bhoidanny / blockthespot

Video, audio & banner adblock/skip for Spotify

BlockTheSpot

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

Please support Spotify by purchasing premium

Last updated: 01 April 2023
Last tested version: 1.2.8.923.g4f94bf0d

Features:

• Unlocks all premium features except downloads.
• Lives through Spotify updates. No need to patch Spotify after every update anymore.

Experimental features from developer mode

• Click on the 2 dots in the top left corner of Spotify > Develop > Show debug window. Play around with the options.
• Enable/disable feature by yourself in realtime and on demand.
• Choose old/new theme(YLX).
• Enable right sidebar.
• Hide upgrade button on top bar.

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

Installation/Update:

• Just download and run BlockTheSpot.bat

or

Fully automated installation via PowerShell

[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; Invoke-Expression "& { $(Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mrpond/BlockTheSpot/master/install.ps1') } -UninstallSpotifyStoreEdition -UpdateSpotify"

Manual installation

1. Browse to your Spotify installation folder %APPDATA%\Spotify
2. Download chrome_elf.zip from releases
3. Unzip dpapi.dll and config.ini to Spotify directory.

Uninstall:

• Just run uninstall.bat or
• Remove dpapi.dll and config.ini from Spotify directory. or
• Reinstall Spotify

Additional Notes:

• Installation script automatically detects if your Spotify client version is supported, or not. If the version is not supported, you will be prompted to update your Spotify client. To enforce client update, supply an optional parameter UpdateSpotify to the installation script.
• Spicetify users will need to reapply BlockTheSpot after applying a Spicetify themes/patches.
• If the automatic install/uninstall scripts do not work, please contact Nuzair46.
• For more support and discussions, join our Discord server.