Spotify Artist Profile Protection: how it works and how to turn it on

What to do, in order

1. 1

   Check if you have it

   Log in at artists.spotify.com, open the menu under your avatar and look for Artist Profile Protection. If it isn't listed, you don't have access yet.

2. 2

   Turn it on

   Admins and Editors on your artist team can turn it on from that menu. The default setting is Review releases.

3. 3

   Review new releases

   Go to Music, then Review, on desktop or mobile web. For review lists releases waiting for you, and Removed lists the ones you've taken yourself off.

4. 4

   Remove yourself from what isn't yours

   Select Remove next to a release that isn't yours. Don't use it for a typo, a wrong role or an artwork problem on your own release. Those go through your distributor.

5. 5

   Tell your distributor

   Removing yourself only applies on Spotify. The same release may still show under your name on other services, so Spotify suggests telling your label or distributor too.

What Artist Profile Protection does

It gives you a say before someone else's music reaches your profile. Spotify describes it as optional, and only artists in the beta can see it.

• It notifies you when a release is delivered with your name attached.
• You can remove yourself from eligible releases before they appear on your profile, or up to 28 days after they go live.
• A release you remove won't show on your profile, won't count toward your stats and won't be recommended to listeners as yours.
• It covers releases that list you as main artist, featured artist, remixer, actor, or composer, orchestra or conductor on classical releases.

Review releases or Block releases

Most artists in the beta get Review releases. Some can also test Block releases under Advanced settings, which turns the default around: nothing lists you until you approve it.

Block releases suits artists who keep getting other people's music, such as those with a common name. The catch is that your own releases need approving too, unless they arrive with your artist key, and approvals can take up to 24 hours to process. If the main artist on a release uses Block releases, they have to approve it before it can go live for anyone listed on it.

From Spotify's help page, checked 6 November 2026.

What a Spotify artist key is

With Block releases on, your Artist Profile Protection page shows an artist key. It lets the distributors you trust deliver releases that go live without waiting for you.

• Releases sent with your key show as Pre-approved.
• Share it only with distributors you trust, and never post it publicly.
• If someone who shouldn't have it gets it, contact Spotify to refresh it. Releases sent with the old key that aren't live yet may need approving by hand.
• During the beta, keys may not work with every provider, so ask your distributor whether it supports them.

Check who delivered a release

Each release shows its content provider, the company that delivered it to Spotify, such as a label, distributor or delivery platform. That name may differ from the one you know your distributor by. If you don't recognize it, check with your distributor before you approve anything.

What it doesn't cover

It's a useful filter, but it isn't the whole answer.

• Only artists in the beta have it.
• During the beta, releases from some providers may not be eligible for removal or approval.
• It only works on Spotify. Apple Music, Amazon Music and the other services have their own processes.
• It isn't for fixing your own releases. A typo, a wrong role or an artwork problem goes through your distributor.
• To undo an approval or a decline, you have to contact Spotify.

If someone else's music is already on your profile

How Traxure helps

Artist Profile Protection only covers Spotify, and only for artists in the beta. Traxure watches your own profile between your logins. It runs a full check every 24 hours, so a release you didn't list is flagged as unexpected and you can act quickly. Traxure doesn't send reports for you, but it gives you the details to send. Monitoring starts with a seven-day free trial.

Spotify's details were checked on its own pages on 6 November 2026.

Questions artists ask

Sources

• Spotify: protecting your artist profile
• Spotify for Artists: introducing Artist Profile Protection
• Spotify: music mixed up with another artist