How to Delete Multiple YouTube Playlists Fast (2025 Guide)

Let's say you want to delete multiple YouTube playlists from the list of saved YouTube playlists in your YouTube account, you need to follow the steps mentioned below.

Looking to manage specific videos instead? Check out our guides on deleting multiple videos from playlists or moving videos between playlists.

Method 1: Manual YouTube Playlist Deletion (Slow)

Step 1: Open Your Playlists

Open list of saved playlists by either clicking on Playlists button which is placed under You > section on left side bar or by directly going to URL https://www.youtube.com/feed/playlists. Here you will see list of all playlists saved to your YouTube account.

Step 2: Delete Individual Playlists

On the playlists page, click on ellipsis icon which resides on bottom right corner of each Playlist Panel. This will open up an options menu with a Delete button. Click on the Delete button in order to delete the selected YouTube Playlist.

Step 3: Repeat for all required Playlists

Repeat the previous step for all playlists that are needed to be deleted from your YouTube Account.

Congratulations! You have successfully deleted multiple YouTube playlists.

Although this is one of the limited ways to delete multiple YouTube playlists, deleting one playlist at a time is fairly slow and can take up a lot of time if you need to delete a large number of playlists. For efficient playlist organization and bulk operations, consider the Tubeflow method below.

Method 2: Fast Bulk Playlist Deletion with Tubeflow (Recommended)

A fast alternative method is to use Tubeflow for achieving the same goal. Tubeflow is a chrome extension specially crafted for managing and organizing YouTube playlists and subscriptions. Tubeflow can be downloaded from here.

If you have already installed Tubeflow, you can follow the steps below to delete a large number of YouTube playlists:

Step 1: Open Playlists Page

Open list of playlists by going to URL https://www.youtube.com/feed/playlists. On the playlists page, you will be able to see all playlists with checkboxes on top left corner of the playlist panels.

Step 2: Select Multiple Playlists

Select checkboxes on top left corner of each of the Playlist Panels which you need to delete.

Step 3: Bulk Delete

A menu will open on top of screen, click on Delete. This will open a confirmation dialog. Click on the Confirm button in the confirmation dialog to confirm the deletion of selected playlists.

Voila! You have successfully deleted all the selected YouTube playlists.

And That's a Wrap!

With these two methods, you now know how to efficiently manage your YouTube playlists collection through smart content organization. While the manual method works for a few playlists, Tubeflow makes bulk playlist operations quick and effortless, saving you valuable time when you need to clean up dozens of old or unwanted playlists at once.