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[All Platforms] Block / disallow suggestions for certain content

The last 8 times I've opened Spotify I've been greeted by a big waiting Bible podcast recommendation sat there. I get the hint Spotify, but stop. It was cool the first time. It was boring the second. And it is in fact so annoying by the 8th time that I have to write this post to ask for this feature to be implemented.

I hope it's been made clear: I don't want to listen to the bible, much less on Spotify, and there is no way within the app to ask it to stop recommending me this, honestly, outrageously offensive content. I would very much appreciate this feature, thanks in advance. I'm sure the bible people would appreciate such a feature as well!

Updated on 2023-08-22

Hey there folks,

 

This suggestion got moved to the wrong place by mistake and we're setting it to live idea again. Thank you all for bringing your feedback in the Spotify Idea Exchange.

 

We're keeping the previous Not Right Now status, as we don't have any immediate plans to implement this. As soon as we have any new information to share, rest assured we'll check back in here.

 

Take care.

Comments
Joshsara

Spotify has came up with some weird filthy podcasts that are not relevant in any way and I do not want them on my Spotify.

There should be a way to just remove certain items off of suggestion categories and be able to block certain artists from appearing when songs or albums are recommended.

I have no idea why this isn't yet on Spotify when it is so necessary because of course some recommended stuff that comes up is good but certain things I do not want and I'm unable to get rid of!

Please please please do something about this!

There isn't any setting that can stop it either because I still want explicit content because swearing is in a lot of music

ccere

Can we please have the ability to turn off podcasts? I do not want them to show up anywhere, at all, ever. Please make this an option Spotify.

gelidaobscure

Please, please! You NEED to make it possible for the user of an account to turn off suggestions of (certain) podcasts and (certain) music!
I absolutely HATE true-crime podcasts and I would LOVE to be able to permanently turn suggestions for such content off!
I also would like to turn off some very non-matching music suggestions
Please, please, make this an option in Spotify! Do it now!! I know I'm not alone in this!
Thank you for your time!

gelidaobscure

Please, please! You NEED to make it possible for the user of an account to turn off suggestions of (certain) podcasts and (certain) music!
I absolutely HATE true-crime podcasts and I would LOVE to be able to permanently turn suggestions for such content off!

I also would like to be able to turn off/block certain music suggestions that are simply OFFENSIVE to my musical tastes!
Please, please, Spotify, I know you can do it! Do it now! I know I'm not alone in this!
Thank you for your time!

TerribleTeaGuzz

Just aside from the whole objectionable people aspect, it would be so so useful just to be able to hide a particular podcast series for if you have tried it and decide you don’t like it and don’t want to listen to more or see it continue to pop up. I can’t tell you how many things pop up in my “continue listening” section that I have no interest in ever listening to again.

 

After a while, I lose track of which ones I’ve already tried and what I ACTUALLY want to listen to (like different German lesson podcasts - some I try and I hate the style, others I love, but both continue to show up). Seriously, I would use podcasts a ton more if I could customise my content more like this.

dream__pop

I don't care for so many podcasts and I would like a feature to disable them!

Jacob
Status changed to: Inactive Idea

Updated on 2021-02-26

Your idea has been submitted a while ago but unfortunately hasn't gathered enough kudos (100 per year). In order to keep an overview of the active and recent ideas in this forum, we will have to close this idea for now. However, this does not mean that your idea has been rejected by Spotify.

If you still feel strongly about your request I encourage you to post your idea again in a slightly different form! Maybe now is the right time to receive the support of the community for your suggestion!

Do you have any further questions on how the idea exchange is managed? Just click here!

Spotify,

This is evidently an issue, as there are multiple forum posts about this specific issue, and it isn't relegated to any one specific platform.

To say that this request only has 16 votes is completely disingenuous, and this request is knowingly NOT that difficult to implement. There are multiple platforms that allow home screen and media type curation, and your over-reliance on Podcasts to help fund your platform and in turn forcing them on your subscribers is really offensive. Especially if we can't remove the ridiculous recommendations, or the genre altogether.

Please stop forcing this on us. We pay for this service and should be allowed to curate what we do and don't want visible and if we'd rather not participate in using Podcasts completely.

Jacob
Status changed to: Closed - Not Enough Votes

Updated on 2021-03-22

Thank you for bringing your feedback to the Spotify Community!

Your suggestion didn’t quite reach 180 votes in 6 months. Users can still vote on this idea - if it gets enough votes, Spotify will still check it out and post a status update. You can read more about the idea process here.

Jacob
Status changed to: Closed - Not Enough Votes

Updated on 2021-03-23

Thank you for bringing your feedback to the Spotify Community!

Your suggestion didn’t quite reach 180 votes in 6 months. Users can still vote on this idea - if it gets enough votes, Spotify will still check it out and post a status update. You can read more about the idea process here.