Apple Music duplicate playlists

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Apple Music duplicate playlists

All of my playlists have suddenly made 50-60 duplicates of themselves. How can I get rid of the duplicates, and prevent this from happening again?

Posted on May 15, 2020 9:53 PM

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Answer 1

AllyP7

Community Specialist

May 19, 2020 7:44 AM in response to Jeff Benerofe

Hi Jeff,

It looks like no one has responded to your question. Here are a couple things that might help others answer your question:

Is this happening on more than one device?

Are these playlists that you created or added from friends or Apple Music suggestions?

Do they seem to still be duplicating themselves or have they stopped?

Have a great day!

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Answer 2

May 27, 2020 3:30 PM in response to Jeff Benerofe

And, yes, on multiple devices the same duplicate playlist problem occurs. Interestingly, if I choose to play two different “versions” of the same playlist, they will appear as different items if I select Recently Played. Any solutions other than deleting thousands of duplicates? Or cancelling my Apple Music subscription, and moving to Spotify?

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Answer 3

chuck_3rd

Community Specialist

May 28, 2020 6:20 PM in response to Jeff Benerofe

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for the additional information regarding your issue with your playlists duplicating, I'm sorry to hear that they are still increasing.

In this case, it sounds like the behavior you're seeing may be caused by something with your Apple Music account here is a link for support options through Apple.

Get Support

Take care!

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Answer 4

May 27, 2020 3:09 PM in response to AllyP7

There is now about 150 of each playlist. Any kind of playlist, both Apple created and user created. Maddening! Any thoughts? I may have to cancel Apple Music, and start from scratch.

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