Spotify is finally giving you a button to block kids’ music from your recommendations and Wrapped — now YouTube needs to follow suit
This means your Discover Weekly, Daily Mix, and yes, even your end-of-year Wrapped summaries will reflect your taste more accurately.Latest Videos FromTechRadarWatch full video here: While your personal recommendations will be untouched, it doesn’t mean that kids music is a complete write-off. Even with the toggle switched on, you can still search and stream your kids’ favorite songs and even make playlists with family music at the center — they just won’t affect your taste profile.But Spotify’s new toggle is smarter than you think. Once you exclude kids and family music from your taste profile, the tool acts retrospectively, removing the music your kids have already streamed, meaning they won’t be counted in your top songs for this year’s Wrapped.
- ▪This means your Discover Weekly, Daily Mix, and yes, even your end-of-year Wrapped summaries will reflect your taste more accurately.Latest Videos FromTechRadarWatch full video here: While your personal recommendations will be untouched, it
- ▪Even with the toggle switched on, you can still search and stream your kids’ favorite songs and even make playlists with family music at the center — they just won’t affect your taste profile.But Spotify’s new toggle is smarter than you thi
- ▪Once you exclude kids and family music from your taste profile, the tool acts retrospectively, removing the music your kids have already streamed, meaning they won’t be counted in your top songs for this year’s Wrapped.
7 outlets in our directory ran this story. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Spotify Lets You Kick Kids' Music from Wrapped, Playlists: How to Turn It On — PCMag
- ▪ Spotify can now exclude your kids' music taste from recommendations — Engadget
- ▪ Let It Go: Here’s How to Keep Kids’ Music Out of Your Spotify Wrapped — CNET — News
- ▪ Spotify’s new toggle can keep kids music out of your recommendations and Wrapped — Android Authority
- ▪ Spotify finally lets parents exclude kids’ music from Wrapped and recommendations — TechCrunch
- ▪ Spotify Now Lets You Keep Kids' Music Out of Your Wrapped — MacRumors
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Audio Audio Streaming Spotify Spotify is finally giving you a button to block kids’ music from your recommendations and Wrapped — now YouTube needs to follow suit News By Rowan Davies Published 15 September 2026 No more Bluey muscling into the top of your Wrapped When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Future / Spotify) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Spotify's new setting lets you exclude kids and family music from your taste profile It's designed for parents who use their Spotify account to stream their kids' favorite songs Once enabled, your…
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