This filter list was created 2015 and is under MIT license by CHEF-KOCH and contains all the advertising domains which are hard-coded within Spotify (free account).

The project is unofficial and not in any relationship with Spotify AB. An unofficial FAQ can be found here, read it - it's worth it!.

# Project is closed and merged within CK's-FilterList (mirror)!

You can easily import the "blocker" (filters) list into any Ad-blocker or download the pre-made Ad-Free versions. A HOSTS file is not a "crack".

An additional advice is to set the following parameters within the Spotify app:

• Edit - Preferences (CTRL + P) - Privacy Block all cookies... (enable it)
• Edit - Preferences (CTRL + P) - Advertisement - Change advertising preferences (disable everything here on the Spotify website)
• Manually delete the Spotify cache folder and mark it as _read-only_so that Spotify won't get access tp it, which prevents to store meta-data and ads in it.

This helps to get rid of cookie leftover(s) tracker(s) and reduces the chance to see banner ads (it does not remove them!).

I do not officially maintain this project which means every work I still do is for the community only and entirely for free. I spent a lot of time debugging and inspecting Spotify's traffic.

No one is forced to download something from the release tab nor do I support something illegal here. Repacking the installer is not illegal, however modifying the files itself is because it's against ToS (which I respect) but including several additional patches and a HOSTS file seems pretty much okay because Spotify does include already anti-blocking debugging techniques to prevent all of this. Abusing "holes" is illegal.

In this repo I provide:

• Ad-Free mods for Desktops and the Android OS. MacOS is official not supported because I don't use any Apple products.
• Filter lists in order to block ads (via hosts).

• Spotify Downloader (github.com) - Download Spotify playlists with albumart and meta-tags.
• Spytify (github.com) - Records Spotify without ads while it plays and includes media tags to the recorded files
• abertschi/ad-free (github.com) - A modularized Ad Blocker for Spotify on Android.
• BlockTheSpot - Spotify injection (for the Windows Desktop version only) which blocks video, audio & banner
• Spotify Terms and Conditions of Use
• Proof that Spotify collects everything + they sell your private data
• SpotMyBackup - Backup your playlist & tracks.
• Yay for Bloatware: Samsung to Pre-Install Spotify on Its Smartphones
• Spicetify-cli - Commandline tool to customize Spotify client.

• Spotify Crack Chrome App (github.com) - Basically an app for Chrome in case you nver heard of uBlock/AdGuard & Co.

• Spotify Downloader Utility - Download playlist and songs from spotify URL.

• The spotify clients aren't open source
• Spotify now requiring users to share location data to prevent abuse of family plan
• other stuff mentioned on WIkipedia

• Audius
• Bandcamp
• Deezer
• Qobuz
• gramophy