Daily Battles: How To Keep Track Of Videos in a YouTube Playlist In Case Videos Are Deleted

If you create playlists on YouTube to group videos/songs you like together, it is a real pain when you go back to the playlist one day and find out that some videos are either deleted or made private (like the picture below). The worst part is that you don't remember what video you put in there, so you can't just find another copy to replace it!!

So next time after you have put in all the hard work for a playlist (like this one, for example, Lanny's List of Just Nice Songs), make sure to back up the names so you can always go back to find out which video on your list has disappeared.

So how do you back up the list easily? For example, as a text file?

What I found very useful is this free online tool at TuneMyMusic.com. The instructions on the screens are super intuitive:

1. You select YouTube as the source (you can also do this for other popular sites like Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, or Amazon Music).

2. Next, you put in the link of your playlist and click Load playlist.

3. On the next screen, you can leave everything selected, or only select the videos you are interested in saving. Then click Select Destination.

4. Now, just select Export to file. You have the option to select TXT or CSV as the output format. I personally prefer CSV (Comma Separated Values) format, because you can open it from any spreadsheet or database program, and then it's really easy to sort.

5. At the last screen, just click STart Moving My Music and then specify where you want to store the text file on your computer.

As you probably already figured out, you can use this same free tool to move a playlist from one music source (e.g., Amazon Music) to your favorite music platform (e.g., Spotify).

Here are the screenshots of all the steps in case you need it.

Always backup your playlist. Don't let your work go to waste!

By the way, if you are interested to know how you can download all videos in a YouTube playlist in batch, check out my other post below.

Daily Battles: How To Download All Videos In a YouTube Playlist In Batch

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Video (Playlist) of the Day:

Lanny's List of Just Nice Songs (Be warned, it's a lot of nice songs!)

Starting with one from a neighbor indie artist!

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