YouTube Music is Google’s music streaming service, and it is often praised for its excellent music recommendation algorithm. If you can guarantee that too, then you’ve definitely discovered new music on the app. However, if you accidentally saved any of these songs and now, forgot their names, we’ll show you how to view your YouTube Music history and even delete it.
Furthermore, we will also show you how to save a song from your history to a playlist. However, if you don’t like the idea of saving your history, you can pause or delete your music playback on YouTube Music.
We’ll show you all of that for both the web app and the iPhone and Android apps. Let’s get started.
Also read: How to view and clear your Spotify Listening history
Access your recently played songs on YouTube Music
Here’s how you can check your recently played songs on YouTube Music. Let’s get started with the process for web apps on Windows and Mac.
Watch Recently Played on YouTube Music Web
Step 1: Open YouTube Music on your web browser.
Step 2: Click Library in the sidebar.
Step 3: Click on the history icon in the upper right corner.
You can now view your listening history in this window.
If you want to save it to a playlist, click on the three dots icon next to the song you want and click ‘Add to playlist’. Next, select the playlist you want to add it to.
Find the last song played on the YouTube Music app
Step 1: Open YouTube Music and tap on your profile icon in the upper right corner.
Step 2: Tap History.
You can view your history. If you want to save a song to a playlist, you can tap the three-dot icon and select ‘Add to playlist’.
Remove a song from YouTube Music History
If you want to remove a song from your YouTube Music history, here’s how you can do it.
On the web browser
Step 1: Open YouTube Music on your web browser.
Step 2: Click Library in the sidebar.
Step 3: Click on the history icon in the upper right corner.
Step 4: Click on the three dots icon and select ‘Delete from history’.
This removed the song from the list of songs you’ve played on YouTube Music.
On iPhone and Android
Step 1: Open the YouTube Music app and tap your profile icon in the upper right corner.
Step 2: Tap History.
Step 3: Tap the three-dot icon next to the song you want to remove from the history.
Step 4: Tap ‘Remove from history’.
You can also consider deleting all your listening history at once. However, if you want to save your activity, you can pause recording your history on YouTube Music.
How to pause Music History on YouTube
Here’s how you can pause your YouTube Music history. When you enable this toggle, any future listening will not be saved. Note, however, that this transition also applies to changes to YouTube (the video app).
On the Web
Step 1: Open YouTube Music on any browser and click on your profile icon in the top right corner.
Step 2: Click on Settings.
Step 3: Click Privacy. Turn on the switch for ‘Pause watch history’.
You can also pause your search history to stop recording anything you search on YouTube Music.
On iPhone and Android apps
Step 1: Open YouTube Music and tap on your profile icon in the upper right corner.
Step 2: Tap Settings.
Step 3: Tap ‘Privacy and location’.
Step 4: Turn on the ‘Pause watch history’ switch.
Tip: You can also pause your search history to stop recording your search queries on YouTube. Note that the above settings apply to the YouTube Music and YouTube Video apps.
Delete your YouTube music history
Here’s how you can delete all your YouTube Music activity at once. Please note that these actions will apply to YouTube Music and the YouTube video app.
On the Web
Step 1: Open YouTube Music on any browser and click on your profile icon in the top right corner.
Step 2: Click on Settings.
Step 3: Click Privacy from the sidebar and select ‘Clear watch history’.
Step 4: Confirm by clicking ‘Clear watch history’.
Step 5: You can also clear your search history by tapping on ‘Clear search history’.
Step 6: Click ‘Clear search history to confirm’.
On iPhone and Android
Step 1: Open YouTube Music and tap on your profile icon in the upper right corner.
Step 2: Tap Settings.
Step 3: Tap ‘Privacy and location’.
Step 4: Click on ‘Manage watch history’.
Step 5: Tap the drop-down menu below delete and select the relevant option – whether you want to delete for a specific time period or delete all of your history.
Step 6: Click Delete to confirm.
YouTube Music History FAQ
1. How do I set up automatic deletion of YouTube Music history?
You can set up automatic deletion of your YouTube and YouTube Music history on the My Activity page in your Google Account.
2. How long does YouTube Music record history?
YouTube Music stores a history since you started using the app.
3. Will deleting YouTube Music history reflect on all devices?
Correct. The changes will apply to all devices using a Google Account where you have deleted your YouTube History.
Check Recently Played
We hope this article helped you access and clear your YouTube Music history. One of the biggest advantages of YouTube Music is that you can also watch YouTube videos without ads as it is part of the YouTube Premium plan. Let us know if you have any questions in the comments section.
Categories: How to
Source: thpttranhungdao.edu.vn/en/
