account on Desktop:

Step 1

After opening and logging in to the Spotify app on your desktop click the icon of profile and then click “Account” as shown in the screenshot.

Step 2

After clicking the account Spotify account overview will open on the web, scroll down to Settings and Privacy and click “Close account” as shown in the screenshot below.

Step 3

Now read the terms and click on the green tab “Close my account and delete my data” for deleting your account as shown in the screenshot below.

You can recover your account within 7 days, when you delete your account for first time an email is sent to you with a link to reactivate your account within seven days by Spotify.

After seven days have passed your account is deleted permanently and cannot be recovered. So only delete your account permanently if you are sure that you don’t want it anymore. You can create a new account if you ever change your mind.