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[All Platforms] Explicit Filter

Submitted by on ‎2012-02-18 04:32 PM
Status: implemented

Add a button that controls whether Explicit songs are played or not.  When it is off and you're listening to an album or playlist, the explicit songs are skipped. That way you can still listen to your favorite album or playlist when more impressionable members of the family (kids / parents) are around.

Updated on 2018-12-06

Hey folks!

It's great to hear music as the artist intended it to be heard, 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. 

It's also now possible to use the Explicit content filter on mobile and tablet devices (more devices coming soon!). Right now, the setting is only for the individual account and device. If you do apply the setting on your phone, it doesn't filter explicit content for the same account on the desktop app. It also doesn’t apply if you use Spotify Connect to play to another device. For more information on this, check out this support article.

We'll keep you up-to-date if there's anything else to share!

Thanks
Comments
zotje
Casual Listener
2016-01-08 12:15 PM
Spotify's #1 priority is to attract new customers and not provide customer service for current customers. I've stopped paying for Spotify and gone to Apple Music because they do have the ability to filter explicit lyrics and I pay way less to put 5 users on my family plan.
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dkaufman11
Visitor
2016-01-09 12:42 AM

Yes, I would love to be able to block explicit songs for my kids who are on my family plan.  Makes the family plan so much more attractive!

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1248817595
Visitor
2016-01-09 12:44 AM
Write to office@spotify.com and let them know. They h ave to give a reply when you write there. If thousands of us do that, they will soon get fed up and make it happen!
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12120346012
Visitor
2016-01-09 10:51 PM

Rediculous that this isnt already an option.

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jjkmsn
Newbie
2016-01-10 10:16 PM

I have to go back to Pandora ...

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1248817595
Visitor
2016-01-10 10:32 PM
Write to office@spotify.com and let them know u are leaving because of it. They will reply.
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tonkthetankrox
Regular
2016-01-11 04:37 AM
Google play music is no better. The filter only works if you have a paid subscription, and then only if you've made every song you play available offline. So no streaming. Lame. Looks like it's back to crapy Pandora.
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jdlomax
Visitor
2016-01-11 11:25 AM

I am stunned this isn't a basic feature. Makes playlists impossible when listening at home with my two year old in the room. As a Premium user this would really make me consider moving to another provider who did do this, which I believe others do. Such a simple solution as they are already tagged as 'explicit' in the app.

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jasas1
Newbie
2016-01-11 10:31 PM

Frankly - I am shocked this is not already in the app!?  Seems like it would have been built in from day one.  Please add this feature. We really like Spotify.

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1248817595
Visitor
2016-01-11 11:43 PM
Write to office@spotify.com and let them know your thoughts. They dont seem to be reading these community posts.
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