Playlists are a great way to organize your music and tailor it to specific moods or activities. They’re also a fantastic tool for sharing your musical tastes with friends, family, and a wider audience, especially on a global platform like YouTube. YouTube Music, integrated with YouTube, offers three privacy levels for your playlists. By making a playlist Public, you can share it with the world. If you want to keep your playlist hidden from public search and your profile, follow these steps to make it Private or Unlisted.
YouTube Music offers three main privacy settings: Public, Unlisted, and Private. These settings allow you to control who can access your playlists, ensuring your musical journey remains as private or public as you desire.
To see a playlist’s privacy setting, go to your Library on YouTube Music. Select the playlist, and its privacy level (Public, Unlisted, or Private) will be shown below the playlist name. This method works for both the mobile app and web player.
Let’s compare the privacy levels of these three settings in a table.
Feature | Public | Unlisted | Private |
---|---|---|---|
Share URL | Yes | Yes | No |
Add to YouTube channel section | Yes | Yes | No |
Show on YouTube Music profile | Yes | No | No |
Shows up in search, related, and recommendations | Yes | No | No |
Post on your channel | Yes | No | No |
Show in Subscriber feed | Yes | No | No |
By default, new YouTube Music playlists are set to Public, meaning anyone can find and view them. To maintain privacy, you’ll need to manually adjust the settings to Private or Unlisted.
If you want to hide your YouTube Music playlist from public view or just need to keep it to yourself, here’s how to make a YouTube Music playlist private on both mobile and desktop:
Remember, once your playlist is private, only you will be able to view and listen to it.
Want to take control of your music library and ensure ultimate privacy? Downloading your YouTube Music playlists as MP3 files is the way to go. This method allows you to enjoy your favorite tunes offline, without relying on an internet connection or public streaming services.
To simplify this process, we recommend using Pazu YouTube Music Converter. This powerful tool is designed to download songs, albums, and playlists from YouTube Music, whether you’re a free or Premium user. Plus, its built-in YouTube Music web player makes it easy to search and download your favorite tracks in high-quality MP3 format.
Once downloaded, you can transfer and play your music on any device, ensuring complete privacy and control. Let’s take a look at the detailed steps.
To get started, download, install and run Pazu YouTube Music Converter on your Mac or Windows, which features a built-in YouTube Music web player.
After the installation is complete, launch the Pazu YouTube Music Converter on your computer. If you have already purchased a license, click the key icon to register the converter. If not, continue using the trial version.
You can sign in to your YouTube Music account to access your playlists.
Click on the “Setting” icon in the upper right corner to open the Setting window in which you can customize the output format, output quality, output folder, file name format, how output songs are organized, interface language, etc.
Browse or search to find the songs, albums, or playlists you want to download. Click the album or playlist you want to download. Then click the red icon to load songs.
All songs in the playlist/album will be selected by default. You can uncheck the songs you don’t want to get.
Click on the “Convert” icon and the program starts to convert YouTube Music songs.
After the converting is complete, click on the “clock” icon in the upper right corner to find the converted YouTube Music songs from the local directory.
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