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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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Zerahemla
Visitor
2013-02-13 08:34 PM

This is a bunch of baloney. "We're considering it" Posted Feb of 2012. Spotify might take a year to consider something but it takes me only 30 seconds to consider going back to Pandora.

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JacIsJake
Visitor
2013-02-14 08:32 PM

HR VIOLATIoN

I could be fired for quoting lyrics in some of these songs. If I leave a station on and leave the room to go to take care of say some business, my co-workers will be just as offended by the music streaming for the office as they would if I were walking around dropping explicit lines.

 

Let's get beyond the dorms and remember that music is inherently social and meant to be shared. That is at the root of the spotify experience is it not? 

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Spittlbm
Visitor
2013-02-25 03:19 AM
Bump! The button should just mark it as potentially explicit ... after so many votes by unique hits, it should be flagged as explicit.
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strscoa
Visitor
2013-02-25 06:46 PM

I would like this as well

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lorenzolewis
Visitor
2013-02-28 06:20 AM

I would just like to listen to my music outloud without having to worry about what it is going to say.

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jtolson
Visitor
2013-03-02 01:28 AM

Any idea when this can happen???

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acastro2011
Visitor
2013-03-02 05:45 PM

I just signed up, and not having a explict lyric filtering is causing me to change my mind and go back to Grooveshark.  please add the option. 

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Lake_rat
Visitor
2013-03-04 06:21 AM

This could be my main music player if there was an explicit content filter.  I need this for work and around my kids.  Please address this issue. 

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ngodfrey
Visitor
2013-03-05 04:08 AM

This has been suggested for over a year.  It really shouldn't be to difficult to do.   Please do it soon and I will be able to listen at work and with my kids. 

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pfallonj
Visitor
2013-03-07 02:23 AM

I personally don't like to listen to explicit lyrics--kids or no. One of the major competitive downsides of Spotify.

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