How to Delete Your Spotify Account: Ultimate Guide

Are you looking to delete your Spotify account? Here is a step-by-step on how to delete your Spotify account and all associated data for good.

In this article, you will learn how to cancel a premium subscription, how to delete a Spotify account both on a computer and mobile, and how to reactivate your Spotify account within seven days.

How to Cancel Spotify Premium

Spotify is a popular music streaming service where users can listen to music, podcasts, and other on-demand audio content. You can listen to your favorite audio content on desktops and mobile phones.

If you want to close your Spotify account, you must first cancel your Premium subscription. Here is how to cancel your Spotify premium plan:

Log in to your Spotify Account on the web browser
Click on your profile icon – at the top right corner
Select “Account” from the dropdown menu
Scroll down to “Your Plan” and then click the “Change or cancel” button.
Click on “Cancel Premium” and follow the prompts.

Once you have canceled your Premium plan, your account will revert to the free, ad-supported version of Spotify.

How to Delete Your Spotify Account on a Desktop

Follow this simple guide on how to delete your Spotify account;

Step 1: Go to the Spotify Support Page in your web browser and click the close account button.

Step 2: Check the correct account details, then click continue.

Step 3: Select the method to confirm your account – Email or SMS text message. Select email, tick the “I understand” check box, and then continue.

Confirm your Spotify Account - either via email of SMS text message — Select the method to confirm your account

Step 4: Check your email to close the account

Step 5: Confirm that you want to close your Spotify account by clicking Close My Account Button.

Close my account email from Spotify — Click Close my account button

Step 6: All done. Your account is now closed. Once you delete your Spotify account, you will lose access to your saved music, playlists, and other data. So, make sure to download any content you want to keep before you delete your account.

How to delete Spotify account — All done

Step 7: You will receive an account closure confirmation email, including a link to reactivate your account if you change your mind. The link is only valid for seven days.

Step 8: If you change your mind, you can reactivate your account by clicking the “Reactivate My Account” button, and you will be back.

Spotify account deleted — *How to reactivate Spotify account*

How to Reactivate Your Deleted Spotify Account

In your email inbox, search for the Account closure email from Spotify.
Click on the Reactivate My Spotify Account button and your closed Spotify account will be back up. Please note that you will only have a seven-day period to reactivate your account by tapping on the “reactivate my account” button. After the seven-day period, your account cannot be reactivated, and Spotify will delete your data.

How to Delete Your Spotify Account on iPhone or Android.

Follow these steps to delete your Spotify account on iPhone or Android device:

Step 1: Open the Spotify app on your device.

Step 2: Tap on the gear icon in the top right corner to open the settings menu.

Click on settings - top right corner to initiate spotify account closure — *Settings – Top right corner*

Step 3: On the Settings menu, scroll down to the bottom and tap on the “Support” button.

Scroll down and then click "Support" button. — *Scroll down to Support*

Step 4: You will be redirected to the web Spotify Page. Tap on “Account Help”.

Spotify Account Help — *Select “Account Help”*

Step 5: Select “Account Settings”.

Spotify Account Settings — *Select “Account Settings”.*

Step 6: Tap on “Closing your account and deleting your data”.

*Closing your Spotify account and deleting your data*

Step 7: Afterwards, click “Close your account and delete your data”.

Step 8: Confirm to close your Spotify account.

*Confirm by clicking the “**Close my account and delete my data”** button*.

Step 9: An automated Message Us chat box will pop up. Tap “Close my account”.

Tap on the "Close my account" button — *Tap on the “**Close my account**” button.*

Step 10: Follow the prompts as given by the chatbot

Close Spotify Account Chatbot — *Chatbot prompts*

Step 11: Click the “Close My Account” button. And that is how to delete a Spotify account.

Confirm Spotify account closure by clicking "Close my Account" button — *Confirm Spotify account closure by clicking “Close my Account” button*

How to Reactivate Your Spotify Account

After permanently closing your Spotify account, note that you only have a seven-day window to reactivate your account by tapping on the “reactivate my account” button.

After the expiry of the seven days period, your account cannot be reactivated, and Spotify will initiate the process of deleting your data. However, you can create a new Spotify account in case you change your mind using a different email ID and phone number.

Safeguard Your Personal Data

Deleting your Spotify account is a simple process you can do in a few simple steps. Following the steps outlined in this article, you can successfully close your Spotify account and ensure your personal information is removed from their servers.