If you're the owner of a playlist, you can make your playlist public, private, or unlisted.
Notes:
- This feature may not be available with supervised experiences on YouTube.
- There's a limit to how many public playlists a channel can create each day across YouTube Music, YouTube main app, and the YouTube API. You can increase your daily limit by gaining access to advanced features. Learn more.
Set playlist privacy through YouTube Studio
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- From the left menu, select Content
Playlists.
- On the playlist you want to update, click Details
.
- From the “Playlist details” page, click Visibility
- Click Save.
Set playlist privacy through YouTube
- Sign in to YouTube.
- Tap your profile picture
- Select the playlist that you’d like to edit
- In the “Edit playlist” section, select the new privacy setting from the menu.
- Tap Save.
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 |