How to Download Music from Spotify to Computer via 4 Methods

Part 1. How to Download Music from Spotify to Computer without Premium

It can't be denied that using the Spotify Premium account is the easiest way to download Spotify music to computer. Besides, it offers an uninterrupted listening experience and ad-free support. Yet, it also comes with some disadvantages, especially for limited playback due to its DRM protection. What's worse, Spotify Free users aren't allowed to download audio from Spotify except podcasts.

So, we will introduce the best method first to download Spotify songs to computer for both Spotify free and premium subscribers. It's to draw support from professional third-party Spotify music downloader for PC and Mac.

Here we can meet AudFree Spotify Music Converter. It specializes in downloading Spotify music, playlists, albums, audiobooks, etc. to PC and Mac computers from Spotify free and premium accounts. Besides, it has the ability to convert Spotify to 320 kbps MP3, FLAC, WAV, and other plain audio formats. The highlight feature of this tool is saving Spotify audio to the best quality on your computer's local folder directly.

Key Features of AudFree Spotify Music Downloader for PC and Mac

Here are main advantages of using AudFree Spotify Music Converter to download music from Spotify to PC below:

✅ Download music from Spotify to computer free for offline listening

It can break the 'Download' limitation for both Spotify Free and Premium users. With it, all music lovers can listen to ad-free Spotify songs, playlists, podcast, albums, etc. offline. No need to create a new playlist to add single music, it supports downloading individual Spotify songs directly.

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✅ Convert Spotify music, playlists, etc. to 320 kbps MP3, WAV, FLAC, Lossless, etc.

In general, Spotify audio are encrypted in Ogg Vorbis format, which can be compatible with devices that support the Spotify app. Here, AudFree Spotify Music Converter has the ability to break the protection and do format conversion of Spotify songs. It will download and convert Spotify music to MP3 and other popular audio formats with raw original quality kept. Besides, it can output Spotify to Lossless audio files.

✅ Work at 13X faster speed, edit music quality and parameters

With built-in capturing technology, AudFree Spotify Music Downloader runs at 13X faster speed to download songs from Spotify to computer. If necessary, you are able to customize the sample rate to 48000Hz, 192kHz, etc. and bit rate to 320 kbps.

✅ User-friendly interface, keep and edit ID3 tags

With a conside user interface, without any tech skills, you can save music from Spotify to your computer by doing a few clicks. All ID3 tags, like the title, album cover, track number, year, etc. will be retained in intact for better music management. Also, you can customize the ID3 tags according to your needs.

✅ Offline Playback Spotify Music Anywhere

After using this tool, you can keep Spotify music forever and transfer Spotify songs to iTunes library, USB drive, SD card, MP3 player, smart speakers, etc. for backup and playback.

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How to Download Spotify Music to Computer (Windows PC and Mac) via AudFree Spotify Music Converter

With the help of this smart Spotify song downloader for PC and Mac, you can truly possess downloaded Spotify music files locally. In this case, you can use them in your wanted way without limits. Now, let's see how to download music from Spotify on PC and Mac locally with 3 steps only.

Step 1Import Spotify music to AudFree SpoDable

First, download and install AudFree Spotify Music Converter for Windows or Mac version on your device. Then log in to your Spotify account to proceed. To start with, you can directly drag and drop Spotify files from the built-in Spotify web player to the '+ ♫' section of AudFree program and tap 'Add to list' to import them. It supports adding an individual song to download. Or you can tap the Spotify playlist or other audio content and press the '+ ♫' button > 'Add to list' to upload Spotify tracks.

Step 2Choose Spotify output format and other settings for download

Tap the menu icon > 'Preferences' > 'Conversion' option, it will show you the setting window. You can define the output format of Spotify downloads like MP3, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, Lossless, M4A, or M4B according to your needs. Besides, in this window, you can customize the output quality of Spotify music. If you are a free Spotify user, you're suggested to set the bit rate as 320kbps to enhance the output quality.

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Step 3Download music from Spotify to computer without Premium

Click the 'Output Directory' section to set the output folder to store and save Spotify music downloads on your computer's folder. Or you can skip this step to keep it by default. Then please touch the 'Convert' button at the bottom-right corner of the Converting interface to save and download music on Spotify without Premium to your computers. After that, you can transfer downloaded Spotify music from your computer to other devices like Android or iOS devices and media players for playing offline.

