In a move that should be welcomed by parents and guardians of young children, Spotify has announced a new feature that lets you keep children’s and family music streamed on the service out of your taste profile.
Starting today, Spotify is rolling out a new toggle in the app settings that prevents kids’ music from affecting your personalized recommendations. This includes, for example, the songs you listen to on repeat in your children’s favorite animated films, theme songs from family TV shows, nursery rhymes, etc.
When you turn off the new setting, you can still find, listen to, and create playlists of kids and family music, but those streams won’t affect what Spotify suggests to you.
In other words, things like Discover Weekly, Daily Mix, and Wrapped will more accurately reflect your tastes. Plus, the setting applies retroactively, so kids’ music you’ve already listened to won’t count toward your Top Wrapped Song or Artist, for example.
The following steps show you how to disable it in the Spotify app on iOS and Android:
- Go to Settings and privacy by tapping your profile picture in the upper left corner.
- Select Content and display.
- Turn off the button next to Include music for children and family in the taste profile.
Spotify says it may take up to 48 hours for these changes to be reflected in your personalized recommendations.
