How To Remove Spotify Ads Without Premium
01 Sep 2009 // Technology // 58 comments
This guide, in its entirety, is taken from SmexDesign. Credits goes to him for finding this!
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Open Spotify and log in with your credentials. Click Edit in the top-hand menu and then press Preferences….
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Set the Proxy to HTTPS and enter these details as your host and port:
Host: 213.203.241.210
Port: 80
Make sure your settings look like mine:
Now, play your favorite music without ads interrupting! Comment back if this works for you!
Other notes
A reader by the name Christoffer had an idea about how this fix works. Here’s what he said:
But I’m pretty sure that I understand why it did work before. They seem to have targeted the ads to the countries in which it was possible to register for spotify only, so if you used a proxy from a country with no ads, you wouldn’t get any at all.
Sounds like a reasonable explanation, does it not?
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Douglas on 2nd Sep 2009 at 2:30pmTo be perfectly honest with you - I’m not a 100% sure about how this works.
But what I can tell you though is that the trustworthiness of the proxy is of no real concern since there really is no sensitive information going through it!Good to hear that it worked :) !
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Scrooge on 6th Sep 2009 at 6:02amSo far so good!
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Anton on 6th Sep 2009 at 5:52pmIt worked! Thanks!
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Anders on 6th Sep 2009 at 5:55pmThis didn’t work for me, I still get interrupted by annoying ads.
PS. I have a Norwegian account.
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Pablo on 8th Sep 2009 at 12:17pmIt’s apparently working!! Thanx!!
PS. I have Spotify since May and today was the first day I had ads, ¿anybody know why?
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Jason4 on 8th Sep 2009 at 7:59pmThis aint working for me anymore…
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Jysky on 14th Sep 2009 at 9:56amDon’t tell me that there is ip for proxy that does this, tell me how to do my own proxy!
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Douglas on 14th Sep 2009 at 4:49pm@Jysky: I can’t really imagine you’d be able to do your own proxy like that. I’m fairly certain this only happened once and is not repeatable.
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TroubleKid on 17th Sep 2009 at 7:15pmsry, but this didnt work for me, but maybe its because i have a Swedish Account, i started gaining French ads instead…
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Jesper Svenning on 20th Sep 2009 at 1:25pm@Paulo. I experince the same, also wondered why I didn’t have ads, but the same day as you the ads started. Anyoing…
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Douglas on 20th Sep 2009 at 1:41pmI’ve started to get ads again, the technique apparently no longer works! Ah well, it was good as long as it lasted!
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jørgen on 17th Oct 2009 at 10:22pmit’s working pefect, thanks ;)
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Christoffer on 18th Oct 2009 at 4:36amHi,
I haven’t tested this since most comments I’ve read about it says it’s no longer working. But I’m pretty sure that I understand why it did work before. They seem to have targeted the ads to the countries in which it was possible to register for spotify only, so if you used a proxy from a country with no ads, you wouldn’t get any at all.
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Douglas on 18th Oct 2009 at 8:14pm@Christoffer - that’s an interesting thought, I will include it in the post!
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JoJo_Dancer on 26th Oct 2009 at 7:51amThis works great, thanx! The roxy is in Paris by the way.
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Mozart on 27th Oct 2009 at 6:38pmIt’s working fine! Been listening since half and hour and it’s uninterrupted. Thanks!
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Mozart on 27th Oct 2009 at 6:41pmGot the first ad! It is not working!
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DT on 29th Oct 2009 at 3:21pmWoW :O It Worked
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clem snide on 31st Oct 2009 at 12:18amI couldn’t get this to work, but I used Mutify (http://www.mutify.blogspot.com) which is the next best thing!
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K on 1st Nov 2009 at 6:19pmi get commercial anyway. Do i have to restard Spotify or reboot the computer?
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Tafou on 5th Nov 2009 at 3:57pmHi Douglas,
It doesn’t work with me (I use a french account).
Maybe since your post, Spotify has changed something.Too bad :(
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Carmo on 7th Nov 2009 at 8:51amWorked for me aswell!! Super!!
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ced on 10th Nov 2009 at 5:19pmI’m from france, and it didn’t work for me…
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Tractorboy on 12th Nov 2009 at 11:00amSorry didn’t have any effect for me - I am in the UK
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silly goose on 13th Nov 2009 at 1:47amDo I need a computer for this to work? will my headphones be enough?
