8 Ways to Get Spotify Premium for Free (or Discounted)

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Co-authored by Breanne Benson and Elaine Heredia, BA

Last Updated: January 29, 2026 Fact Checked

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Getting Spotify Premium for Free

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Spotify Premium comes with a ton of great benefits, like a huge music library, ad-free listening, and 15 hours of audiobooks per month – but it also comes with an $11.99/month price tag. Is there any way to get a free account on Spotify Premium – or at the very least, get it cheaper? Why, yes, there is! Come with us as we explore 8 different ways to get free (or discounted) Spotify Premium.

How to Get Spotify Premium Free Forever

Get Spotify Premium for free forever by signing up for free trials and promotions. If you use free trials, you may need to create a new profile with a different email address every time. You can also get up to 3 months or more of free Spotify Premium (with restrictions) from brands like Microsoft, AT&T, and Starbucks.

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How to Get Spotify Premium for Free

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Sign up for a Spotify Premium free trial. Spotify offers a 2-month free trial for all new Individual plan subscribers and a 1-month trial for Student plan subscribers (learn more about the Student discount plan further down). You do have to provide a credit or debit card upon signing up so they can charge you when the trial period ends. But the upside is you can always cancel anytime before the end of the trial and avoid getting charged.^{[1]
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- You can try signing up for a new free trial when your current one ends, but you'll need to start over with a new email address and a brand-new profile. This can get tiring, especially considering you'll have to rebuild your music library every single time. But if you want to go free, the free trial is a legit way to go!
- After the free trial ends, the Individual plan costs $11.99 a month (about as much as 2 drinks from Starbucks!).
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Get 3 months of free Spotify Premium with Microsoft Rewards. Microsoft awards points to people who use their products, like Bing (a search engine like Google), Edge (a web browser), and XBOX (Microsoft's gaming platform). If you use Bing for just 3 days over a 14-day period, you can redeem 3 months of free Spotify Premium. It's as easy as that! Just make sure you're logged into a Microsoft account on Bing so you can collect the reward.
- This promotion only works for people who have never subscribed to Spotify Premium. If you have an account set up with Spotify already, use a different email address and start a new profile. You'll also have to sign up for the Individual plan; the promotion doesn't apply to the Family or the Student plan.
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If you work at Starbucks, you may not realize you can get your favorite music streaming service without paying for it! The coffee company offers Spotify Premium for free to all its "partners" (Starbucks' term for their employees). The best part of this perk is you can take advantage of it even if you're already subscribed to Premium. You just have to cancel your subscription first and wait until your current billing period ends before switching to the Starbucks offering.
If your family or household already has a Spotify Premium Family plan, ask the main account holder if you can use one of the 6 Premium accounts that came with their subscription.^{[2]
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Ask for Spotify gift cards and use them to pay the Premium subscription fee. Instead of cash or other gifts for birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays, ask for Spotify gift cards! If you collect enough of them, you may be able to pay for your Spotify Premium subscription entirely with gift cards instead of using your credit or debit card.^{[3]
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- Keep in mind that you can only use Spotify gift cards if you're subscribed to an Individual plan. They do not apply to the Family, Student, or Basic plans.

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How to Get Spotify Premium for a Discount

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Sign up for the Spotify Premium Student plan with Hulu. If you're a college student, you're most likely eligible for Spotify's Premium Student discount plan!This plan costs just $5.99 a month and bundles Spotify Premium with Hulu (with Ads), a subscription service that streams movies and TV shows. This means you can use Spotify to enjoy music, podcasts, and audiobooks while you study for half the cost of a normal Premium subscription.
- At the end of every 12 months, the student is required to re-verify their eligibility. Once they're no longer attending college and can't verify that they're a student, Spotify automatically switches them to a regular Premium plan.
If you and your spouse, partner, or roommate love Spotify, go in on a Spotify Duo plan together. This Premium subscription costs $16.99 a month, which is cheaper than if you each had your own separate accounts. The only downside is it doesn't come with a free trial period. Just know that you can always cancel anytime if you decide Spotify isn't for you.
Do you have up to 6 people in your household who listen to Spotify? If so, you can save money on all your subscriptions by bundling them into Spotify's Family plan. The plan costs $19.99 a month and allows you to add up to 6 Premium accounts for your closest family members and friends. Whether you split the cost between you or just have one person foot the bill, it's a great deal and costs less than twice the amount of an Individual Premium plan.

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To cancel your Spotify Premium account and switch to a free one, sign into your profile on spotify.com and go to Manage your plan. Click Change plan, then scroll down the page and select Cancel Premium. Follow the prompts to finish terminating your subscription. Your account will change to "Spotify Free" after the end of the current billing cycle.^{[4]
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Currently, no brands are offering 6 months of Spotify Premium for free. You can, however, get 2 months free with a Spotify Premium free trial (Individual plan only) or 3 months from Microsoft Rewards if you use Bing for 3 days in a 14-day period.
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