How to manage Teams profanity filtering and keep transcripts tidy

Can I stop Teams from writing down every swear word? We've just walked into a client's conference call, the presenter drops a colourful expletive, and the live transcript flashes the exact word on screen. It looks unprofessional and the client worries about compliance. Fortunately, Microsoft Teams now lets admins toggle a profanity filter. Turning it on will replace swear words with asterisks in the transcript, while turning it off will leave them intact. What exactly is a profanity filter in Teams? A profanity filter is a setting in the Teams admin centre that scans the live transcription engine and masks any word that appears on Microsoft's built‑in profanity list. It works only for transcripts, not for the spoken audio itself. How do we enable or disable the filter for our organisation? Sign in to the Microsoft 365 admin centre with a global admin account. Navigate to Teams & Skype > Teams policies . Select the policy you want to edit (or create a new one for a specific department). Scroll to the Meeting section and find Profanity filter for live transcription . Choose On to mask profanity or Off to keep it raw. Click Save and wait up to an hour for the change to propagate. Should I leave the filter on for all users? We usually recommend a mixed approach. For client‑facing teams, keep the filter On – it avoids accidental exposure of offensive language in meeting minutes that might be shared with customers or auditors. For internal brainstorming sessions where candid