Video Tutorial: How to Download Spotify Music to Computer

Also, you can check the YouTube video here to learn how to download songs from Spotify to computer via AudFree Spotify Music Converter vividly.

📢 Bonus Tips: To download music from Spotify to computer, here is another professional tool that we want to introduce to you. It is AudFree Streaming Audio Recorder. This program supports multiple music services, including Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Amazon Music, SoundCloud, etc. and helps you download music on computer with ease.

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Part 2. How to Download Spotify Songs to Computer with Premium Officially

Spotify users can access over 100 million songs on devices that connect to the network. But Spotify Free users have no right to download Spotify music on computer. To get this privilege, you need to update to the Premium subscription by paying for $11.99 per month.

With Spotify Premium, you can download songs on Spotify to computer directly and officially via the Spotify desktop app. But there's still one catch: Spotify doesn't allow users to download a Spotify song individually. You need to create a Spotify playlist and add favorite songs you'd like to download the playlist by right-clicking them first. Let's move on to learning how to do that!

How to Download Spotify Playlist to PC and Mac

Step 1. Open the Spotify app on your computer. Double-click the shortcut of the Spotify app to launch it from your computer desktop. Please log in to your paid account details, including your email address and password.

Step 2. Select the target Spotify playlist, or album to download. Navigate to the 'PLAYLISTS' option on the left side of the main interface. Find the name of the playlist you'd like to download. Once you open the playlist, you can see there is a 'Download' button, which is near the middle of the window.

Step 3. Download Spotify playlist to computer and Listen offline. Switch the 'Download' toggle button to on. Your Spotify playlists will be downloaded automatically. After you turn the 'Offline Mode' on, you can listen to Spotify music offline whenever you're not connected to the Internet.

How to Download Spotify Individual Songs onto Computer

Step 1. Launch the Spotify app from your computer or laptop and find the songs that you'd like to download. And then tap the item, you will go to the Now Playing screen. Click the three-dot icon to choose "Add to playlist" > " New Playlist" to add invidiual songs to a Spotify playlist.

Step 2. Go the the "Your Library" section from the left bar. Then find and tap the playlist covering your single songs. Now, you can hit the "Download" button to download all songs on PC from the playlist.

⚠️ Note: The downloaded Spotify music is cache files, which can be used to enjoy offline in the Spotify app only.

📢 Tips: If you don't want to add track one by one to a playlist to download, you can try AudFree Spotify Music Converter. It allows you to download single Spotify song directly.

Part 3. How to Download Music from Spotify to Computer Free and Online

The above third-party AudFree Spotify Music Downloader for PC and Mac has a file length limitation if you use its free trial version. To break this, you need to pay for it. Besides, if you don't want to subscribe to Spotify Premium, pay for any tool or install any program on your computer, here, we will introduce two easy-to-use tools to you to download music from Spotify online and for free to computer.

How to Download Song from Spotify to Computer Free Online via SpotifyMate

The first one is called SpotifyMate, a professional and free open-source Spotify playlist downloader online. Without any restriction, it works well to download songs from Spotify for free on PC and Mac from any web browsers.

However, a few points need to be explained in advance. As freeware, it features some disadvantages. For example, it sometimes crashes unexpectedly and the output quality of Spotify tracks could be lossy, only at up to 120 kbps. That's to say, the listening experience could be bad. Besides, it requires to click the 'Download' button one by one to download a single Spotify song in a playlist to computer. If you don't matter, you can check the user tutorial below:

Step 1. Navigate to SpotifyMate Spotify Downloader website and there is a file add box in the middle of the top of the site.

Step 2. Open the Spotify Web Player on your browser also and find favorite Spotify tunes that you'd like to download. Tap the item and click the 'three-dots' icon to choose 'Share' > 'Copy Track URL' button to copy the Spotify link.

Step 3. Go back to SpotifyMate Spotify Downloader, and then paste it into the address text bar. Then, please hit on the green 'Download' button, SpotifyMate will automatically load Spotify songs in the playlist.

Step 4. Scroll down to find target Spotify songs, and click the green 'Download' > 'Download MP3' button to download Spotify songs to desktop for free. To download another music, please tap the 'Download Another Song' button.

📢 Tips: Besides SpotifyMate, you can also use other online tools to download music from Spotify to computer. You can check them below.

