Spotify is introducing three controls for its Home feed today, giving listeners ways to hide recently played items and ask for fewer recommendations from particular shows or authors. Two removal options clear content from sections of Home without changing future recommendations, while the expanded “Not interested” control helps influence subsequent suggestions. The distinction gives listeners a way to tidy what they see without treating every removed item as a signal about their taste.
At the top of Home, listeners can hide a tile for music, a podcast or an audiobook they have recently played. To do that, they press and hold the content they want to hide and choose “Remove from this section.” This control targets recently listened to content displayed at the top of the feed, giving listeners a direct way to remove something they no longer want visible there.
A separate removal option applies to individual entries on the Recents shelf. Listeners use the same press and hold gesture there, followed by “Remove from this section,” to hide the selected item from that shelf. Spotify says both section removal controls are intended to clean up Home and leave the recommendations it makes in the future unaffected.
For listeners who want to change their recommendations, Spotify has broadened the use of “Not interested” across Home. That option now lets listeners indicate that they want to hear less from specific shows or authors. Spotify says those choices help shape what it recommends going forward, making this the recommendation control among the three additions.
The new controls join Taste Profile, which Spotify identifies as a beta in the US and NZ for eligible Premium listeners. Taste Profile lets those listeners tell Spotify what they want more or less of, with that feedback helping guide recommendations on their Home feed.
The Home changes follow Spotify’s November 10 announcement of additional voices and controls for DJ, its Premium feature that combines a personalized music lineup with commentary. In its October 22 earnings update, Spotify reported 306 million Premium subscribers and 788 million monthly active users for the third quarter of 2026.
