If you’re a Spotify user, you may be wondering how to remove third-party app permissions from your account. Here’s how:
- Log in to your Spotify account and open the app.
- In the left sidebar, click on the three lines in the top left corner of the screen. This will reveal a list of all of your apps.
- Scroll down and click on the one that you want to remove permissions from: “Spotify.” This will open a dialog box with information about that app and its permissions.
- Scroll down and click on the checkbox next to “Permissions for this app should not be granted.” This will prevent that app from having any permissions at all on your account!
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On a laptop or desktop computer, head to Spotify’s website. If you’re not logged in already, go ahead and click “Log In” in the upper right-hand corner, and then enter your credentials. It doesn’t matter if you’re using a standard email account or a Facebook connection to log in.
After you’ve logged in, you’ll see your main account information page. Click the “Apps” link near the bottom of the left-hand column. In some cases, you’ll first need to click on the three-line menu button in the top-right corner and select “Account.”
The “Apps with access to your Spotify information” page shows a list of all the applications you’ve granted Spotify permissions to interact with. If you want to remove an app’s permissions, just click the “Remove Access” button to the right of that app. Afterward, the app will no longer have access to your Spotify data.
There is one thing to keep in mind, though. Revoking a third-party app’s access to your Spotify account only stops that from collecting new information from that point forward. It doesn’t mean that the app will delete the data it’s already collected—and indeed, it’s probably best to assume that it hasn’t. Delete your account with that third-party app, if possible, for extra security.
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