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 = 3072; iex "& { $(iwr -useb 'https://spotx-official.github.io/SpotX/Install.ps1') } -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 = 3072; iex "& { $(iwr -useb 'https://spotx-official.github.io/SpotX/Install.ps1') } -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 = 3072; iex "& { $(iwr -useb 'https://spotx-official.github.io/SpotX/Install.ps1') } -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 = 3072; iex "& { $(iwr -useb 'https://spotx-official.github.io/SpotX/Install.ps1') } -premium -new_theme"

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.