hvrgl / blockthespot

Video, audio & banner adblock/skip for Spotify. This project has been superceded by SpotX: https://github.com/SpotX-CLI/SpotX-Win

BlockTheSpot

Video, audio & banner adblock/skip for Spotify

⚠️ This repository is no longer maintained ⚠️

BlockTheSpot has been superceeded by SpotX - thanks to the community for it's ongoing development:

https://github.com/SpotX-CLI/SpotX-Win

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Current Version: 0.13

Last updated: 5th March 2019

Last tested version: 1.1.4.197.g92d52c4f

Important Notice

If you are using Spotify 1.1.5.xxx or newer, please use run the automatic downgrade script here which will downgrade to 1.1.4.197.g92d52c4f and also disable auto-update. Thanks @CHEF-KOCH.

How do I re-enable automatic updates?

Run Command Prompt as administrator and enter the following command:

icacls "%localappdata%\Spotify\Update" /reset /T

Features:

• Windows only
• Set and forget
• Blocks all banner/video/audio ads within the app
• Retains friend, vertical video and radio functionality
• Unlocks the skip function for any track

⚠️ This mod is for the Desktop release of Spotify on Windows and not the Microsoft Store version.

Install/Uninstall:

Easy Installation:

Download and run install.bat. You don't need to download any other file.

PS - It's not encrypted at all, it's a batch file with the mod embedded at the end (see the "MZ" header). You can always use the manual installation method.

Manual Installation:

Download and drop netutils.dll inside the Spotify installation folder (next to Spotify.exe).

The default Spotify installation location is: %APPDATA%/Spotify (copy and paste into Explorer address bar)

Uninstall:

To uninstall, simply delete netutils.dll from your Spotify installation (see above for the location).