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# How to Use the Profanity Filter

The profanity filter setting blocks swear words inputted by your participants at any point during your presentation.

This setting can filter profanities across **any slides in which participants have free range to type**, including:

* *Word clouds*
* *Open-ended* slides
* *Q\&A* slides
* *Short answer* quiz slides
* Any place in which participants can enter their names

With the profanity filter on, swear words will appear as a series of asterisks equal to the number of letters in the swear word:

***Note:** The red underlines in this image are for illustration purposes only*

There are **3** **places** on the AhaSlides editor where you can toggle the profanity filter on or off:

1. In the 'Settings' tab in the Edit screen
2. Under 'Other settings' in the 'Content' tab of Open-Ended, Q\&A, Brainstorm, Word Cloud, toggling the profanity filter on or off here **will take affect across all slides.**
3. While presenting, to turn on the filter profanity, you can:

* Click on the Menu icon
* Select Filter profanity

Currently, the profanity filter works with the vast majority of profanities in English. If you have noticed an error in the filter or would like to make a suggestion, please contact us at <hi@ahaslides.com>.

**Tip 💡** You can also censor any quiz name submission on the lobby or leaderboard screen of a quiz, regardless of whether it's profanity or not. [Click here](https://help.ahaslides.com/how-to-censor-inappropriate-names) for a quick guide on how to do it.

*Last updated: 2026-06-22*