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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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salonexpose
Visitor
2017-09-07 12:04 AM

anyone having trouble with new chip card that only have a different experation date? Mine wont go thru

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LoveTheSpotify
Regular
2017-09-07 12:15 AM

Well, We already have that. Spotify added that feature a month ago.

davebandit
Newbie
2017-09-07 12:19 AM

The best and easiest way to handle this is to add a setting that changes the "default" behavior. For example "Default to Explicit" or "Default to Clean", this way nothing is hidden or whatever, but if a clean version exists it will play as the default.

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LoveTheSpotify
Regular
2017-09-07 12:21 AM

Dave, We also have that option in the settings. This will help with children who listen to Spotify.

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LoveTheSpotify
Regular
2017-09-07 12:22 AM

This is how Spotify works. Totally obvious.

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greenbenjamin
Newbie
2017-09-07 12:22 AM

@LoveTheSpotify Where? Doesn't appear on my iOS or Desktop version??

@davebandit - Yes – exactly what we need, and 'Clean' only if you have a member on Family under 16.

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LoveTheSpotify
Regular
2017-09-07 12:26 AM

Foul language is not acceptable to a strict family or any family really. @greenbenjamin i agree  

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davebandit
Newbie
2017-09-07 12:31 AM

@greenbenjamin - I don't see the setting either.

 

I already know how to switch to the "clean" version of an album, but I'd like the clean version to be the default.

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greenbenjamin
Newbie
2017-09-07 12:34 AM

@davebandit How do you switch Dave? Haven't seen a way to do that easily either?

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davebandit
Newbie
2017-09-07 12:38 AM

@greenbenjamin To switch to the clean version of an album see this article: 

 

https://support.spotify.com/is/using_spotify/system_settings/content-censor/

 

I've had luck adding these versions to my playlists etc.

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