Safe by design
AdSnooze never modifies Spotify — no patching, no DLL injection, no account hijacking. It only mutes the operating system's audio. Nothing to ban, nothing to break on the next Spotify update.
Free · Windows · ~2 MB · no account
AdSnooze sits quietly on your desktop, hears the moment Spotify slips in an ad, and mutes it — then brings your music back the instant it ends. No Premium. No modding Spotify. No risk to your account.
Spotify's quiet. AdSnooze waits, using almost nothing.
Your music passes straight through. Untouched.
An ad starts — silenced in under a second. Music's back the moment it ends.
How it works
One tiny ~2 MB installer. No account, no sign-up, no configuration. It opens as a small glass pill on your desktop.
Keep using the Spotify app exactly as you do. AdSnooze just listens for the ad/song transition in the background.
When an ad starts, AdSnooze mutes Spotify's audio within a second and restores it the instant the ad ends. That's it.
Why AdSnooze
AdSnooze never modifies Spotify — no patching, no DLL injection, no account hijacking. It only mutes the operating system's audio. Nothing to ban, nothing to break on the next Spotify update.
The whole point is not paying $11.99/month just to skip ads. The core ad-mute is free, forever.
A ~2 MB install that idles under 0.5% CPU and ~80 MB RAM. Built on Tauri + Rust, not a bloated Electron wrapper.
No tracking, no phone-home, no analytics SDK. Any "ads muted" counters stay on your machine and are opt-in.
A true-transparent glass pill with native rounded corners and a live spectrum that morphs into MUTE when an ad's hushed. Drag it anywhere; shrink it to a tiny dot.
Windows 10/11 today. macOS and Linux are next on the same codebase. Get notified →
The trust part
Most "Spotify ad blockers" patch or mod the Spotify app — which can get your account flagged and breaks on every update. AdSnooze takes the boring, safe road.
| AdSnooze | Spotify Premium | Mod tools (BlockTheSpot, Spicetify…) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Removes ad noise | ✓ mutes | ✓ removes | ✓ patches out |
| Costs nothing | ✓ free | ✗ $11.99/mo | ✓ free |
| Never modifies Spotify | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ rewrites the app |
| No account-ban risk | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ flaggable |
| Survives Spotify updates | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ breaks often |
Platforms
FAQ
AdSnooze never touches the Spotify app or your account — it only mutes your computer's audio when an ad plays, the same as if you turned the volume knob down. There's nothing for Spotify to detect inside its app, because nothing inside its app is changed. (Note: muting free-tier ads still lives in a grey area of Spotify's terms; we don't modify Spotify, but use it with that understanding.)
Mute. The ad still plays silently in Spotify — AdSnooze doesn't skip it, remove it, or interfere with playback. It simply silences your speakers for its duration, then unmutes. That's exactly why it's safe.
No. The installer just isn't code-signed yet (signing is a paid certificate we're setting up). Until then, Windows SmartScreen shows a caution on any unsigned app. Click More info → Run anyway. The build is open about exactly what it does, and you can verify the download's SHA-256 below.
EZBlocker also mutes (it's the closest cousin) but is Windows-only and dated. BlockTheSpot, Spicetify and similar tools patch the Spotify client itself — powerful, but they can flag your account and break on Spotify updates. AdSnooze deliberately never modifies Spotify, and runs on a modern cross-platform codebase.
It's built for the free tier (Premium already has no ads). It won't hurt anything on Premium — it just won't have ads to mute.
Like any Windows app — Settings → Apps → AdSnooze → Uninstall, or via the Start-menu shortcut. It leaves nothing running and stores no cloud data.
Download
Free. Windows 10 & 11. About 2 MB. No account, no card, no catch.
Download AdSnooze v0.3.0Unsigned installer — Windows may show “Unknown publisher.” Click More info → Run anyway. Verify your download:
SHA-256: 793cfcb06251a7dc7f26dd7e93f653117bfe94b2dac54974079b13524748871d