Spotify just rolled out a feature that gives users more control over how their listening shapes recommendations.
Starting today, you can exclude specific tracks from your “taste profile,” the backbone of Spotify’s personalization engine powering Discovery Weekly, Wrapped, Blend playlists, and more.
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Until now, Spotify only let you block entire playlists from affecting recommendations (helpful if you had a sleep-sounds playlist, less so if your kid requested Baby Shark once in the car). With the new update, both free and premium users can tap the three dots on a track and choose “Exclude from your taste profile.” You can also reverse the decision later.
The move answers long-standing frustrations around account sharing, family listening, and accidental DJ duties. Whether it’s children’s songs, party requests, or random road trip picks, you no longer have to watch them creep into your algorithmic DNA.
It’s not a perfect fix, you still have to exclude tracks one by one, instead of switching between user “modes” for family members or guests. But it’s a step toward keeping your Spotify experience your own. And maybe, just maybe, saving your Wrapped from being hijacked by your toddler.
