The explicit or profanity filter blocks sometimes also block entire songs or podcasts altogether, and no one likes when their favorite songs or podcasts are interrupted by a series of bleeps. Hence, the question, “How to turn off the explicit filter on Alexa?” We will be discussing some of the ways to turn off the explicit filter to let go of the frustrating interruptions.
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Method-1: Use Voice Deactivation To Turn Off The Explicit Filter On Alexa
When the explicit or profanity filter is on Alexa blocks certain music services. To turn off the explicit the simplest way would be to say “Alexa, turn off the explicit filter.” The only demerit is that it only works if voice deactivation is turned off in the explicit filter menu of the Alexa app.
You can block explicit songs in the same way, by using voice activation. You can tell your Echo to “block explicit songs”, and it will do the needful.
Method-2: Use The Alexa app
- Firstly make sure your Alexa app is up-to-date and you are working with the latest version as for some other versions the filter may not be available.
- Then, open the Alexa app on your device and go to the menu section available at the bottom of the right corner.
- Thereafter, click on the settings option. It is available above the Activity section.
- After opening settings check for the music and podcasts section. Click on music and podcasts.
- When you have accessed the music and podcasts section, click on the explicit language filter, there you can either turn the explicit language filter.
Why Is My Explicit Filter Not Turning Off?
People often come across this problem and there are mostly two reasons for it.
- Try enabling Voice deactivation on your device’s Alexa app. As discussed earlier, in case the voice deactivation is not on, your Alexa will not respond to the voice command of deactivating the explicit filter. In this case, you will need to go to the app and manually switch it off.
- Second, it may be due to some glitches and bugs. The profanity filter often glitches and does not work. The easiest way to overcome it is to restart your Alexa. Try plugging and unplugging it, if it doesn’t respond even after restarting it.
- Third, it is due to outdated software. In case you are using a platform whose software is outdated this feature will not work. Currently, three services block profanities and that will work with the Explicit filter turned on. Those three services are Pandora, TuneIn, and Amazon Music. Try updating the software on both applications in this case.
Alexa will play a song if it doesn’t recognize the explicit words in the song no matter if the filter is on. It is true for the songs that are uploaded to your Amazon music library too. If Alexa recognizes an explicit word it will censor it.
What If I Am Playing My Songs, Does The Profanity Filter Work Then?
If you are playing your songs by connecting to Echo through Bluetooth the filter won’t be a hindrance at all. In that case, it will act only as a Bluetooth speaker, nothing more or less. To filter explicit songs you will need a profanity filter on your source device.
So if you are playing through your Android device, you will need an application that filters explicit songs, as Alexa won’t be playing any role in censoring songs.
It is a personal choice to keep the profanity filter on or off. The profanity filter is a frustrating experience for anyone who doesn’t need it, and therefore a lot of people simply want to know, how to turn off the explicit filter on Alexa. To toggle easily between the status of explicit filters on Alexa the easiest way is voice deactivation. It is the recommended way, to make things easier for us, as technology should do.
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