Customizable rules

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Songs can be blocked by their artist, title or album, allowing you to truly enjoy Top 40 playlists, the Christmas season and Spotify Radio.

Make sure you never hear another live session or karaoke version with Denied.

A MacBook running Denied showing that it can skip explicit songs

Skips explicit songs

Automatically block songs that contain explicit lyrics, making sure kids (or other sensitive ears) don't get stirred up by Eminem's latest and greatest.

Note: filtering explicit content requires an active internet connection.

Skips disliked songs

Denied showing the setting for skipping disliked tracks enabled

Mark a song as 'disliked' in iTunes and Denied will automatically skip over it.

Currently works with iTunes and Apple Music only.

"Fortunately you can now download a nifty little app to prevent unwanted artists sneaking into your speakers."

"When you're listening to compilations or radio, you sometimes come across artists you hate. Denied fixes that by creating simple rules."

"That’s where Denied comes in. With a few clicks, you can banish your least-favorite songs or bands from earshot for good."

Now Playing info

Denied showing Dark All Day by Gunship is playing

See which track is currently playing and easily create new rules by clicking on the title, artist or album.

Shows album art and track information from Spotify and iTunes!

Works with Spotify, Apple Music and iTunes

Whether you want to block songs while listening to Spotify Radio, Apple Music or your iTunes library, Denied has you covered.

Stops repeating tracks

Denied showing settings for skipping repeating tracks

Automatically block tracks that you've played before in the past few hours.

What others think

Forever grateful for https://t.co/i35mCHR8AS by @boyvanamstel 🙏 Spotify wouldn't be the same without it. pic.twitter.com/K1O8shsmZp
— wojtek (@pugson) June 1, 2019

Best few quid I ever spent… @deniedapp pic.twitter.com/24TY06ZOYk
— Dave Harrison (@davidharrison92) December 28, 2017

Teachers/Parents- Do you wish @Spotify had a "clean" filter? Sometimes I worry that Spotify will spit out something that will get me fired. @deniedapp is a Mac tool ($2.99) that will let you filter Explicit tracks (or just @Nickelback and @TaylorSwift13) https://t.co/TJETeu2Qt8
— Jana Maiuri (@janamaiuri) February 24, 2018

Ended up dl this @spotify blocking app to make sure my Discover Weekly was rid of "Kendick Lamar ft. Drizzy Drayke" https://t.co/4vgHEHOGtL
— Abe Garcia (@thehonestape) June 21, 2016

@stevietkat use the Denied app!! Saves me from hearing Benjamin Francis Leftwich every single day https://t.co/mRixWR6r6K
— ambivalentil (@Brittjabee) August 31, 2016