One of Spotify's most beloved features is its Liked Songs playlist. It's the perfect place to store your favorite tracks for later listening. However, there may come a time when you need to remove all your liked songs on Spotify, perhaps to delete old tracks and replacing them with newer versions.

In this article, we’ll walk you through how to remove songs from the Spotify Liked Songs playlist, whether you want to delete a single track, multiple songs, or even your entire collection. We'll also cover some common issues users have reported when completing Spotify liked song removal and how to fix them. Let's dive in!

How to Remove All Liked Songs on Spotify

You can remove all your liked songs on Spotify in one go with either the desktop app or the web player on Windows, Mac, or Chromebook. Most importantly, all changes will seamlessly sync with Spotify app on mobile devices. Let’s explore how to do it:

Way 1. Use Shift Key

If your Liked Songs playlist is small, you can try this way to unlike all favorite Spotify songs:

Step 1. Open Spotify’s web player or desktop app. Go to your Liked Song playlist and select the first song.

Step 2. Scroll down to the last track and click on it while holding the Shift key.

Step 3. Right-click on the selected tracks and choose Remove from your Liked Songs.

Way 2. Use Cmd/Ctrl+All Shortcuts

There is an option to use a keyboard shortcut to select all liked tracks in a single keystroke, but you need to have the Spotify’s desktop app installed on your computer.

Step 1. Launch your Spotify desktop app and navigate to your Liked Songs playlist.

Step 2. Press CTRL + A on Windows or Chromebook. For Mac, hold on CMD + A.

Step 3. Hit the Delete key. Alternatively, right-click on the selected tracks and choose Remove from your Liked Songs.

How to Delete Single or Multiple Liked Songs on Spotify

If you want to fine-tune your liked song collection without deleting the entire list, use Spotify features functions to select and remove either single or multiple hand-picked songs. This section highlights how to do it:

For Single Spotify Songs

All versions of Spotify, including web, desktop app and mobile, feature a right-click menu for unlike a single song. Follow these steps:

On Spotify Mobile

Step 1. On the bottom menu of your Spotify app, tap on Your Library. Then choose Liked Songs.

Step 2. Scroll down and find the song you want to remove. Tap (…) and hit the Remove from this playlist option.

On Spotify Desktop

Step 1. Go to your Liked Songs playlist on your desktop app. Scroll down and find the unwanted track.

Step 2. Right-click on the track. Then, select Remove from your Liked Songs.

For Multiple Spotify Tracks

If you only need to delete a few songs on the Spotify mobile app, you can remove them one by one. However, if there are many songs to delete, it’s recommended to do this on your computer for easier operation.

On any desktop computer, the CTRL and SHIFT keys allow selecting multiple songs and then remove them from Liked Songs, even when the songs are not continuous. Let’s look at the steps:

Step 1. Go to your Liked Songs playlist. As you scroll down the list, hold the CTRL key and hit each song you want to remove.

Step 2. Right-click on any selected track. Then, choose the Remove from your Liked Songs option.

For Songs in a Playlist

You can also unlike songs by navigating to the playlist you originally got them from.

Go to the playlist where the song you wish to unlike is. Right-click on the song and select Remove from your Liked Songs.

Spotify Removing Liked Songs[Fixed]

Spotify users frequently report that their liked songs vanish without any warning or action on their part. This often occurs when artists update their music or replace albums, a common practice in the music industry.

Imagine the frustration of having investing a lot of time curating a list of your favorite songs, only to have some of them disappear. Wouldn't it be great if you could download the entire Liked Songs playlist locally as a backup, without worrying about Spotify removing your liked songs? Just enter StreamFox for Music, the Eassiy All-in-one Music Converter.

With the embedded Spotify web player, StreamFox for Music allows you to log into your Spotify account, select your Liked Songs playlist and download all its tracks at blazing 50x times the speed. Moreover, you can choose between MP3, FLAC, WAV and other audio formats for the music download so as to playback in any media player, never having to rely on Spotify again.

Steps to Download Your Spotify’s Liked Songs as Backup 

Step 1: Get and install StreamFox for Music on your Windows or Mac computer. Open the app and hit Spotify.

Step 2. StreamFox’s native Spotify web player will launch. Click on Log In. Then, link your Spotify account by entering your username and password.

Step 3. Locate the Liked Songs playlist and hold its banner or name with your mouse. Then, drag it to the + Button.

Step 4. A converting window pops up on your screen. Pick a file format for each track (MP3, M4A, WAV, etc.) or use Convert All Files to assign the same for all. Press the Convert All button to begin downloading the entire Liked Songs playlist to your designated folder.

Can’t Remove Songs from Liked Songs Playlist

Some Spotify users encounter a peculiar issue that songs remain in the Liked Songs playlist, even after they select them and delete them. These tracks just won't disappear from the playlist no matter what users do. Let’s explore two fixes for this situation:

Fix 1. Turn off Smart Shuffle

Go to your Liked Songs playlist. If Smart Shuffle is on, hit the icon to toggle it off. Afterward, remove the unliked songs again.

Fix 2. Use Delete Button

This trick works for some users and is worth trying.

Step 1. Click the song you wish to unlike to select it.

Step 2. Press your keyboard’s DEL key, instead of right-clicking on the song.

Conclusion

Spotify’s Liked Songs feature is a fantastic way to save your favorite music and curate your entire collection. In this article, we’ve shown you how easy it is to remove all liked songs on Spotify in one go. However, it's not without its issues, as sometimes Spotify might delete entire sets of tracks from your Liked Songs playlist. That's where StreamFox comes in, you can use it download your Spotify’s Liked Songs playlist to MP3 as a backup.