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iPad User Guide

Create, edit, and delete music playlists on iPad

You can create playlists to suit specific moods or to organize songs with a certain theme.

👁 Playlist Playground open in Apple Music, showing the title field, the Add Songs button, and a search field with playlist suggestions below it.

Create a playlist with Playlist Playground (U.S. only)

  1. Go to the Music app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap New Playlist below Playlists in the sidebar.

  3. Do one of the following:

    • Use Playlist Playground: Tell Apple Music what kind of music you want to listen to by describing the mood, vibe, or providing details. For example, you can type something like, “morning coffee music” and get 25 suggested tracks with a custom title.

      Customize the playlist by adding, reordering or removing tracks.

    • Create manually: Add the tracks you want by tapping Add Songs and selecting the tracks you want to add.

  4. Tap 👁 the More button
    for more customization options, then tap 👁 the Done button
    .

Note: Playlist Playground is available in beta only to subscribers 13 and older in the U.S. and in English.

Create a playlist

  1. Go to the Music app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap New Playlist below Playlists in the sidebar.

  3. Enter a playlist title.

  4. To give your playlist cover art, tap 👁 the Camera button
    ,     then take a photo, choose an image from your photo library, or choose a file on your device.

  5. Tap 👁 the Done button
    ,     then tap Add Music.

    You can search for music, select music from your library, or choose from the suggested songs listed at the bottom of the screen.

  6. Tap 👁 the Add button
    to add music to the playlist.

Tip: If you want to add songs to your library when you add them to a playlist, go to Settings 👁 Image
 > Apps > Music, then turn on Add Playlist Songs.

Add music to an existing playlist

After you create a playlist, you can add music to it in several ways.

  1. Go to the Music app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • Touch and hold an album, playlist, song, or music video, tap Add to a Playlist, then choose a playlist.

    • From the Now Playing screen, tap 👁 the More button
      ,       tap Add to a Playlist, then choose a playlist.

Edit a playlist

You can rename playlists, change the artwork, add and remove songs, and more.

Note: The owner of a collaborative playlist can make any changes to the playlist. Other participants can only add, remove, or reorder songs in the playlist.

  1. Go to the Music app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap the playlist, tap 👁 the More button
    ,     tap Edit, then do any of the following:

    • Rename the playlist: Tap the current name, then enter a new name.

    • Edit cover art: Select from a variety of Apple templates or tap 👁 the Camera button
      to add your own.

    • Show (or hide) the playlist in your Apple Music profile: Turn on (or off) the “Show in My Profile and in Search” option.

    • Add songs from your library: Tap 👁 the Add button
      ,       navigate to any place in your library, then tap 👁 the Add button
      next to the song.

      You can also touch and hold an item (song, album, playlist, or music video), tap Add to a Playlist, then choose a playlist.

    • Add a Suggested Song: Tap 👁 the Add button
      ,       swipe below the Library options, then tap 👁 the Add button
      next to the song.

      Suggested Songs also appears at the bottom of your playlist song list. To refresh the list of suggestions, tap 👁 the Refresh Suggested Songs button
      .

    • Delete a song: Tap the song, then tap 👁 the Delete button
      .       Deleting a song from a playlist doesn’t delete it from your library.

    • Change the song order: Drag 👁 the Reorder button
      next to a song.

Changes you make to your music library are updated across all your devices when Sync Library is turned on (go to Settings 👁 Image
 > Apps > Music, then turn on Sync Library). If you’re not an Apple Music subscriber, the changes appear in your music library the next time you sync with your computer.

Sort a playlist

  1. Go to the Music app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap a playlist, then tap 👁 the More button
    at the top right of the screen.

  3. Tap Sort By, then choose an option.

Delete a playlist

If you delete a playlist, the songs in the playlist remain in your library and on your iPad. If you’re the owner of a collaborative playlist and you delete it, the collaboration ends and the playlist is removed from your library, but it remains in the participants’ library.

  1. Go to the Music app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Touch and hold the playlist, then tap Delete from Library.

    You can also tap the playlist, tap 👁 the More button
    ,     then tap Delete from Library.

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