Stop Spotify Automatic Updates 2022

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This works as of January 2022, in Windows 7, originally instructions for Windows 10, from a third party.

Open Admin Command Prompt and type these commands one by one:

rm %localappdata%\Spotify\Update

( Change rm to del in Windows 7, or delete manually )

mkdir %localappdata%\Spotify\Update

icacls %localappdata%\Spotify\Update /deny "%username%":D

icacls %localappdata%\Spotify\Update /deny "%username%":R

Description of given commands:

1. Removes directory C:\Users<your username>\AppData\Spotify\Update
2. Creates directory C:\Users<your username>\Appdata\Spotify\Update
3. Denies delete permission to your account for C:\Users<your username>\Appdata\Spotify\Update requiring administrative prompt for delete privileges, preventing spotify from removing it without admin
4. Denies read permission to your account for C:\Users<your username>\Appdata\Spotify\Update requiring administrative prompt for read privileges, preventing spotify from placing the update program in it without admin

To undo it's icacls %localappdata%\Spotify\Update /reset /T

rm %localappdata%\Spotify\Update

It should actually be rmdir /s %localappdata%\Spotify\Update. Same on Windows 10. The "rm" command is a Linux command, not a Windows command. Not sure if it works on new versions now, but confirmed working on Spotify 1.1.94.870 (released Sep 13, 2022).

Thank you so much for your solution