How to export your Spotify liked songs (2026 guide)
Your Spotify library is yours — and getting it out as a file takes about two minutes with a free tool called Exportify. No developer account, no API keys, no waiting. Here's exactly how, plus what the export contains and what you can do with it.
Why export at all?
A CSV of your liked songs is surprisingly useful: it's a backup of years of taste-curation, it moves your library between services, and it powers tools that analyse your taste — like FestWave, which matches festival timetables against your library so you instantly see who to catch. (Spotify's own API has become heavily restricted for small apps, which is why the export-a-file route is now the standard way to use your own data.)
Step by step with Exportify
- 1. Open [exportify.net](https://exportify.net) in any browser, on desktop or phone.
- 2. Log in with Spotify. The login happens on Spotify's own page — Exportify never sees your password. You're granting read-only access to your playlists and library.
- 3. Find "Liked Songs" at the top of your playlist list. Click Export.
- 4. Save the CSV file. It downloads instantly — a file like
liked_songs.csv. That's it.
A 1,000-song library exports in a few seconds. The file is plain text; you can open it in Excel or Numbers if you're curious.
What's inside the file
Each row is one track: title, the artist name(s), album, the date you liked it, plus extras most people never see — the track's genres, its popularity score, and audio features. The genre column is the hidden gem: it's what lets taste-matching tools understand your sound, not just your artist list.
Prefer the official route?
Spotify also offers a full data download (Privacy settings → "Download your data"), which includes your library as YourLibrary.json. It's thorough — including followed artists, which Exportify can't see — but it can take up to 30 days to arrive. For festival season, Exportify's two minutes beats Spotify's month.
Using your export on FestWave
Once you have the CSV: open a festival on FestWave, go to "My taste", and drop the file in. Your library is parsed in your browser — the file is never uploaded to any server — and the festival's full timetable lights up: green for artists you've liked, amber for acts that match your genres. Every past festival is free, so you can test it on one before spending a cent.
One small privacy note that makes us different: because the matching runs client-side, FestWave never sees a single song you've liked. Your taste stays yours.