Deezer is developing a toggle that will hide AI-generated tracks, albums, and related artists from search results when you switch it on. The company announced the feature on Tuesday and expects it to be available before the end of 2026. It’s a listener-controlled filter, not a blanket removal of AI music from the service.
The move follows demand from customers: Deezer cited a survey from last year in which around 45% of its customers wanted a way to remove AI music from their feeds. The survey is available at https://newsroom-deezer.com/2025/11/deezer-ipsos-survey-ai-music/.
“We’ve seen clear user demand for the ability to filter out AI-generated music, and we are now giving everyone the option to remove this content completely from their streaming experience on Deezer, and focus only on human creators and creations, if they wish,” Deezer CEO Alexis Lanternier said in a statement.
Lanternier also said the surge of AI music on the platform was one of the catalysts for developing the toggle. Deezer’s own upload figures help explain that pressure. When the company introduced AI-detection tools last year, AI-generated tracks accounted for 10% of daily uploads. It has been reporting upload figures since then. Its detection tools are described at https://www.deezer.com/explore/en-us/ai-music-detector/, with the initial figures published at https://newsroom-deezer.com/2025/01/deezer-deploys-cutting-edge-ai-detection-tool-for-music-streaming/.
By July, Deezer said AI-generated tracks made up more than 50% of daily uploads, averaging 90,000 tracks per day. Those figures describe music arriving on the platform, rather than its share of listening. The July report is available at https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/21/music-streamer-deezer-says-more-than-50-of-daily-uploads-are-ai-generated/.
Other music services have chosen different ways to handle AI music. Bandcamp has completely banned AI tracks, while Tidal has cut off monetization for people uploading AI music. Those policies were reported at https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/bandcamp-takes-a-stand-against-ai-music-banning-it-from-the-platform/ and https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/29/tidal-cracks-down-on-ai-music-by-cutting-off-monetization/.
Spotify has taken a less restrictive approach, making labels for AI tracks and artists more prominent on its platform, as reported at https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/spotify-will-label-ai-persona-profiles-and-exclude-their-music-from-recommendations/. In August, Variety reported that Apple Music was looking to label AI tracks by the end of the year: https://variety.com/2026/music/news/apple-music-to-label-ai-made-tracks-1236839371/.
Listeners are also turning to independent tracking systems to identify AI music, beyond the labels supplied by streaming platforms. Deezer’s planned toggle would put that choice directly into search: users who enable it would no longer see the AI-generated tracks, albums, and related artists the filter covers.
