If I Delete Spotify Will I Lose My Downloads, Playlists, Liked Songs

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If you’re on the verge of uninstalling the Spotify app from your iOS or Android device, but aren’t sure about it, then you’re probably wondering what happens when you uninstall Spotify.

For those who love listening to music and discovering new artists, Spotify is probably the best app to have on your smartphone. It features one of the largest reserves of music and playlists that are curated by real-life users such as yourself. You can find playlists for all kinds of moods and scenarios. However, there may be several reasons why you may want to uninstall the Spotify app. Your storage is full, you’ve reached the maximum number of downloads, and so on.

On Spotify, you can either download songs, or you can save music and playlists. The downloaded songs are stored on your phone, but the saved songs and playlists are just stored on the app. However, deleting the app or uninstalling Spotify will not get rid of your saved playlists and music from the library.

It will also not delete the downloaded songs. If you want to remove the songs, then you will have to clear the cache for the app on Android. On iPhone or iOS devices, simply uninstalling the app will clear the cache. This would mean that you will have to re-download the songs when you install the app again. You will only be limited from downloading songs if the memory on your phone is full.

What Happens If I Delete Spotify App?

Nothing really happens when you uninstall Spotify on an Android smartphone. The app will disappear and that’s about it. The downloaded songs will be available on the phone. When you reinstall the app, these songs will show up once again. Also, all the songs and playlists that you’ve saved on Spotify, will not be deleted when you uninstall the app.

In short, nothing happens when you uninstall Spotify, which is great news for all those who love the app. Perhaps you’re just deleting the app because you’re switching phones. So yeah, do not worry about uninstalling the app.

When you uninstall Spotify on iOS devices, all the downloaded songs will be deleted from your phone. Yes, you will have to re-download the songs when you reinstall the app. This is because iOS clears the cache when you uninstall an app. However, the saved songs and playlists will not go anywhere.

When you reinstall Spotify, all the saved music and playlists will be available in your library.

So, there you are. That’s what happens when you uninstall Spotify from your smartphone. Nothing happens to your account either. If you are a premium subscriber, you will still have the subscription when you reinstall the app on your device. You can simply log in again and gain access to all your content.

If I Delete Spotify Will I Lose My Downloads?

When it comes to your music on your Spotify, your downloads are crucial. If you’ve had Spotify for a while, you probably have a lot of downloaded music. These come in handy when you want to listen to music offline as it’s a downloaded file and it doesn’t need the internet to find the server that the music is locally hosted on.

When you delete Spotify from your device, it only removes the app from your phone. Your songs will remain intact, but they won’t be downloaded. So you won’t lose the songs that you previously downloaded, they’ll still be there, but you’ll have to download them again and this can all be done with the click of a button at the top of the playlist or the liked song.

To download them again, all you have to do is re-download the app and log back into the same account and tap the download button at the top of the playlist or liked songs. So if you think that you’ll lose all of your downloads, you will lose the downloaded files but the songs themselves will still be there ready for them to be downloaded. If you want to avoid the process of having to download all of your songs again, don’t delete Spotify as you’ll lose your downloads each time you do this. 

If I Delete Spotify Will I Lose My Playlists?

When it comes to your music on your Spotify, playlists play a huge part as they allow you to separate your music and sort them in specific ways that suit you. Playlists are most commonly separated into genres. If you’re thinking about deleting the Spotify app, you may be worried about your playlist and whether it’ll be deleted. If you’ve had Spotify for a while, you probably have a lot of playlists. Playlists come in handy when you want to listen to a specific genre of music or you’ve made a playlist that you list to at specific times, for example, when you’re in the car with you’re friends and you’re connected to Bluetooth.

When you delete Spotify from your device, it only removes the app from your phone. Your playlist will still be there and you won’t have to create new playlists again. So you won’t lose all of the playlists you’ve made, they’ll still be there, but if all of them were downloaded, you’ll have to redownload the songs again in each playlist. This can all be done with the click of a button at the top of the playlist. 

If I Delete Spotify App Will I Lose My Liked Songs?

On your Spotify, your liked song are all the songs that you’ve liked over the years of you having Spotify. From here, you can add some of your liked songs to playlists or you can just use your liked songs as the main playlist that you listen to all of your songs. If you’re thinking about deleting the Spotify app, you may be worried about your liked songs being deleted.

