How To Block ads on Spotify

Everyone loves Spotify, but are tired of it’s ads that keep coming between songs. Here is way to block ads through your host file.

Host Content:

# — Spotify Ad Block
127.0.0.1 media-match.com
127.0.0.1 adclick.g.doublecklick.net
127.0.0.1 googleads.g.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 http://www.googleadservices.com
127.0.0.1 pagead2.googlesyndication.com
127.0.0.1 desktop.spotify.com
127.0.0.1 pubads.g.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 audio2.spotify.com
# — 
127.0.0.1 crashdump.spotify.com
127.0.0.1 adeventtracker.spotify.com
127.0.0.1 log.spotify.com
127.0.0.1 analytics.spotify.com
127.0.0.1 ads-fa.spotify.com
127.0.0.1 audio-ec.spotify.com
127.0.0.1 heads-ec.spotify.com
127.0.0.1 prod.spotify.map.fastlylb.net
127.0.0.1 sto3.spotify.com
127.0.0.1 spclient.wg.spotify.com
127.0.0.1 upgrade.spotify.com
# — Spotify Ads Block End

Add the above contents in your host file.

Go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc . Open the hosts file as administrator and add the above contents to it. (Right click file and open with Notepad or Notepad++).

Note: Incase the newly added mappings are not working try restarting Windows to take effect.

And boom, you’re done! Enjoy “Spotify Premium” for absolutely FREE!