Now in beta, this optional feature lets you review releases that are delivered to your profile on Spotify.
Music has been landing on the wrong artist pages across streaming services, and the rise of easy-to-produce AI tracks has made the problem worse. That’s not the experience we want artists to have on Spotify, and that’s why we’ve made protecting artist identity a top priority for 2026. Now, we’re testing a first-of-its-kind solution to a problem that’s affected streaming for years.
In the streaming age, it's easy to deliver music to dozens of streaming services and digital retailers at the same time. Open-access distribution channels have lowered the barrier for independent artists to share music with the world, promote collaborations easily, and transfer music between distributors seamlessly. But that openness comes with gaps that bad actors can exploit.
Sometimes, this means a release that isn’t yours appears on your profile across streaming services — whether due to a metadata mix-up, another artist with the same name, or someone maliciously attaching their music to your profile. When that happens, it can impact your catalog, your stats, your Release Radar, and how fans discover your music. We know how frustrating this can be for both artists and fans alike, and one of the top requests we’ve heard from artists over the past year is that you want more visibility into music that appears under your name.
Artist Profile Protection
That's why we’re introducing Artist Profile Protection, an optional feature in Spotify for Artists, now in limited beta. It notifies you when music is delivered to your artist profile, and gives you a chance to remove yourself from misattributed releases – helping you stay in control of what music lists you as an artist on Spotify.
For the first time on any music streaming service, we’re giving you the ability to review releases delivered to Spotify, and remove yourself if you’ve been incorrectly tagged, to protect your artist identity and prevent listener confusion. If you decline a release, it won't appear on your artist profile, contribute to your stats, or show up in recommendations to your listeners.
How It Works
If you’re included in the beta, you’ll see the feature available in your Spotify for Artists settings on desktop and mobile web (Artist Team Admins and Editors have the ability to manage the settings). If you turn Artist Profile Protection on, you’ll receive an email notification when music is delivered to Spotify with your name attached.
From there, you can review eligible releases and decide whether to remove yourself.
- If you remove yourself, the release won’t list you or appear on your profile. (Note: the release may still appear under your name on other streaming services besides Spotify, so you may still want to notify your label or distributor.)
- If you take no action, the release will go live as scheduled – at the release date, it will appear on your artist profile and contribute to your stats and recommendations to your fans as usual.
Advanced Settings
Some artists may have access to a different setting for Artist Profile Protection, where releases are automatically blocked until the artist approves them. This setting is best for artists who are in specific situations prone to misattributed releases, and are comfortable actively managing their catalog – such as having a common artist name or frequently experiencing mismatch. Since it requires artists to approve releases before they go live, it may delay or block legitimate releases from going live if no action is taken. Access to this setting is currently limited, and we will be evaluating future access based on feedback moving forward.
What Happens Next
This is an early beta, which means that if you decide to opt in, what you’ll see in Spotify for Artists is not the final, full functionality. Throughout the beta, we’ll collect feedback from artists using Artist Profile Protection and keep refining it before rolling it out to all artists as soon as we possibly can. We’ve already begun adapting the feature based on feedback in beta so far.
If you don’t have access yet, or choose not to opt in, releasing music still works the way it always has. And if a release is misattributed to you, you can still report it here.
To learn more, visit the Spotify for Artists Help Center.
Updated September 9, 2026
