Easy ways to add songs to a playlist without including them in your Apple Music library

By default, songs you add from the Apple Music Catalog to a Playlist are automatically added to your Library in Apple Music. However, you can also turn off this setting, which allows you to add songs to the playlist without adding them to your Apple Music library.

Add songs to a playlist without adding them to your Apple Music library

As mentioned above, all the songs you just added to a playlist end up in your music library. This creates the problem of identical songs (that you just listened to in the Playlist) repeating when you shuffle songs in iTunes.

For example, if you create a playlist with songs from Christmas In December, you might find yourself listening to the same Christmas songs when you turn them on shuffle at night.

Here are the steps to add songs to the Playlist without including them in the Library in Apple Music on the iPhone and in the Mac or the PC.

Add songs to playlist without adding them to library on iPhone

1. Open in Settings on your iPhone or iPad.

2. On the parameter display screen, scroll down and press Music.

3. On the next screen, disable the option Add songs to playlist moving the toggle button to OFF place.

After this setting, you can add songs to any playlist you just created on iPhone and other people's songs will not be added to your playlist.

1. Open in Music app on your iPhone

2. Touch the button 3 dot icon after the track you need to add to the playlist.

3. Toca Add to a playlist… possibility in the pop-up window.

4. Then choose the Reading list to which you must add the track.

The selected track will probably be added to the playlist and will not be copied to your music library.

Add songs to playlist without adding them to library on Mac

Follow the steps below to prevent songs from being added to your music library while adding them to your playlist.

1. OPEN iTunes on your mac

2. In the top menu bar of your Mac, click iTunes After that, click on Preferences in the drop-down list.

3. On the next screen, click the button Common Equipment and uncheck the field for Add songs to your library when you add them to playlists and click OK to avoid wasting configurations.

After this setup, you can add songs to any playlist without worrying about them being in your music library.

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