Spotify takes up a lot of space on my mobile: here's the solution

As streaming content platforms have emerged, mobiles have increased their storage size. To this we must add that some games can become a real outrage, that we are continuously taking photos and videos and that we test dozens of applications, leaving them installed later. All this, in the end, ends up reducing the space of our mobile, making it erratic and slow, as happens when we fill the hard drive of a computer.

Among the platforms that occupy the most storage on our mobile phone we can find Spotify. Thanks to the premium subscription, which has a cost of 10 euros per month, unless you take advantage of some of its savings modalities, you can download any playlist, album or song that appears in its catalog. This means that you can listen to what you want without costing you megabytes of your rate, since previously, through WiFi connectivity, you have selected the desired material. However, the free version of Spotify on mobile also takes up space, like any other application. Cache memory, that data that is stored so that the use of closed applications does not take so long, can end up depleting the storage of the phone.

That is why we are going to teach you how to free up space on your mobile, focusing on the Spotify application. Whether you are a premium user or not, this will interest you.

How much does a disc and a song occupy on Spotify?

Spotify allows the user to download songs, discs and playlists in different quality: normal, high, extreme and automatic. What bitrate (the rate of bits or data that are processed per unit of time) are we talking about in each of these sections?

• Normal: 96 KBPS. It is the one that occupies the least but also the worst quality. Those who understand say that, to listen to an MP3 in conditions, it should reach 128 KBPS.
• High: 160 KBPS. Recommended for good sound quality.
• Extreme: 302 KBPS, for foodies.
• Automatic: quality appropriate to the connection speed, which will never be less than 96 KBPS.

Therefore, a song in normal quality will weigh 2 MB, 3.5 MB in high and 7.5 MB in extreme. To calculate how much an album or playlist will weigh, you just have to calculate how many songs it is made of. If it is 10 songs, we would be talking about 20 MB, 35 MB and 75 MB, respectively.

How to free up space on Spotify?

To free up space on Spotify we must perform the following steps.

• If we want to erase a disk that we have downloaded:
• We must enter the Spotify application. At the bottom, we find the 'Library' tab .

• The 'Library' category is divided, in turn, into three tabs, depending on the type of content in question: Playlists, Artists and Albums. We select the one that corresponds.
• Then, we scroll up the screen. The search bar remains hidden and we must make that gesture to discover it. Then, in 'Filters', we select 'Downloads'.
• We click on the content we want to delete and turn off the green switch. The content will be removed automatically.

How to clear Spotify cache?

To do this, we enter the settings of our phone and look for the 'Applications' section. We locate Spotify and look for a section that refers to storage. It will depend on the manufacturer's customization layer. Then, click on ' Clear cache ' and that's it. If we want to load everything installed, click on 'Delete data' and that's it.