How to Manage YouTube Playlist

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Last updated: Aug 03, 2021
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How to set a YouTube Video in a playlist to be displayed first

1. Sign in to your YouTube account by entering your correct credentials. 

2. You will be redirected to the homepage of your YouTube channel. 

3. At the top right corner of your YouTube main page, there will be your channel profile icon having a circular shape. 

4. Click on that icon.

5. You will be served with abundant options in the dropdown, but you need to click on the YouTube studio option. 

6. This will redirect you to your channel’s dashboard where you will be facilitated with multiple options related to your video uploads, a complete and wholesome package to organize, monitor, improvise and manage your videos in general. 

7. At the left pane of the dashboard, you will see Playlists at the bottom.

8. Click on Playlists.

9. In the center pane, hover over the Playlist and click on the pencil icon to edit the desired Playlist.

10. Click the Sort dropdown and make sure you select Date added (newset).

11. Then drag and drop the video you want to be displayed first at the top of the playlist.

Other helpful YouTube information listed below

How to find an existing playlist

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/57792?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en

To find your playlists, go to the Guide and click Library.

Create a playlist

  1. Find a video you want in the playlist.

  2. Under the video, click Save.

  3. Select a playlist such as Watch Later, or a playlist you've already created, or click Create new playlist . If you create a playlist, enter a playlist name.

  4. Use the box to select your playlist's privacy setting. If it's private, only you can view the playlist.

  5. Click Create.

Edit a playlist

  1. Select the playlist you’d like to edit in the Guide.

  2. Click Edit  by the section you’d like to change.

Delete a playlist

  1. Go to one of your playlists.

  2. Click the Menu .

  3. Select Delete playlist .

  4. Confirm that you want to delete your playlist by selecting Delete.

Note: Your old playlist may continue to exist in viewers’ watch histories.

After you delete a playlist, the playlist URL and title will no longer be visible or searchable in YouTube Analytics. Data associated with the playlist, such as Watch time, will still be part of broader reports, but won't be attributed to the deleted playlist.

How to Create a Playlist On YouTube 2020 [New Method]

YouTube are in the process of creating a new Creator Studio for video creators and some of the basic functions have changed, one of them being how to create a playlist on youtube and add videos to them. In this simple tutorial, we show you how and an awesome way vidIQ can help you even more with playlists!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTK4PiI5VwU