If you’ve had Spotify for a while, you probably have a lot of liked songs and if they were to be deleted, it’ll probably feel like you’re restarting your Spotify journey all over again. Liked songs come in handy when you want to create a new playlist and you can just go to the liked songs after creating a new playlist and from there select songs that suit the theme of the playlist.

When you delete Spotify from your phone, it only removes the app from your phone. Your liked songs will still be there and you won’t have to look for songs again and start liking them just to populate the list. So you won’t lose all of the songs you’ve liked, they’ll still be there, but if all of them were downloaded, you’ll have to redownload all of your liked songs again. This can all be done with the click of a button at the top of the liked song’s playlist. 

If I Delete Spotify App Will I Lose My Premium?

If you have Spotify, chances are you have Spotify premium. Spotify premium allows you to use Spotify to the fullest by avoiding ads and being able to download songs. Once you’re able to download songs with Spotify premium and you’re able to listen to songs without ads, Spotify will probably be one of your most-used background apps.

If you’re thinking about deleting the Spotify app, you may be worried about losing the premium subscription that you’ve paid for. The premium that you’ve been paying costs you a certain amount per month and if you’ve already paid for the month or several months, being worried that you would’ve wasted your money by losing your premium if you delete the app is normal.

If you’ve had Spotify for a while, you probably have a lot of playlists and downloads that cause you to use the app every day. If you were to lose your premium, you’ll no longer be able to download new songs and all the songs that you previously had downloaded will no longer be downloaded. You’ll also have to listen to songs with ads.

Luckily, when you delete Spotify from your phone, you won’t lose your premium account. Deleting your Spotify only removes the app from your phone and doesn’t delete your account. Since your premium is attached to your account, as soon as you log back in, your premium will be there and all the benefits you get with it will remain. This means that you’ll still be able to download all of your songs and you can listen to music without ads. 

If I Delete Spotify App Will I Lose My Account?

If you have Spotify, you probably use the app every day and you have a bunch of playlists and liked songs that you’ve downloaded over the years. You’re also able to discover new music with your favorite artists, discover new playlists that people make, and follow what your friends are doing on the app. If you’re thinking about deleting the Spotify app, you may be worried about losing your account and everything that you’ve ever done on it. This includes your playlists, people you follow, your liked songs, etc. Your account contains a lot of data and if music is a big part of your life, it’d be devastating if you were to lose your account.

If you were to lose your account, you’d lose all of your downloaded songs, and you’ll have to start liking new songs and making new playlists all again which is an annoying situation to be in.

If you delete Spotify from your phone, you won’t lose your account. Deleting your Spotify only removes the app from your phone and doesn’t delete your account. Since your account has to be logged into, if you delete the app and re download it, as soon as you log back in, your account will be there and all the songs and playlists you’ve liked and created will still be there. The only thing that changes is that you’ve had to redownload all of your songs if you want to listen to them offline.

If I Uninstall Spotify Will I Lose Everything?

When you uninstall Spotify, you don’t lose anything at all. If you’ve had the app for a long time, you probably have a lot of liked songs, playlists, and followers that you’ve accumulated and you think that if you uninstall the app, you’ll lose all of it.

When you use Spotify and have a premium account, you need an account to use it. This means that everything is saved onto that account. So if you do decide to uninstall Spotify, you’re not going to lose everything because the app is only being removed from your phone, your account isn’t being deleted. When you log back in again, you’ll have everything. The only thing that’ll change is that you’ll have to redownload everything again if you want to listen to it offline, but they’ll still be there.

How to Reinstall Spotify Without Losing Downloads

If you don’t want to lose your downloads when you delete the Spotify app, then you need to avoid deleting the app. Luckily, on your iPhone, you can delete apps without them actually delete. You can just delete them from your home screen. This is done the same way that you delete apps but instead, click the delete from home screen option instead of delete app.

If your reason for deleting Spotify is for storage, then this isn’t going to be beneficial for you. If you do delete Spotify and redownload it, you will save storage because the downloaded songs will no longer be downloaded. If you chose to download them again, then all of your storage will be taken up again.

So truth is, there’s no way to download Spotify without losing your downloaded songs. Your songs won’t be downloaded, but they’ll still be there ready for you to download them. The process to download them again isn’t long at all. It just takes an internet connection and a click of the download button at the top of your playlist of liked songs.

David Johnson is a freelance writer with 9 years of experience writing for Techzillo and other established tech outlets like iMore. His focus and key interests are Apple and accessibility as well as consumer technology in general. Read our Editorial Guidlines and Fact Checking process.

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