Uninstallify -- remove Spotify + app/cache data

uninstallify.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Uninstallify -- remove Spotify + app/cache data

case $(uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]') in
  darwin*) platformType='macOS' ;;
        *) platformType='Linux' ;;
esac

command pgrep [sS]potify 2>/dev/null | xargs kill -9 2>/dev/null

search_apppath_linux () {
  local timeout=6
  local paths=("/opt" "/usr/share" "/var/lib/flatpak" "$HOME/.local/share" "/")
  for path in "${paths[@]}"; do
    local path="${path}"
    local timeLimit=$(($(date +%s) + timeout))
    while (( $(date +%s) < "${timeLimit}" )); do
      appPath=$(find "${path}" -type f -path "*/spotify*Apps/*" \( -name "xpui.spa" -o -name "xpui.bak" \) -size +3M -print -quit 2>/dev/null | grep -v "snap" | rev | cut -d/ -f3- | rev)
      [[ -n "${appPath}" ]] && return 0
      pgrep -x find > /dev/null || break
      sleep 1
    done
  done
  return 1
}

search_cachepath_linux () {
  local timeout=6
  local paths=("$HOME/.cache" "$HOME/.var/app" "/var/lib/flatpak/" "$HOME" "/")
  for path in "${paths[@]}"; do
    local path="${path}"
    local timeLimit=$(($(date +%s) + timeout))
    while (( $(date +%s) < "${timeLimit}" )); do
      appCachePath=$(find "${path}" -type d -path "*cache/spotify*" -print -quit 2>/dev/null)
      [[ -n "${appCachePath}" ]] && return 0
      pgrep -x find > /dev/null || break
      sleep 1
    done
  done
  return 1
}

search_appdatapath_linux () {
  local timeout=6
  local paths=("$HOME/.config" "$HOME/.var/app" "/var/lib/flatpak/" "$HOME" "/")
  for path in "${paths[@]}"; do
    local path="${path}"
    local timeLimit=$(($(date +%s) + timeout))
    while (( $(date +%s) < "${timeLimit}" )); do
      appDataPath=$(find "${path}" -type f -path "*/spotify/prefs" -print -quit 2>/dev/null | rev | cut -d/ -f2- | rev)
      [[ -n "${appDataPath}" ]] && return 0
      pgrep -x find > /dev/null || break
      sleep 1
    done
  done
  return 1
}

delete_path () {
  local path=$1
  local pathName=$2
  [[ ! -d "${path}" ]] && echo "${pathName} not found" >&2 && return
  read -p "Are you sure you want to delete ${path}? (y/n) " -n 1 -r
  echo
  [[ ! $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]] && { echo "${pathName} at ${path} not deleted"; return; }
  rm -rf "${path}" 2>/dev/null
  [[ $? -eq 0 ]] && { echo "${pathName} at ${path} deleted"; return; }
  sudo rm -rf "${path}" 2>/dev/null
  if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
    echo "${pathName} at ${path} deleted with elevated privileges"
  elif [[ -d "${path}" ]]; then
    echo "${pathName} at ${path} not deleted"
  else
    echo "${pathName} at ${path} not found"
  fi
}

if [[ "${platformType}" == "Linux" ]]; then
  echo "Searching for app path..."; search_apppath_linux
  echo "Searching for app cache path..."; search_cachepath_linux
  echo "Searching for app data path..."; search_appdatapath_linux
fi

if [[ "${platformType}" == "macOS" ]]; then
  appPath="/Applications/Spotify.app"
  [[ -d "${HOME}${appPath}" ]] && appPath="${HOME}/Applications/Spotify.app"
  appDataPath="${HOME}/Library/Application Support/Spotify"
  appCachePath="${HOME}/Library/Caches/com.spotify.client"
fi

delete_path "${appPath}" "App"
delete_path "${appCachePath}" "App cache"
delete_path "${appDataPath}" "App data"

echo -e "\nFinished!"
exit 0

• Run script to completely uninstall Spotify on Linux and macOS
• If found, script will ask before deleting app, app data, cache data

Run directly with:

bash <(curl -sSL https://gist.github.com/jetfir3/f620e44fc246c1bed45ed040bbfa2d68/raw/uninstallify.sh)