How To Delete A Playlist On YouTube? 5 Easy Steps To Follow!

YouTube Playlist is a great way to make a splendid collection of videos that you like the most or are most viewed on YouTube. However, oftentimes we go overboard with them. Sometimes we save too many YouTube playlists which makes our YouTube account look like a mess and thus, we have to need to organize it. You can delete some of the unnecessary YouTube playlists to organize your account and here’s how you can do that. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to delete a Playlist on YouTube on Android, iPhone, and PC!

Creating YouTube playlists is extremely easy and useful! You can have various videos saved at one place where you can frequently watch and re-watch them. It’s all good unless you get tangled in a mess of YouTube playlists where you can’t even find the one you’re looking for! Hence, you have to delete some of the unnecessary YouTube Playlists that you created in a fit of a moment.

Did you know you can also delete other creators’ playlists on your account like your own? Well, if you didn’t, you should! Just like YouTube has given you the liberty to save playlists of others to your account, it has also given you a way to delete them! Deleting a YouTube playlist is as easy as creating one. If you don’t know how? Then let’s show you the way!

How To Delete A Playlist On YouTube From Android?

You can delete the YouTube playlist from your PC, android, iPhone, Mac, etc! The process is rather simple and if you frequently check your YouTube account and its various features, then you would obviously know! However, even if you don’t! We’re here for you!

Here are the steps on how to delete a playlist on YouTube from Android! Moving ahead, we have also covered how to do the same on PC and iPhone too, so let’s get started!

Step No. 1

To delete Playlist on YouTube on your Android phone, you first have to log in to your YouTube account. To do that, make sure you have a YouTube already installed on your phone and if not, you can download it from the “Play Store”. 

After you open your YouTube app, make sure you have logged in to your YouTube account. You can check it from the top right where your profile picture will be displayed. If the column is blank, then tap on it and log in to your account.

Step No. 2

After logging in to your YouTube account, click on the “Library” tab on the bottom right-hand side. The option is easy to identify and after you do that, click on the same option. 

Once you click on the “Library” tab, various options like History, Your Videos, Downloads, Watch Later, etc will appear.

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Step No. 3

Scroll down in the “Library” tab and find the head that reads-  “Playlists”. A different head of Playlist will appear which will have all your saved playlists in it. The top option will be “+ New Playlist” and below it will be the collection of your saved playlists. Even your liked videos will be in it.

Keep scrolling in this Playlist section and find the playlist you want to delete.

Step No. 4

Once you find the playlist you want to delete, open it! 

Open your playlist by clicking on the same. Various videos under your saved Playlist will appear with different options.

Step No. 5

On the top of your opened Playlist, go to the “three dots” option on the top right-hand side. Click on these three dots and various options will appear.

The first option will be the “delete playlist” option and you have to click on it. After clicking, a prompt with “Delete playlist?” will appear with the “cancel” and “delete” options. Click on the “delete” option and your playlist will be deleted.

This was all about the process of deleting Playlist on YouTube on your Android mobile. You can repeat the process to organize your YouTube account. 

How To Delete Playlist On YouTube From iPhone?

If the YouTube on your iPhone is filled with playlists that you don’t use anymore, then get rid of such playlists! The process of deleting a YouTube playlist from an iPhone is pretty much similar to an Android phone. Here’s how you can do that!

Step No. 1

Open the YouTube app from your iPhone and make sure that you have logged in before carrying out the next few steps. 

On the top right, your profile picture (or your name’s first letter will be displayed). If it’s not the case with you, then it means that you have not logged into your YouTube account. If this happens, tap into that tab and log in to your account!

Step No. 2

After logging on, go to the bottom right “Library” tab. A folder-like icon with “Library” written on it will be displayed. Click on this tab!

Step No. 3

Once you click on the “Library” tab, a number of options and details will appear. From your recently watched videos to your full history and downloads, all will appear here.

Scroll down in the option and look for the “Playlists” tab. In the “Playlists” head, your saved playlists and even liked videos will appear.

Step No. 4

Look for the playlist that you want to delete in the “Playlists” tab and click on it! Once you click on your chosen playlist, various options and icons will appear.

Step No. 5

On the top, under your chosen Playlist, “Shuffle”, “Delete”, “Edit”, and “Download” icons will be visible. Click on the “Delete” icon and complete the process by tapping on “delete” again. Go back in your playlist and your playlist will be successfully deleted!

This was all about deleting a playlist on YouTube from your iPhone!

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How To Delete A Playlist On YouTube From Your Computer?

Do you want to delete unused playlists on YouTube from your computer? The process to do that is easy-peasy!

Here’s how you can do that!

Step No. 1

Open Google Chrome or any other web browser that you use and open your YouTube.

Step No. 2

Login to your YouTube account and click on the “Library” tab from the left sidebar.

Step No. 3

Scroll down in your YouTube Library and look for the “Playlists” section.

Step No. 4

Under the “Playlists” section, the collection of your saved Playlists will appear.

Step No. 5

Choose the playlist you wish to delete and tap on the “View Full Playlist” option under it.

Step No. 6

Under the heading of your chosen playlist, options like the “Shuffle play” and “More or three dots” options will appear. Click on the three dots icon and choose the “Delete Playlist” option at the very end. Tap on delete again and your playlist will be deleted!

This was all about deleting a YouTube playlist from your PC!

How To Delete Another Creator’s YouTube Playlist From Your Account?

Many times we save other creators’ playlists to watch later alone or with our friends. Sometimes we do watch it and sometimes, we leave it unwatched! This happens quite often and these playlists get accumulated over time hogging up all the space on our YouTube account.

So if you want to delete such playlists, then here’s how you can do that!

Step No. 1

Log in to your YouTube account and go to the “Library” section. If you’re using a PC, the same will appear on the left sidebar and if you’re using mobile, it will appear on the bottom right side.

Step No. 2

Scroll down to the “Playlists” section and look for the playlist that you wish to delete.

Step No. 3

Click on the “View Full Playlist” option under your chosen playlist. Various options and a collection of videos will appear once it opens!

Step No. 4

Under the heading of your playlist, options like “lines with a tick or remove from library” “shuffle”, “share”, “three dots or more” options will appear. Click on the first option with lines and a tick called the “remove from library” option. Once you do that, the playlist will be automatically removed from your YouTube account.

Important Note: One thing to note here is that you can never completely delete another person’s playlists as it doesn’t belong to you. The only thing that you can do is to remove the same from your account!

So this was all about deleting or removing other creators’ playlists from your YouTube account!

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Wrapping Up:

Deleting a YouTube playlist is pretty easy. All you have to do is go to the “Library” tab from your YouTube account and look for the “Playlists” section. 

From the playlists section, choose the playlist you want to delete and click on the “Delete playlist” option from the “more or three dots” option on the top right (in case of mobile) or under the heading of the playlist (in case of PC). 

Tap on the “delete” option again and VOILA! Your chosen playlist has been successfully deleted from your YouTube account!

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