RM560323 - Microsoft Teams: Profanity filter is disabled by default for captions

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Summary

We are updating the default profanity filter setting for live captions from On to Off across Teams meetings, calls, events, and Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTR) devices to improve accessibility and align with EU requirements. This change will only affect users who have never configured their live captions profanity filter preference. Users who have already set their preference will keep their current setting. As a result, some users may begin seeing unfiltered profanity in live captions by default after this rollout. Users can update this preference in settings at any time.

Last Updated

Jun 9, 2026

Published Apr 14, 2026

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Status

Rolling out

Release

General Availability
Targeted Release

Platforms

Android
Desktop
iOS
Mac
Teams and Surface Devices
Web

Service

Microsoft Teams

Tag

Rolling out
General Availability
Targeted Release
Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
GCC
GCC High
DoD

Cloud

DoD
GCC
GCC High
Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

Description

We are updating the default profanity filter setting for live captions from On to Off across Teams meetings, calls, events, and Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTR) devices to improve accessibility and align with EU requirements. This change will only affect users who have never configured their live captions profanity filter preference. Users who have already set their preference will keep their current setting. As a result, some users may begin seeing unfiltered profanity in live captions by default after this rollout. Users can update this preference in settings at any time.

GA date: June CY2026

Version history

2 versions tracked

Updated 1 time since Apr 16, 2026. Microsoft Message Center only ever shows the current version; this archive preserves the history.

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  1. Jun 9, 2026 · 08:46 PMLatest · v2

    Changed: Tags, Status

  2. Apr 16, 2026 · 11:15 PMOriginal · v1

    Changed: Initial version