Transfer a copy of your music playlists to Apple Music

You can request to transfer the playlists that you've made in YouTube Music to Apple Music.

Transfer playlists to Apple Music

  • When you transfer playlists to Apple Music, they aren’t deleted from YouTube Music.

  • The transfer process typically takes a few minutes, although it might take up to several hours depending on the number of playlists that you’re transferring.

This service is available to Apple account holders where Apple Music is available. It isn’t available for child accounts or Managed Apple ID accounts.

Before you transfer

  • You need an active Apple Music subscription

  • You need an active YouTube Music account

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What you can transfer

  • Only the playlists that you've created (including collaborative playlists that you own) are transferred

  • Music files aren't transferred

  • Non-collaborative shared playlists and curated playlists aren't transferred

  • Playlists can include only songs available on Apple Music. If your playlists contains other audio files — such as podcasts, audio books, or user-uploaded audio files — they won't be transferred.

How to transfer your YouTube Music playlists to Apple Music

  1. Go to Google Takeout

  2. Follow the instructions to start an export from YouTube Music.

  3. Choose "Apple Music" as the destination to transfer and sign in with your Apple ID.

  4. Tap Allow to share permission with Google to add playlists to Apple Music.

When you start a transfer, Apple sends email notifications to the email addresses associated with your Apple ID account.

You can check the status of or cancel your transfer on Apple's Data and Privacy page.

When your transfer is complete

  • You receive a confirmation email from Apple that your transfer is complete.

  • Your playlists appear in your Apple Music library, listed at the top your Recently Added.

  • If you don’t find some of your playlists in your Apple Music library, your Apple Music library might be full.

  • If a song is missing from a playlist, that song might not be available in Apple Music. Alternatively, that playlist might exceed Apple Music's limit for songs in a playlist.

  • If you update a playlist after it has transferred, it won't update in the other service.

  • If you cancel your transfer, playlists that have already transferred remain in Apple Music.

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