Google Play Music: Find and change location
You can also use Google Play Music to download songs and then listen offline. This practical tip shows you how to find and change the storage location.
Change the location of Google Play Music
You have the choice of downloading your songs to internal memory or an SD card. The prerequisite is that you use Android 4.4 or higher and of course that a memory card is inserted in your device. On iOS, on the other hand, you have no option to change the storage location.
- Open the menu in the Play Music app by tapping the icon with the three horizontal lines in the top left.
- Select "Settings"
- Scroll down until you reach the "Storage location" menu item and tap on it.
- Now choose either "External Storage" or "Internal". You cannot specify a specific directory here.
Google Play Music locations
In a file manager like ES File Explorer you will find downloaded music files in these directories:
- Internal: "/Data/data/com.google.android.music/files/music/"
- External: "/Android/data/com.google.android.music/files/music/"
In our next practical tip, you will read how you can change the streaming quality in Google Play Music.