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Spotify not letting me skip ads on laptop

Lil_Roro — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 00:53:16 GMT

Spotify isn't letting me skip ads on my laptop, even thought I can skip them just fine when I'm listening to Spotify on my phone. This has been an issue for 2 weeks now.

Plan

Free

Country

Australia

Device

Macbook Pro 2020

Operating System

macOS Big Sur 11.5

Re: Spotify not letting me skip ads on laptop

Alex — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 07:46:34 GMT

Hi @Lil_Roro,

Thanks for reaching out in the Community about this.

Please note that you can't skip ads on Spotify free. Spotify depends on those ads to offer users their great service for free!

You still can subscribe to the Premium service which offers you an ad-free experience, the ability to save songs offline and much more

Don't hesitata to give us a shout if you have questions.

Take care.

Re: Spotify not letting me skip ads on laptop

Lil_Roro — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 22:29:33 GMT

I thought you could skip ads after 5 seconds on Free. Is this a new laptop feature? Because Spotify's not letting me skip ads at all (even after 5 seconds) on my laptop.

Re: Spotify not letting me skip ads on laptop

Kiril — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 09:57:58 GMT

Hey @Lil_Roro,

Thanks for your reply.

If on your laptop, you are using the desktop/web version of Spotify free, this means you can still browse and choose what songs to play, but ads aren't skippable and will be played to you occasionally. This has always been the case, and if you need to know more about the advantages of ad-free listening with Spotify Premium over the free plan experience, you can read more here.

Hope you find this useful. Keep us posted if you have any questions.

Re: Spotify not letting me skip ads on laptop

DJESTIE — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 11:54:15 GMT

That's what I thought, it worked like that on my old laptop (Mac Air 2017) but ever since i got the 2020 model it won't let me skip...

Re: Spotify not letting me skip ads on laptop

jayden23746578234 — Sun, 19 Jun 2022 10:30:42 GMT

Exactly this, when I went to 2020 macbook model I can't skip ads but on my 2017 after 5 secs I could skip. Pretty silly isn't it?

Re: Spotify not letting me skip ads on laptop

liieo — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 10:31:28 GMT

aah.. so frustrating i switched to mac and now i cant skip songs anymore!! probably trying too make us get apple music or spotify premium, pretty annoying 😧

Re: Spotify not letting me skip ads on laptop

zahramegeed — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 03:36:52 GMT

yeah i always got to skip ads but randomly today it stopped letting me. spotify has GOT to stop getting rid of features to make us get premium. first the lyrics thing and now this? not everyone is made of money or has a card!

Re: Spotify not letting me skip ads on laptop

TheOneAndOnlyWolf — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 06:09:06 GMT

Spotify on my laptop always used to let me skip the ads for free. But for some reason today it isn't letting me skip any ads. Yesterday it was.

Re: Spotify not letting me skip ads on laptop

TheOneAndOnlyWolf — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 06:12:45 GMT

I've been using Spotify free on my laptop for a long time and just yesterday it was letting me skip ads after 5 seconds. But for some reason today it isn't letting me skip any I don't know why.

Re: Spotify not letting me skip ads on laptop

Saulrus — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 07:58:50 GMT

Same just started happening today. Notify me when it's fixed.

Re: Spotify not letting me skip ads on laptop

Bâtard — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 05:09:42 GMT

Exact same thing with me, idk what might be the reason, but most likely it has to be the new update rolling around, its all so annoying

My spotify free account is giving my only unskipable ads

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 06:41:12 GMT

all ads I get are unskipable

My phone isn't allowing me to skip adds after 5 seconds anymore

bb-elle22 — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 07:06:13 GMT

Usually when I listen to spotify using the app on my iphone after 5 seconds of the add I can skip it. For the last week my phone has not allowed me to skip these adds and frankly sitting through 5 ads in a row where I cannot skip is really annoying. (for refrence my phone is an iOS)

Re: Spotify not letting me skip ads on laptop

lamp_consumer — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:15:59 GMT

Same for me

Unable to skip ads on any device

MACKYboy_ — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:03:26 GMT

Plan

Free

Country

Australia

Device

iPhone 6s Plus and PC and Surface Laptop

Operating System

iOS 14 and Windows 10.

My Question or Issue

I am unable to skip all Spotify ads on all the listed devices and operating systems after returning from China to Australia. It is important to note that I recall encountering no ads in China, likely due to the firewall.

I have tried logging in and out and waiting some days.
I've had Premium before, but it was at least a year ago.

Re: Spotify not letting me skip ads on laptop

hi1234512 — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 11:04:50 GMT

For about a month now, spotify free is not letting me skip ads or laptop or mobile, has that always been the case or is there a way to fix it?

Re: Spotify not letting me skip ads on laptop

Mothermother4life — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 08:05:30 GMT

Yeah, I think it's something new because I haven't been able to skip adds since three months ago

Re: Spotify not letting me skip ads on laptop

kopeke — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 19:50:10 GMT

Yes,

Same here! For about two years, I was able to skip every ad, but just a few days ago, I lost that ability.

My account has always been on the free trial, and I had gotten used to almost no ads.

I can't skip ads anymore like I used to

mozartherbert — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 23:12:30 GMT

Plan

Free

Country

Brazil

Device

Desktop app

Operating System

Windows 11

My Question or Issue

I used to listen to music on the desktop app and could skip all ads after 5 seconds for YEARS, now all ads have to be listened to in full and are very long (usually 3 ads in a row, 30 seconds each). If this continues I will stop using Spotify. As if the weeks-long problem of not queuing songs and last year's disappointing Wrapped weren't enough, now this. You're all repelling loyal users.