Explicit Content filter

Katerina — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 08:00:08 GMT

It's great to hear music as the artist intended it to be heard, so this means Spotify can sometimes include explicit content.

We recommend looking out for the EXPLICIT tag on any releases (E on the web player).

Note: Our explicit content tags are applied based on information we receive from rights-holders. This means we can’t guarantee all explicit content is marked as such. If you can't find different track versions from an artist, such as clean edits, it's possible these releases aren't available at the moment.

Explicit content filter

For: Mobile and tablet

Filter out content labelled as explicit with these steps:

Tap on your profile picture
Tap Settings and Privacy
Tap Content and display
Locate the Restrict Explicit Content setting and toggle it on
Anything with an explicit tag will now be grayed out. You won't be able to play it and it will be automatically skipped in playlists.

For: Desktop

Click on your profile picture in the top-right and select Settings.
Under Explicit Content, switch Allow playback of explicit-rated content off.

Anything with an explicit tag will now be grayed out. You won't be able to play it and it will be automatically skipped in playlists.

Note: Explicit content settings don’t apply if you use Spotify Connect to play to another device.

Premium Family explicit filter

If you manage a Premium Family plan, you can allow or block anything with an explicit tag for other members of the plan.

Log in to your Premium Family page.
Click on the member you’d like to filter content for.
Switch Remove explicit content on.

Note: Content we identify as explicit is based on information we receive from rights-holders, so we can’t guarantee that no explicit content will play with this setting.

For full information on this, and for more on finding clean versions we'd recommend check this Support article.

This Spotify Answer was submitted by @Jose_M.

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Explicit Content filter