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smsm on 15th Nov 2009 at 10:17pmit does work, but you have to change the HTTP adress evrey time, because it will be expaired
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Lutshow on 16th Nov 2009 at 6:05pmCome on… You’re killing this killer app… If everyone get rid of the ads, spotify will just die…
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Oli on 4th Dec 2009 at 6:31pmBrilliant + it still works! 04/12/09
Thanks for the share - well done!
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Sam on 26th Dec 2009 at 3:31pmWorks for meee - 26/12/09
pretty good christmas present - hehe
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nikii on 7th Jan 2010 at 4:44pmi got a problem with the stuff, i still got ad’s, and that bugs me.. is it the voice ad’s who it removes or the commercial ad’s?
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Bjørn Ape on 7th Jan 2010 at 5:20pmDoesn’t work in Norway
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Phillip Sear on 8th Jan 2010 at 4:33pmI have just tried this. It is too early to judge the effect, but it does seem to speed up the program.
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Roy on 9th Jan 2010 at 2:11amNo, doesn’t work, now I get my adverts in French! Which is worse.
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ribbonino on 9th Jan 2010 at 5:46amhaha I am looking forward to hearing a french ad - been listening 30 minutes no ads yet…...
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LSK on 9th Jan 2010 at 4:46pmYes I’m getting French ads too now… I guess we need to find a proxy for a country with no ads at all?
Oh and also it seems you need to restart for it to work- that was the case for me anyway
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Phillip Sear on 9th Jan 2010 at 4:46pmI have now had more chance to use this fix - I get the adverts in French, but am not getting as many visual adverts. I should say that I am happy to see and hear adverts as the price for enjoying the service, but I had been finding that they were making the music very jerky. This fix makes the music much more listenable!
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x on 11th Jan 2010 at 12:59amFrench ads too, from Europe. And visuals, also…
Any new workin´ proxy?
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LSK on 12th Jan 2010 at 10:36pmActually I’m getting used to these French ads- shorter and less annoying than the UK ones but still supporting Spotify so it doesn’t “die” (@ #28)
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Nina on 13th Jan 2010 at 9:39amLOL, I get frensh ads. :D (I’m in Sweden)
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Mats on 18th Jan 2010 at 12:32amNorway here and getting french adds to.
but isnt it posible to just switch proxy?
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Stephen on 18th Jan 2010 at 6:59pmWohoo ! : D Works for me, thanks alot !
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Stephen on 18th Jan 2010 at 7:01pmNorway here too, works perfectly : )
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Yosi on 18th Jan 2010 at 7:35pmI didn’t work for me unfortuantely! im very sad because it would be so useful!
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LSK on 28th Jan 2010 at 10:52pmIt seems to have figured this out somehow and now I get: “Your current location is different from that you set in your profile, if you’ve moved please update your profile. You can travel for 14 days or upgrade to premium for unlimited travel. Spotify will operate in offline mode. Please logout and login to try again.”
Oh well, it was good while it lasted…
#49
spotify ads on 2nd Feb 2010 at 1:25amfound this http://removespotifyads.com , registered for discount hopes it will help
#50
recall on 3rd Feb 2010 at 12:53pm@ #49 - blatant spam
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wollizz on 4th Feb 2010 at 10:33pmgg :P i got it, but its spanish commercials thats coming up all the time…
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Debbie on 22nd Feb 2010 at 7:33pmI used to use this proxy. Now its doesn’t work and delivers advertisements in Spanish. Any chance of a different/new no-ads proxy?
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Love on 22nd Feb 2010 at 11:27pmHi Douglas!
http://www.xroxy.com
Search for proxys in the “proxy list” and copy it and paste it in your spotify preferences. There is countries that doesn´t have any spotify commercial. It´s countries lika Kazakhstan or other smaller countries. If too many people use the same prxoy adress they will see this and block the proxy. Then it will look like you are offline and you can´t listen. Go to http://www.xroxy.com and press “proxy list” next to the red marked button on the upper part of the page. Then you can search for any proxy. You must have a Proxy with port: 80.
High numbers like “360”.
It has to be fast so seconds or what it says write the lessest you can choose!
I hope you can fix this now =) It works superb for me!
When you do this make sure you have the xroxy.com page in front of you. Good luck all and have a nice commercial free spotify! =DLove Gidlund (Sweden)
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max on 2nd Mar 2010 at 8:35amgeosnt worrk.. i still get ads… but in french
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fail on 2nd Mar 2010 at 3:12pmdidnt work, now i get commercial on other language but still interrupts music..
#58
Lacey on 7th Mar 2010 at 2:14pmomg, it actually worked!
I’ve tried like loads before and none of them worked, but this definately did :)
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