At the start of February, Google gave three weeks’ notice (via email) that it plans to automatically remove all Play Music user data on Wednesday, February 24th. Per Google’s original timeline, the deadline looked to be December 31, 2020, but several additional weeks were provided. After this date, there will be no way to recover it. This includes your music library with any uploads, purchases and anything you’ve added from Google Play Music. On February 24, 2021, we will delete all of your Google Play Music data. It follows other parts of Play Music - desktop Music Manager app, Play Music store, and Assistant speaker integration - gradually being deprecated

Play Music transfer deadlineīack in August, Google said that the ability to download or transfer your Play Music library would be available for a short while after the app shuts down. This will allow you to store audio locally or switch to another music app. You can choose to receive the download link via email for local storage, or have it saved to Google Drive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, or Box. Playlists, radio stations, and track information will be provided in CSV format, while your previous uploads and Google Play purchases will be available as MP3 files.

The third option is to download your Play Music library using Google Takeout:Ī list of the tracks, playlists, radio stations, uploads, and purchases in your Google Play Music library, as well as your playback and search history. This is the easiest way to switch away from Play Music, and includes: uploads purchases, playlists, stations, albums/songs saved to your library, likes/dislikes, and billing information.Īlternately, there’s the option to “Manage your music” by deleting your music library and/or recommendation history. Visiting or the Android and iOS apps today provides a “Transfer to YouTube Music” prompt. Transfer or download your Play Music library Visiting the URL above just takes users to the main list of available services, with Google’s previous streaming app no longer offered. However, as of this morning, you can no longer use Google Takeout to download uploaded songs in Play Music or access any other historical data.

The company did take /music/listen offline and redirect to YouTube Music, but users could visit /settings/takeout/custom/play_music directly to start the process. Update 3/17: While the official last day to download your Play Music library was three weeks ago, Google quietly kept the export option available. Before February 24th, transfer your Play Music library to the replacement YouTube service, or download using Google Takeout. It marked the biggest milestone in the transition to YouTube Music, but there is one last step. At the start of December, the Google Play Music website and mobile apps officially stopped working for all users worldwide.

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