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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 · 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
Waiting for Spotify. AdSnooze stays out of the way until your music starts.
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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 switches off the sound on the audio channel Spotify is playing through, without touching Spotify's own volume controls. When the ad ends, the sound comes straight back.
Why AdSnooze
Small, safe, and quiet by design.
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Free, no Spotify 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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The app is telemetry-free
No tracking, no phone-home, no analytics SDK inside the app. 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, Android next
Windows 10/11 is available today. Android is coming next, then Omarchy on Arch Linux. See platforms →
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
- Silences ads with Windows' own volume controls
- 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. Android next.
Android
Coming next
Omarchy / Arch Linux
After Android
macOS / iOS
Later
Pricing
Free forever. Extras if you want them.
AdSnooze is freemium: the ad-muting is free and always will be, and the free version keeps working no matter what. Prefer to tip? Give $3 or more on Ko-fi and you'll get a Founders Edition key.
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Free
The full ad-muting, free forever. No account, no ads, no trial that runs out.
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Founders Edition · early bird
Pay what you want, once: $3 to $7. You get the gold Founders skin for the pill, your name on the app's About screen, and AdSnooze Pro included when it's released. Early-bird keys are limited, starting with a first batch of 100, and sold until Pro launches. One offline license key, no account, nothing renews.
Get Founders EditionPay $3 or more on Ko-fi and your key is emailed to the address you pay with.
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Pro · coming later
The bigger features: your own music plays during ads so the music never stops, playlists for those breaks, and support for more music apps and web players. A one-time purchase of $9 to $15 when it launches. Founders Edition supporters get it included.
FAQ
The honest answers.
Will this get my Spotify account banned?
AdSnooze never touches the Spotify app or your account — it uses Windows' own volume controls to silence ads, the same as if you turned the volume knob down. Nothing inside Spotify is touched, so it doesn't break Spotify's terms, and there's nothing for Spotify to detect inside its app.
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 — the AdSnooze app itself 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. This website (adsnooze.com) uses Google Analytics, but only if you accept the cookie banner, so we can see which posts and ads bring visitors here.
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 ad-muting is free, forever, with no time limit, and the free version always keeps working. If you want to back AdSnooze, the Founders Edition is the early-bird offer: pay what you want, once, from $3 to $7. It adds the gold Founders skin, your name on the About screen, and AdSnooze Pro included when it's released. Early-bird keys are limited, starting with a first batch of 100, and sold until Pro launches. After that, Pro will be a one-time purchase of $9 to $15. Nothing renews.
Will paid support require an account or always-online license check?
No. The Founders Edition uses a paste-in license key that AdSnooze verifies on your own computer. The free app does not require an account, card, or license key.
Can I donate without buying a license?
Yes. You can tip any amount on Ko-fi as pure support. Ko-fi supporters who give $3 or more also receive a complimentary Founders Edition license key, emailed to the address they paid with. The license key stays the only thing that unlocks supporter features, so donations and authorization never 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 v0.4.3
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Free · no account · telemetry-free
Unsigned installer — Windows may show “Unknown publisher.” Click More info → Run anyway. Verify your download:
SHA-256: 95ed75384f08151f9909f5b6dc553357b370f671aba6de15f9d1ebfb9db9c14b
Changelog
What changed in v0.4.3.
v0.4.3 — Founders Edition and an About section
Paste a Founders Edition key into the panel to unlock the gold-to-violet Founders theme. The key is checked on your own computer, with no account and no online check. A new About section shows your version, and Founders supporters can put their own name there. The Pro preview now lists the planned Pro features and pricing.
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.