SpotX

A multi-purpose adblocker and skip-bypass for the Windows Spotify desktop application.

(The repository is based on BlockTheSpot, and also some tricks were taken from spicetify-cli, many thanks to the contributors)

Features:

• For Windows Desktop only. (Microsoft store version is not suitable)
• Blocks all banner, video and audio ads in the client
• Unlocks the skip function of any track
• Blocks automatic updates (optional)
• Podcasts disabled (optional)
• Automatic cache clearing (optional)
• Disabled Sentry (Prevented Sentry from sending console log/error/warning to Spotify developers)
• Disabled logging (Stopped various elements to log user interaction)
• Removed RTL rules (Removed all right-to-left CSS rules to simplify CSS files)

Fast installation / Update:

• Just download and run Install.bat

or

• Run The following command in PowerShell:

[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amd64fox/SpotX/main/Install.ps1' | Invoke-Expression

Uninstall:

• Just run Uninstall.bat

or

• Reinstall Spotify

Possible problems:

How do I go back to the previous version of the client ?

If you have problems with the patch after upgrading the client version, then use this tool to revert back to the working version.

Outdated versions of PowerShell

If you are using Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, there may be errors in the installation process due to an outdated version of NET Framework and PowerShell. Do the following:

• Upgrade to NET Framework 4.8
• Upgrade to WMF 5.1
• Reboot your PC

Note: For Windows 8 it is not possible to upgrade the PowerShell version, please upgrade to Windows 8.1 or 10

Additional Notes:

• SpotX will only work correctly on the latest versions of Spotify, please make sure of this before asking a question.
• The modifiable files are replaced by the Spotify installer every time it is updated, so you will need to apply the patch again when this happens.
• SpotX will be installed even if you are using Spicetify, but you may need to run Install.bat again after running the spicetify apply or other commands.