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Plan
Premium
Country
Singapore
Device
iPhone 7
Operating System
My Question or Issue
Why does Spotify stream music even though it is downloaded locally on my phone? I am overseas and Spotify has been streaming using 7GB of data in one week for Music that is already downloaded and has been for a long time. This has cost me unnecessary data charges - it seems ludicrous that this happens - surely the default option for downloaded music would be to play from the device not stream?
Hello,
You can listen to only your downloaded songs by going to the cog on the home screen > playback > toggle "Offline" to the right. This should prevent Spotify from streaming and will only use the songs downlaoded to your device. Offline will expire after 30 days. This is because Spotify needs to verify that the song licenses and your premium subscription are still up-to-date. After you come online again and everything is re-verified, you should be able to go back into offline mode for 30 days again. Hope this helps!
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