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Microsoft Teams: Profanity filter is disabled by default for captions

Roadmap ID
560323
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Product
Microsoft Teams
Published
April 14, 2026
Status
In development
Cloud Instances
Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)GCCGCC HighDoD
Release Phase
General AvailabilityTargeted Release
Platforms
AndroidDesktopiOSMacTeams and Surface DevicesWeb
Expected Release
June 2026

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.

Change History

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April 17, 2026 at 12:00 AM Updated
Cloud Instances
Previous
Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
New
Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD
Platforms
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Desktop
New
Android, Desktop, iOS, Mac, Teams and Surface Devices, Web
Modified Date
Previous
2026-04-15T23:00:31.000Z
New
2026-04-16T23:15:53.000Z
April 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM Updated
Release Phase
Previous
General Availability
New
General Availability, Targeted Release
Modified Date
Previous
2026-04-14T23:00:25.000Z
New
2026-04-15T23:00:31.000Z

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