Privacy-First Spotify Controller for Recruiters
No credentials, no browsing history, and local-only analytics.
💡 Overview
People who care about focus tend to care about privacy too. Resumes, an ATS and interview calendars crowd your day.
Spotify-Web Playback Controller states that it collects no Spotify credentials, passwords or personal information, and does not request access to browsing history. Its host permission covers only open.spotify.com. Focus insights are stored on your own device, and it does not log tracks or listening stats in Incognito mode. Optional anonymous diagnostics have their own toggle.
🧭 A Day of Recruiters
Resumes, an ATS and interview calendars crowd your day.
The problem: Music has to stop for every screening call, then start again afterwards.
The fix: Use play/pause as your call start and end ritual with one repeatable shortcut.
🚀 Try It in Three Steps
- Read the permissions on the Chrome Web Store page before installing.
- Review the privacy policy linked from the listing.
- Turn off optional diagnostics in the dashboard if you prefer.
✨ What You Get
- Shortcut profiles: Standard, one-handed WASD, compact Alt+arrows and function-key presets.
- Device quick-switcher: One click to the Spotify Connect device drawer from the mini-player header.
- Dynamic album-art backdrops: A blurred, color-adaptive background drawn from the current artwork, in dark or light theme.
| Task | Switching tabs | Spotify-Web Playback Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Volume change | Open the tab, drag a slider | Scroll the mouse wheel over the popup |
| Scope | Any app, any tab | Spotify Web Player (open.spotify.com) only |
| Skipping a track | Switch window, click next, switch back | Shift+Alt+Right from any window |
| Privacy | Depends on the tool | No credentials collected, local analytics |
Note: it works with the Spotify Web Player at open.spotify.com only, and does not control the desktop app.
📸 See It in Action
Mini-Player
Dashboard
Shortcuts
Control Spotify Without Leaving Your Work
Global-capable hotkeys, a mini-player and local-only analytics for the Spotify Web Player.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
No. The extension states it never collects Spotify credentials, passwords or personal info.
You must enable Allow in incognito under chrome://extensions. It does not log tracks or listening stats in private browsing.
It can be if you spend your day screening candidates. Use play/pause as your call start and end ritual with one repeatable shortcut.