Spotify Now Lets You Keep Kids' Music Out of Your Wrapped
Spotify Now Lets You Keep Kids' Music Out of Your WrappedTuesday September 15, 2026 6:00 am PDT by Tim HardwickIn a move that should be welcomed by parents and guardians of young children, Spotify has announced a new feature that lets you keep kids' and family music played on the service out of your taste profile. Starting today, Spotify is rolling out a new toggle in the app's settings that prevents kids' music from affecting your personalized recommendations. This includes, for example, songs you play on repeat from your kids' favorite animated movies, theme songs from family TV shows, nursery rhymes, and more.
- ▪Spotify Now Lets You Keep Kids' Music Out of Your WrappedTuesday September 15, 2026 6:00 am PDT by Tim HardwickIn a move that should be welcomed by parents and guardians of young children, Spotify has announced a new feature that lets you k
- ▪Starting today, Spotify is rolling out a new toggle in the app's settings that prevents kids' music from affecting your personalized recommendations.
- ▪This includes, for example, songs you play on repeat from your kids' favorite animated movies, theme songs from family TV shows, nursery rhymes, and more.
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 is finally giving you a button to block kids’ music from your recommendations and Wrapped — now YouTube needs to follow suit — TechRadar
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Spotify Now Lets You Keep Kids' Music Out of Your WrappedTuesday September 15, 2026 6:00 am PDT by Tim HardwickIn a move that should be welcomed by parents and guardians of young children, Spotify has announced a new feature that lets you keep kids' and family music played on the service out of your taste profile. Starting today, Spotify is rolling out a new toggle in the app's settings that prevents kids' music from affecting your personalized recommendations. This includes, for example, songs you play on repeat from your kids' favorite animated movies, theme songs from family TV shows, nursery rhymes, and more.
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