How Much Space Does Spotify App Take Up On Computer

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Spotify is one of the best audio streaming platforms available nowadays.

Fire up the Spotify app on your phone, laptop or tablet. Play a song and select Devices Available. Select your device and start listening.

It has proved to be highly beneficial to avid music lovers and they can now be glued up endlessly to the Spotify app and listen to their favorite songs without worrying about any issues.

However, there is a teeny tiny twist here. The local Spotify folder ends up gathering a huge trove of junk data whenever it is used. Users have even reported about the Spotify folder going on to be as voluminous as 10 GB in size, which is quite shocking as it is only there for saving song cache.

Cleaning up Spotify junk might well be quite of an achievement if you set out to do so manually. However, were you to make use of a smart method to delete the junk, that would be quite a walk in the park.

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We’ve gathered an array of solutions that can be helpful in this scenario. Let’s briefly touch each one of them.

Change Spotify Storage Space

Exit the Spotify app and then navigate to: C:Users%username%AppDataLocalSpotifyData (this is the folder where all data related to Spotify is stored).

Simply delete the entire content of this folder. Next, go to: C:Users%username%AppDataRoamingSpotifyprefs

Edit this file with Notepad and you will spot the storage.size option.

If it isn’t available, manually type the following string in the file:

storage.size=*desired amount of megabytes*

Example: storage.size=1280

Save the file and restart Spotify. The cache content must have been cleaned out now.

Deny Write Permission to Spotify

You can also opt to deny the write permission to Spotify. This will result in restricting it from adding more cache to the software. The Spotify cache folder is located at:
C:Users%userprofile%AppDataLocalSpotifyData

  1. Navigate to the above-mentioned location, right-click the Data folder and select Properties.
  2. Click the Security tab.
  3. Now select Edit.
  4. In the next window, select your username and then select the Deny checkbox for Write. Follow this instruction exactly as described or you could end up severely harming Spotify’s working.
  5. Click OK | OK.

Adjust Spotify’s Cache Size

You can also adjust the cache size for Spotify from within the software. Here is how to do it.

  1. Launch Spotify and go to Edit | Preferences.
  2. Scroll down to Cache and simply edit it as per your requirements.

Perform a Clean Reinstall of Spotify

How

First of all, uninstall Spotify and then delete its storage folder from:
C:Users%username%AppDataRoamingSpotify

Restart your computer and then simply reinstall Spotify.

Delete local-files.bnk

Another way to go about this issue is to locate the file named as local-files.bnk. This file is located at:
C:Users%username%AppDataRoamingSpotifyUsers

Now search for the folder that is named similar to 123456-user. The actual folder name will contain a sequence of numbers (a different one most probably) followed by your username. Open that folder, locate local-files.bnk inside it and delete it.

Opt for Auto-update to reduce Cache Size

Spotify doesn’t updates itself automatically, which tremendously increases its cache size. If you want to opt for auto-update, simply delete the file named local-files-desktop.spa, which can be found at:

C:Users%username%AppDataRoamingSpotifyApps

Using ST Cleaner to Sweep Clean Spotify Junk in Windows

The best automated method to sweep away all the Spotify junk swiftly and safely is ST Cleaner.

This program lets you clean up junk files from all nooks and corners of the system and is divided into 4 broad categories for your ease. They are System Cache, Software Junk, Web Junk and Social and Multimedia.

Download and install the software. Now launch it and click Scan. Once the scan is over, it will provide all the hard disk space you stand to gain by wiping off the junk. Click Clean Now to launch the cleanup process.

How Much Space Does Spotify Take Up On Computer

Use the app to play music files stored on your device, which we call local files.

Space

Note: Files or downloads from illegal sources are not permitted.

For: Premium

  1. On desktop, import your local files (with the 'Desktop' steps).
  2. Add the files to a new playlist.
  3. Log in on your mobile or tablet using the same WiFi as your desktop.
  4. Go to Settings > Local Files and switch on Local audio files.
    Note: You need to allow Spotify to find devices in the prompt that shows.
  5. Download the playlist with your local files.

Didn’t work?

Make sure:

  • You're logged in to the same account on both your desktop and mobile
  • Your devices are connected to the same WiFi network
  • The app is up-to-date on both devices
  • Your device is up-to-date
  • The Spotify app has access to your local network. Check in your iPhone/iPad settings under Spotify

For: Premium

  1. On desktop, import your local files (with the 'Desktop' steps).
  2. Add the files to a new playlist.
  3. Log in on your mobile or tablet using the same WiFi as your desktop.
  4. Download the playlist with your local files.

Didn’t work?

Make sure:

  • You're logged in to the same account on both your desktop and mobile
  • Your devices are connected to the same WiFi network
  • The app is up-to-date on both devices
  • Your device is up-to-date
  1. Click , then Settings.
  2. Scroll to Local Files and switch Show Local Files on.
  3. Switch off any sources you don't want.
  4. Click ADD A SOURCE to select another folder.

Music from that folder is now in Local Files in the menu on the left.

Supported file types

Note: Some of your files may be protected in restricted formats. Install QuickTime on your computer to allow most of these tracks to be played on Spotify.

  • .mp3
  • .m4p (unless it contains video)
  • .mp4 (if QuickTime is installed on your computer)

The iTunes lossless format (M4A) isn't supported.

If your file isn’t supported, we do our best to match it with songs from the Spotify catalog. The version we match with might differ from the original.

Last updated: 24 September, 2020

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