How to Enable or Disable Profanity Filter in Windows 11 Captions

This article explains how to turn the Live Captions profanity filter on or off in Windows 11.

Live captioning is a new feature released with Windows 11 build 22557 that will help everyone, including people who are deaf or hard of hearing, better understand audio by viewing captions of spoken content.

Live captions can be turned on with the WINDOWS + CTRL + L keyboard shortcut or from the Accessibility flyout under Quick Settings.

With Live Captions, you can enable or disable it, move the Live Captions bar, enable Live Captions in different languages, switch languages, include microphone audio, and more.

Another feature with Live Captions is the turn on or off Filter profanity option to mask profanity in live captions.

The “Filter profanity” option automatically removes any profanity spoken during a live captioning session. This can be helpful in specific settings where profanity is inappropriate or may offend some individuals.

However, it is preferable to leave the filter off if you want to see an accurate representation of the spoken words, regardless of whether or not they contain profanity.

Turn on or off “Filter profanity” in Live Captions on Windows

As mentioned above, users can use the “Filter profanity” option in Live Captions to filter out profanity in live captioning sessions.

Here’s how to do it.

First, turn on Live Captions by pressing the Windows logo key + Ctrl + L. Then, click the Settings (gear) icon on the Live Captions bar.

Then, select Preferences, and turn on or off the Filter profanity option.

This will allow you to filter out profanity with live captioning sessions.

Turn on or off “Filter profanity” with Live Captions using Registry Editor

Another way to filter out profanity with Live Captions is to use Windows Registry Editor.

First, open Windows Registry editor as administrator.

Then, navigate to the registry key below.

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\LiveCaptions\UI

Next, double-click the ProfanityFilterOn (REG_DWORD) name on the UI key’s right pane to open it.

Then, type 1 to turn on profanity filter with live captions. Type 0 to turn off profanity filter with live captions.

If you do not see the “ProfanityFilterOn” item, right-click a blank area and create a new DWORD (32-bit) registry item.

Then, type the name “ProfanityFilterOn” and enter 1 or 0 to enable or disable profanity filter.

You may have to reboot your computer to apply the changes.

That should do it!

Conclusion:

• Live Captions in Windows 11 offers a valuable tool for enhancing accessibility and understanding spoken content.
• The “Filter profanity” option automatically removes profanity in live captioning sessions, catering to specific settings where such language is inappropriate or offensive.
• For those seeking an accurate representation of spoken words without consideration for profanity, leaving the filter off is the preferable choice.