Spotify Premium subscribers enjoy the handy feature of downloading music for offline listening. But you might be curious: where are these downloaded songs stored? Can you transfer them to other devices or use them outside the Spotify app?
The answer is partially yes, but mostly no. Due to DRM (Digital Rights Management) restrictions, Spotify downloads are specifically designed for offline playback within the app. This means you can’t use them for general file management or play them outside the Spotify platform.
However, there’s some good news. Spotify lets you choose where to store your downloads on Windows and Mac computers. This offers some flexibility in managing your device’s storage. For mobile devices, you can locate your download folder on Android, but unfortunately, downloaded music on iPhone is only accessible within the Spotify app. However, don’t worry, there are workarounds for managing your downloaded music. This guide will show you how to find your Spotify download location on various devices, and an alternative way to freely move or use the downloaded files on any device.
Here’s how to find and change the download location on both Mac and Windows:
Note: Replace “Username” with your actual username.
If you’d like to store your downloads elsewhere, click the “Change Location” button. This allows you to choose a different folder on your computer for Spotify to use.
While you can’t directly access downloaded Spotify songs on Android like you can on a computer, you can find the location where they’re stored in this directory:
Android/data/com.spotify.music/files/spotifycache/Storage/
Unlike Android and computers, iPhones don’t allow direct access to individual downloaded Spotify files due to Apple’s iOS security feature called “sandboxing.” However, you can still access the music you have downloaded from the Spotify app. Here’s how:
As earlier mentioned, downloaded Spotify songs don’t work like regular music files that you can access and transfer freely. However, Pazu Spotify Converter offers a comprehensive solution for managing your Spotify music library. It is designed for both Free and Premium users to download all Spotify songs, playlists, albums, and even podcasts for offline listening. It extracts Spotify music and converts it to various high-quality formats, including MP3, M4A, AIFF, WAV, FLAC, and AAC.
Pazu Spotify Converter supports both Windows and Mac computers, allowing you to freely select and batch download any songs in an album or playlist. It saves Spotify tracks with lossless audio quality and preserves all ID3 tags. Additionally, you can customize the names of your Spotify songs with titles, albums, artists, and more. After downloading, you can transfer the songs to any other compatible devices for offline enjoyment, giving you full control over your music collection.
Install and launch the Pazu Spotify Converter on your Mac or Windows computer. Log in to your Spotify account within the app.
1. Finding Your Music:
2. Setting Up Download Preferences:
3. Converting Spotify to MP3:
Note: The free trial version of Pazu Spotify Converter enables you to convert the first three minutes of each song. You can remove the trial limitation by purchasing the full version.
Download and convert any Spotify songs, albums, playlists to MP3/M4A etc.