Music libraries are often a reflection of our tastes and moods. We curate playlists for different occasions and reasons — from a house chore playlist to one curated for you by a lover — we all have those playlists we cherish and spin for one thing or another, but sometimes they contain songs with explicit lyrics that might not be suitable for all situations. 

Whether you’re sharing your music with the family, listening in the presence of kids, or just randomly enjoying tunes in a public space, having a clean version of your favourite playlists can be quite handy. And if Spotify is your go-to music streaming platform, then Cleanify has come to your rescue. Sit tight as the remainder of this article explores the resourcefulness of Cleanify, and how it can help you create sanitised versions of your Spotify playlists with a few clicks. 

What’s Cleanify?

Cleanify is a web-based app that’s designed to cleanse your Spotify playlists. It offers two primary functions: cleaning up explicit playlists and converting clean playlists into their explicit versions. Although it also has a feature for deleting playlists, it is somewhat redundant, given that Spotify has the option in-built.

How to Use Cleanify for a Spotless Spotify Experience

To clean your playlist, follow these steps: First, visit the Cleanify website and log in to your Spotify account to grant Cleanify access to your playlists. Once logged in, Cleanify will retrieve your playlists from Spotify and display them in the left-hand sidebar.

Choose the playlist you want to modify from the list in the sidebar. Then, select your desired action for the playlist: you can either clean up explicit songs using the “Cleanify” option, convert clean songs to their explicit versions with the “Explicitify” option, or remove a playlist using the “Delete” option.

Since the focus is on cleaning, note that the modified version will be added to Spotify with “All Clean” in brackets. However, you might need to resolve some conflicts.

After cleaning a playlist, you may find that the clean version of a song’s name is not the same as the explicit version. Cleanify typically flags songs with similar titles to the one you intended to clean. Although it doesn’t always happen, if it does, it’s up to you to decide whether one of the flagged songs is the same before adding it to the cleaned playlist.