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• To step
• Method 1 of 2: Listen offline on a phone or tablet
• Method 2 of 2: Listen offline on a computer
• Tips
• Warnings

The best way to enjoy music on the go is to use Spotify in offline mode. You can use Spotify on a computer, phone or tablet in offline mode, but you must be a premium subscriber.

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Method 1 of 2: Listen offline on a phone or tablet

1. Download the Spotify app. Go to the Google Play Store (for Android devices) or the Apple Store (for Apple devices), search for Spotify, then download the official app on your phone.
   • On a tablet, you can follow the same steps to use Spotify in offline mode as on a phone.
2. Create or upgrade a Spotify account. Spotify's offline mode - that's the feature that lets you download and listen to music without Wi-Fi - is only available to premium subscribers. That means that you have to take out a paid membership. If you don't have an account with Spotify yet, go to the website and click on "Buy Spotify premium" on the homepage. Then follow the instructions to create a premium account.
   • If you already have a free account with Spotify, log in and click the "Premium" tab in the top right corner of the screen. Follow the instructions to upgrade.
   • Instead of signing up with an email account and entering all your personal information, you can choose to use your Facebook account. Then click on the option "Register via Facebook".
3. Make sure you are connected to the internet. Spotify recommends downloading with an internet connection, as it can be expensive to use your internet bundle for this. If you still want to download with 3G or 4G, go to the settings and tap "Download via mobile".
4. Create a playlist. Go to "Library" at the bottom of the app interface, select "Playlists", tap "Edit", tap "Create", and tap "Create" again after entering a name. Add songs to the playlist by tapping the "Options" button next to a song, then select "Add to Playlist" and select the name of your playlist.
5. Download your playlist. On the Spotify window, tap "library". Select the playlist, songs, artists, or albums you want to download. At the top of your song, playlist, artist or album, slide the button next to "Download" to the right. Now the selected music will be downloaded.
   • On an iPhone or iPad, you can see the download progress by a green bar under the "Library" heading. In addition, you will see the green down arrows next to each downloaded song.
   • There is no progress bar on Android devices, but you will see the down arrows next to each downloaded song.
6. Activate offline mode. When you have finished downloading, go to the "Library" tab at the bottom of the screen. Then click on the settings icon. In this menu, select "Play", then slide the button next to "Offline" to the right. If the button is green, it means that offline mode is activated.
   • If your phone is out of range or if flight mode is activated, Spotify will automatically switch to offline mode.

Method 2 of 2: Listen offline on a computer

1. Create or upgrade a Spotify account. Spotify's offline mode - that's the feature that lets you download and listen to music without Wi-Fi - is only available to premium subscribers. That means that you have to take out a paid membership. If you don't have an account with Spotify yet, go to the website and click on "Buy Spotify premium" on the homepage. Then follow the instructions to create a premium account.
   • If you already have a free account with Spotify, log in and click the "Premium" tab in the top right corner of the screen. Follow the instructions to upgrade.
   • Instead of signing up with an email account and entering all your personal information, you can choose to use your Facebook account. Then click on the option "Register via Facebook".
2. Download the Spotify installer. After creating an account, click the "Download" tab to download the Spotify installer. The download should start automatically, but if not, you can click the "Please try again" link in the middle of the page.
   • You can find the downloaded program in your default download location.
3. Install Spotify on your computer. Double-click the program you downloaded and wait for the installation to complete. After this you can log in with your account details.
   • Make sure you have a reliable internet connection during this process as Spotify needs internet access to load the databases.
4. Personalize your music on Spotify. After signing up you can search for music by genre, new releases and playlists. Add specific songs or entire playlists to your personal account by clicking the white plus sign next to songs and playlist names. You can also view these items by clicking one of the links below the "Your Music" heading on the left side of the window.
5. Create a playlist. In the lower left corner of the window, click the plus sign next to "New Playlist" to create a new playlist. Add songs by dragging single songs, artists or entire albums to this file.
6. Download your playlist to play offline. Click the "Download" option at the top of the playlist. The option will now turn green, and now the songs will be downloaded in Spotify.
   • When the songs are downloading, you will see a circular arrow spinning to the left of the song information. When the download is complete, this changes to a green down arrow.
7. Activate Offline mode. In the menu bar, click on "File" (Windows) or "Spotify" (Mac). Then click on "Offline mode". From now on you can use Spotify offline mode. You can only listen to the songs you have selected to download and which have been fully downloaded in offline mode.
   • Spotify will automatically switch to offline mode if the Wi-Fi signal is lost.

Tips

• As a premium subscriber you can download 3,333 songs on three devices, so you can download songs on your computer, your phone and your tablet, for example.
• Technically you can listen to Spotify indefinitely in offline mode, but in practice you will have to reconnect every 30 days so that Spotify can update its library and program. Failure to do this may result in loss of account information, so please reconnect periodically.
• Spotify's offline mode is a good alternative to radio in places where you don't have a WiFi or mobile connection. Consider, for example, camping trips, long car trips or flights.
• The premium subscription offers more benefits than just offline mode, such as ad-free listening.
• Spotify is a media player at the same time, so even if you only have a free account, you can use Spotify to listen to songs from iTunes or Windows Media Player offline.

Warnings

• Using your cellular plan to download music will consume a lot of data, so you'd better wait until you can reconnect to Wi-Fi.
• It is against Spotify's terms and conditions to actually download music from Spotify's database. This refers to ripping the MP3 files or otherwise recording the music.
• The songs and artists available on Spotify may change from time to time. This could mean that occasionally music disappears from a playlist.