Spotify rolls out per-track exclusion to refine Taste Profile

Spotify on Wednesday began rolling out a new setting that lets listeners exclude individual tracks from the algorithm that shapes their recommendations. The company said the option, available now on web, desktop, iOS and Android, allows both free and paid users to prevent specific songs from influencing their Taste Profile, the model Spotify builds from listening behavior that drives Discover Weekly, Home page selections, Blend playlists and the annual Wrapped recap.

Users can apply the control by tapping the three‑dot menu next to a track and selecting Exclude from your Taste Profile. The action stops that track from contributing to the Taste Profile going forward and reduces the influence of past plays, but it does not erase the play from listening history or prevent the song from being played again. The same menu offers an Include option to restore a track to the Taste Profile.

Spotify previously offered the ability to exclude entire playlists from the Taste Profile and has features to hide songs or block artists, but the company said the new per‑track exclusion is designed to give more granular control. The update addresses common scenarios in which short or incidental plays...