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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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klaprairk
Visitor
2016-04-18 06:41 PM

Please make this happen Spotify! I am an exercise group intstructor! Love being able to have tons of music at my fingertips! Want to have the luxury of not creating 20 playlists and proff hearing them to make sure they are clean! 

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johncats
Roadie
2016-04-19 03:46 AM

Does any of the staff at spotify have any children?

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gmartin12
Visitor
2016-04-19 04:50 AM
If they did, do you really think they would use Spotify at home? What's
more...do you honestly think they care enough about this issue to actually
pay any attention to this forum?
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japanicana83
Visitor
2016-04-19 04:01 PM

 Would love this. Have no desire for people to cuss me out. I am surprised this hasn't been done already. If a song has an "explicit" tag already on it, why is it so difficult to have a setting that doesn't display those tagged songs? Even if it was a setting hidden in "advanced settings" so someone didn't accidently enable it and wonder where their profane music went.

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VC3
Visitor
2016-04-19 05:47 PM

If your concerned about this feature - It's time to get the White House involved !!

 

https://www.change.org/p/claire-parry-force-spotify-to-give-an-option-for-parents-to-restrict-explic...

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gmartin12
Visitor
2016-04-19 05:53 PM
Just signed the petition.

Many thanks for the referral VC3!
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Williamgurney
Visitor
2016-04-19 06:07 PM
Signed it too... So did my wife!
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johncats
Roadie
2016-04-19 09:23 PM

Jusst signed the petition in Australia. This is a global problem

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cchandle
Visitor
2016-04-19 09:33 PM

It just irresponsible for spotify to not implement this feature to their system.

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Scriven_j
Roadie
2016-04-19 10:01 PM
Signed and shared.
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