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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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cinnamondelight
Newbie
2017-06-01 10:52 PM

Seriously, why isn't this just done already? I just don't understand. Spotify, please sort it! 

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BenPUK
Visitor
2017-06-02 11:01 AM

Spotify team.  Please can you add this feature as soon as you can.

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valiik
Visitor
2017-06-02 05:27 PM

June 2017 UPDATE: I contacted support to get an update from them on this and they said they still do not have any updates on this topic. Just wanted to add it here so there is some sort of update, even if it is a non-update.

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claw913
Visitor
2017-06-02 08:36 PM

I'm very interested in this. Amazon Music has CLEAN playlists and stations and I love it. 

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HK314
Visitor
2017-06-03 06:44 AM

Explicit filter please!

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JD198
Visitor
2017-06-03 11:43 AM

I think it's disgusting that you are aware if the demand for this and recognise it as a good idea but then have made no update on this since November. I don't see how it can take hardly any time to install this filter. Why the delay? I've got Spotify for free at the moment but won't be renewing my agreement unless this filter can be applied.

Skyflyer78
Visitor
2017-06-03 03:33 PM

The idea was put forward in 2012 and yet nothing has been done.  Very disappointed with lack of action from Spotify. Maybe I should consider to revert to free version instead.  

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claw913
Visitor
2017-06-03 04:20 PM
I'm testing the free version of Spotify because I want to pay for a premium
service and wasn't sure which one to go with. Because of this, I'll likely
go with a competitor.
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HK314
Visitor
2017-06-03 07:02 PM

I think I'll need to cancel my paid Spotify and try Amazon Music because not having this filter has brought more explicit content to my son's ears in last 3 days than his total lifetime amount prior

to.  I'm no saint and he hears things other places and sure it is a teachable moment to discuss the content and why it is this way; but if other services can provide clean and radio edited content then Spotify should compete and do the same.  

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Ari212
Visitor
2017-06-04 05:20 PM

This would be a game changing addition to Spotify. This comes up whenever I'm taking with parents who listen to Spotify at home with kids. Make this happen and I will buy 5 premium memberships for parents I know!

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