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Still confused about how to upload your local music to Spotify? Don't worry. We'll go through the process of importing music to your Spotify account across various devices. In addition, you'll get a practical workaround on how to download Spotify songs to MP3.

Spotify is unarguably appealing because you can access its extensive music library housing millions of songs, podcasts, and videos from artists worldwide. But sometimes, you will discover that some of your preferred tracks are outside of Spotify's massive music library. For this reason, Spotify allows its subscribers to upload their music to their platform. The steps to upload music files to Spotify vary per different device. On top of that, you may encounter some issues and restrictions that disable your uploads. Luckily, you only need a step-by-step guide on importing local songs to Spotify per device. And this article will serve just as that.

How to Upload Music to Spotify (Desktop & Mobile)

Though comprehensive as Spotify's music catalog may be, not all songs can be found on this music streaming app. Follow the steps in the tutorial below to learn how to add external songs to Spotify. This part will demonstrate the upload process on the desktop and mobile versions of Spotify.

From Desktop

Step 1: Launch the Spotify Desktop app on your computer, go to "Settings".

Step 2: Scroll down to find the Local Files option, and toggle "Show Local Files" to green.

Step 3: Click "Add a source" to import audio files from the local folder. Then click "OK".

Step 4: Click back to "Your Library > Local Files", here you can find and play tracks stored on your computer in the Spotify desktop app.

Note: Spotify supports importing MP3, MP4, M4P files only. To transfer songs from another streaming music service to Spotify, you can turn to AudiCable Audio Recorder. With this tool, you can extract MP3 files from any streaming music platform, then import the downloaded audio files to Spotify.

Example >>> How to Move Apple Music Playlists to Spotify

From Mobile(Android & iOS)

Step 1: Create a new playlist on the Spotify desktop app. Go to the Local Files folder, then add the imported audio to the new playlist.

Step 2: Open the Spotify mobile app on your phone. Tap "Settings" on the Home screen.

Step 3: Scroll down, find the option "Show audio local files", and switch on it.(Apple users tap the "Local audio files")

Step 4: Tap "Library" at the bottom of the screen, and then you can find the playlist with the local files. These audio are all grayed out, so you need to tap "Download" to save them to your Spotify Mobile app.

Once downloaded, you can listen to these local music offline on your Android phone or iPhone.

Note: Please ensure your mobile device and computer are connected to the same Wi-Fi network. Also, to play local files on the mobile Spotify app, you must upgrade to Spotify Premium and organize the desktop-uploaded songs into a playlist.

Extra Tips: How to Download Spotify Songs to MP3

Spotify-paid users can access and download millions of ad-free songs, then enable the Offline Mode for streaming without the internet. But the music is downloaded as Ogg-formated files on the app, limiting the playback on any other device. As such, if you want to enjoy unlimited playback on more unlicensed devices, you need a reliable streaming tool to save Spotify music as MP3 files. AudiCable Audio Recorder is an ideal option for you.

Tool Required: AudiCable Spotify Music Recorder

AudiCable Audio Recorder works like a charm in downloading Spotify playlists, albums, podcasts, and audiobooks to your PC and Mac, available for both Spotify Free and Spotify Premium. Once the output parameters are set, you can get offline Spotify files in the format of MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, and ALAC, with audio quality up to 320kbps. This tool effortlessly handles the conversion keeping ID3 tags info like title, artist, etc. In addition, it supports recording from many other popular streaming music resources, including Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, and more. Check out the detailed features below.

💡Tutorial on Downloading Spotify Songs to MP3 Files

Step 1 Download and Install AudiCable Spotify Music Recorder

Download and start AudiCable Spotify Music Recorder for Windows or Mac. Most popular music streaming platforms are displayed on the main interface of AudiCable. Navigate to "Spotify" and click.

Note: Using the "Add other sources" button, you can also add other music services that you want. Just copy the official website, customize it with a new name, and then implement a new music platform.

Step 2 Choose the Player and Sign in

Please choose the way you want to download Spotify music. After that, sign in with your Spotify Free or Premium account.

Note: The first option will bring up AudiCable's built-in web player window, and the second will pop up from your Chrome.

Step 3 Customize the Output Parameters for Your Spotify Music

On the top-right corner of AudiCable, click on a "gear icon". From the pop-up setting window, choose "MP3" as the output format. Then close it to apply the changes.

Note: Apart from the output format, you can also freely customize the output quality, output folder, output files name, output organized and output path as you like. Among them, the audio quality varies from 128kbps to 320kbps.

Step 4 Download Spotify Playlist to MP3 Files

Choose your preferred Spotify songs, playlist, or albums to play. As soon as you play the song, AudiCable will start recording simultaneously. All recorded Spotify songs are saved in the MP3 format you set before.

Note: If you want to mute the sound and just download Spotify music in the background, you can go to the upper right, and tap the "sound" icon to switch to mute.

Step 5 Get Downloaded Spotify Songs on Your Computer Folder

Click the "Recorded" tap, and the "folder icon" behind a song, then you can quickly locate downloaded Spotify MP3s.

 Disclaimer: 

• All these methods are for personal or educational use only.
• You should not use this tool to distribute music or for business.

Conclusion

We hope you apply the key tips mentioned above to improve your listening experience on Spotify. After successfully importing music to Spotify, enjoying your favorite songs on Spotify is such a breeze. Also, using AudiCable Audio Recorder is a great idea if you want to bring your music collection over from another streaming service. This powerful streaming music recorder works to save the streaming songs to MP3 files, so you'll find it's so easier to import downloaded MP3 files to Spotify.

Note: The free trial version of AudiCable enables you to record a maximum of 10 Spotify music. To get the full conversion, please become a registered member by buying a license from AudiCable.

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