How to Download a Playlist from Spotify

Spotify is one of the best services for streaming music and podcasts. You can create, share, and listen to playlists by other Spotify users. To listen to Spotify playlists, you need to have an internet connection, but what can you do if you can’t access the internet for whatever reason and you’d like to listen to your playlists?

On the free version of Spotify, you can only download podcasts. With Spotify Premium, you can download playlists and albums to your account to listen to your music offline. Find out how to download your favorite playlists to Spotify on mobile and desktop below.

Download Spotify Playlists on iOS Devices and Mobile

To download Spotify music to your iOS devices for playing offline, do the following:

1. Make sure you’re online and find the playlist you want to download. If you wish to download a single song, you must create and add it to a playlist.
   
2. Tap on “Download.”(The icon has an arrow in a circle.) You’ll see a green download icon on the playlist when the download is complete.
   
3. Play your downloaded playlists from your library as you normally would.

Download Spotify Playlists on Android

To download Spotify music to your Android devices for playing offline, do the following:

1. Ensure you’re online and find the playlist you want to download from your “Library.”
   
2. Tap on the “Three-dots” for the options menu.
   
3. Select “Download.”
   
4. Play your downloaded playlists from your library as you normally would.

Download Spotify Playlists from the Web

If you use the Web version of Spotify, here’s how to download playlists to your computer for playing offline:

1. Ensure you’re online and find the playlist you want to download.
   
2. Click on “Download.”
   

You can see the status of your downloads next to each playlist or podcast. A green round icon with an arrow indicates that the playlist was successfully downloaded.

Issues Downloading Spotify Playlists

You could experience issues downloading Spotify playlists to your devices for several reasons. Check or try the following:

• Ensure your WiFi or data connection is active.
• Check that you have adequate storage available on your device. (It’s advisable to have at least 1GB free.)
• Check that you haven’t reached your limit of five devices, and remove downloads from other devices if you have more than five.
• Switch off battery-saving or cache-clearing apps.
• Restart the app.
• Reinstall Spotify and redownload your music afterward.
• Check if you’re using an updated app.
• Ensure your SD card (if you’re using one) is working properly.

Turn on Offline Mode on Tablet and Mobile

The Spotify playlists you’ve downloaded will automatically play when your internet connection drops, but you can turn on Offline Mode to ensure they play. Here’s how:

1. Tap on “Home.”
   
2. Select “Settings.”
   
3. Tap on “Playback.”
   
4. Turn “Offline” on.
   

You’ll see that everything that’s not been downloaded is grayed.

Turn on Offline Mode on Desktop

To turn on Offline Mode on the desktop, do the following:

1. Launch Spotify.
   
2. Click “Spotify” from the Apple menu at the top on Mac. In Windows, click “File” from the top screen.
   
3. In both, select “Offline Mode.”
   

You’ll see that everything that’s not been downloaded is grayed.

How to Delete Spotify Playlists Downloads

If you want to start from scratch and change up your downloaded Spotify playlists, or clear up space on your device, here’s how to erase all your downloaded Spotify playlists. From a mobile device, do the following:

1. Tap on “Settings.”
   
2. Go to “Storage.”
   
3. Choose “Remove all downloads.”
   

To manually erase downloaded Spotify playlists, do this:

1. Go to “Your Library.”
   
2. Open the playlist or album you need to delete.
   
3. Select the “Green arrow.”
   

Using a mobile device, manually delete individual playlists or albums with these steps:

1. Open “Your Library.”
   
2. Tap on “Downloaded.”
   
3. Select the playlist or album to delete.
   
4. Tap on the “Green arrow.”
   
5. Select “Remove.”
   

How to Download a Spotify Playlist Without Subscribing to Premium

Because of the DRC protection on Spotify music, you cannot transfer or play your downloaded Playlists on other devices or music players like iPod Nano and smart TVs. You’d need to remove the DRM protection to save downloaded Spotify playlists or albums to a computer.

UkeySoft Music Converter is a handy third-party application that removes DRM from Spotify music, downloads, and converts it to various formats for free. Here’s how to use UkeySoft Music Converter to download your Spotify playlists without subscribing to Spotify Premium:

1. Install “UkeySoft Music Converter and launch it. (Spotify will automatically launch.)
   
2. Choose the playlist you want to download, then select “Add.”
   
3. Click “Convert,” and the file will begin downloading and converting.
   

Besides downloading and converting Spotify playlists, UkeySoft Music Converter has many fantastic features you can use with your music.

• The app keeps lossless quality and ID3 labels.
• You can copy your music to a USB or burn it to a CD.
• It easily syncs your music to all your iOS devices.
• You can copy Spotify music to your Android devices.
• You can transfer your music to Symbian, Blackberry, and other mobile devices.
• The app enables you to enjoy your music without using the Spotify web player or app.
• It removes ads after converting from Spotify.
• It converts batches of songs from Spotify with speedy conversion.

Listen to Your Favorite Spotify Playlists Offline

You may want to download your favorite Spotify playlists if you are offline for some time, like during a flight or out of data range. However, offline playlists are only available with a Premium Spotify account. Keep in mind that if you do use Spotify Premium, these playlists will remain in your account if you’re active daily on Spotify for 30 days. Also, you can’t download an individual song; you’ll have to add the song to a playlist and then download the playlist.

You’d need to use a third-party application like UkeySoft Music Converter to listen to Spotify playlists outside the Spotify app. UkeySoft Music Converter removes DRM from Spotify music and downloads and converts it to various formats for free.

Have you downloaded Spotify playlists to listen to offline? Did you find the process easy? Let us know in the comments below.