Modified Spotify Client for Windows
System requirements
- OS: Windows 7-11
- Spotify: latest official versions
- For Windows Desktop only (Microsoft store version is not suitable).
- PowerShell: version 5 and above recommended
Features
- Blocks all banner, video and audio ads in the client
- Hiding podcasts, episodes and audiobooks from the homepage (optional)
- Block Spotify automatic updates (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 (New theme)
During installation, you need to confirm some actions, also contains:
- New theme activated (new right and left sidebar, some cover change)
- All experimental features included
Just download and run Install.bat
or
Run The following command in PowerShell:
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; iex "& { $((iwr -useb 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amd64fox/SpotX/main/Install.ps1').Content) } -new_theme"Usual installation (Old theme)
During installation, you need to confirm some actions, also contains:
- Forced installation of version 1.2.13 (since the old theme was removed in subsequent versions)
- Old theme activated
- Automatic blocking of Spotify updates
- All experimental features included
Just download and run Install.bat
or
Run The following command in PowerShell:
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; iex "& { $((iwr -useb 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amd64fox/SpotX/main/Install.ps1').Content) } -v 1.2.13.661.ga588f749-4064 -confirm_spoti_recomended_over -block_update_on"Automatic full installation
Automatic installation without confirmation, what does it do?
- New theme activated (new right and left sidebar, some cover change)
- Hiding podcasts/episodes/audiobooks from the homepage
- Activated static theme spotify for lyrics
- Hiding ad-like sections
- All experimental features included
- 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)
- Automatic blocking of Spotify updates
- 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/amd64fox/SpotX/main/Install.ps1').Content) } -confirm_uninstall_ms_spoti -confirm_spoti_recomended_over -podcasts_off -block_update_on -start_spoti -new_theme -adsections_off -lyrics_stat spotify"Other types of installations
Installation for premium
Usual installation only without ad blocking, for those who have a premium account, also contains:
- New theme activated (new right and left sidebar, some cover change)
- Disabled only audio ads in podcasts
- All experimental features included
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/amd64fox/SpotX/main/Install.ps1').Content) } -premium -new_theme"Installing with Scoop
Installing SpotX via the Scoop package manager includes:
- New theme activated (new right and left sidebar, some cover change)
- 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
- Just run Uninstall.bat
or
- Reinstall Spotify (Full uninstall Spotify recommended)
FAQ
Read FAQ
Credits
Some tricks were taken from spicetify-cli, many thanks to the contributors.
Disclaimer
SpotX is a modified version of the official Spotify client, provided as an evaluation version, you use it at your own risk.
