# Feature request - playlist duplicate warnings

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-playlist-duplicate-warnings/235085>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [May 8, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-playlist-duplicate-warnings/235085 "2018-05-08T23:05:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![WikiCopter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/71e660/32.png) [@WikiCopter](https://forums.plex.tv/u/WikiCopter)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-playlist-duplicate-warnings/235085/1 "2018-05-08T23:05:10Z")

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It would be super helpful to have a dialog box pop up when attempting to add a duplicate song to a playlist.

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**Author:** ![rolle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/rolle/32/4554_2.png) [@rolle](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rolle)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-playlist-duplicate-warnings/235085/2 "2019-05-07T17:24:17Z")

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I would also need this!

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-playlist-duplicate-warnings/235085/3 "2019-05-08T06:47:24Z")

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You can’t add duplicate items to a playlist anyway.

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**Author:** ![rolle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/rolle/32/4554_2.png) [@rolle](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rolle)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-playlist-duplicate-warnings/235085/4 "2019-05-23T09:56:49Z")

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Oh, I see. There is no notification about that though, when adding songs, so I just assumed. I think for better usability it needs to have some kind of popup that tracks already exist on the playlist, but other than that it’s sortes it then. Thanks for the reply!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-playlist-duplicate-warnings/235085/6 "2020-01-08T01:01:08Z")

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