How to Fix Spotify Waiting to Download [Ultimate Guide]

Way 1. Don't Exceed Spotify Download Limit

Spotify only allows to download on up to 3 devices 10,000 songs. So please make sure the total tracks you downloaded are less than 10,000 songs. Also, for each of your iPhone or Android phones, please make sure you download less than 3,333 tracks.

If it is because you have exceeded the downloading limitation, you can try to delete a few old Spotify songs from your device. Then try again to download the new tracks. It should work with Spotify not downloading songs Android/iPhone issue.

Way 2. Uninstall and Reinstall Spotify

We know that Spotify keeps rolling out new features and removing old features. If you are using an old version, it is possible to cause compatibility issues. Many users have tried to reinstall Spotify to fix the issue of Spotify playlist waiting to download. So you can give it a trial to uninstall Spotify once and reinstall it again.

By the way, if you are using a hacked Spotify Premium version, such as the Spotify++. It is normal that you will encounter Spotify++ waiting to download issue. So please make sure you installed the official version.

Also, when you reinstall Spotify on your iPhone or Android device and the Spotify app can't be installed, then it will ask you to clear your phone's storage. Then you need to clear up your phone's storage first.

Way 3. Disable the Antivirus or Firewall

In general, well-known Antivirus and Firewalls won't have such issues. But some less-known firewalls may misreport legal software and operations and block the processes. So, you can try to solve Spotify waiting to download issue by removing security software like McAfee and Avast.

Besides, you could try to disable the Firewall or add the Spotify app as an exception on your computer. Here we will take a Windows computer as an example to add Spotify to the Firewall exception. Here are the steps.

Step 1. Search for Windows Firewall at the Start menu. Then click 'Windows Defender Firewall' to open it.

Step 2. Hit on 'Allow an app or feature through Windows Firewall'.

Step 3. Click on the 'Change Settings' > 'Allow another app...' option.

Step 4. Touch on 'Browse' and go to your Spotify folder.

Step 5. Press on 'Add' to add Spotify to Firewall.

Step 6. Then tick both 'Private' and 'Public' to allow it and then click 'OK'.

After that, you could open Spotify and see whether the 'Spotify download keeps spinning' issue had been fixed or not.

Way 4. Check Your Network

No matter what kind of network 2G/3G/4G/WiFi you have, it is possible the network has a lockout time. So you can restart your WiFi router or turn on/off the airplane mode to reset the mobile network. Also, please make sure there is no proxy setting else it will affect the Internet connection.

To fix the issue of 'Spotify waiting to download local files', you need to make sure both your computer and phone are on the same network. Then open your Spotify apps on both of your devices. And then go to Spotify on your computer and hit on the 'connect to device' icon. Next, click your phone name.

Way 5. Clean Up Your Phone Space

To download Spotify songs offline, you need to make sure your phone has big enough remaining space. If your phone's internal storage is full, you can also try to save Spotify songs to an SD card.

You could check how much storage you own on your phone in the Spotify app:

Step 1. Click the setting icon in the upper-right corner of your phone's screen.

Step 2. Scroll down the list and hit 'Storage'.

Step 3. Then you will see the available space of your phone on the screen.

If you run out of storage, then you could delete and clear Spotify cache to free up the storage of your phone. Here is how to do that.

On Android/iOS Devices:

Step 1. Click the 'gear' icon in the top right corner of Spotify's home screen and scroll down to 'Storage'.

Step 2. Hit on 'Delete cache' and hit again to confirm.

Then you can clear the cache of Spotify on your phone.

On Windows/Mac Computers:

Step 1. Touch your profile on the screen of the Spotify app and head to 'Settings'.

Step 2. Scroll down to find and click on 'Show Advanced Settings'.

Step 3. Scroll down and locate the 'Offline storage location' path.

Step 4. Go to the location path of Spotify files on your computer.

Step 5. Navigate to the 'Browser'.

Step 6. Choose the folders 'Cache', 'Code Cache & GPUcache'. Then delete them.

Step 7. Restart the Spotify app and check if Spotify won't download issue is fixed or not.

Way 6. Check Whether Your Premium Plan Is Valid

You should note that only Spotify premium users can download songs. If you are not a premium user, then you need to subscribe to it first. Or if you are already a premium user, then you need to make sure whether your plan is valid or not.

Way 7. Reset Other Settings on Spotify App

If you disable specific settings or activate high-quality audio download on the Spotify app, then you may face Spotify not downloading songs issue. Here you can follow the steps below to reset them.

Step 1. Head to the Settings section on your Spotify app.

Step 2. Locate the 'Download audio only' option. If the switch is in grey, then you can toggle it on and enable it.

Step 3. Scroll down to find 'Devices'. Then enable 'Spotify Connect in background'.

Step 4. In the Audio quality section, set the download quality to 'Automatic'.

After all these settings, you may get the Spotify playlist not downloading issue resolved.