How to Delete or Delete Downloads from Spotify.One of the best things about a Spotify Premium subscription is that you can download music for offline listening – ideal if you’re on a trip or somewhere with an unstable internet connection. It’s also easy to create a playlist with all your favorite downloaded tracks, but what happens if you want to remove downloaded songs from Spotify?This may be done to save space on your device, or simply because you no longer listen to those songs. We will show you how to delete downloads from Spotify on your Android or iOS device, as well as how to do it on your PC and on the web.
How to Remove Downloads from Spotify on Android and iOS
We’ll start with the Android and iOS apps as they are the most popular options for listening to Spotify on the go. If you don’t have enough storage space on your phone, you can delete downloaded tracks to save valuable space. Here’s how to delete downloads from Spotify on the mobile app – the steps are the same for Android and iOS apps.
- Open the Spotify app and navigate to Your Library.
- Find the album, playlist, or song you want to remove from downloads.
- Press the down arrow button (should be green for loaded tracks/playlists/albums) to the left of the Shuffle button to turn it off.
- You will see the message “Remove from downloads?“. Press Remove to delete the album, playlist, or track, but remember that you won’t be able to play it offline then.
- The downloaded track, playlist, or album should now be deleted from your device.
- Launch the Spotify app and click Your Library in the menu on the left.
- Select the downloaded track, playlist or album you want to remove from downloads.
- Press the green down arrow Delete Download button to the left of the Play button.
- You will see a pop-up window with the text “Remove from downloads?“.
- Click Remove to remove an album, playlist or track from your Spotify downloads.
< /ol>Note. If you have downloaded an entire album or playlist, you cannot remove individual tracks from your Spotify downloads, only the entire album or playlist.
How to Remove Downloads From Spotify on Your PC
If you’ve downloaded music from Spotify to your computer, it’s easy to delete those files using the Spotify app for Windows or Mac—or you can access Spotify through a web browser.
Deleting downloads from Spotify in the app
Here is how to delete downloaded music from Spotify on Windows PC or Mac using Spotify app. The steps to follow are the same no matter which OS you are using.
The selected track, playlist or album will now be removed from your Spotify downloads on your computer.
Deleting downloads from Spotify on the web
Unfortunately, the Spotify web player does not currently give you the ability to download songs, albums, or playlists to your PC or mobile device. When using the web player on open.spotify.com, you will notice that there is no green download button next to albums, playlists, or tracks. If you want to download music to your Spotify on PC, you will need to use a Windows or Mac app to manage your downloads.As you can see, it is quick and easy to delete downloads from Spotify using the mobile app on Android or iOS devices, or on Windows PC or Mac using the app. Remember, though, that you can’t delete individual tracks from a downloaded album or playlist – when you click the green download button to delete downloaded music, you’re deleting the entire playlist or album.
How to Delete or Delete Downloads from Spotify
How to Delete or Delete Downloads from Spotify