Disable Explicit Songs?

[Jts]

Is it possible to tell spotify not to play any songs with explicit lyrics?  I like to play random playlists or spotify's top lists sometimes but don't like songs with explicit lyrics. 

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Jonathan

[Jgieschen]

I can't believe this. I just changed back to Spotify after many months with Apple Music and was driving home and let me 7 year old put on Guns and Roses, which he listens to happily on Apple Music. Then suddenly I am hearing Axl's potty mouth. 

Seriously. this is ridiculous. I don't want to switch back because I have an Android phone and the Apple Music App is horrible but my son listens to a lot of different kinds of music and I can just give him free reign with Spotify. Really frustrating. 

[smokeysvlogs]

Add album or playlist to library, and then remove A Certain Explicit song from your library

[pixelagent]

You obviously don't have kids !

[bltmark]

Or use the radio feature to whcih you have no control over what song is played next

[MrReding]

So this button still has not been added? I do not get it... This is a premium paid-for service; the money for development is there, the "Explicit Content" markers are in place, why not add a feature that would be incredibly useful that many other online radio services offer? 

[sayno2pokemongo]

Thousands of votes, 25+ pages of comments on this thread alone, dozens of threads on this same topic over several years, and we still don't have this feature.  Spotify- what are you doing?  Please get the lead out and get this done already!

Here- I even designed the layout for you.

[Jeff_Burke]

Canceling today because my patience wore out.  Apple Music here I come.......

[FCGreg]

I'm also extremely disappointed that Spotify still hasn't implemented this after years of waiting! I had been using/testing Premium plans recently in the hope of moving my whole family into a Family Plan. Then, during testing, suddenly one of my Spotify stations starts playing songs with foul language out loud while my children were present. I killed the station and began searching for a solution ... SURELY there must be a filter for Explicit tags on the songs? NOPE.

I have cancelled my Premium plan and immediately began testing Apple Music. The service and the Explicit tag filtering works great. Goodbye Spotify... I'm sorry to go and wanted to support you, but this is inexcusable. (HINT: Many of us cannot listen to such music around our work, let alone around others like children.)

[Stephenjpmurphy]

Just a reminder of a post on this thread from @jasonm16 who suggested the idea of messaging Seth William Farbman, Spotify Head of Marketing @ https://www.facebook.com/sethfarbman

Just after it was suggested, there was a response (of sorts) from Spotify regarding Disabling Explicit Songs. 

Feel free to repost this suggestion every few weeks so new people to the thread see it

[Jgieschen]

What was the response from Spotify ?

[spookygroup]

This was my solution as well.

[user-removed]

Considering the cancellation of Spotify over this inability to block explicit or particular songs on playlists. Just can't have certain songs come on in the office. Really Spotify? I left Apple for YOU. I believe I have to return to them. Sucks because your service is superior in every other way.

[Stephenjpmurphy]

@Jgieschen - It was actually in a different thread on the same topic. Just the usual, 'we hear you but no update' and they changed the status to "Good idea, vote for it"

Here's a link to it on the other thread : https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Explicit-button/idi-p/3869/page/199#comments 

[DelCampo]

4yrs on and this STILL has not been done!?!?!?!   People need to start voting with their feet and use a different service, one that offers such an obvious and basic function. I use Spotify at work, but I can no longer do that as the current play list "Global Top 50" has 50% Explicit content. UNACCEPTABLE Spotify.

[Gannonball]

Agree with the practical sentiments posted here, eg it limits using Spotify in an office or customer-focussed area. My vote +1 for an explicit filter is a bit of an "edge case".

Many of my favourite bands use explicit language 🙂 But I like to put music on at home, and my 9yo autistic son is struggling to understand appropriate use of language. We let him rip with his favorite swearwords when he's really mad, no big deal so long as he's not offending others. Stephen Fry says something to the effect that there's an appropriate time and a place for ALL language, even the dirty stuff.

After an afternoon of radio or spotify we hear some explicit content and then he asks everyone for days and days "Mum, why di that singer say sh**?" "Nanna, why did that singer on that song say motherf***?"

We love Spotify, but it would be nice to give the users a filter control 🙂 might expand their potential markets and uses.

[MiDelaney]

And canceled! As my children grow I want them to be able to listen to music that is curse word free. I also am tired of explicit content being 50% of Spotify's playlists. Since they won't listen to their users (the ones who PAY for their services) I will take my money elsewhere. Apple Music, while having a sub-par UI, listens to their customers in their case and I will spend my money there. I will also be telling all my friends and colleagues about this.

[lilitbear18]

I just cancelled mine too, after hearing extremely explicit lyrics from my 14 year old daughter's room. After investigating online and discovering there are no parental controls, I canceled. DONE. Ridiculous.

[jloure188]

The reason I bet that Spotify haven't made this available yet is because it costs them money with contracts from artists who have explicit content in their songs. So many songs in this day and age have swearing so half the songs in playlists would get axed.

As a DB developer I know how easy it is to filter out an item. Since they already tell you the song is explicit or not a simple tick box that sets Explicit <> True would resolve the issue.

I'll be cancelling my subscription until this is resolved.

[bash3r]

For what it's worth... I'm cancelling Spotify because of this.. my kids have grown up and are very interested in music now & filtering explicits is very serious to me.. On to Apple Music family.. it has worked great. 

Peace out.. 

[peregrinewolf]

I can't believe as a premium subscriber that i can't filter out explicit content.  I love trying spotify playlists, but NOT when I am exploring/playing unfamiliar content and my little kids are in the room and all the sudden there is something about f**cking a dog in different positions and wishing you were my n**gger, which happened this morning on one of spotify's suggested playlists of the day.

Very angering...COMPLETELY IRRESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SITE NOT TO OFFER A SOLUTION.  Paying customers should be able to choose what they want to listen to and protect their children from age inappropriate content - and I have no interest in hearing songs about f**cking dogs either...