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If you’re a paid subscriber, you’ll need to cancel your membership first before you can permanently delete your account. One caveat is that you can only delete your Spotify account if you use the free version of the app.

When it comes to deleting your Spotify account and canceling your subscription, there are a few important factors.

Today, we’ll show you how to delete your Spotify account, erase your music library, and cancel your subscription. Unfortunately, it isn’t possible to clear your “Recently Played” list using the mobile app or Spotify web player, but clearing the entries using the desktop app will also remove them from any linked apps (including on mobile).Looking to delete your Spotify account and cancel your subscription to the popular music platform? Whether you’re reducing the number of music services you use or you’re boycotting the app, deleting your account is simple. This is only possible for Spotify users using the Windows or Mac desktop app. There are still a few places where some of your recent listening data can be removed, and we’ll show you how to do that. Update: An update in 2022 removed the ability to clear songs from your recently played list completely. If you want to keep your music habits secret, you’ll need to clear the entries from your Spotify “Recently Played” list by following these steps. Thanks to Spotify’s “Recently Played” section, there’s no hiding your secret music vices. You can also hide your listening activity from your Spotify friends. You can no longer clear songs from your "Recently Played" list in Spotify after an update in 2022, but you can remove them from the taskbar's Recently Played list on Windows.
