remove podcast suggestions from home screen

[vin_sychem]

Plan

Premium

Country

Germany

Device

(Desktop)

Operating System

(Ubuntu)

My Question or Issue

Hi since spotify discontinued the previous desktop client I was forced to update to the new version, although dissatisfied with it. However, looking past the points raised by other people already, I would really like a way to remove podcast suggestions. Surprisingly, this is now on the top row of the desktop client. There should be more ways to control what appears at the top of the client when you open it up. Specifically a way to remove podcast suggestions, since I believe many people, like me, do not have an interest in whatever podcasts you are trying to promote to us.

thank you!

[Lyubka]

Hey @vin_sychem,

Thank you for reaching out here in the Community.

It's currently not possible to remove items from your Home screen, however, it seems like the Community folks have already created an Idea about being able to disable or hide podcasts entirely. If you'd like to see that option available, go ahead and check this idea here.

While there's currently no way to customize your start screen, we'd suggest you give this idea a thumbs up, if this is something you'd like to see implemented in the future. Please note that even if an idea is currently set to “Not Right Now” you can still add your vote there as we revisit those ideas on regular intervals! 
 

If you're interested in how ideas work and how your feedback reaches the right teams here, check this page out.

Hope this helps. If you ever have any other questions in the future, feel free to post in the Community again 🙂

[Halfbread]

Then why do we pay for things we don't want?

[New user]

Me molesta la lista de "Tus mejores podcasts" cuando abro Spotify, muchas de estas recomendaciones tienen arte de
portada horrible que me
avergüenza. la ausencia de un botón de no estoy interesado es
Frustrante, ya que no se puede
hacer nada con respecto a estas
recomendaciones.Me gusta escuchar podscast para dormir , pero al despertar se han reproducido algunos de terror.Es horrible que pase eso .por favor necesito una solución

[user-removed]

I listened to a couple of **bleep** ed podcasts and now **bleep** themed audio is all over my home page. I don't want my kids to see it. There should be a way to hide or delete things you've listened to or things that are suggested to you.

[seeclaxton]

Honest question, but can we get some UI changes that actually benefit the average user?

why cant i remove audiobooks and podcast from my homepage? i dont use spotify for those things and its in the way?

why is my home page filled with suggested content that i cant provide negative feedback on? whole albums and artists that i dont care for are on my home page every week, while new music from artist i actually follow does't even appear on my new releases. 

Im totally down for spotify to expand its services, im just asking that you offer them instead of shove them in our face with no ability to provide feedback (down vote, etc) outside of coming here to do this. 

(im so sick of so many great apps getting shittier over time - it doesnt have to be that way)

Plan

Premium

Country

USA

Device

galaxy note 10+ macbook pro, mac mini

Operating System

(iOS -Android all up to date)

My Question or Issue

[wujesty]

The homepage shows podcast recommendations instead of music recommendations, but I never listen to any podcasts, and it's really scary to be pushed to horror podcasts.

[wujesty]

 

[wujesty]

I still need help, this horror blog is not gone, like a hacker attack

[wujesty]

以下信息均无需提供。但是，您提供的信息越多，我们越容易提供帮助。

计划

免费/付费

国家

设备

（iPhone 8、三星 Galaxy 9、2016 年末的 Macbook Pro）

操作系统

（iOS 10、Android Oreo、Windows 10 等）

windows11

我的疑问或问题

I need help blocking horror podcasts, it scares me

[New user]

I fell asleep listening to a podcast and auto play cued up some absolute garbage when it finished and now I can’t get it off my home page. I hate it and auto play keeps trying to put it on again despite the fact that I’ve rated it one star, which is apparently the only way to indicate dislike on this app. Can you get this trash off my page?

[New user]

Despite never having listened to a podcast it still keeps popping up in recommended. This goes for bigger podcasts that are likely pushed by Spotify, and also for smaller podcasts with low profile. Is it possible to suppress these recommendations? I always use the "Not interested" button ofcourse. Android and Premium

[New user]

I keep getting podcast episodes auto playing and popping up on my feed even though I've never listened to these before and I don't want to. How can I remove these?

[Snake-Plissken]

Since february my "all" homepage is full of podcasts something which never happened.

For years since I use spotify daily for hours this NEVER happened before, my all homepage was always 99% music with the few podcasts suggestion here and there but now is FULL of only podcasts: shows you might like, based on your shows, similar shows, episodes for you and so on. The last time I tapped on a podcast was 3 years ago. I follow 2 podcasts one of them completely inactive and one that posts twice a year at most and I haven't listened to an episode as I said in 3 years. 

There is no unusual activity on the account either: nothing unusual in the recently played tab / no new podcasts followed. Also this is not a cache bug since the podcasts suggestions change slightly when the app refreshes 

Again, this NEVER happened before and it has been going on for weeks. No matter how much music I listen to, how many tracks I add to playlist, how many I like or how many albums I add to my library the "all" homepage is 95% only podcasts. 

Does anyone else experience this recently especially since the start of 2025 ?

Plan

Premium

[uykusuzzzz]

On the homepage there is a podcast that i never asked for about Doge. I don't want to see Elon Musk spam. I already ticked not interested and it's not going away. It also autoplays. How is this acceptable for a paying customer not be able to make a content go away?

Plan

Premium

Country

Uk

Device

Samsung fold z3

Operating System

Android latest

My Question or Issue