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[All Platforms] Explicit Filter

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!

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chadpw84

I don't even understand why Spotify didn't have this option from the start. But it 1000s% needs to be added. Added like immediately!

Hannah_Nisha

YES PLEASE! Would be helpful for playing music in the office and having to run to change the song when they start cursing 

lissy-gb-92

I really think Spotify need to implement this option so as it can be used when there are children around, etc, plus I hate listening to a song with a good beat only to suddenly be bombarded with profanities.  It prevents me trying out new music.

 

Also, this feature would be even more useful on the apps, because at the moment even the 'Explicit' tag isn't shown next to the song titles within the apps, so even if I have my iPad right there in front of me I'm unable to tell if it's the explicit version of the song until the swear words start rolling in.

 

ETA: Even free services (like Blinkbox for example) have an option for filtering out any songs labelled as explicit, so if this feature is eventually brought in by Spotify it should be made available to everyone and not just paid subscribers.

 

Please add this feature to Spotify soon, please?

 

 

chmurphy

PLEASE add this option! I love sharing my playlists with family members, but a lot of them don't want to listen to the explicit songs I include. 

pjc_b

Come on spotify, it's been 3 years since this idea was suggested! Get on with it! Implement it already. Smiley Mad

DannyFL
Ditto.
iamlamont

This really is ridiculous. It's a basic feature of most any music service. Albums are widely distributed in dual formats for this exact reason. Pandora has had this for well over 6 years.

 

Spotify it just doesn't make sense that you would not have this as a basic feature of your product. I mean every song is tagged explicit or not. Why even tag them if I can't remove them from the search.

siffring

Continue to let spotify know on social media that you are not happy this is being addressed.

coppelldad

Can we Please Address this problem! 

mcharles29

Yes, I say this all the time. This would be great!! Please add this feature soon, can't tell you how many times I would just put a pop station on for my 3 year old and hear B%#^* or FU&$. I find myself running across the room to change the playlist. I remember putting on a playlist for Mothers Day and thinking ok this should be safe, then I hear my BI%#H WTH!!! lol