How can I remove recommended for me episodes?

[Ferthun]

Few days ago I noticed I have for no reason one or two dirty looking recommendations in "Episodes for you" section. I do not listen things like that and only podcasts I listen are from one sci-fi channel. From music I listen only songs like "Through The Fire And Flames". It is my own account so no one other can use it. Are Spotify recommendations as bad?

[Dian · Accepted solution]

Hey @Ferthun,

Thanks for posting in the Community.

Currently there is no direct way of removing the show recommended to you on the home screen, but through listening to other shows, they may be exchanged with the new ones.

There is an idea submission on this feature here. You can leave your vote for it to show support.

Hope this clears things a bit.

Cheers!

[jorisvaneil]

Hi, 

This is unfortunate, because i bet i am not the only one who leaves their podcast playing while going to sleep. This will also eventually start the recommended "episodes for you", which then feeds it back into the algorithm, recommending the same undesired podcast again and again. Definitely would like to be able to explicitly remove suggested content. Youtube offers this functionality too.

[randomsSpam]

This is not a solution. It's an inaffective work around. Also the proposed feature idea is for a much larger project, to customize the start screen. The request I have is to exclude or downvote certain podcasts or episodes from recommendations. Shows or episodes can end up in your various lists for different reasons, autoplay, misclick, bad search, etc. We need to be able to get rid of the ones we don't want.

[j3evely]

This is not a solution

[AntonyNewman]

The most scary thing I have had is when Spotify decided to play Speaker Test Tone 'episodes' when it ran out of podcasts at 4am waking up the entire household. 

I have trying playing 200 episode of ANY show just to stop Speaker Test Tones being on my "Episodes for you" section - but this seems like the only think that Spotify's algorithm wants me to listen to.

I have even trying the option of saying "Don't use this 'music' to represent my 'taste'" - but this had no effect what so ever.

When you have thousands of people who would very much like to control what they listen to and don't want to listen to - surely its is in Spotify's interest to ad some of the very very basic control that we, the customers, actually need?

[FlowerChild69]

Agreed! Your "Episode for you" interrupted my peaceful sleep with a True Crime Show "Deadly Swap" from Dateline detailing a murder!! Really?! I never listen to anything like this; only Sleep music and meditation music.  Please solve this, as I'm paying to listen to what I want to listen too and never take Spotify's suggestions. Thank you!

[Circuitos]

This is not a solution, simply a cop out from another half-baked and badly implemented feature. Any modern recommendation engine has an option like "see less of this", or the option to remove recommendations altogether. As a paying subscriber I don't need random filler content to autoplay after any podcast I listen.

[nadayoga]

This is not a solution. The Home tab is just promoted **bleep** and not being able to customize the things I'm interested in is a sure way to get me to cancel my subscription and go back to Apple Music. I don't listen to Chinese podcasts, or Hip hop, or any of the stuff on the page. I can't get rid of it, and can't customize it. That's 1990's take-it-or-leave it style programming. Bummer.

[Rossy3]

I agree I listen to the odd podcast but dont want to listen to everyone as sometimes it doesnt interest me please change this back 🙂 and leave more music recommendations as thats what i enjoy on here!

[Lefty123]

I hope you are working on this! Your algorithm on podcasts I may like is clearly broken. I subscribe to 3, but when I listen to any one of them, it is followed by something completely opposite that I "might like". The ones recommended are mostly so offensive that I am embarrassed to have them in my feed at all. I assume Spotify is getting money from these groups to promote their shows. I would just like a way to go back to how it used to be when I would listen to a podcast, and when it finished there was complete silence.

[mgar530]

No Dian this is not a solution, not even close. All a user needs is a thumb down button, that’s it. As a Spotify legend use your influence to make that happen, but don’t suggest that people to do this silly workaround. 

[Elelan]

Why is this marked as the solution? It is not a solution.

[jmolinaaa]

do better spotify!!!

i also hate this so much. i listen to gentle music, bubbles or soft sounds to go to sleep with... and then i get woken up with scary, ominous stories or murder mysteries with frightening front covers. i dont want that 😞 and i hate how its probably in my subconscious brain as it most active at night. i hate it so much, why am i paying fo premium to choose what i want to listen too.... when i cant even do that?!