How to download Spotify songs to external hard drive？

If you download a lot of Spotify playlists for offline listening and save them on your computer, they may occupy a large part of storage. Thenmany people ask can I download Spotify songs to external hard drive? From Spotify FAQ page you can find that premium subscribers must go online with Spotify at least once every 30 days. This is so Spotify can check your subscription is still active and count track plays to compensate artists. If you don’t go online with Spotify at least once every 30 days, any tracks you’ve downloaded for offline listening are automatically removed from your device.

Only Premium subscribers can download Spotify Music. The offline music is DRM protected and can only play within Spotify app. If you can download Spotify music to mp3, you can then backup them to external hard drive and play them with any music player. To download Spotify music to MP3 with either free or premium account, all you need is Ondesoft Spotify Music Converter .

Ondesoft Spotify Music Converter is a professional Spotify playlist converter which allows you to download actual mp3/m4a/wav/flac songs from Spotify to external hard drive. It will preserve 100% original quality and ID3 tags.

Follow below steps to learn how to download Spotify songs to external hard drive with Ondesoft Spotify Music Converter.

1. Run Ondesoft Spotify Converter

Download, install and run Ondesoft Spotify Converter on your Mac or Windows. Log in your Spotify account with the built-in Spotify web player, whether free or premium.

2. 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.

3. Select Spotify songs, albums or playlists

Browse songs, albums or playlists you want to download from the built-in Spotify web player. Click the Add to list button to load all songs in the album or playlist, uncheck the songs you don’t want to download if there are any.