Clean reinstall and clearing cache

ts100 — Thu, 21 May 2026 03:38:51 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

Device

Mac Mini M4

Operating System
Sequoia 15.7

Sequoia 15.7

My Question or Issue

My public playlists have stopped showing in my profile. Responses to other people who have had this problem recommend doing a clean reinstall, which includes deleting Spotify's caches from the library. Before doing that, I would like to know what information this will delete. Specifically, will it delete my playlists?

Re: Clean reinstall and clearing cache

Vasil — Thu, 21 May 2026 09:14:42 GMT

Hey @ts100,

Thanks for asking!

Performing the steps for a complete clean reinstall only removes what is downloaded for offline listening. Your library items will remain intact, you will just need to re-download any of them you wish to have available offline.

Note that your app settings will also be reset to the defaults, so it's a good idea to make screenshots of them so you can quickly set them up the way you want them to be.

We're here for you should any other questions come to mind in the meantime. Cheers!

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