How to download Spotify songs and music and listen to them without the internet
Spotify offers a service to listen to music tracks and songs and you need to have an internet connection in order to browse and listen to all the playlists, which is why we need to download audio tracks from Spotify to listen to them in offline mode when you don't have an internet connection, which we will explain to you in this article.
Spotify is one of the best music and audio streaming services ever. Over the years, Spotify has maintained its position as the best global music and music streaming service, offering a great experience in listening to your favorite tracks and podcasts.
When browsing a playlist or audio clips in the Spotify application, you may like an audio clip or a song and want to keep it on your own device, whether it is on a computer or a mobile phone, so that you can listen to it later without the need for an Internet connection.
The good thing is that the Spotify application allows downloading music easily through a built-in option that enables you to download audio files and music without the need to use an external program, but according to special conditions we will explain to you in the following lines.
How to download songs and music from Spotify
There are two different ways when download songs and music from Spotify.
First: The official way to download music from Spotify
All sites and programs offer their services in a limited way on free plans, including the Spotify platform, which offers very limited features in the free subscription to users, including the ability to download podcast episodes, but to download music and audio clips, you will have to subscribe to Spotify Premium, then you will be able to access all the features of the platform, including Download tracks for offline listening and create your own music library, along with many paid Spotify membership benefits.
But in the paid plan on Spotify, the feature to download music tracks is limited to albums and playlists only and not to individual audio clips, so when you want to download only one track, you have to create a new playlist and add that song to it. So, in order to download an audio clip from Spotify, you must first make sure that you have a Spotify Premium membership and then follow the steps below.
- On your Android or iPhone, launch the Spotify app.
- After opening the application, go to the clip you want to download, which must be in an album or playlist, as mentioned above.
- You will now notice that there is a "Download" icon below the description.
- Now click on this icon and the app will start downloading the entire album or playlist. Again, include the desired song or music track.
- And if you only want to download individual and specific tracks from the album instead of downloading the whole, move the desired track to a new playlist and download it in the same way.
- After the download is finished, the Download icon will appear in green with a notification that the music has been added to your library.
To access the downloaded tracks, you can do so through the "Your Library" option or when there is no internet connection, where you will find all the downloads listed under the "Downloaded Music" section on the main page of the application.
This is the only way to listen to downloaded tracks using Spotify directly, as it cannot be extracted and saved in MP3 format, which is the usual format for saving music files, a measure by the company to prevent re-share.
How to download songs and music tracks from Spotify to your computer
You can download Spotify audio tracks to your computer, through the official Spotify program for Windows, Mac, or Linux, in a somewhat similar way. Where you can keep your favorite audio clips on your device and listen to them at any time without an internet connection, from the application itself as well. To do that, follow the following steps.
- Navigate to your album in Spotify for PC
- Then click on the "Download" icon at the top of the program to start downloading the entire contents of the album and encrypting the audio files to your device where you can listen to them only through the app and play the audio files offline.
- And if you want to download a playlist from Spotify, open the menu within the application on the desktop in windows or mac.
- Then press the button (…) and from the list of options, click “Download” to start downloading the entire content of the Playlist, even if this list contains only one music track.
How to download audio tracks without subscribing to Spotify Premium
If you want to download your favorite Spotify Music without subscribing to a Spotify Premium membership, you can do so using third-party tools that allow downloading Spotify content by downloading the Spotify program for Android and all other platforms, including the Spotify tool, which is available for free, on Android. The application can be downloaded from Outside the Store, Spotify for Desktop is also available on Windows/Mac/Linux, and an iPhone version is currently under development.
The tool also allows downloading audio files and downloading any content from different music streaming services and not only Spotify, and this tool supports downloading individual tracks or entire albums, audiobooks, and even playlists from Spotify songs, quite easily.
- To download Spotify audio tracks using the tool, all you have to do are the following steps.
- Right-click on the clip's name and choose Share from the menu.
- Then click "Copy Song Link" to copy the audio file link.
- Now open SpotiFlyer and paste the clip link in the field provided.
- Click on Search and then you will be directed to a link to download the clip as an MP3 file and save it to your computer.