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.

Steps

Assembling Your Playlist

  1. Open YouTube and locate a song or video you want in your playlist.
  2. Play the song and find the "Add to" button.
  3. Create a YouTube channel if you haven't already. If you have, skip to the next step. Name your YouTube channel.
  4. Open the Playlists tab from your Channel page, then click "New playlist".
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Click the "Create" button.

Accessing and Editing Your Playlist

  1. Look for the playlist folder in your login page. It should be on the left hand side of the website.
  2. When you've gotten to the playlist folder, click the playlist in order to play it.
  3. Click the "Playlist settings" button in order to edit it.
  4. 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.
  5. Click the "Save" button to save your work thus far.
  6. 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.

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