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Transfers, sync and matching

How transfers, auto-sync and song matching work, and what the statuses mean.

Articles in this topic

  1. Is there a song limit? No, every transfer is freeA one-time transfer has no song limit: playlists, liked songs, albums and artists move free. Only the music services set limits, such as songs per playlist.
  2. Keep in sync: how it works and what it changesKeep in sync keeps a transferred playlist up to date with its source. See what it changes, which way it goes, how to sync now and what happens after Pro.
  3. How Free Your Music matches songsHow Free Your Music finds each song on the new service: ISRC codes first, then title, artist and album. What the match score means and why songs go missing.
  4. Fix a wrong match (Rematch)Got the wrong song or version after a transfer? Search the new service and pick the right one with "Use this match". Rematch is free on every plan.
  5. What the song statuses meanEvery song in a transfer has a status, such as Matched, Check or Could not match. See what each one means, what the transfer messages say and what to do.
  6. Songs that did not transfer, and how to export themFind the songs that did not make it to your new service, retry them, and export the list to a CSV file to keep or to add by hand later.
  7. Transfer into an existing playlist, Rebuild (Force recreate), and playlist namesMove songs into a playlist you already have, rebuild a playlist from the source, and learn why a long playlist can arrive split into two or more parts.
  8. Song order, and why Spotify Liked Songs move oldest firstFree Your Music keeps the song order of the source playlist where the destination allows it. See which services cannot reorder songs, and how Liked Songs move.
  9. Transfer music between two accounts on the same serviceMove playlists from one Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube Music account to another account on the same service: connect both accounts and pick them in a transfer.
  10. Pause, resume, cancel, and closing the app mid-transferHow to pause, resume, retry or stop a transfer in Free Your Music for good, and why you can close the app or the browser tab while a transfer runs.

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