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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
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joakes
Newbie
2016-08-19 05:28 PM

An absolute need, this should be a top priority. I really enjoy the running app and the mixes but I really want to be able to filter out explicit lyrics. Please make this feature availble.

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CorralesMama
Visitor
2016-08-19 07:31 PM

Seriously Spotify, when are you going to listen to the thousands of comments posted on this???  Everyone listening here, please remember to "Vote" and not just comment.  If everyone who commented also voted, there would be tens of thousands of votes.  Spotify, why have you let this go on since 2012?

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joakes
Newbie
2016-08-19 07:34 PM
I voted for sure!
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jasonm16
Regular
2016-08-19 07:54 PM

It appears there may be a corporate policy of sorts that is promoting pushing explicit content into our lives.

The fact that they refuse to address this issue here, on FB or Twitter, or even respond to the many thousand of requests, leads to no other conclusion.

Perhaps they think pushing such unwanted content is 'hip' or promoting social acceptance of explicit (formerly called simply obscene) lyrics in the family and office is a good thing?  Either way it leaves Spotify in a pretty pathetic position.

Spotify is clearly NOT family friendly.  Only question: Is that be design, or just customer service worse than the Cable company??  Does CEO Daniel Ek have a company model that promotes poor customer service?

We should continue to highlight this with friends, business associates, and all members of the media we may contact.  I also noticed this was mentioned on their Wikipedia page as well.

Certainly not recommending their 'Family Plan!'  That would be seriously inappropriate by any standard.

 

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sancheeks911
Visitor
2016-08-19 08:10 PM

Need it for my family premium subscription. I have young kids make it happen Spotify 

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joakes
Newbie
2016-08-19 08:34 PM

Did anyone notice this has been marked as SOLVED? I don't see a solution anywhere! 

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sc00terG
Casual Listener
2016-08-19 09:01 PM
Solved by ignoring it, great customer service.
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Uglytuc
Visitor
2016-08-19 09:10 PM

It was "solved" by one of the reps saying they are aware of the request.  LOL.

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rytymu
Gig Goer
2016-08-19 09:48 PM

Devil's advocate:

 

I think this might be a licensing issue. Think about it; how many times have you seen a standard AND edited version of the same album available? Sure, you can find a few examples here or there, but quite a few albums that I like don't have an amended version posted. So even if they had an explicit filter option for at least the radio, how many top songs would be missing? I'm sure it saves quite a bit of cash too, especially considering that the edited versions generate far less revenue (less popular). 

 

Not justifying it, but it may be the cause. Like I posted earlier, I still think this is a critical feature that is missing. 

 

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sc00terG
Casual Listener
2016-08-19 10:02 PM
You might be right about the albums, but nearly all songs have a radio edit (clean). Should be simple. And a necessity if Spotify are pushing "family subscriptions".
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