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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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xeode
Would like to know this too. This was something I was going to ask but worried about making it all sound like hard work and the developers kick it back out to the long grass again. Auto substitution of explicit for clean and vice versa that is.


MusicalExYouth
I'm unsubscribing too - and I won't be back to Spotify anytime ever. Off to Apple where they have this BASIC and ESSENTIAL functionality. Last one out, turn off the lights will you? Bye.
hocutt

Really want a solution for this.  Need some way to be sure only radio edit songs are playing when children around.   

DawidFouche

Come on guys, it's been 4 years since this request was raised. I am sure you guys can make a plan.

sandman2053

Yes please; this option would be great.

 

Friendly clean non explicit versions to play at work, in public or around kids and the elderly. 

JoshuaCianca

I advocate that Spotify can do everything Pandora can do and more, except this.  This is where people have a valid reason to stick with Pandora. 

Bluemanta

Hi All,

 

Spotify seems to ignore this thread or not responding at all. 

 

if you haven't already, please join us at Make Spotify Child-safe on facebook. Help us grow the page by posting your comments on the community Facebook page as well as like it and share it on your facebook.

 

We want to reach as many people around the world and put some real pressure on Spotify.

 

Hope to see you all at https://www.facebook.com/MakeSpotifyChildSafe/

xeode

Hi there,

 

Have liked your thing, was looking for the join button but apparently liking something is just as good...

 

SORT IT OUT SPOTIFY

khungerf

 un-subscribing from this thread.  It is not worth spending any more time on Spotify, it is apparent they don't care ( the age of this thread is a clear indication)

 

people keep bringing up kids or public places, those are all valid.  However, I just never want to listen to songs about rape or details about **bleep**, or racial slander in my music... never.   The content of some of the songs is so offensive, I am amazed tha spotify will not give users an option to NOT listen to it.

 

Regardless, when there are so many other good options out there (google, pandora, apple, amazon, ... ) there is no reasion to continue trying to convice a company to do something when they just don't care.

Shawnbfromsd

Not to be a **bleep** or anything, but I listen to pandora radio and they have a global button to filter out explicit content. Plays all the same songs but censored.