topic Ignore Songs/Playlists/Artists in Your Library

Ignore Songs/Playlists/Artists

moritzroessler — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 11:12:45 GMT

We really need the ability to hide / ignore certain artists and playlists.

What happens is that Google Home sometimes plays random stuff which now shows up in my start screen and it keeps playing the same playlists when I simply tell it to play music.

I don't want these Artists / Songs / Playlists to appear anywhere and I also don't want them to end up in my "Repeat" playlist or affect any other algorithm. The only place where they should up is when searching for them. Maybe show a label that it's ignored.

Re: Ignore Songs/Playlists/Artists

Eni — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 23:40:05 GMT

Hey there @moritzroessler,

Thanks for reaching out about this here in the Community. We moved your post from the Ideas board to the relevant Help board, where it fits better.

If you have specific playlists you don't want to be included in your recommendations, you can exclude them permanently. To do so, you just need to open the playlist you want, tap the 3-dot menu and select the option "Exclude from your taste profile". This option will prevent those songs from affecting your suggestions.

What you can also do is activate Private session before you listen to on your Google Home which has basically the same effect as the aforementioned feature.

Lastly, you can block any artists on the mobile app. You just need to head to the Artist profile > click the 3 dot menu > Don't play this. This option will block all content from that artist across all devices. Note that if the artist is featured in a song/ album from another artist it might still be playable.

Hope this helps. If you need a hand with anything else, the Community is here for you.

Re: Ignore Songs/Playlists/Artists

Madden1 — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 19:23:51 GMT

Spotify says that using this option will result in these songs having “less influence” on our taste profile. You say this option will prevent these songs from affecting our suggestions. Does it fully prevent these songs from influencing recommendations, or only somewhat prevent these songs from influencing our recommendations?

Re: Ignore Songs/Playlists/Artists

Kotrynasis — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 06:53:48 GMT

What would be useful is the ability to exclude a song, not the artist altogether. I have one song that keeps popping up that I actually hate the sound of, but there are things from the artist that I like so I don't want to remove the artist altogether.

Re: Ignore Songs/Playlists/Artists

Kotrynasis — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 06:55:16 GMT

What would be useful is the ability to exclude a song. Plenty of artists have that one song we hate and we don't want to get in our recommendations but we like other things from the artist so excluding the band altogether doesn't help.

Re: Unable to remove songs from Discover Weekly

jaytime_radio — Fri, 09 May 2025 20:36:10 GMT

I have the option to hide the track, but this doesn't seem to prevent the same sorts of songs from appearing again! It's not just the song that I want to hide. In my case, I sometimes listen to specific tracks to fall asleep to. However, they aren't what I want in my day to day listening. How do we prevent similar content from being suggested in the future?

Re: Ignore Songs/Playlists/Artists

januaria81 — Sat, 10 May 2025 15:49:35 GMT

Whelp, I just discovered that the return of the "Hide" button does not always work. For this past week's Discover Weekly I had "hidden" the 4th song, "pinky girl" by ratbag, and even though the song is grayed-out, it still plays. So what i did to truly kill the song is I right-clicked on the artist name and selected "Don't play this artist." That did the trick, but then why bother with the Hide button in the first place?

Spotify, you never cease to disappoint me. Hope you guys are enjoying by subscription funds.

Incognito Mode - to keep what I am currently listening to off my algorithm

stargazerlizzy — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 23:17:00 GMT

This is NOT about privacy. This is about keeping my yoga music out of my suggested playlists. This is about keeping my sleeping white noise out of my suggested playlists. I love Discover Weekly, but I DON'T want my nightly white noise or yoga session music to get in the way of my actual musical interests. Expand my horizons without bombarding me with those things! I would love a toggle button to indicate my current listening, or a specific song/artist, should be kept out of my algorithm entirely, please.