- EZBlocker is a simple-to-use ad blocker/muter for Spotify. EZBlocker will attempt to block ads on Spotify from loading. If an ad does load, EZBlocker will mute Spotify until the ad is over. There are no fancy features, just pure ad blocking. When an ad is blocked, only Spotify is muted, so no other sounds will be affected. EZBlocker aims to be the most stable and reliable ad blocker for Spotify.
- Select your language: Spotify is a popular streaming music service offering three types of subscription – Spotify Free, Spotify Premium ($9.99 per month) and Spotify Family ($14.99 per month). Spotify Free users can listen to songs on demand, discover new music, play and share music, playlist, album and etc, at the expense of having to hear adverts between tracks, because those ad-free.
Additional Step for Mac: Close spotify, right click it, select 'Open Package Contents', then navigate to 'Contents/Resources/Apps' and delete 'ad.spa' Unbound DNS If you are using unbound dns, u/BKPepe has converted the host file manually to unbound format. Additional Step for Mac: Close spotify, right click it, select 'Open Package Contents', then navigate to 'Contents/Resources/Apps' and delete 'ad.spa' Last edited by Name is Kevin; at 02:01 AM.
Everyone loves spotify, but are tired of it’s ads that keep coming between songs. Here is way to block ads through your host file be it Windows or Mac.
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Host Content:
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Add the above contents in your host file.
In Windows
Go to
C:WindowsSystem32driversetc
. Open the hosts file as administrator and add the above contents to it. (You could open notepad/Sublime/Atom as administrator and browse to open the hosts file.)*Note:
Incase the newly added mappings are not working try restarting Windows to take effect
Incase the newly added mappings are not working try restarting Windows to take effect
In Mac
To find the hosts file, open Finder and, in Finder’s menu bar, select Go > Go to Folder. In the box, type the following location and press Return.
To open it, simply double-click and it will display the file’s contents in TextEdit (or the text editor of your choice). Add the host content in it and save.
In most cases, the new mapping should work immediately, but if you’re not seeing the correct behavior, you may need to flush your DNS cache. For OS X Lion and OS X Mountain Lion, open Terminal and use the following command. Note that you’ll need to enter your admin password to execute it:
For OS X Mavericks +, use this command instead:
You could also launchTerminal, type the following command, and press Return. As with allsudocommands, you’ll need to also enter your admin password to execute it:
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When you’re done making changes, press Control+X to exit the editor, Y to save, and Return to overwrite the existing hosts file. As mentioned earlier, make sure to flush your DNS cache if you notice that your new mappings aren’t working properly.