Create a New Playlist on YouTube
Maybe you want an easy place to assemble all of your videos; maybe your favourites list is getting a little long. If you want to create a playlist using YouTube, the process is easy and painless. Read on to find out how to put videos into a certain category following the steps below.
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Steps
Assembling Your Playlist
- Open YouTube and locate a song or video you want in your playlist.
- Play the song and find the "Add to" button.
- Create a YouTube channel if you haven't already. If you have, skip to the next step. Name your YouTube channel.
- Open the Playlists tab from your Channel page, then click "New playlist".
- Name your playlist and adjust the settings. Give your playlist a name that you'll remember, and enter it in the "Playlist title" box.
- Set whether you want your playlist to be private or public.
- Select whether you want videos added to your playlist to be added to the top of the playlist. Click the button on top of the "Add to" feature.
- Find other videos you want to add to your playlist. Search for other videos that you want in your playlist and follow the same steps. When a video is successfully added, a green bar will show up indicating that the playlist has been updated.
- Decide how much view ability the world will have with your playlist. Use the drop-down box in the lower left hand corner to select either the "Public", "Unlisted" or "Private" options.
- Click the "Create" button.
Accessing and Editing Your Playlist
- Look for the playlist folder in your login page. It should be on the left hand side of the website.
- When you've gotten to the playlist folder, click the playlist in order to play it.
- Click the "Playlist settings" button in order to edit it.
- Fine-tune the options that are associated to your playlist. Change it's title, it's playability options, along with it's ordering of videos, and a few other options.
- Click the "Save" button to save your work thus far.
- Edit your playlist as you see fit. Add or delete videos or drag the videos from one line to another to change the order of the videos.
- If you want to add a video to the playlist, simply input its URL here, or follow the instructions listed above.