Quilore Request your data

Step 1 of 2

Request the right file.

Spotify’s data request page lists more than one download, and almost everyone ticks the wrong one. The wrong file holds about a year of data and no listening times. This page exists so you do not wait two weeks for a file that will not work.

The one you need, and the one you don’t

The one you need, and the one you don’t

Wrong option

Account data

A summary of your Spotify account information.

Account data

Contains your profile, follows, playlists and roughly the last year of listening. Timestamps are included, but the format is a simplified summary rather than the raw stream.

History length
About 1 year
Milliseconds played
No
Works with Quilore
No
Correct option

Extended streaming history

Your full listening history since the account was created.

Extended streaming history

Contains every stream since your account was created, with the exact milliseconds played for each one. This is the raw data, and it is the only export Quilore can read.

History length
Full account lifetime
Milliseconds played
Yes
Works with Quilore
Yes

Spotify may show a third box too

Often labelled something like “Technical log information”. It is server logs, not listening history, and Quilore cannot read it either way. Leave it unticked. Ticking it by mistake is harmless, it just adds its own wait for a file this tool has no use for.

How to request it

How to request it

  1. 1

    Open your Spotify account privacy settings

    Any browser works, including the one on your phone. It is the Spotify app that has no data request, so a browser is the only route in. These five steps stay open here while you work through them.

    Open Spotify privacy settings

    spotify.com, opens in a new tab. You sign in to Spotify, never to Quilore.

  2. 2

    Scroll to “Download your data”

    You will see a checkbox labelled “Account data” and one labelled “Extended streaming history”. There may be others too, such as “Technical log information”. Only one of them is the file this page is about.

  3. 3

    Tick “Extended streaming history”

    Ticking anything else alongside it is harmless: it just produces extra zips that Quilore ignores. Ticking only “Account data”, or leaving “Extended streaming history” unticked, is the mistake.

    This is the single step where almost everyone goes wrong.

  4. 4

    Click “Request data” and confirm by email

    Spotify sends a confirmation email. Click the link inside it. Without that step the request never starts.

  5. 5

    Wait five to fourteen days

    Spotify processes the request on their own timeline and there is no way to speed it up. When the file is ready they send a second email with a download link.

After you request

Now you wait.

Five to fourteen days. We do not ask for your email address. Come back when you have the file, and if you want a nudge we can build a calendar event for you here in the browser.

Set a reminder

A .ics file, made in this tab. Your calendar app, not ours.

When the second email arrives

What the right zip contains.

Spotify’s second email links to a zip. Open it before anything else, because this is where you find out whether the request was the right one. These are the names in the extended exports we have opened ourselves.

A folder called Spotify Extended Streaming History
Everything you need is inside it. If the zip has no folder by that name, Spotify sent one of the other downloads, usually Account data, and the request needs making again with the right box ticked.
Streaming_History_Audio_2024.json, and others like it
Your listening, every stream with the milliseconds played. The exports we have opened hold one file per year, so the year in the name follows your own history. These are the only files Quilore reads.
Streaming_History_Video_2024.json
Video plays, kept apart from the audio. Quilore does not read them.
ReadMeFirst_ExtendedStreamingHistory.pdf
Spotify’s own description of every field. One detail in it matters more than the rest: it defines ts as the moment a track stopped playing, in UTC, not when it started. A three-minute song that ended at 00:02 began the day before.

You can give Quilore the whole zip. It picks out the audio files itself, and they never leave your browser.

Common questions

Common questions

I can’t find “Download your data”.
You are most likely in the Spotify app, which has no data request on any platform. Open spotify.com/account/privacy in a browser instead, including the one on your phone, sign in, and scroll down. If the link on this page opens the app rather than a browser, type the address into the browser yourself.
Can I tick more than one box?
Yes. Ticking every box Spotify offers is harmless. Quilore only ever reads the extended streaming history files, and anything else, account data, technical logs or otherwise, can be ignored or deleted once it arrives.
Does it matter which country my account is registered in?
No. The export is available under the GDPR and equivalent laws worldwide, and the file format is the same regardless of region.
I requested it before. Can I use that file?
Yes, as long as it contains the extended streaming history. Check that the zip includes files named Streaming_History_Audio_*.json. If it does, it will work.
What if the link in the Spotify email has expired?
Spotify’s download links expire after a few days. If yours has, request the export again from the same privacy settings page. The process is identical.