[All Platforms] Explicit Filter

[sekuether21]

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.

[dan1973]

I prefer Spotify in every other way over Apple Music and Google Music. It's simpler, easier to use, more responsive too. But I will not use Spotify around family because virtually every playlist contains Explicit songs that you can't block or tell Spotify to skip automatically. So I've signed up to Apple Music instead but I would return to Spotify if this feature was added. 

This is an astonishingly long-lasting feature request with very solid community support, seems like incredibly low-hanging fruit in terms of development time, would love to know Spotify's reason for not enabling this simple filter when the Explicit data is evidently available to the platform. Perhaps the logic is that some Explicit songs are not flagged as Explicit and that some might get played even if there was a filter in place. 

I just want a simple checkbox labelled 'Skip songs marked Explicit'.

[VictorD-Boricua]

Just sent this email to support@Spotify.com to see what kind of response I get...

Hello:

I'd like to know:
Who reads these community posts?

I'm curious, because just like the other people that have posted their opinions about wanting to have the choice to block songs that are labeled "explicit" I wonder why the issue is just being ignored?

I could understand if you had only like a handful of requests for it, but thousands of requests ignored?

And then, there's the false hope!:

-Why do you continue to answer?:
"Keep monitoring the community board and we (Spotify) will notify you of any change, as we reallly want feedback from our customers."

WHAT CUSTOMERS???

-Are most of these requests from
non-premium subscribers?
(They don't make Spotify any money,
so they don't count, right?)

-Are there more "money-makers"
(premium subscribers, sponsors, musicians, etc.) requesting you to ban the explicit button, than "free" users requesting the explicit button?

-Are you waiting for the 1 million mark?
(Of explicit button requests.)

I really enjoy using Spotify, and think it's a great program/app, but people gets tired of being ignored...

[jacobsato]

I have moved to Google Play. More music, free, less commercials and has option to remove explicit music. I'll check back with Spotify in a few years to see if any improvements have been made. But why sweat the small stuff. Just go to Google Play or iTunes or find a favorite station on iHeart. The choices are endless.

[jacobsato]

I have moved to Google Play. More music, free, less commercials and has
option to remove explicit music. I'll check back with Spotify in a few years
to see if any improvements have been made. But why sweat the small stuff.
Just go to Google Play or iTunes or find a favorite station on iHeart. The
choices are endless.

[Debsvazza]

Please please give the option to remove the swear words! it would double the amount of time I could spend listening!

[Lightboy]

This would be a great feature, especially when I'm playing music in the car, from my account, with my kids in the back. 

[Bluemanta]

Hi All,

Spotify seems to ignore this thread or not responding at all. 

if you haven't already, please join us at Make Spotify Child-safe on facebook. Help us grow the page by posting your comments on the community Facebook page as well as like it and share it on your facebook.

You can also follow us on Twitter: @makeSpotifySafe 

We want to reach as many people around the world as possible and put some real pressure on Spotify. Feel free to post your comments and let other concerned users like you know that are not alone

Hope to see you all at https://www.facebook.com/MakeSpotifyChildSafe/

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[Hdjason]

This is why I've switched to Apple Music instead of Spotify! Even though through my carrier I get 2 years of premium Spotify for FREE, I'm paying Apple $10/ month for the ability to filter out explicit music because Spotify has no option for it. 

Your loss Sootify. 

[carsod01]

I would like to use Spotify at school but cannot with an explicit filter (I am a teacher). tried voting for this but it will not let me click on it.

[svanlinge]

Yes, this a great idea!  I will cancel eventually if this is not added.  My children are still too young to have a music service.