Or if you want to do it manually you can.ģ. Use this together with #1 for the best results. This tool basically rewrites the windows firewall rules to block certain ip addresses.
In another thread I saw just having pubads.g.Īnd securepubads.g. in the host file was sufficient to block all spotify ads. Unbound DNS If you are using unbound dns, u/BKPepe has converted the host file manually to unbound format: On Mac open finder and type /private/etc/hosts)Īdd the following addresses to your host file, save and closeĠ.0.0.0 Ġ.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 If you are using mac, replace 0.0.0.0 with 127.0.0.1, so basically:ġ27.0.0.1 ġ27.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.0 Additional Step for Mac: Close spotify, right click it, select 'Open Package Contents', then navigate to 'Contents/Resources/Apps' and delete 'ad.spa' On windows is at C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file. Host files (Works for any device so long you can access its host file. I've compiled some of the ways to block ads on spotify.ġ. Thanks u/BKPepeĮdit 13 November 16: Added some more infoĮdit 13 July 16: Updated the IP addresses.Thanks u/dilloninstruments Edit 30 June 17: Added host file for unbound dns users.
