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Modified Spotify Client for Windows

System requirements

  • OS: Windows 7-11
  • Spotify: Recommended official version 1.1.96.785
  • For Windows Desktop only (Microsoft store version is not suitable).
  • PowerShell: 3 or higher

Features

  • Blocks all banner, video and audio ads in the client
  • Unlocks the skip function of any track
  • Hiding podcasts, episodes and audiobooks from the homepage (optional)
  • Block Spotify automatic updates (optional)
  • Automatic clearing of audio cache (optional)
  • More experimental features have been activated (see the full list)
  • 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)
  • Code minification

Fast installation / Update

Choose installation type:

Usual installation

During installation, you need to confirm some actions, also contains:

Just download and run Install.bat

or

Run The following command in PowerShell:

[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; (iwr -useb 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SpotX-CLI/SpotX-Win/main/Install.ps1').Content | iex
Automatic full installation

Automatic installation without confirmation, what does it do?

  • Automatic removal of Spotify MS if it was found
  • Automatic installation of the recommended version of Spotify (if another client has already been found, it will be installed over)
  • Hiding podcasts/episodes/audiobooks from the homepage
  • Automatic blocking of Spotify updates
  • All experimental features included
  • After the installation is completed, the client will autorun.

Just download and run Install_Auto.bat

or

Run The following command in PowerShell:

[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; iex "& { $((iwr -useb 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SpotX-CLI/SpotX-Win/main/Install.ps1').Content) } -confirm_uninstall_ms_spoti -confirm_spoti_recomended_over -podcasts_off -cache_off -block_update_on -start_spoti"
Other types of installations

Automatic basic installation

Automatic basic installation without confirmation, what does it do?

  • Automatic removal of Spotify MS if it was found
  • Automatic installation of the recommended version of Spotify (if another client has already been found, it will be installed over)
  • After the installation is completed, the client will autorun

Just download and run Install_Basic.bat

or

Run The following command in PowerShell:

[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; iex "& { $((iwr -useb 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SpotX-CLI/SpotX-Win/main/Install.ps1').Content) } -confirm_uninstall_ms_spoti -confirm_spoti_recomended_over -podcasts_on -cache_off -block_update_off -exp_standart -hide_col_icon_off -start_spoti"
Installation for premium

Usual installation only without ad blocking, for those who have a premium account, also contains:

Just download and run Install_Prem.bat

or

Run The following command in PowerShell:

[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; iex "& { $((iwr -useb 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SpotX-CLI/SpotX-Win/main/Install.ps1').Content) } -premium"
Installing with Scoop

Installing SpotX via the Scoop package manager includes:

  • Automatic removal of Spotify MS if it was found
  • Automatic installation of the recommended version of Spotify (if another client has already been found, it will be installed over)
  • Hiding podcasts/episodes/audiobooks from the homepage
  • Automatic blocking of Spotify updates
  • All experimental features included

Installing SpotX with Scoop

Just run these commands in the command prompt or powershell:

scoop bucket add nonportable
scoop install spotx-np

Updating SpotX with Scoop

To update SpotX or check for updates run this command in the command prompt or powershell:

scoop update spotx-np

Uninstalling SpotX with Scoop

To fully uninstall SpotX and Spotify run this command in the command prompt or powershell:

scoop uninstall spotx-np

Installing with parameters

You can specify various parameters for a more flexible installation, more details here

Uninstall

or

FAQ

Credits

  • This repository partially uses BlockTheSpot, and also some tricks were taken from spicetify-cli, many thanks to the contributors