Change playlist privacy setting

If you're the owner of a playlist, you can make your playlist public, private, or unlisted.

Notes:

  • This feature may not be available with supervised experiences on YouTube.
  • There's a limit to how many public playlists a channel can create each day across YouTube Music, YouTube main app, and the YouTube API. You can increase your daily limit by gaining access to advanced features. Learn more.

Set playlist privacy through YouTube Studio

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left menu, select Content and then Playlists.
  3. On the playlist you want to update, click Details .
  4. From the “Playlist details” page, click Visibility and then select the new privacy setting from the drop-down menu.
  5. Click Save.

Set playlist privacy through YouTube

  1. Sign in to YouTube.
  2. Go to the You tab and then Playlists .
  3. Select View full playlist under the playlist that you’d like to edit.
  4. Below the playlist’s title, select the new privacy setting from the drop-down menu.

Privacy settings

  • Anyone can watch and share Public videos and playlists.
  • Anyone with the video link can watch and share Unlisted videos and playlists.
  • YouTube systems and human reviewers may review Private videos and playlists for ad suitability, copyright, and other abuse prevention mechanisms.
Feature Unlisted Private Public
Can share URL Yes No Yes
Can be added to a channel section Yes No Yes
Shows up in search, related videos, and recs No No Yes
Posted on your channel No No Yes
Shows in Subscriber feed No No Yes

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