Here, we cover how to unlink Spotify from Google Home speaker devices. You may wish unlink (remove, delete) your Spotify account from a Google Home Speaker because either:
- You’ve cancelled your Spotify subscription, and just want to get rid of its remnants from your Google Home app settings, to minimize clutter.
- You’re giving the device to your parent, and wish to prevent him / her from learning what you listen to on Spotify. Yet you still wish to allow access to other music services set up on your Google account.
- You like different versions of music than what Spotify offers, and so, you temporarily wish to remove Spotify from your list of searchable music sources. Then, the songs you request will not be found by Google Home on Spotify, but instead, on one or more of your other active music services, which DO offer your desired song versions.
For Spotify and Pandora, you will need to link your accounts. To connect your account, tap a music service Link account sign in or sign up for the service and follow the in-app steps.
- Here's step by step what you do to fix it if you have signed up for Spotify Premium: - Open Google Home app - Click the 'menu bars' in the top left-hand corner - Click on account preferences - Click on manage connected accounts at the bottom - This will show Spotify but NOT Spotify Premium - Click unlink - Go back to manage connected accounts.
- How to add Spotify to Google Home. Open the Google Home app. Tap the + in the top left corner. Link your Spotify Premium account by logging in. Pro tip: To make Spotify the default music service on Google Home, reach the same Music menu as outlined above and make sure the Spotify box is checked blue.
- Tap Settings Services tab Explore. Tap the card of the service you want to link. Sign in to the app. Another option is to link your Spotify account on the Google Home app then on the link.
How to Unlink Spotify from Google Home: First Considerations
These unlink instructions assume that you’ve previously set up and linked a Spotify account to your Google Home assistant. If you have not, then you do not yet require this information. But if so, then read on.
So, to get your tablet ready for this work, be sure the Google Home app has been installed and linked to the Google account on which the Spotify account you wish to unlink is configured. Then, perform the following instructions:
How to Unlink Spotify from Google Home
1. Find the Google Home App on your Tablet
On our iOS based iPad, this app is located on page three of the home screen, as illustrated in the next picture by the pink arrow.
2. Run the Google Home App
Tap the Google Home app icon on the tablet home screen. After a short pause, the app displays itshome screen, as shown next.
3. Tap the Hamburger Link
Located in the top left corner of the home screen, as pointed at by the pink arrow in the previous picture. The Google Home app then displays its main menu, as shown next.
4. Tap the Music Link on the Main Menu Screen to Continue with How to Unlink Spotify from Google Home
Find this link, pointed at by the pink arrow in the just previous picture. The Music Service Choices screen then appears, as shown below.
5. Tap the Unlink item in the Music Services list for Spotify
This is shown in the previous picture.
Then, you get the Spotify Unlink Confirmation screen as shown next.
6. Finally, tap the UNLINK Button
Find that in the confirmation window shown above, as pointed at by the pink arrow. This removes your Spotify account information from the Google Home app and associated speaker devices, and then returns you to the Music Service Choices screen, as displayed in the next step.
If however, you encounter an error message, someone else, who shares your Google account, may have already deleted your Spotify profile from it for you. If concerned, check with anyone who has access, just to be certain that the information was not removed due to any sort of security breach.
7. Check that the Google Spotify Music Service is Now Unlinked from your Spotify Account
On the Music Service Choices screen, find the Spotify entry and look just beneath it. If you see a blue LINKoption, then your Spotify account information has indeed been successfully purged from Google Home. See the next picture for the location of that link, as indicated by the pink arrow.
Google Home App Spotify Not Linking Itunes
However, if this link still displays as UNLINK, then the information was not properly removed. In that case, jump back up to step 1, and try running through this procedure again, paying close attention to any error messages that might appear along the way.
You can also verify that your Google Home speaker no longer plays music on Spotify, by requesting a song through it, from Spotify. For example, try something like
“Okay Google, play Christmas Medley by Neil Diamond on Spotify.”
If your Spotify profile has successfully been removed from the Google Home assistant, she’ll say back,
Spotify App Not Working
“Your music account needs to be linked first. You can do that in the Google Home app.”
8. Done with How to Unlink Spotify from Google Home!
But if you experience a change of heart, and would like to reinstate Spotify streaming on your Google smart speakers, then simply add back your Spotify account info into Google Home.
Enjoy!
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- 2017-01-14: Originally published.
Voice-activated speakers are some of the hottest gifts this holiday season, and the GoogleHome, Hub, Max, and Mini are no exceptions. If you just unwrapped one of these smart home devices, you probably can’t wait for it to fill your home with your favorite music, podcasts, and more—as soon as you set up the darn thing.
It’s easy, we promise. All you need is Google Home, your Spotify account info, and your smartphone or tablet with the Google Home app. Here’show to connect your Google Home to Spotify:
- First, download the Google Home app from the Google Play or App store, and follow the prompts to set up your new Google Home device.
- Once connected, go to “Settings,” select “Music,” and then tap “Spotify” to set it as your default music service.
- Your Google Home app will ask you to link your Google and Spotify accounts. Have your Spotify username and password handy to start listening even faster.
Go ahead and test out your gadget’s skills. Try asking Google to play your favorite artists, songs, and playlists by saying:
“Okay Google…”
- “Play Spotify.”
- “Play my Discover Weekly.”
- “Play hip-hop music.”
- “Play ‘Angel’ by Lionel Richie.”
- “Pause.”
- “Like this song.”
- “Skip forward 20 seconds.”
- “Play the next song.”
- “What’s playing?”
- “What’s this album?”