Moving Spotify App To Sdcard

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Use the app to play music files stored on your device, which we call local files.

All preinstalled apps and popular apps like WhatsApp, Facebook, Spotify are blocked from moving to SD card and you have no other option left, you should install and keep them on internal storage. I succeeded in moving apps like Messenger, MX Player to SD card without any issues. In this guide, you’ll learn how to move apps to SD card, so that you can free up storage and get the very most from your Android device. These days, owning a phone with paltry 8GB or 16GB of. Open the Spotify app on your device and go to My Library. Tap the gear icon to launch the Settings window, and then please touch the Storage button. Now, there are two folder locations for your choice, Device Storage and SD card. Please tap the 'SD card' to. Move Apps to SD Card Using Application Manager. Navigate to Settings on your phone. You can find the settings menu in the app drawer. To equip your mobile with a SD card will help to broaden the space. And now it also comes in handy when you want to transfer data to another phone as you only need to re-plug the SD card. In following guide, we will share you with two efficient ways to save Spotify music on SD card.

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For: Premium

  1. On desktop, import your local files (with the 'Desktop' steps).
  2. Add the files to a new playlist.
  3. Log in on your mobile or tablet using the same WiFi as your desktop.
  4. Go to Settings > Local Files and switch on Local audio files.
    Note: You need to allow Spotify to find devices in the prompt that shows.
  5. Download the playlist with your local files.

Didn’t work?

Make sure:

  • You're logged in to the same account on both your desktop and mobile
  • Your devices are connected to the same WiFi network
  • The app is up-to-date on both devices
  • Your device is up-to-date
  • The Spotify app has access to your local network. Check in your iPhone/iPad settings under Spotify

For: Premium

  1. On desktop, import your local files (with the 'Desktop' steps).
  2. Add the files to a new playlist.
  3. Log in on your mobile or tablet using the same WiFi as your desktop.
  4. Download the playlist with your local files.

Didn’t work?

Make sure:

  • You're logged in to the same account on both your desktop and mobile
  • Your devices are connected to the same WiFi network
  • The app is up-to-date on both devices
  • Your device is up-to-date
  1. Click , then Settings.
  2. Scroll to Local Files and switch Show Local Files on.
  3. Switch off any sources you don't want.
  4. Click ADD A SOURCE to select another folder.

Music from that folder is now in Local Files in the menu on the left.

Moving Spotify App To Sdcard

Supported file types

Note: Some of your files may be protected in restricted formats. Install QuickTime on your computer to allow most of these tracks to be played on Spotify.

  • .mp3
  • .m4p (unless it contains video)
  • .mp4 (if QuickTime is installed on your computer)

The iTunes lossless format (M4A) isn't supported.

If your file isn’t supported, we do our best to match it with songs from the Spotify catalog. The version we match with might differ from the original.

Last updated: 24 September, 2020

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Since Spotify’s latest (0.5.3.56) update, premium users on Android are not able store their offline music onto their external SD cards, which is a bit of a nightmare considering the limited capacity of standard internal storage of phones. I recently bought a Galaxy Note 2 and had been storing the music on the phone until today I realised I was running dangerously out of space.

Julian Young asked Spotify for an official comment and the response he received:

Yes you are right the new App does not support external SD cards and only focuses on internal systems. I am very sorry that your needs are not covered by this and I will happily forward your request to our development team.

We do everything to provide the best possible service to our customers and aim to cover all demands and needs. I would also like to thank you for bringing this to us because it will support our development cycle.

However, on the same page and on various other sites including the official Spotify community, there are instructions on a workaround to this issue which I have successfully managed to implement. The following are the steps I took to accomplish this, so if you’re also looking to store your Spotify music on your external SD card, give it a go. It’s really straight forward and took me less than 5 mins in total.

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  1. Uninstall the Spotify app from your phone
  2. Install an earlier version of Spotify – there are several online, but I used this one from Android Drawer
  3. Start the app but don’t login
  4. Select the SD location from your Android’s Menu button and locate your external SD card*
  5. Save and close (Some sites instruct you to log in and make one playlist available offline before closing down the app, but the app kept crashing on me).
  6. Go to Play Store, and update Spotify app
  7. Your offline playlists will now be stored on the external SD card while rocking the latest Spotify Android app!

*External SD card locations for various Android phones

Samsung Galaxy Note 2: /storage/extSdCard

Samsung Galaxy S2: /mnt/sdcard/external_sd

Samsung Galaxy S3: /mnt/extSdCard/

Samsung Galaxy S: /mnt/sdcard/external_sd


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