Can I Play Music on Spotify without Internet?

By Justin SabrinaUpdated on July 02, 2024

Summary
Wanna listen to Spotify songs without Wi-Fi or Internet connection? Here we will provide 2 ways on how to play music on Spotify without Internet, one is to use Spotify Offline Mode with Spotify Premium account, another one is to download Spotify music to local drive for offline playback.

"My Spotify trial period is nearly finished, and I'm wondering about whether I can keep listening to Spotify without an Internet connection. If that's not possible, I'd appreciate any guidance on what my options are moving forward. Thank you for your assistance."

Can I Play Music on Spotify without Internet? Yes, if you have an active Premium subscription, you can. But what if you are Spotify Free? Don't worry, here we will provide you with two methods to help you listen to Spotify music without Internet: one is to use Spotify Offline Mode on Premium, which supports you to play all your downloaded songs and playlists without Internet connection. And another one is to use a professional third-party tool to download Spotify tracks, albums, and artists to local drive in MP3 format. Now let’s start exploring.

CONTENTS

Way 1: Play Music on Spotify without Internet with Spotify Premium
Way 2: Play Music on Spotify without Internet with Spotify Free
FAQs about Playing Spotify Music without Internet

Way 1: Play Music on Spotify without Internet with Spotify Premium

Usually, Spotify Premium subscribers can download songs from Spotify for offline playback on up to 3 devices. If you have upgraded to Spotify Premium, you can download Spotify tracks, albums, playlists to your device, and then you can play Spotify music without Internet through the "Offline Mode" on the Spotify app. Please follow the simple steps to download Spotify songs and set it to offline mode.

Step 1.

Connect your device to the Internet or Wi-Fi, then run the Spotify app and log in to your premium account.

Step 2.

Find and click the music or playlist you want to download, and then switch on the "download" icon in the upper right corner of the song or playlist.

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Step 3.

After downloading all the music and playlists, you can set the Spotify app to "Offline Mode" on your device.
For Windows: Open Spotify, click Spotify Menu icon > File > Offline Mode.
For Mac: Open Spotify, click Spotify in the Apple menu, then select Offline Mode.

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For mobile phones: open Spotify on your phone, go to Your Library page, then click the Spotify settings icon, select Playback, then switch on Offline.

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However, Spotify's offline listening feature has some limits:

Device Limit: You can only download content on up to 5 devices.
Download Limit: Each device can store up to 10,000 songs.
Content Limit: You can only access downloads while your subscription is active. If it ends, you lose access to them.
Internet Limit: You need to go online at least once every 30 days to keep your downloads active, or they may become unavailable.

Way 2: Play Music on Spotify without Internet with Spotify Free

If you do not plan to upgrade to Spotify Premium, but still want to use Spotify Free to listen to Spotify offline, the best way is to download Spotify songs to your computer. But as we all know, all Spotify music comes with DRM protection. How can we save Spotify songs as local files? All you need is a Spotify Music Downloader. Now, let us go ahead!

UkeySoft Spotify Music Converter is a powerful Spotify Music Downloader to download Spotify songs to computer for offline playback. With using it, you can easily download Spotify songs to DRM-free MP3, M4A, AAC, FLAC, WAV, AIFF format without premium. In addition, it will keep ID3 tags and 100% lossless quality in output MP3/M4A music files. In this way, all the downloaded songs will be saved on your computer forever, then you can copy them to your device for offline listening.

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Guide: How to Play Spotify Music Offline with Spotify Free

Step 1. Run UkeySoft Spotify Music Converter

After installing UkeySoft Spotify Music Converter on your computer, run the program, then login with your Spotify account by clicking the "Log in" button on the top right corner.

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Tips:You can Log in with Spotify Free or Spotify Premium account.

Step 2. Customize Output Settings

Click the "Gear" button on the upper right. Here you can set the output format as MP3 or other formats that are supported by most devices and tablets. And you can also change the output quality, output folder, output file name and more according to your needs.

Note

It is recommended to select MP3 as the output format as it is well-compatible with most devices and media players.

select mp3 format

Step 3. Add Spotify Songs/Playlists to the UkeySoft

You can drag and drop Spotify songs/playlists/albums to the '+' icon on the right side of the interface, or you can add the selected song/playlist/album to the converting list directly by clicking the '+' icon.

All song will be selected in the converting list, deselect the songs that you do not want to download.

select spotify songs

Step 4. Start to Download Spotify Music for Offline Playback

Click the "Convert" button to start downloading Spotify songs/albums to your local drive for offline listening.

convert spotify music

Step 5. Get MP3 Spotify Music

Once it is done, all the Spotify songs have already been converted and downloaded to your computer, and you can get rid of the ads at the same time. You can find all the downloaded Spotify songs by clicking "History".

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Step 6. Play Spotify Music without WInternet Connection

Now you can connect your Android phone/MP3 Player to the computer via USB, then directly copy and paste the downloaded Spotify music files to your device. For iPhone, iPad or iPod, you can import the downloaded songs to iTunes library, then connect your iOS device via USB cable, and then sync the songs to your iOS device via iTunes.

After that, even without Wi-Fi or Internet, you can freely play your favorite Spotify tracks on your device without installing the Spotify app or not subscribing to premium.

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Pros and Cons of Converting Spotify Music to MP3 via UkeySoft Spotify Music Converter

Pros

Enjoy Spotify music offline with Spotify free & premium account

Download Spotify Music to MP3, M4A, FLAC, AAC, WAV and AIFF

Convert songs without quality loss

Keep ID3 tags and metadata info

Convert songs at 10x speed

Save Spotify song to MP3 with 320 Kbps

Support batch download

Cons

Only convert 3 minutes of each song with free trial

Do not support mobile device

Part 3. FAQs about Playing Spotify Music without Internet

Q1. Can Spotify work without internet?

Q2. How can I play Spotify without internet?

Q3. How long can I listen to downloaded songs without internet?

Q4. Can I download songs on a free Spotify account?

Conclusion

Spotify allows offline listening exclusively for Premium subscribers. With a Premium account, you can enjoy Spotify without needing an internet connection. Alternatively, You can also use UkeySoft Spotify Music Converter to download Spotify songs, playlists, or albums to MP3 or other formats in batches for playing without internet.

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Justin Sabrina

Justin Sabrina has always had great enthusiasm for writing, programming and web development. He likes writing about software and technology, his works are featured on some tech blogs or forums like Tom's Hardware, CNET, etc.