How to Download Spotify Playlists

Spotify Premium offers offline listening, allowing you to download playlists and enjoy them without an internet connection. Even if you're using the free version, you can still download your favorite music for offline playback. Let's explore how to download Spotify playlists for both Premium and free accounts.

Part 1. Download Spotify Playlists with Premium

With Spotify Premium, you can download albums, playlists, and podcasts for offline listening. To download an individual song, you’ll need to put it in a playlist and download the entire playlist.

You can download up to 10,000 songs on each of 5 different devices. However, keep in mind that Spotify stores downloaded playlists as cached data within the app. This means you can’t play them outside the Spotify application.

It's quite easy to download Spotify playlists for offline playback with Premium.

Launch the Spotify app on your mobile, tablet, or desktop. Go to the playlist you want to download.
Click on the Download icon (a downward arrow in a circle) under the playlist name.
The Download icon will turn green when the download is complete.

Note:

Ensure you have enough storage space (at least 1GB free) for downloads.
Go online at least once every 30 days to keep your downloads.
Once you cancel Spotify Premium, you can't play the playlists offline.
You need to re-download your music after reinstalling the Spotify app.

Spotify Offline Mode

Downloads play automatically when you lose internet. To ensure only your downloaded playlists are played, enable Offline Mode in your Spotify settings.

On Mobile and tablet

Tap your profile picture and select "Settings and privacy."
Select "Playback" (iOS) / "Data-saving and offline" (Android).
Switch Offline on.

On Desktop

From the top menu of Spotify, click Spotify (Mac) or three dots > File (Windows).
Select "Offline Mode."

Part 2. Download Spotify Playlists with Free Accounts

While Spotify Premium users can download playlists directly within the app, free users can still enjoy offline listening with the help of third-party tools. Many Spotify playlist downloader tools allow both Premium and free users to download playlists to MP3 format. Let's explore how to download a Spotify playlist with the popular Ondesoft Spotify Converter.

1. Run Ondesoft Spotify Music Converter

Download, install and run Ondesoft Spotify Music Converter on your Mac or Windows.

2. Add Spotify playlists

Select Spotify songs, playlists or albums that you want to download from the built-in Spotify web player directly. Click the Add button to add songs to the download list.

3. Choose output format

Now, click on the Settings cogwheel from the top-right corner to select the output format. On Auto mode, it will save the file in M4A format. For MP3 and AAC, you can also set the output quality, depending on the song. You may also change the output folder, the title, and the organizing criteria.