Make or edit a playlist

Never lose track of your favourite music videos by creating custom playlists in YouTube Music. Your playlists will appear in the Library tab of both the YouTube Music and YouTube apps. On the computer, your playlists will also show up in the sidebar. Trending playlists may be featured on the homepage of the YouTube Music app.

How to create and edit playlists in YouTube Music

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Your playlists will appear in the Library tab of both the YouTube Music and YouTube apps.

When you view Made for Kids content or an artist details page, the Menu  options will be different from other content. You can't add this content to a playlist or your liked songs, or share it.

Playlists will default to private for supervised accounts. Learn more about our supervised experience on YouTube here.

Create a new playlist or add a song to a playlist

You can create a new playlist or add songs to an existing playlist in a few different ways.

From a song that you're currently listening to:

1. Tap More .
2. Tap Add to playlist.
3. Tap New playlist or select an existing playlist.

From the Library , Home or Search  tabs:

1. Tap More .
2. Tap Add to playlist.
3. Tap New playlist or select an existing playlist.

From the Samples tab:

1. Tap Add to playlist .
2. Tap Change to select a different playlist.

By selecting an upcoming song in a playlist or station:

1. On the player page of any song, tap Up next.
2. Touch and hold a song.
3. From the menu that appears, tap Add to playlist.
4. Tap New playlist or select an existing playlist.

Edit a playlist

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To edit a playlist that you've created:

1. Select the Library tab .
2. Find and tap the playlist that you've created that you'd like to edit.
3. To add a song, scroll to the bottom of the playlist and tap Add a song.
4. To remove a song, swipe left on the song and tap Remove.
5. To change the title of your playlist, add a description, change privacy or reorder songs, tap More Edit playlist.

Delete a playlist

To delete a playlist:

1. Find the playlist in your Library tab .
2. Tap More Delete.

Collaborate on a playlist

YouTube Music listeners can collaborate on playlists. As a collaborator, you can share, sort, add to and edit the playlist.

To collaborate on a playlist:

1. Select the pencil icon to edit playlist
2. Select Collaborate.
3. Selected collaborators can add songs and videos.
4. Invite collaborators to your playlist by sharing the link.

Note: The playlist owner can deactivate the sharing link at any time, preventing new people from adding to the playlist.

Set playlist privacy through YouTube Music

To change your playlist privacy settings:

1. Tap the Library tab.
2. Tap Playlist Edit .
3. Tap the playlist privacy down arrow below the playlist's title.
4. Tap your privacy setting.  
5. Click Save.

YouTube Music is a music-centred experience – you can only watch and create playlists of music videos. If you make a playlist in the YouTube main app, only music videos from your playlist will surface on YouTube Music. You can enjoy playlists of non-music videos in the YouTube app.