Can I listen to Spotify offline without premium?

Honestly, there’s no “clean” way to listen to Spotify offline without premium for songs, because Spotify only allows proper offline downloads on a Premium account. The only semi-legit thing I still do on a free plan is download podcasts in the Spotify app (that’s allowed), use Wi-Fi as much as possible, and stop expecting the free tier to magically let me listen to Spotify offline without premium for full playlists.

The only workaround I’ve tested on Windows is a command-line style “real-time recorder” setup, which is super hacky and very much in a grey zone, so use it at your own risk and only for personal use:

1. Install a system-audio recorder that can run from the command line (records whatever you hear to MP3).
2. On Windows, set “Stereo Mix” / system output as the recording source.
3. Start Spotify, queue your playlist, then run the recorder command (e.g. something like rec output.mp3 depending on the tool).
4. Let the playlist play in real time, then stop the recorder when it’s done and cut/split the file manually later.

It does let you kind of listen to Spotify offline without premium, but it’s slow, messy, and can conflict with Spotify’s terms, so personally I ended up deciding that either Premium or another service with real offline downloads is way less headache.