[GH-ISSUE #106] Removing duplicate playlists #77

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opened 2026-02-27 22:07:53 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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Originally created by @MisesEnForce on GitHub (Nov 16, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/sigma67/ytmusicapi/issues/106

As I kept using google play music until the last minute before shutdown (youtube music being so lame because of the lack of essential functions), modyfing existing playlist etc, I transfered several times my google music library to youtube music. Of course song weren't duplicated, but playlists were. Hence, I have hundreds (yes ...) of playlists that have 6 copies on my youtube music account.

Is it possible, with your API, to do the following :

getting the list of all playlists of my youtube music account
for each name in the set of names of playlists, keep only one playlist with that name

Originally created by @MisesEnForce on GitHub (Nov 16, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/sigma67/ytmusicapi/issues/106 As I kept using google play music until the last minute before shutdown (youtube music being so lame because of the lack of essential functions), modyfing existing playlist etc, I transfered several times my google music library to youtube music. Of course song weren't duplicated, but playlists were. Hence, I have hundreds (yes ...) of playlists that have 6 copies on my youtube music account. Is it possible, with your API, to do the following : - getting the list of all playlists of my youtube music account - for each name in the set of names of playlists, keep only one playlist with that name ?

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@sigma67 commented on GitHub (Nov 17, 2020):

Yes, it's possible. Use

https://ytmusicapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference.html#ytmusicapi.YTMusic.get_library_playlists
do some Python logic to determine which ones you want to delete
https://ytmusicapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference.html#ytmusicapi.YTMusic.delete_playlist

Also, please use Gitter for questions to avoid cluttering the issues: https://gitter.im/sigma67/ytmusicapi

@sigma67 commented on GitHub (Nov 17, 2020): Yes, it's possible. Use - https://ytmusicapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference.html#ytmusicapi.YTMusic.get_library_playlists - do some Python logic to determine which ones you want to delete - https://ytmusicapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference.html#ytmusicapi.YTMusic.delete_playlist Also, please use Gitter for questions to avoid cluttering the issues: https://gitter.im/sigma67/ytmusicapi