How to Delete Spotify Cache Files? [Easy Tutorial]

Nowadays, smartphone and computer storage space is more and larger. However, the App files also are bigger than the previous and it will create a great number of cache files when you using them. Take an example as Spotify program, when you playing music on computer or mobile phone, it will save the cache files to your disk space so that you can access to these streams quickly in the further. Therefore, if you utilize Spotify to listen to music frequently, it will download a lot of caches into the disk space.

In fact, the cache files not only take a lot of space but also will make your device stuck if you installed multiple apps. In order to save storage space and improve the calculator speed of your machines, here in this article we will provide a quick guide to help you to clear Spotify cache files to release your hard disk on Windows/Mac, Android/iOS devices.

Part 1. Remove Spotify Caches on Computers (Windows & Mac)

For Windows/Mac users, Spotify cache files are divided into two types. The first one should be auto-saved caches when you playing Spotify streams on the computers. For Spotify premium clients, they are able to download Spotify songs/playlists to local folder. This is the second kind of Spotify cache files.

To delete auto-saved Spotify caches, you can directly locate the folder by following these steps and then remove the original files easily.

Clear Up Spotify Cache on Windows

Simply open the C:\Users\[Your User Name]\AppData\Local\Spotify\Storage and then delete the folder inside.

Clear Spotify Cache Files on Mac


Launch /Users/[Your User Name]/Library/Caches/com.spotify.client/Storage/ on your Mac and delete all the files in the folder.

If you have downloaded Spotify tracks from Spotify to your computers, you can refer to these steps to find cache files of Spotify.

Step 1. Launch Spotify program on your PC/Mac and then move to menu button next to your account then choose the "Settings" option.

Step 2. Scroll to the bottom and then enter the advanced settings menu.

Step 3. Move to item of "Offline songs storage" to check where you saved Spotify caches.

Step 4. Open the corresponding folder and delete all Spotify caches manually.

Part 2. Clear Spotify Cache Files on Mobile Devices (Android & iOS)

As same as the desktop program of Spotify, you will able to remove Spotify deleted songs and cache files both on Android phone and iPhone. To prevent Spotify generates junk files into your storage space on mobile device in the future, you can also turn off the offline mode feature. The following is the detail methods to remove Spotify caches on iPhone and Android.

Delete Spotify Data Android

Step 1. Navigate to "Settings">"Application Manager" on your phone.

Step 2. Find the Spotify program and click the icon to enter the management window.

Step 3. Choose "Storage">"Clear Cache" to remove Spotify data directly.

Clear Spotify Files on iPhone

Different from Android phone, iPhone can't delete Spotify cache files directly since you can't access to local files. But please don't worry, you just need to reinstall it on your iPhone.

Step 1. Locate Spotify icon on your iPhone and long-press on it.

Step 2. Hit on the "X" at the left-upper of Spotify icon to uninstall it from your iPhone.

Step 3. Redownload and install Spotify on your iPhone and sig in your account. Then all the Spotify caches will be deleted automatically.

Extension Reading: How to Download and Play Spotify Tracks Anywhere

Although these solutions can help you to clear Spotify Cache files successfully. When you listen to streams again, it will preserve on your devices again. And the free users are not allowed to download Spotify tracks. And much worse is that Spotify tracks are encrypted by DRM technology. Therefore, you can play them on Spotify authorized programs only.

To get rid of DRM restriction and download Spotify playlists for free, you are suggested to make use of a third-party tool like AudFree Spotify Music Converter. It supports to remove DRM from Spotify and convert Spotify playlists to MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, etc. even you are Spotify free users. If you have an interested in Convert and download Spotify to MP3, you can visit: How to Download Spotify to MP3.

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