How to Block an Artist on Spotify

This article explains how to block an artist on Spotify, including instructions for the desktop Spotify app and the mobile Spotify app.

How Do I Block Artists on Spotify?

Spotify is well-known for its automatically generated playlists that take the music you’ve liked in the past, apply their algorithm magic, and provide hours of entertainment. If there’s an artist you no longer want to hear on Spotify, you can prevent that artist from appearing in your playlists, Discover Weekly list, and Daily Mixes.

Here’s how to block artists on Spotify:

1. Open Spotify on your mobile device.
   

2. Open the artist page for the artist you want to block.
   

   If you don't see the artist you remove on the Spotify home tab, tap the Search icon and type the artist's name.

3. Tap the three dots icon located beneath the artist's cover image.
   

4. Tap Don’t play this.
   

   

5. Repeat this process for each artist you want to block.
   

How Do You Remove an Artist From Spotify On Desktop?

There’s no way to remove an artist from your Spotify account in the desktop app or website, but you can block songs from showing up in the Discover Weekly playlist. Other songs from that artist may appear in the future, in which case you should block them as well. Eventually, Spotify will be less likely to add that artist to your Discover Weekly playlist.

Here’s how to remove an artist from Spotify on Desktop:

1. Open the Spotify desktop app and click the Discover Weekly playlist.
   

   You may need to scroll down to locate the Discover Weekly playlist.

   

2. Locate a song from the artist you want to remove, and click the cancel icon (circle with a - inside).
   

   

   The cancel icon is hidden until you move your mouse over a song, or the song is currently playing.

3. Click I don’t like (artist).
   

   

   If you just want to block one song, click I don’t like (song).

4. Repeat this process for each song or artist you want to remove, and Spotify will adjust your Discover Weekly playlist over time.
   

Why Can’t You Block Artists on the Spotify Desktop App?

The option to block artists on Spotify didn't exist at all for a long time. Spotify initially implemented it in the iOS Spotify app, and the feature came to the Android Spotify app after that. The option is still missing from the desktop app, although Spotify may add it if enough users request it. If you use the desktop app a lot, and you would like to have the option to block or mute artists, then you may want to vote for Spotify to add artist blocking to the desktop app.