Spotify is the most popular music streaming service in the world, with more than 422 million monthly active users worldwide.
It’s a free service. Spotify Free users can access ad-supported Spotify songs in lower audio quality, while Premium users can listen to ad-free and high-quality Spotify songs. Besides, Spotify Free users are limited to accessing Spotify songs with a network connection all the time, while Spotify Premium users can download Spotify songs for offline listening.
In this article, we are going to show you step by step how to use Spotify in offline mode with a premium account. Moreover, we are going to introduce you to a simple yet efficient way to listen to Spotify offline without paying a premium.
If you are a Spotify paid user, you can use Spotify in offline mode to enjoy Spotify songs offline.
Before you can go offline, you'll need to download the music so that it's available without an internet connection. Now let’s see more details:
Step 1 Go to the playlist you want to download.
Step 2 Switch Download on, when you see a small green arrow, it means that the download has been completed successfully.
Step 3 Open Spotify, click File in the Windows menu at the top of the screen, and select Offline Mode.
Note: If you are a Mac user, click Spotify in the Apple menu at the top of the screen and select Offline Mode.
Step 1 Go to the playlist, album, or podcast you want to download.
Step 2 Tap the down-arrow icon to download.
Note: On Android, tap 'Download' to download an album or playlist. When you see a green down arrow, it means that the download has been completed successfully.
Step 3 Navigate to Your Library, Settings, Playback, and enable Offline.
Tips: If you’d like to download Spotify music without limits, you can move to Part 2, which also works for Spotify Premium subscribers.
If you are a Spotify Free user, you are not able to download Spotify music as paid subscribers do, but you can turn to Sidify, a popular third-party tool, to save Spotify songs as MP3/AAC/WAV/FLAC/AIFF/ALAC local files so that you can listen to them offline.
Sidify Music Converter is a popular tool to download songs from Spotify (for Free) to your computer, and it offers Windows and Mac desktop versions.
Next, we are going to show you how to use Sidify Music Converter to download songs from Spotify for Free so that you can listen to Spotify music offline without a premium account.
For Mac users, please refer to How to Download Spotify Playlists on Mac.
Step 1 Add Songs from Spotify to Sidify.
Click the "+" button and you'll be prompted to drag or drop songs or playlists from Spotify to the program. You can also copy and paste the link of a Spotify song or playlist to Sidify.
Step 2Choose the Output Format and Customize the Output Path
Click "Settings" in the upper right corner and you'll be directed to the Settings window, where you can choose the output format (MP3/AAC/WAV/FLAC/AIFF/ALAC), output quality, as well as the output path.
Here you can also customize how you'd like to name the output files (Track Number, Title, Artist, Album) and how you'd like to sort out the converted files (Artist, Album, Artist/Album, Album/Artist, or None).
Step 3 Download Music from Spotify (Free) to the Computer
Click the "Convert" button to start exporting Spotify music from Spotify (Free) to your local computer. After the downloading process is completed, you can click "Converted" to find the well-downloaded Spotify songs.
If you are a Spotify Premium user, you can use Spotify offline mode to enjoy Spotify songs offline. Please make sure you download all the songs you’d like to listen to before you go offline. If you are a Spotify Free user, you can use Sidify to download songs from Spotify to your computer to enjoy offline listening.
By using Spotify offline mode, you can listen to Spotify songs offline within your subscription, but once you cancel the service, you won’t be able to listen to any of them offline. With the Sidify Music Converter, you can keep Spotify songs forever, as they are saved as MP3/AAC/WAV/FLAC/AIFF/ALAC files on your local drive.
