How to uninstall TIDAL on Windows

TIDAL keeps your playlists, favorites and subscription with your TIDAL account, so removing the Windows app does not delete them. This guide covers TIDAL installed per-user from the TIDALMusicAS.TIDAL winget package.

Quit TIDAL first

Quit TIDAL from its menu, then check Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) for any TIDAL.exe or TIDALPlayer.exe still listed; it runs several processes. TIDAL starts at sign-in through an entry you can see in Settings › Apps › Startup.

Remove the app with its own uninstaller

Go to Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find TIDAL, and choose Uninstall, or run:

winget uninstall --id TIDALMusicAS.TIDAL

It is a per-user install that removes itself quietly, with no questions. In this test it also removed its startup entry and its tidal:// link.

Where the data lives

Location	What it holds	What to do
`%LOCALAPPDATA%\TIDAL`	Program files, including older versions kept for updates	The uninstaller removes it
`%APPDATA%\TIDAL`	Sign-in state, settings and caches	Remove for a clean start; you sign in again after reinstalling
Two Windows Firewall rules for `tidal.exe`	Network permission granted on first run	Remove in Windows Defender Firewall › Advanced settings if you want them gone
`%USERPROFILE%\.nodemid`	A small file that appeared with TIDAL on the test PC; its name does not say which app owns it	Harmless to leave; remove it only if you are sure no other app wrote it

Check the result

Run these read-only commands after the uninstall finishes:

Get-Process TIDAL* -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
winget list --id TIDALMusicAS.TIDAL
Test-Path "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\TIDAL"
Test-Path "$env:APPDATA\TIDAL"
Get-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "*tidal*" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

No output from Get-Process only means this query observed no matching process; a suppressed error leaves the running state unknown.
A completed winget list query with no match means the package record is gone; a matching row means the uninstall did not finish.
Test-Path "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\TIDAL" returning False means the program folder is gone.
Test-Path "$env:APPDATA\TIDAL" returning True means your sign-in state and caches are still there; remove the folder yourself for a clean start.
Get-NetFirewallRule listing rules means the firewall entries are still there; no matching output from a confirmed successful query means they are gone.

If you installed it with winget

winget uninstall runs the same uninstaller Settings › Apps uses; it does not touch %APPDATA%\TIDAL.

Subscription

Uninstalling does not cancel a TIDAL subscription. Manage it in your TIDAL account, or where you paid for it.

What Mole lists

For TIDAL installed per-user from winget:

The program folder, the desktop shortcut, the Start Menu folder and a row grouping Windows' own records of when you opened the program are selected by default.
%APPDATA%\TIDAL is listed but not selected, since it holds your sign-in state and settings. The caches and logs inside it (Cache, Code Cache, GPUCache, Crashpad, logs and the Dawn caches) are listed on their own and selected.
The tidal:// link and the TIDAL startup entry, when they still point at the removed program, are listed, selected, and backed up to a .reg file before removal; in this test the uninstaller had already removed both.
The two firewall rules are named in the result and left in place, since removing them needs an administrator.
%USERPROFILE%\.nodemid is not listed.

What this test covered

Tested on September 28, 2026 with TIDAL 2.43.2 installed through winget, per-user scope, on an ARM64 test VM. The app was opened without signing in. Every listed row was ticked and removed in this test. Not verified: a signed-in account and offline downloads.