This guide will show you how to change the location where Spotify stores any files that you flag to download in order to be able to play them when you’re offline. This can be particularly helpful if you have a large library and want to store it on an external drive.
ps. If you’re an Android user, you may want to check out this guide for instructions on how save Spotify files on an SD card instead of the internal storage.
Note: this screenshots/images used in this guide are from macOS. If you use the Windows version of Spotify, the steps are nearly identical.
- Keep Spotify open on your desktop. Open Spotify back up on your iPhone. Go to playlists on your iPhone. If you haven't yet, download your new Local Files playlist. This, at least in my situation, magically cured this issue. All of the files now started downloading on my iPhone. After success, be sure to turn off the 'download using cellular.
- First of all, we will have to import local music to Spotify desktop application. To do this, open the.
Open Spotify on your computer and create a playlist that contains the local tracks you want to sync. Make sure both your computer and your mobile device are hooked up to the same Wi-Fi connection. On your mobile device, open Spotify. The device now appears on your computer below Devices in the Spotify window’s left sidebar.
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- Open the Spotify Preferences by selecting Spotify from your Menu Bar, and then Preferences from the pull-down list. Windows users: select Edit and then Preferences…
- Scroll to the bottom of the Spotify Preferences and click the SHOW ADVANCED SETTINGS
button. - Scroll down until you find the section titled Offline Songs Storage. Click the CHANGE LOCATION button.
- Now select the folder where you want Spotify to save files for offline listening etc. It’s worth mentioning that Spotify creates a bit of a ‘mess’ when it stores files – it utilizes a lot of coded folder and file names. You will almost certainly want to create a specific folder to store all of the other folders that Spotify will create.
When you’ve selected the new location, restart Spotify.
- When you re-start Spotify it’ll move all of the files to the new location. As illustrated in the screenshot below, it does create a rather confusing series of folders with just as “strangely” named files inside them. It’s OK – you’re not meant to really be sorting through them, it’s just the way Spotify stores things.