How to Convert Spotify Songs to MP3 for Offline Use

By Annie Cale

Updated on: October 21, 2024

Category: Spotify Tips

Has anyone tried to download their Spotify playlist to obtain the MP3s? I am trying to make an audio CD to play music in my car. --rayraysayshi from Reddit

Spotify is a digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs. It's easy to find the right music for every moment – on your phone, your computer, your tablet and more. Many Spotify users have the same requirement as the above Reddit user. They want to download Spotify music for playing on any of their devices, or they just want to burn the Spotify music into CDs for better enjoyment. But, Spotify encodes its content with its exclusive format to prohibit that. here this article will briefly introduce the limits of Spotify music and how to record and convert Spotify music to MP3.

Requirements for Enjoying Spotify Songs Offline

With protection, there are many requirements when enjoying Spotify music offline:

Only Premium subscribers have the right to download Spotify music for offline enjoying, which means you need to subscribe to Spotify Premium (price varies worldwide, but is $11.99 per month in the United States).
Only save playlists for offline use on up to three devices. If you attempt to use offline mode on more than three devices at the same time, the oldest registered device will not work offline.
Need to go online within the app at least once every 30 days to keep your devices on offline mode.

Is There Any Way to Enjoy Spotify Songs Offline without Limitation?

Some Spotify Free users want to download songs or playlists for offline use. Some users just want to play Spotify music on all of their devices without being associated with Spotify accounts. To unlock these limitations, you need to find a Spotify Music Converter to help you download and convert Spotify music for offline use. NoteBurner Spotify Music Converter is such a program to help you record any Spotify track and convert them to MP3 for offline playing. You can download free trial version to have a try.

Tool Required: NoteBurner Spotify Music Converter

Features of NoteBurner Spotify Music Converter:

Convert Spotify songs & playlists to MP3/AAC/WAV/FLAC/AIFF/ALAC.
Preserve 100% lossless output quality after conversion.
Reach up to 10X faster speed and keep ID3 tags.
Support burning Spotify music to CD in one-click.
Upload Spotify music to iTunes/Music directly.
Fully support the latest version of Windows 11 and Spotify.

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How to Convert Spotify Music to MP3 for Offline Enjoying

In order to download Spotify music for offline use in all your devices, you need to record Spotify music and convert them to plain MP3. NoteBurner Spotify Music Converter can record streaming music of Spotify. With an industry-leading recording technology, NoteBurner Spotify Music Converter can convert Spotify music to MP3 with 100% lossless quality.

Note: If you are a Windows user, please refer to How to Download Music from Spotify to Windows PC for detailed steps.

1 Set Output Preference

Launch NoteBurner Spotify Music Converter on your Mac and it's suggested to choose "Spotify Web Player". Then Spotify web player will open with it automatically.

Click the Settings button interface to set output format, output quality, and output path. You can convert Spotify music to MP3, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, AAC, or ALAC with high quality (320 kbps is available to choose).

2 Add Spotify Songs or Playlists

Choose Spotify playlists on the web player and click the Add button.

Select the tracks you want to convert on NoteBurner and click "Add" to finish importing.

3 Start Converting Spotify Songs to MP3

After the above setting, click the "Convert" button the start converting Spotify music to MP3. After conversion, the output folder will open automatically. Or you can click the "Converted" button on the left side to find the converted MP3 music.

Note:The free trial version of NoteBurner Spotify Music Converter enables you to convert the first 1 minute of each song. You can buy the full version to convert the full music.