topic Re: Can't uninstall (Win7) in Desktop (Windows)

Can't uninstall (Win7)

nah7 — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 21:05:21 GMT

Well, I am unable to install this crappy app from Windows 7.

When I go to the Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs and try to uninstall I get "Spotify has stopped working" crash, no ability to uninstall (see attached image). Btw, the program is running just fine, it just crashes when uninstall is attempted, thus I can't uninstall this **bleep**!

I have tried to download and reinstall - still the same issue.

Any ideas how I can get trid of this "app"?

Re: Can't uninstall (Win7)

nah7 — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 15:01:58 GMT

Well, after some digging through the registry I fonud a solution that works; posting for anyone in the future that may be stuck dealing with this j u n k:

Open cmd with admin priviledges (right click on it and select run as administrator) and run the following command (substitute "USERNAME" with your actual user name):

c:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe /uninstall

Re: Can't uninstall (Win7)

lsitres — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 17:37:22 GMT

Same problem here, but in cmd I get a "The system can not find the path specified" Error

Re: Can't uninstall (Win7)

lsitres — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 17:47:08 GMT

My bad, wrote it wrong.

Still "Spotify has stopped working" pops up after following your instructions

Re: Can't uninstall (Win7)

nah7 — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 18:09:04 GMT

Yeah, not the best app...

Maybe you can try downloading a fresh copy and reinstallig, then running the command again?

Re: Can't uninstall (Win7)

user-removed — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:50:49 GMT

Thanx!!, worked as you post it.

Re: Can't uninstall (Win7)

ianpaulf — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 14:03:42 GMT

Thaaanks u saved my day

Re: Can't uninstall (Win7)

smf0627 — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 22:39:23 GMT

Only thing that worked

(c:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe /uninstall)

Re: Can't uninstall (Win7)

lamelllama — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 11:38:29 GMT

I see the same problem. It saysing 'Spotify stopped working' whether I try to unstall from control panel or from cmd.exe

Re: Can't uninstall (Win7)

pupdog321 — Sun, 11 Feb 2018 06:50:39 GMT

i tried your method, nothing!! same error message 😧

Re: Can't uninstall (Win7)

aravaslac — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 14:11:18 GMT

Worked like a charm. Thank you!

Re: Can't uninstall (Win7)

xbree1x — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 19:54:13 GMT

Doesn't work for me.

Re: Can't uninstall (Win7)

mikelothar — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:17:13 GMT

Same problem for me too. I managed to solve it by deleting all the files in the Spotify folder though. Only one file could not be deleted, the spotifywebhelper. I found it in the task manager, and closed it there. Then i could delete that one also.

Re: Can't uninstall (Win7)

Happygojuicy — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 09:30:22 GMT

Try this: open the app. Click on the three dots in the top left corner. Click EXIT. Then try uninstalling again.

Re: Can't uninstall (Win7)

KaoticAlchemist — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:47:42 GMT

Thanks my dude! Bumping because this POS has no unistall option and is just an absolute garbage app. Only reason I downloaded was to integrate with my live streams. Not even worth doing that much with it. Hahaha