Download music and podcasts to listen to offline

Note: Users in selected countries/regions may encounter different product experiences.

If you're a YouTube Music Premium member, you can enjoy content offline by downloading songs, videos and podcasts to your mobile device.

You'll need to reconnect to the Internet at least once every 30 days to maintain your downloads.

Note: You can download podcasts regardless of your membership status. Some episodes/shows may not be available for audio-only download.

Download music to listen offline with YouTube Music (Android)

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There are two ways to download content to listen to offline:

Enjoy your music with Smart Downloads. The app will automatically download music for you based on your previous listening history – no action required from you. Learn how to turn off Smart Downloads.

Note: Smart Downloads are not yet available for podcasts.

Choose specific playlists, songs, albums or podcast episodes to download.

Learn more about YouTube Music Premium and how to start your trial.

Download playlists and albums

Anywhere you see a playlist or album within the YouTube Music app, tap Menu and select Download. You can also click the download arrow on the album or playlist details page.

Note: Downloaded playlists are refreshed daily in the background when the user is connected to Wi-Fi.

Download songs and podcast episodes

To download songs and podcast episodes:

Open the YouTube Music app.
Tap Menu Download .

Note: Full show and Smart Downloads are currently unavailable for podcasts.

Download storage space

The number of songs, podcasts and albums that you can download depends on how much space is available on your device. It's also impacted by the length and quality of the audio or video files that you wish to save.

To manage your Smart Download settings:

Tap your profile photo Settings.
Downloads and storage toggle on Smart downloads.

From the Downloads and storage menu, you can:

Manage the audio and video quality
Enable Smart Downloads to download up to 200 of your recently played songs
Free up space by tapping Clear downloads

Choose which connection types to use for downloads

You can choose which types of connection should be used to download content in the YouTube Music app. For example, you can specify that songs should only be downloaded on Wi-Fi.

Some mobile network operators give access to unrestricted mobile data, which is data that does not count towards any quotas or limits. If you're using one of those operators, you may see an option to download on 'Wi-Fi and unrestricted mobile data'. Selecting this will download songs when your device has a Wi-Fi connection. You can also download on an unrestricted mobile data connection with this option.

Unrestricted mobile data is only available on Android version R or newer. It's limited to participating mobile operators, where access may be limited to 5G.

Note: This is currently available on Verizon and AT&T in the United States, and KDDI and SoftBank in Japan.

To change your settings:

Open the YouTube Music app.
Tap your profile photo.
Tap Settings .
Select which connection type to allow downloads on.

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