How to download music from Spotify?

Can I download music from Spotify? Absolutely! Spotify premium users can download up to 10,000 songs on each of up to 5 different devices. If you subscribe to Spotify Premium, you can download your favorite songs, albums, playlists, and podcasts so you can listen to them without an internet connection.

How to subscribe to Spotify Premium?

Open this page in your browser and click "GET 30 DAYS FREE", log in or create a account. The default plan is 30-day free trial then $10.99 + tax / month after trial. You can cancel the subscription anytime. Click Change plan to view other options: One-time payment, Premium for Family, Premium for Students, etc. Enter your credit card or Paypal information and then click "START MY SPOTIFY PREMIUM". Now you have gotten Spotify premium and can download music from Spotify.

If I don't use Spotify free, does it mean that I can't download music from Spotify?

Yes, Spotify only allows premium(including the 30-day free trial) users to download Spotofy music for offline playback.

If I cancel the Spotify premium subscription, can I still listen to the downloaded songs?

Sorry, you can't. After you cancel the Spotify premium subscription, the downloaded songs will also disappear.

Is there any way to download music from Spotify for Spotify free users?

There are indeed several online tool and apps for desktop/mobile that allows Spotify free users to download music from Spotify. The best part is that the downloaded songs are in mp3 format, which means you can transfer and play them anywhere you want. After all, songs downloaded with Spotify premium are DRM protected and can only be played with Spotify. Of course, Spotify premium users can also use these tools to download mp3 music from Spotify.

Part 1 Free tools to download music from Spotify

1. Spotify Deezer Music Downloader

Spotify Deezer Music Downloader is a Google Chrome extension that allows you to download music from Spotify. Install it on your Google Chrome browser and you will find a green icon on the top right corner. Clicking it will open Spotify web player. Open any playlist you will find a green Download button next to each song. Click it to download songs from Spotify. Be aware it doesn't really download songs from Spotify library. Actually it searches the songs from multiple online mp3 libraries. If the song can't be found, then it won't be downloaded. Sometimes you may also get wrong songs which are not the ones you want. Besides, it can only download songs one by one.

2. AllToMP3

AllToMP3 is a music/video to mp3 converter app for Mac, Windows and Linux. It allows you to download mp3 music from Spotify, just copy&paste the Spotify song/album/playlist link and then hit Enter. Compared to the above extension, it can save ID3 tags. However, as it also searches and download mp3 songs from online libraries, you may encounter download failures or wrong songs.

Part 2 Specialized Spotify Music Downloader - Ondesoft Spotify Converter

The above 2 free tools can help you download Spotify songs to mp3, but there are occasional failures and wrong results. If you prefer to professional way to download music from Spotify, Ondesoft Spotify Converter is a prefect choice.

Pros of Ondesoft Spotify Converter
Download music from Spotify library, not online mp3 libraries. What you see is what you get.
Download Spotify songs in 320 kbps with all ID3 tags and 100% original quality.
Download as many songs, albums or playlists simultameously as you like.
Support downloading Spotify music to mp3, m4a, wav and flac.
Easy to use and fast conversion speed.

Tutorial: How to download mp3 music from Spotify with Ondesoft Spotify Converter?

Follow below steps to learn how to download music from Spotify with Ondesoft Spotify Converter.

Step 1 Run Ondesoft Spotify to MP3 Converter

Download, install and run Ondesoft Spotify to MP3 Converter on your Mac or Windows. Log in your Spotify account.

Step 2 Select Spotify songs, albums or playlists

Drag&drop tracks, playlists or albums from Spotify app to the interface directly. Or click "Add Files", copy&paste the link of the song, album or playlist to the bottom area and then click + icon. To copy the link, right click the playlist, album or song and choose "Share" - Copy Playlist(or Album/Song) Link.

All songs in the playlist or albums will be checked by default. You are free to uncheck the tracks you don't want to convert.

Step 3 Choose output format (optional)

Click the gear icon on the top right corner to open Settings. Here you can select output format (MP3/M4A/AAC/FLAC/WAV/AIFF), choose output audio quality, cover quality, change the output path, organize the output files in various ways, rename output files and more.

Step 4 Click Convert button

If you don't need to change output settings, just skip to this step. Click Convert button to start converting Spotify to MP3.

After conversion, click below folder icon to quickly locate the DRM-free Spotify songs, albums or playlists to MP3 in 320 kbps. You can then transfer and play them anywhere such as iTunes , Google Play Music , iPod , Sandisk , etc. or burn them to CD .