Download music to listen to offline

If you're a YouTube Music Premium member, you can enjoy music offline by downloading your favorite songs and videos to your mobile device. You'll need to reconnect to the internet at least once every 30 days to maintain your downloads.

Download music to listen offline with YouTube Music (Android)

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

• Turn on smart downloads. The app will automatically download for you based on your previous listening history - no action required for you!
• Choose specific playlists, songs, or albums to download.

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

Turn on smart downloads

To make sure you always have music available–even on the go–turn on smart downloads on your mobile device:

1. Open the YouTube Music app.
2. Tap your profile photo.
3. Tap Downloads .
4. Tap Settings .
5. Turn on "Smart downloads."

Once smart downloads are turned on, music will be automatically downloaded for you based on your listening history. You can view, pause, or delete your watch history to improve your recommendations and which music gets downloaded for you.

If you don't like a specific playlist or album in your downloads, you can also remove it by tapping Menu and then “Remove download ". When you remove a playlist or album, it won’t re-download to your smart downloads, but you may see it elsewhere in the YouTube Music app.

The music selection is refreshed every night when you're connected to Wi-Fi. It can also update on unrestricted mobile data, depending on your download settings. You must also have more than 40 percent battery charge. Music that is downloaded can be played for up to 30 days after you've disconnected from the internet. Note that when you reconnect to the internet, some content may no longer be available due to content changes or restrictions made by the video creator.

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.

Download songs

You can download individual songs from the watch page, by tapping on the cover art of any song and then tapping Download  or by tapping Menu  and then tapping Download .

Download storage space

The number of songs you can download depends on how much free 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.

You can limit the number of songs for your smart downloads and choose between audio or video downloading by tapping your profile photo  Settings  Offline settings.

Choose which connection types to use for downloads

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

Some mobile network carriers 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 carriers, you may see an option to download on “Wi-Fi and unrestricted mobile data.” Selecting this option will allow songs to be downloaded 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 carriers, where access may be limited to 5G.

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

To change your settings:

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