If you're the owner of a playlist, you can make your playlist public, private, or unlisted — just like you can for individual videos.
Note: This feature may not be available with supervised experiences on YouTube. Learn more here.
Set playlist privacy through YouTube Studio
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- From the left menu, select Playlists
.
- Next to the playlist you want to update, click Edit in YouTube
.
- Below the playlist’s title, click the Playlist privacy drop-down menu.
- Select the new privacy setting.
- Click Save.
Set playlist privacy through YouTube
- Go to the Library tab
to view all of your playlists.
- Select the playlist that you’d like to edit.
- Below the playlist’s title, click the Playlist privacy 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 |