You paid for Spotify Premium subscription but for some reasons you might want to switch to an alternative option like Apple Music, Pandora, Amazon Music, etc. Well, you are not alone. If you are sure that you won't come back at all, you had better cancel Spotify Premium and then delete your Spotify account permanently.
In this article, you can find out how to back up your Spotify songs on computer before cancelling Spotify subscription, after that, you can feel safe to delete Spotify account permanently without worrying about losing your downloaded music.
Part 1. Back Up Spotify Songs on PC
Due to DRM protection, all downloaded Spotify songs won't be available after canceling Spotify subscription. Therefore, before deleting Spotify Account permanently, it's necessary to back up Spotify songs on PC with a professional Spotify music downloader like TuneFab Spotify Music Converter.
TuneFab Spotify Music Converter is designed to enable all Spotify subscribers to keep Spotify music after canceling their subscription by downloading Spotify music as MP3, M4A, WAV and FLAC files.
Step 1: Select Spotify Songs that You Want to Save
First, download and install TuneFab Spotify Music Converter on PC.
Then click on "Add Files" and directly drag songs, albums and playlists from Spotify to the converter, then choose all songs on the interface and click on "Add". In addition, you can also copy and paste Spotify links into the search bar.
Step 2: Choose Output Format
Then click on "Options" and select "Advanced" on the pop-up window. After that, simply select MP3, M4A, WAV or FLAC from the drop-down list.
Step 3: Download Spotify Songs as MP3/M4A/FLAC/WAV
Finally, click on "Convert" to start the conversion. All converted Spotify songs are saved in the output folder.
Part 2. Cancel Spotify Subscription (If You Are Premium User)
Now Free subscribers can directly go to Part 3 to delete Spotify account, while Premium subscribers are supposed to cancel Premium subscription by following below method before deleting Spotify account.
Step 1: First of all, go to Spotify.com and log in with your account.
Step 2: Then click on "Profile" > "Account" > "VIEW DETAILS" > "CHANGE OR CANCEL" > "CANCEL PREMIUM" > "YES, CANCEL".
Step 3: After that, you are prompted to provide your reason for canceling and then click on "Submit".
Part 3. Delete Spotify Account Permanently
When all is prepared well, subscribers can get started on deleting Spotify account on PC or mobile.
On PC
Step 1: Go to Spotify on PC and log in with your account.
Step 2: Scroll down to the bottom and click on "About" to go to "About Us" page. At the new page, click on "Contact Us" in the "Customer Service" section and select "Account" category.
Step 3: Click on "I want to close my Spotify account permanently" from available options and click on "CLOSE ACCOUNT" at the next two pages.
Step 4: Check if you want to delete the account shown in the page and click on "Continue" for confirmation.
Step 5: Glance over the information about what will happen after deleting your account at the next page, check the box in front of "I understand, and still want to close my account" and click on "Continue" again.
Step 6: After that, you will receive a verification message by e-mail. Just open the mail and click on "CLOSE MY ACCOUNT".
On Mobile
Step 1: Launch your web browser on mobile and go to Spotify.com.
Step 2: Log in to your account, click on setting button on the top right corner to go to the setting menu and then click on "Help" option.
Step 3: Typing "Close Account" into the search box to go to a new page, then scroll down and click on "Yes".
Step 4: Click on "Account" > "I want to close my Spotify account permanently". If you are Free subscribers, scroll down and click on "CLOSE ACCOUNT", otherwise cancel your Premium subscription at first.
Step 5: At last, don't forget to check the email sent from Spotify and click on "CLOSE MY ACCOUNT" to completely cancel your Spotify account.
When it comes to deleting Spotify account on PC or mobile permanently, for Free subscribers, just follow the above methods, while Premium subscribers need to cancel Premium subscription at first. But do remember to download all Spotify music in your library to PC with TuneFab Spotify Music Converter before canceling Spotify account for the purpose of keeping the Spotify songs in your library forever.
