It also has a manual blocklist, so if any do come up, you can block them from showing up again just by clicking an option in the menu bar. There's no other configuration necessary, though you will need previously mentioned Soundflower installed for it to work. Smutefy sits in your menu bar, mutes Spotify whenever an ad plays, and unmutes it when the ad is over. On OS X, you can mute ads just by downloading and running Smutefy. Spotify has never looked kindly on those that get around the ads on its free tier of service, but now it says it’s not going to take. When it detects an ad, it will mute Spotify, play a random MP3 from your Music folder, and then move to the next track on your Spotify playlist when that song is over, which is a really cool little feature. Using an ad blocker with Spotify Prepare to be terminated. It also allows you to play a substitute MP3 from your Music folder when it mutes an ad-that way, you don't have any empty space between songs. It'll unmute Spotify when the ad finishes playing.īetter yet, though, Blockify can do more than just mute ads: It also adds customizable hotkeys to Spotify, so you can skip tracks, play, pause, shuffle, and change the volume with keyboard shortcuts.
It sits in your system tray and mutes Spotify (or your computer, your choice) whenever it detects an audio ad. Is far and away the best Spotify ad blocker for Windows.
