Listen offline

Download your music and podcasts, and take them anywhere your internet can’t go.

• On Premium, you can download albums, playlists, and podcasts.
• On the free version of Spotify, you can download podcasts.
• You can download as many as 10,000 songs on each of up to 5 different devices.
• You need to go online at least once every 30 days to keep your downloads. This is so Spotify can collect play data to compensate artists.

How to download

• Mobile and tablet

• Desktop

Not downloading?

• Check the device isn’t in sleep mode
• Check your internet connection is active
• Make sure you have enough storage space
  Tip: We recommend at least 1GB free memory
• Turn off any cache clearing/battery-saving apps
• Make sure you didn't reach the 5 devices limit

Switch on Offline Mode

Downloads play automatically when you lose internet, but you can use Offline Mode to make sure only your downloads play.

• Mobile and tablet

• Desktop

Downloads not playing?

Look for the download status next to your song or playlist.

Download successful

How to troubleshoot?

• Restart the app
• Switch on Offline Mode
  

or Tracks not downloaded

How to troubleshoot?

• Try downloading again
• See "Not downloading?" section above
• Reinstall the app

Note: You need to re-download any downloaded music and podcasts after reinstalling the app.

Track or podcast is no longer downloaded

You might lose your downloads if:

• You don’t go online at least once in 30 days
• You reinstall the app
• You download to more than 5 devices
  Note: Downloads are removed from the device you’ve used least recently
• Your Spotify app is not up-to-date
• Your SD card (if you have one) is not working properly

Undo downloads

You may only download on up to 5 devices. If you want to download to an additional device, you will need to remove downloads from another.

Remove all downloads from your mobile device

1. Tap Settings .
2. iOS only: Tap Storage.
3. Select Remove all downloads.

Manually remove downloads

1. Open Your Library.
2. Mobile only: Tap Downloaded.
3. Open a downloaded album or playlist.
4. Tap the green arrow button . 
5. Mobile only: Tap Remove.
   Note: The green icon will turn black .