Automatically downloading saved songs

[Gmjohnson]

Plan

Premium

Country

US  

Device

OnePlus 3T 

Operating System

Android 

My Question or Issue

  Whenever I save a song or album to my library, Spotify automatically downloads them to my device. This has resulted in me reaching the maximum number of songs allowed downloaded very quickly. I would like to be able to save songs and albums to my library without downloading them, which I can't do currently. Any help would be appreciated! 

[Joe]

Of course you can. Go to the "songs" view in your library and turn off the "download" button. You will need to redownload any albums/playlists you want available offline by turning on the "download" switch on the relevant playlist/album/artis page.

https://support.spotify.com/uk/listen_everywhere/on_phone_tablet_desktop/listen-offline/

[Gmjohnson]

Hm, that option isn't there when I view my songs, but now that you mention it, I do remember selecting it in the past... Is there any reason it would disappear? 

[Joe]

That's odd. Try force stopping spotify then restart your phone and see if the switch comes back. If it doesn't, reinstalling might help.