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How to Download Music from Spotify to Computer Free via Apowersoft

Here, we will turn up to the traditional music downloading way, which is using audio recording technology. One of the recommended online audio recorders could be Apowersoft Free Online Audio Recorder. It can not only record music from streaming music services, such as Spotify, Tidal, etc. via computer sound card but also record sound from a microphone.

If it's the first time to use it, you will need to download a mini installer. After that, nothing needs to be done, and you can visit this website and start to download Spotify songs to laptop. By the way, there is only MP3 output option available and the Spotify audio quality could be only 160 kbps.

Step 1. Press the big 'Start Recording' icon and then select the audio source as the System Sound. It only supports saving Spotify as MP3. You don't need to customize output audio parameters.

Step 2. Open the Spotify app or Spotify Web Player to play Spotify songs. At the same time, please click the 'Start' button to start the downloading process.

Step 3. Hit on the 'Pause' or 'Stop' options to control the process of downloading songs on Spotify on computer for free online. After that, you can find all Spotify download for PC in the output directory by clicking the 'Show in Folder' button.

⚠️ Note: Neither tools support to batch download music from Spotify to computer. It wastes time. So, if you want to save time, then you can give AudFree Spotify Music Downloader a try. It supports to download Spotify songs to computer in batches at once.

Part 4. Compare Methods to Download Spotify Music to Computer

Which is the best way to download songs from Spotify to computer? In this post, there are four ways to help you. But which one is better? No worries. You can check the comparison table below.

Features	Via AudFree Spotify Music Converter	Via Official Way	Via SpotifyMate	Via Apowersoft
Compatible OS	Mac/Windows	Mac/Windows/Linux	Online	Online
Supported Input Content	All Spotify audio content	Spotify playlist and album	Spotify song and playlist	Any audio
Supported Output Format	MP3, AIFF, Lossless, WAV, FLAC, M4A, M4B	DRM-ed OGG Vorbis	MP3	MP3, FLAC, etc.
Spotify App Required	❌	✔	❌	✔
Spotify Premium Required	❌	✔	❌	❌
Download via Spotify Web Player	✔	❌	✔	✔
Conversion Speed	13X	1X	1X	1X
Customize Output Quality	✔	❌	❌	✔
Batch Conversion	✔	❌	❌	❌
Keep ID3 Tags	✔	✔	✔	✔
Success Rate	100%	High	Medium	Medium
Ease of Use	Easy	Easy	Easy	Medium
Price	$14.95/month; $44.95/year; $89.95/lifetime	Start from $11.99/month	Free	Free
Ratings	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	⭐️⭐️⭐️	⭐️⭐️⭐️	⭐️⭐️⭐️

Part 5. FAQs about Downloading Spotify Music to Computer

Q1: Why Can't I Download Spotify Songs on Computer?

A: First, for how to download audio from Spotify, you need to have a valid Spotify Premium account. Otherwise, you need to upgrade to Spotify Premium or renew your subscription if it expires. Second, there is a download limit on Spotify for devices. If you reach the max device download limit, you need to remove it first. Besides, you need to have enough storage space to download and store Spotify music files to your device. At last, try to clear Spotify cache as there is cached data that causes the issue.

Q2: Where Can I Find the Downloaded Spotify Music on the Computer Storage?

A: If you use the official Spotify for Windows and Mac app to download music, you can locate the downloaded files by the following path.

For Windows, check C:\Users\AppData\Local\Spotify\Storage.

For Mac, check /Users/yourusername/Library/Caches/com.Spotify.Client/storage.

If you use AudFree Spotify Music Converter to download songs, you can open the program and check the Converted section. Then you can locate all the local Spotify music files on your computer.

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Q3: Is It Legal to Download Music from Spotify to Computer?

A: In general, it is not legal to download Spotify music to computer. But if you use the music files for personal use, it is ok usually.

Part 6. Conclusion and Suggestion

With a Spotify Premium subscription, using the Spotify app to download Spotify songs to computer is a great way. You can enjoy Spotify music offline on compatible devices. But you need to pay for months and months. When you cancel it, the Spotify files will disappear from your Spotify app automatically.

For a free Spotify user, you can use the other three ways to download music from Spotify to computer. You can use the free or online way to do that. But there are limited functions of them. So, the best way could be using the AudFree Spotify Music Converter. It can save Spotify songs to computer's local folder with best quality preserved. And it allows you to transfer and play converted Spotify files to all devices without a problem. You only need to pay once to get the full version of this Spotify downloader and get Spotify Premium for free forever.