dougbarry / powershell-spotify-remove-podcasts

Powershell script to remove podcasts and episodes from Spotify desktop client UI on Windows

powershell-spotify-remove-podcasts

Powershell script to remove podcasts and episodes from Spotify desktop client UI on Windows

Locates and edits spotify file %appdata%/spotify/apps/xpui.spa to remove several items and change the UI behavior

Windows Powershell version of Remy's script. See their blog post: https://remysharp.com/2021/08/17/removing-shows-from-spotify
Zip manipulation segments from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25538501/edit-zip-file-content-in-subfolder-with-powershell/49337731

Screenshots here: https://remysharp.com/2021/08/17/removing-shows-from-spotify#:~:text=The%20%22before%22%20Spotify%20is%20at%20the%20top%20and%20%22after%22%20at%20the%20bottom.

powershell-spotify-remove-podcasts's Issues

Not working

I tried running this in an elevated powershell window and got this error:

Unable to back up file xpui.spa
At C:\Users\Nick\Downloads\powershell-spotify-remove-podcasts-main\powershell-spotify-remove-podcasts-main\SpotifyRemovePodcastsEpisodes.ps1:46 char:9
+ catch { throw "Unable to back up file $($SpotifyXPUIdotSPA)" }
+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : OperationStopped: (Unable to back up file xpui.spa:String) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Unable to back up file xpui.spa
 

I commented out the backup lines and it runs without any errors, but it doesn't work.