How to Add Your Own Music to Spotify: The Ultimate Guide

Have you ever dug up a rare remix, a live concert bootleg, an unreleased demo, or an old track that isn’t on streaming services, and wished you could just blend it into your daily Spotify playlists?

Good news: you can. While Spotify doesn’t let everyday users host public tracks for global distribution without a music distributor, it features a built-in “Local Files” system. This feature lets you pull your own audio files straight from your computer or phone, stream them seamlessly alongside mainstream hits, and even sync them to your mobile devices.