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Downloaded songs on free account.

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Downloaded songs on free account.

I have a free account on Spotify. My saved songs show as downloaded songs and do occupy space on my phone. But I can't play them offline. Is it a problem or does it not matter if I delete the "downloaded"?
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Hey @kailash

 

Free users can only stream (not download for offline use)

 

These downloads are probably the cache the Spotify uses to temporary save the songs you stream. (this cache doesn't work offline like true downloads do)

 

So if you decide to delete it there shouldn't be any problem.

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Hey @kailash

 

Free users can only stream (not download for offline use)

 

These downloads are probably the cache the Spotify uses to temporary save the songs you stream. (this cache doesn't work offline like true downloads do)

 

So if you decide to delete it there shouldn't be any problem.

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Thank you so much! Appreciate it!

You're welcome

 

If you do have trouble after deleting the files, let me know. 

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I did and I seem to have no problem so far. I will let you know if I do. Thanks again. 🙂

Ok great

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