How you remove a release depends on its current status. Find your situation below.
1. A draft you have not submitted
Drafts are fully under your control. Go to Releases, open the draft, and use the delete option to remove it from your catalogue. Nothing has been sent anywhere, so this is instant and safe.
2. A release that is submitted / under review (not yet live)
Once you submit, the release locks for review and you can no longer edit or delete it yourself. If you need to stop it before it goes live, submit a support ticket (or reply on the existing one) with the release title and ask us to cancel it. Do this as early as possible — we cannot pull back a release that has already been delivered to stores.
3. A rejected release
A rejected release stays in your catalogue so you can fix and resubmit it. If you do not want it, you can delete it the same way as a draft. See Why Was My Release Rejected? for how to correct the most common issues and resubmit.
4. A release that is already live
Removing live music is a takedown, not a delete. Open the release in your dashboard and use the Takedown option, or ask support to process it. Takedowns typically take 3–7 business days on Spotify/Apple Music and 5–14 on other platforms.
Warning: a takedown is permanent and cannot be undone. You lose all streams, playlist placements, and Spotify follower counts tied to that release. See Take down my content from DSPs before you confirm.
Clearing out old drafts and rejected songs
To tidy your catalogue, delete unwanted drafts and rejected uploads individually from Releases. If you have many to remove at once, send support the list of titles and we can clear them for you.