Microsoft Teams: Profanity filter is disabled by default for captions

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.

Status
Launched
General availability target
Jun 2026
Preview target
Not published
Products
Microsoft Teams
Clouds
Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD
Release phases
General Availability, Targeted Release
Platforms
Android, Desktop, iOS, Mac, Teams and Surface Devices, Web
Added to the roadmap
14 Apr 2026
Last changed
2 Sep 2026 · 25d ago
recently changed
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