Spotify is like morning coffee.
Without Spotify, your day wont start, and that is a fact.
And someone like me who is always into music will keep the app running all day long.
Hey, dont judge me; I can multitask!
But there is a catch.
Spotify takes way too much storage of your gear.
How much space does Spotify take up?
I know many of us still have a mobile with less space than 32GB.
And a laptop with just 256GB SSD on it.
Dont worry too much.
So keep reading till the end to get your desired fix.
What is the size of Spotify?
But it will take up to 110MB on the desktop version of Spotify.
On the other hand, Spotify Lite is under 10MB.
If you think, hey, this is just in megabytes, where is the worry?
True, the app size is in megabytes.
No question there, but you still have to worry about the space left in your system.
Also, to save up room for other apps, Spotify released Spotify Lite.
Like Facebook Lite and Instagram Lite, it is for devices with less memory and an old processor.
you could do everything important as you could do in a normal Spotify app.
Just some features are not there.
But I dont think you will need that anyway in your daily routine.
you might stream, download, and make your playlist in the Spotify Lite App.
The app is still in the Beta process.
So you will see some minor bugs here and there.
Check out our separate post on how tochange equalizer on Spotify PC.
How to free up space on Spotify iPhone
Hey, I know why you are here.
You have an iPhone with less than 64GB of memory.
Or your someone who is storing.
All their 4k videos and pictures are on their phone.
Look, I understand why you keep all the images and videos on your phone for memories, right?
You even need the extra memory for more offline songs.
See, Spotify can acquire most of your memory in two ways.
Storing cache and offline songs.
Here are the steps to free up space on Spotify:
Spotify can store huge amounts of cache memory.
If you clear out cache memory, it will make room for your iPhone to do other stuff.
it’s possible for you to delete the cache with ease.
Dont be in a fear that you will lose your personal data or songs.
If you change the download quality of songs, you might have more space on your iPhone.
you’re free to store more songs with less download quality.
It will stash your mobile data as well.
Why does Spotify use so much storage?
Spotify can even take up to 50 GB of space.
With the streaming, Spotify stores cache in your system.
I am not even kidding when I am writing this.
See, cache memory is really important when you have internet disruption.
This is a great method to save the internet when you are on mobile data.
So yeah, cache memory is important, no doubt about that.
It depends on the duration of the song.
So it varies from song to song.
So as I said earlier, Spotify can eat up to 50 GB.
That is now somehow making sense, right?
Also, your Spotify will take more space if you are randomly liking songs on Spotify.
Maybe you dont even want the song to be there on your offline playlist.
If you go to your Offline playlist, you will find many tunes you didnt even know were there.
And these songs are taking up way too much space on your unit.
Also, check out our separate post tofix Spotify no internet connection.
How much space does Spotify take up on the iPhone?
The storage memory depends on your cache memory, how many songs you download, and which quality.
Storage is still an issue for many mobile phones.
Also, with the growing bigger space desktop/phones, the app size rapidly increased as well.
See, in 2016, I used to use a phone with 16GB of space in it.
But I never felt like I needed more space.
And I used to play GTA SA and had many pictures and songs stored on that phone.
And now I am using one with 128GB.
Guess what, it is not enough.
We tend to save bucks on getting the smaller storage iPhones.
There is nothing wrong with it, As long as you have the latest iPhones, right?
I mean, yes, the price of the 256GB ones is just ridiculous.
And now you may ask how much does it take on android phones.
Well, it is pretty much about the same.
So someone can have the app in-between 1GB to 5GB if they are strictly on streaming.
Final Thoughts
At this point, we all know Spotify is a storage-hungry app.
Without managing it, you will be out of space in no time.
Hopefully, with this guideline, it’s possible for you to land a solution.
