topic Re: Stop Spotify From Playing A Whole Album, Or It's Songs Individually in Your Library

Stop Spotify From Playing A Whole Album, Or It's Songs Individually

senorwillburrZpotify — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 21:47:56 GMT

I am new to Spotify Premium & right away: not happy!

I like an artist, but some of their newer albums are terrible & I don't want them played on the artist's "radio".

How do I stop Spotify from playing those albums? If not possible, then how do I stop Spotify from playing songs individually?

Amazon Unlt'd Music had a simple "Dislike" option for individual songs. I can't find anything similar on Spotify.

Blocking the artist isn't an option for me & I tried "Hiding" a song, but it still played!

Plan Premium

Country US

Device PC & Smart Cell

Operating System Windows 10 & Android

Re: Stop Spotify From Playing A Whole Album, Or It's Songs Individually

Eni — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:55:55 GMT

Hey there @senorwillburrZpotify,

Thanks for getting in touch about this here in the Community.

Currently, it's not possible to exclude certain albums from the artist radio playlist or block songs you don't like. In this case, what you can do is to add the albums you like to a playlist so you can avoid listening to the ones you dislike. Keep in mind that the Hide this song feature blocks a certain track from the specific playlist on the current device. So when the playlist get renewed, the songs that you had hidden in the previous one might still appear in the new one.

We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback with us and will make sure to pass it onto the right team, as we always strive to improve your experience.

Also, it looks like other users would like to have the option to block certain songs as well and posted this idea. You can add your vote by clicking on the Thumbs up icon, if you'd like to have this option in the future. The Idea Exchange is a great way for us to see what our users are interested in and how many people like a certain idea. Check out this Spotify Answer to learn more about it.

Lastly, you can learn more about excluding content from Your Taste Profile here.

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

Re: Stop Spotify From Playing A Whole Album, Or It's Songs Individually

bleeding_tree — Sat, 03 May 2025 05:52:37 GMT

Why isn't this possible? Is it a technical problem or does someone feel it's advantageous to Spotify, record companies or artists to play me songs and albums I don't like by artists I do like?

Honestly,the "hide" feature seems unnecessarily complicated in more cases than it is useful. I understand that there are cases where I like Song X by the Music Players, but if I make a Rock Mix or a Rolling Stones Mix, let's say, I might not like it there, and the point is to offer me the option to "hide" in those contexts, but allow it to play in others.

But it honestly seems like an issue less in need of a solution than I just think Song X stinks, even though I enjoy the Music Players. If Song X doesn't fit a mix it's put on, but I like it, I'm mostly comfortable just skipping it. When I don't like it at all, I just want it to go away.