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May 22, 2019
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Add option to prefer explicit content

  • May 22, 2019
  • 35 replies
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Deezer offers ways to hide and filter out explicit content, but I prefer to listen to music as the artist intended. Please add an option to be recommended explicit content and to hide the censored version of the album.

    35 replies

    March 31, 2026

    This is my single biggest frustration with Deezer. I even have some custom playlists in which certain albums have been switched from the explicit version to the censored version without my consent. I then have to go through and manually delete all of those songs from my playlist. To re-add the explicit version of the album, I then search for the artist, navigate to their discography, and the explicit version of the album is not even displayed in the list. This is a terrible user experience.

    Due to the fact that there are controls for filtering out explicit content, the logic required for a Prefer Explicit Content toggle clearly already exists within the code, it just needs to be exposed to users.

    This 6-year old forum thread with hundreds of upvotes only represents the small fraction of users who took the time to create a community account and voice their opinion. There are likely many times more who have simply stopped using Deezer because of this without ever submitting a complaint. This is a relatively simple feature request, and the cost of software development is lower than ever. Please consider implementing this.

    Roadie
    April 30, 2026

    I agree with all the arguments posed here. Having to open the clean version of an album you want and having to scroll to the bottom to find alternate versions is a huge pain. 

    Roadie
    August 18, 2026

    Hey @FiftyFour I agree, like duplicates, right? We're doing some work on our technology that actually detects explicit content so I assume that our teams already have something like this in mind :thumbsup_tone2: thank you for your input as well @Igor993 :v_tone2:

    It's been 6 years 😭

    Roadie
    September 16, 2026

    Adding my voice! Could be a deal breaker for me too.

    Roadie
    September 16, 2026

    6 Years?!?!?! It wouldn’t be so bad if original versions of albums were listed under the artist, but requiring users go out of their way to search by name to find it is pretty absurd.

    Note Uncensored version of BEN is not listed
    Original version shows when searched