# Playlist Only Sorting Alphabeticaly

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/playlist-only-sorting-alphabeticaly/792091>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [May 8, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playlist-only-sorting-alphabeticaly/792091 "2022-05-08T22:54:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![brios31](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@brios31](https://forums.plex.tv/u/brios31)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playlist-only-sorting-alphabeticaly/792091/1 "2022-05-08T22:54:38Z")

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Server Version#: 1.26.0.5715  
Player Version#: 4.80.0 (web)  
Music playlists only sort in alphabetical order.

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playlist-only-sorting-alphabeticaly/792091/2 "2022-05-08T22:58:46Z")

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I don’t think that’s correct.  
Same as video playlists, regular music playlists will be sorted by the sequence you added items. In both you can manually rearrange those items.

With smart playlists you can arrange them by the columns available in the track view when creating/editing the filter for that playlist.

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Maybe you can share what exactly you’re missing?

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**Author:** ![brios31](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@brios31](https://forums.plex.tv/u/brios31)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playlist-only-sorting-alphabeticaly/792091/3 "2022-05-09T00:27:17Z")

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In the Playlist section of music, I am presented with the option to sort them by Name, Plays, Last Played, Duration, Date added, and Item count. When selecting an option none of those sort the listed playlists. This feature worked before. In the PlexAmp app, sorting available playlist by “date added” works fine. I want to the newly created playlist to be listed first.

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playlist-only-sorting-alphabeticaly/792091/4 "2022-05-09T05:57:33Z")

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Ok, so this isn’t about sorting the content of a playlist but the playlists themselves.

I think I can see what you mean… when you’re in the playlists section/tab you’re offered a list of sort options but changing those doesn’t stick and has no effect in the current version of Plex Web. I can reproduce this in my setup.

Just for completeness:  
On what platform / browser are you experiencing this?

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**Author:** ![brios31](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@brios31](https://forums.plex.tv/u/brios31)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playlist-only-sorting-alphabeticaly/792091/5 "2022-05-09T15:09:44Z")

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I have tested with the latest versions of Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. I have also tested on multiple computers running Windows 10 and Windows 11.

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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 9, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playlist-only-sorting-alphabeticaly/792091/6 "2022-05-09T15:11:35Z")

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Can confirm with Chrome on Windows 10.

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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:** [August 7, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playlist-only-sorting-alphabeticaly/792091/8 "2022-08-07T15:27:43Z")

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