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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
Spotify ads,
silenced.
Spotify itself, untouched.
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.
the actual AdSnooze pill, live
Idle
Spotify's quiet. AdSnooze waits, using almost nothing.
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Playing
Your music passes straight through. Untouched.
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Ad muted
An ad starts — silenced in under a second. Music's back the moment it ends.
How it works
Three steps. Then never think about it again.
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Install AdSnooze
One tiny ~2 MB installer. No account, no sign-up, no configuration. It opens as a small glass pill on your desktop.
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Open Spotify like normal
Keep using the Spotify app exactly as you do. AdSnooze just listens for the ad/song transition in the background.
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Ads mute themselves
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
Small, safe, and quiet by design.
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Free, no Premium
The whole point is not paying $11.99/month just to skip ads. The core ad-mute is free, forever.
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Tiny & near-invisible
A ~2 MB install that idles under 0.5% CPU and ~80 MB RAM. Built on Tauri + Rust, not a bloated Electron wrapper.
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Telemetry-free
No tracking, no phone-home, no analytics SDK. Any "ads muted" counters stay on your machine and are opt-in.
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Actually beautiful
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.
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Windows now, more soon
Windows 10/11 today. macOS and Linux are next on the same codebase. Get notified →
The trust part
What AdSnooze never does.
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.
- Patch, mod, or repackage the Spotify app
- Inject code or DLLs into the Spotify process
- Touch your account, password, or login tokens
- Block or skip ads at the network level
- Send any data off your machine
- Detects ads via documented OS media APIs
- Mutes only Spotify's own audio session
- Restores your audio the instant the ad ends
- Runs entirely locally, telemetry-free
- Leaves Spotify completely untouched
| 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
Windows today. Your OS next.
Support the project
Free core. Optional Founders Edition.
AdSnooze's core ad-mute stays free. The next step is a pay-what-you-want Founders Edition for people who want to support the app and unlock future cosmetic and power-user features.
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Pay what you want
Planned checkout: $2.99 minimum, about $7 suggested, one-time. No subscription, no monthly nag, no paywall on the core ad-muting behavior.
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Offline license key
Supporter features will use a paste-in license token the app verifies locally. No account login and no always-online license check.
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Donation links stay separate
Tip-jar style links can help fund development, but they won't become the authorization system. The app stays simple and predictable.
FAQ
The honest answers.
Will this get my Spotify account banned?
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.)
Does it block ads or just mute them?
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.
How fast does it react?
Mute fires within about a second of an ad starting, and your music returns within about a second of it ending — using Windows' published media APIs (SMTC + Core Audio session enumeration).
Windows says "Unknown publisher" / SmartScreen warns me. Is it malware?
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.
How is this different from EZBlocker or BlockTheSpot?
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.
Does it phone home or collect my data?
No. AdSnooze is telemetry-free — no tracking, no analytics SDK, no phone-home. Any “ads muted” counters are stored locally on your machine and are opt-in. Your listening data never leaves your computer.
Does it need my Spotify login?
No. AdSnooze never asks for, stores, or uses your Spotify account, password, or OAuth tokens. It watches the operating system's media signal, not your account.
Does it work with Spotify Premium?
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.
How much does it cost?
The core ad-mute is free, forever. The planned optional Founders Edition is pay-what-you-want support for future cosmetic and power features — but the core job stays free. No subscription.
Will paid support require an account or always-online license check?
No. The planned Founders Edition uses a paste-in license key that AdSnooze can verify locally. The free app does not require an account, card, or license key.
Can I donate without buying a license?
Yes. Tip-jar style donation links can exist separately as pure support. The official Founders Edition checkout is the source for future supporter-feature licenses so donations and authorization don't get mixed together.
How heavy is it on my PC?
Featherweight: a ~2 MB download, under 0.5% idle CPU, and under 80 MB RAM. It's a tiny glass pill built on Tauri + Rust, not a background hog.
Is the source code open?
Not currently public. The trust substitute: AdSnooze is telemetry-free and explicit about exactly what it does and doesn't do — this page documents the full mechanism and publishes the installer's SHA-256 so you can verify the binary you downloaded.
How do I uninstall it?
Like any Windows app — Settings → Apps → AdSnooze → Uninstall, or via the Start-menu shortcut. It leaves nothing running and stores no cloud data.
Download
Hush the ads in under a minute.
Free core release. Windows 10 & 11. About 2 MB. No account, no card, no license key required.
Download AdSnooze v0.4.2Unsigned installer — Windows may show “Unknown publisher.” Click More info → Run anyway. Verify your download:
SHA-256: 93ab223760dc02c7b152268d50b498f1b7f33feef57cc119f700d0d6f650e457
Changelog
What changed in v0.4.2.
v0.4.2 — free release: overlay, tray, and state fixes
AdSnooze now keeps the pill above a linked player pop-out, adds a tray icon with Show/Quit so closing the window never leaves a headless process, fixes refresh getting stuck in standby/yellow, fixes mute/unmute state going stale after view changes, prevents linked-drag drift, and stops tiny-mode lock/link tooltips from cropping.
v0.4.0 — smoother pill, smarter launch behavior
AdSnooze remembers your last view and screen position, launches only that view, tightens mini-pill spacing, improves drag behavior, clarifies the Cycle View tooltip, and adds Launch on startup plus Auto-open with your player settings.