Spotify is a great music streaming service that you can use offline on a Windows 10 PC or Mac. To start streaming music offline, open Spotify and sign in with your account. Then, click the three lines in the top left corner of the main screen and select “Offline Mode.” Once you’re in Offline Mode, you can stream music without any internet connection by opening Spotify and signing in with your account again. You can also use Spotify’s offline mode to listen to songs that have been added to your library after they were streamed offline.
What You’ll Need
You must be a Spotify Premium subscriber to download music for offline playback.
Also, unlike the mobile apps, Spotify for desktop only supports downloading playlists. The playlist must be saved to your library first.
How to Go Offline in Spotify for Windows and Mac
To get started, open the Spotify desktop app for Windows 10 or Mac. You’ll first need to select a playlist to download.
Next, the playlist must be added to your library. Tap the three-dot menu icon and select “Save to Your Library.”
Once you add it to your library, the “Download” toggle will appear. Select it to begin downloading the playlist.
The Spotify app will say “Downloading …” while the playlist download is in progress. When it’s finished, the toggle will then say “Downloaded.”
Now, when your computer doesn’t have an internet connection, this playlist will be available to play.
How to Put Spotify in Offline Mode
If you’d like to manually put Spotify into “Offline Mode,” you can do that, too.
On Windows, click the three-dot menu icon in the top-left corner.
Select File > Offline Mode.
On a Mac, select “Spotify” from the menu bar.
Click “Offline Mode” to make Spotify go offline.
That’s all there is to it. Again, it’s a little cumbersome that this only works with playlists added to your library. If you want to download a single album, you could put it in a specific playlist. Next time you’re without Wi-Fi, you can still rock to some tunes.
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