How to Listen to Spotify Offline without Premium or Downloading

Spotify's offline listening feature is a lifesaver when you can't access a network or want to save on mobile data. With a Premium subscription, you can easily download music directly from the Spotify app for offline playback. What if you are a free Spotify user? Worry not. This post will show you an easy way to listen to Spotify offline without premium on your computer or phone. Additionally, you can learn how to enjoy Spotify music offline without downloading it in advance.

How to Listen to Spotify Offline without Premium on Computer

As you know, free Spotify users can only download their favorite Spotify podcasts for listening offline. To enjoy Spotify music offline without premium, the Eassiy All-in-One Music Downloader tool, StreamFox for Music is here to help. This software offers the same download functionality for both Spotify Premium and Spotify Free users. It can directly download songs from Spotify without adding them to a playlist and also supports downloading playlists, albums or audiobooks. The downloaded songs are saved as local files, so they can be played on another media player without using Spotify and its offline mode. Moreover, with its built-in web player, you can enjoy a Spotify-like experience for searching and listening to your Spotify audio. It also supports different audio formats, such as MP3, FLAC, M4A, and more.

Key Features

• Save Spotify songs at 320kbps, ensuring lossless quality.
• Process Spotify downloads in batch with 50x faster speed.
• Preserve ID3 tags and metadata of downloaded songs for easy arrangement of downloads on your device.
• Provide customization features like renaming songs, changing storage location, adjust audio quality.

Step 1: Download Spotify Music without Premium

• Install “StreamFox for Music” from the official website. Run the software and choose “Spotify”.



• “Log in” to your Spotify account on StreamFox interface.



• Move to your “Spotify library” and select the songs you want to download. Drag and drop the songs onto the “red icon” floating at the far right side.



• In the conversion window, hit “Convert All” button to start downloading the songs. You can click “Browse” at the bottom screen to choose a new location for saving your downloads. Besides, you are able to change the default output format from "MP3" to another one you need.



• Once you finish, the downloads will be in the “Finished” tab. Click on “View Output File” to access the folder where the downloads are saved.

Step 2: Listen to Spotify Downloads on Desktop without Internet

Once you download the Spotify songs with StreamFox for Music, you can listen to them using Windows Media Player (for Windows) or Apple Music (for Mac).

Steps on Windows Media Player

• Press the “Windows” button on your keyboard.
• Search “Windows Media Player” and launch it.
• Click “Open files” at the upper-right corner and choose “Open folder”.
• Head to the folder saving the songs downloaded by StreamFox. Then, all the songs in the chosen folder will be played.

Steps on Apple Music

• Go to your “Apple Music” app.
• Find and click the “File” option at the upper-left.
• Select “Import” in the drop-down menu.



• Now, choose “Music files” to select the downloaded Spotify songs. Then, click “Open”.



• At last, start playing the songs via Apple Music.

How to Listen to Spotify Offline without Premium on Phone

After downloading Spotify music as local files with StreamFox for Music, you can transfer the files from your computer to your phone and play them offline using your phone's native music player. No Premium subscription is required for this method.

For Android:

Step 1: Use a USB cable to connect your Android device to the computer where the StreamFox for Music downloads are stored.

Step 2: Open File Explorer and click your Android device icon in the left pane to access its storage.

Step 3: Copy and paste the music downloads to the wanted folder on your Android storage, commonly the Music folder here.

For iPhone:

Step 1: Open iTunes on your Windows computer and connect your iPhone to Windows PC with a USB lightning cable.

Step 2: Click "Files" in the top pane of iTunes and choose Add File to Library. Next, select your music files to add them.

Step 3: Locate your iPhone in iTunes and choose "Music" in the sidebar.

Step 4: Tick "Sync Music" > "Entire Music Library". Then, click Apply in the bottom right corner. Once the music sync finishes, you will find the transferred songs on the Apple Music app of your iDevice.

How to Listen to Spotify Offline without Downloading

Yes, you can listen to Spotify music offline without downloading it beforehand. Spotify provides an Offline Backup playlist feature to achieve this. This playlist is generated by Spotify according to your recent listening habbits. However, you need a premium account and you must have listened to at least 5 songs before your Spotify disconnects to network connection. Besides, Spotify Offline mode should be on. To enjoy Spotify music offline without any downloads, here are the steps.

Step 1: Open your Spotify app.

Step 2: Locate "No data, no drama" section and you will see Offline Backup playlist.

How to Listen to Spotify Offline with Premium [PC/Mac]

Downloading Spotify music offline on a computer can be accomplished just by clicking a few buttons. You just need to download the Spotify music tracks first, then turn on the offline mode feature via the settings on Spotify. Follow these steps to learn how to do it.

Step 1: Download Spotify Music with Premium

• Run Spotify on your computer and login it with your premium account.
• Find an album or create a playlist of songs that you’d like to download.
• Download the track by clicking the “Download” icon in the playlist or album banner area.

Step 2: Enable Spotify Offline Mode for Offline Playback

• Upon downloading the songs, click on the “three-dot” icon from the top-left corner.
• Select “File” from the drop-down menu.
• Ensure to choose “Offline Mode” to enable it.

How to Listen to Spotify Offline with Premium [iPhone/Android]

The steps to use offline mode on Spotify on a phone are similar to a computer. Here is how:

Step 1: Download Music from Spotify with Premium

• In your Spotify mobile app, sign in to it with your premium account.
• Add the songs you want to download into one playlist. Alternatively, you can directly download the wanted playlist or album.
• Download the “Playlist” after you’re done creating it.

Step 2: Turn on Spotify Offline Mode to Listening Offline

• Now, you need to go to “Spotify Settings”. So, tap on the “Gear icon” at the upper-right corner.
• Find the “Offline” option under “Playback” and enable its toggle to finish.

Once you complete the above, you can start playing your downloaded playlist without an internet connection.

Conclusion

Spotify music download is a great option for users. However, only premium subscribers get to enjoy it. For free members, you can follow the tips shared in our article to listen Spotify music offline without premium. StreamFox for Music provides an effective way to listen to Spotify offline losslessly without premium and Spotify app.