How To Toggle Explicit Content In Apple Music On Mobile And Desktop

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Buried deep in the settings, how to show or hide explicit content in Apple Music/iTunes on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows and web.

Toggling explicit content ought to be an easy task, but options to turn it on or off aren’t anywhere to be seen in the Apple Music settings on the iPhone or Mac apps. In fact, the process is somewhat easier on non-Apple devices.

Once you complete the steps below, you’ll be able to listen to all of your favourite songs without swearing.

Click to jump to one of the following devices:

Mobile – iPhone & iPad
Mac
Windows (iTunes)
Web

Mobile – iPhone & iPad

Head to the Settings app
Tap Screen Time
Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions
Turn on Content & Privacy Restrictions and select Content Restrictions
Tap Music, Podcasts, News & Workouts
- Tap Clean to only allow clean music
- Tap Explicit to allow all music

Mac

Click the Apple menu in the upper left corner and go to System Preferences
Click Screen Time
Click Options in the lower left corner and ensure Screen Time is switched On
Head to Content & Privacy in the left panel
Turn On Content & Privacy Restrictions, then head to the Store tab
- Tick Explicit Music, Podcasts & News to have this content show up
- Untick the box to hide this content

Windows (iTunes)

In the menu bar, click Edit > Preferences
Head to the Restrictions tab and ensure the padlock in the lower left corner is unlocked
- Under Restrict, tick Music with explicit content to hide explicit content
- Untick this option to allow all content
Click OK once you’ve made your adjustments

Web – music.apple.com

Click the profile icon in the upper right corner and select Settings
Scroll down to Parental Controls
Turn on Content Restrictions and enter or setup a passcode
- Select Clean to only show clean music
- Select Explicit to show all music

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I appreciate the insight. By the way, songs downloaded from the Apple Music app are only usable within the app, and they’ll become unavailable if you end your subscription. To keep your playlists and songs forever and listen offline at any time, the DumpMedia Apple Music Converter can change them to MP3 format.
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