It's been a very long time coming, but it's now possible to stop children’s and family music from affecting your personalised recommendations and Spotify Wrapped. This is a super handy and long-overdue feature for parents whose children use a shared Spotify account on a TV, smart speaker, car system, or another household device. Up until now, songs played by children influence the account’s listening profile, changing recommendations and throwing out crazy listening times in the annual Wrapped summary. So Spotify now offers a setting that lets you choice if this type of music will count toward your taste profile.
Takeaways:
- Is there a way to stop all the stuff your kids listen to from making it into Spotify Wrapped?
- Can you exclude children's content in your Spotify history from affecting your algorithms?
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How to Exclude Kids’ Music From Your Spotify Profile
Spotify’s new setting lets you exclude children’s and family music from the listening profile that powers recommendations and listening insights. Once disabled, eligible children’s music will stop influencing features like Discover Weekly, Daily Mixes, recommendations, and importantly, Wrapped.
The setting also works retroactively, so after you turn it off, all previously played children’s and family music will no longer be included in the relevant taste profile data. This means that this year's Wrapped data won't include any of the stuff that you don't actually listen to yourself.
How to Exclude Kids Music From Spotify Wrapped and Recommendations
This change is now being rolled out globally, and you can follow the steps below to enable it right now. Just make sure you have the latest version of the Spotify app installed on your device.
- Open Spotify and tap your profile picture in the upper-left corner.
- Select Settings and privacy.
- Tap Content and display.
- Find Include kids’ and family music in taste profile.
- Turn the setting off.
Spotify enables this option by default, so children’s and family music can initially be included in your taste profile. But you can now switch it off whenever you want. If you change your mind, simply return to the same setting and enable it again.
NOTE: Spotify says that it can take up to 48 hours for the change to come across your preferences and recommendations. So don't panic if you don't see things update instantly.
What Happens to Your Spotify Recommendations After This Change?
The main benefit here is that you can finally separate what your children listen to from what Spotify thinks you enjoy. If your kids are constantly playing nursery songs, Disney soundtracks, or other family-friendly music, those tracks won't keep pushing your usual recommendations further down the list.
This should also help with things like Discover Weekly and Daily Mixes, which are built around your listening habits. Instead of getting a mix of your usual music and whatever your children happened to play that week, Spotify can focus more closely on the music that actually belongs to your own taste profile.
The best part is that you don't have to create a completely separate account just to prevent this music from affecting your recommendations. You can keep using the same account and shared devices while simply telling Spotify not to include children's and family music in your taste profile.
