# Plex Web Create Smart Playlist Broken **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Players\ **Tags:** plex-web\ **Created:** [June 24, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-web-create-smart-playlist-broken/880896 "2024-06-24T20:07:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaelaria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kaelaria](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kaelaria)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-web-create-smart-playlist-broken/880896/1 "2024-06-24T20:07:30Z")
When trying to create a smart playlist to show unwatched, since we still don’t have unwatched indicators back, plex web incorrectly makes a collection instead. And when you cancel, all create playlist options are gone until you clear the filter. It works on other platforms, I made the smart playlist fine in iOS. ![3](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/9/0/e/90ec4bea3e4e829f0e13fe726db1e8746b2f1b2d.jpeg) ![4](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/8/9/5/89556bc79c38d66841c3c22eec8de46e1950409b.jpeg) ---
**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:** [June 24, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-web-create-smart-playlist-broken/880896/2 "2024-06-24T21:51:22Z")
Seems to be working fine for me. Are you using the hosted or bundled version of Plex Web and in which browser? ---
**Author:** ![kaelaria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kaelaria](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kaelaria)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-web-create-smart-playlist-broken/880896/3 "2024-06-24T22:32:36Z")
I don’t know what those two are. I go through app.plex.tv It’s not browser dependent, does it on chrome, Firefox and edge in windows, it even does it through safari in iOS. ![IMG_0474](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/3/5/1/351d30afd354b7a3ec002987b935edf97434ab5c.jpeg) ---
**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:** [June 24, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-web-create-smart-playlist-broken/880896/4 "2024-06-24T22:38:35Z")
I can see that by just clicking on the `Save As...` button, it’ll default to creating a (smart) collection – not a playlist. Clicking the dropdown next to the `Save As...` button offers me the option to add the selection to an existing (regular) playlist or to create a smart playlist based on the given filter. You stated that those options will go away once you cancel the creation of a (smart) collection. I cannot reproduce this. ---
**Author:** ![kaelaria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kaelaria](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kaelaria)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-web-create-smart-playlist-broken/880896/5 "2024-06-24T22:42:31Z")
lol so in the dropdown, where you select what you want to create (smart playlist), you then have to select it again, in a dropdown next to the save-as button. Fire your UI guy. Do this. Filter by unwatched. Click the plus, smart playlist. Click save as. Close the collection name box. Click the + again…no more smart playlist option. Until you reset the filter. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-web-create-smart-playlist-broken/880896/6 "2024-06-24T22:49:45Z")
> [@kaelaria](#): > > Do this. Filter by unwatched. Click the plus, smart playlist. Click save as. Close the collection name box. I don’t get a “collection name” box when selecting the option to create a new smart playlist. ![Create Smart Playlist](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/a/d/a/ada5329669a77cdb4222758dca8c89c8bcdbef98.png) Steps are: 1. Select `Advanced Filter` and specify filter rules and sort order according to your use case 2. Click 🔽 next to `Save As...` 3. Click `Save as Smart Playlist...` 4. Name the smart playlist (see screenshot above) and click `Create` If I select a different option / simply click the `Save As...` button, none of the options are dropped from the `Save As...` dropdown for me. ---
**Author:** ![kaelaria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kaelaria](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kaelaria)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-web-create-smart-playlist-broken/880896/7 "2024-06-24T23:03:47Z")
The box you just posted, where you give what you are making a name. Your steps are incomplete. You don’t get the save as until you click this - where you ALREADY select what you want to create. The save as menu is 100% redundant and wrong. Intuitively clicking save as should simply allow you to name what you have already selected. ![Screenshot 2024-06-24 190218](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/1/5/3/153d2cca0e1d29d0550dd53b1bdcf9b6c5221478.jpeg) And I said click the plus, not save as. The menu here is where it all disappears. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-web-create-smart-playlist-broken/880896/8 "2024-06-24T23:09:03Z")
Now I see where you’re coming from… I can see that this might be throwing you off. The point where we went different ways is that I directly opted to create an advanced filter from the filter control – not by using the `+` button to create a smart collection/playlist. _[edit: the option to create a smart playlist/collection goes away from the `+` control as soon as the advanced filter pane is visible; the moment you close that pane, e.g. using the `x` button next to the filter, the options are visible again – I can see how this makes sense but I can also see that it can be confusing]_ ---
**Author:** ![kaelaria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kaelaria](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kaelaria)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-web-create-smart-playlist-broken/880896/9 "2024-06-24T23:19:00Z")
Maybe a video will help me explain it [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-GRJ0PY0qS0/hqdefault.jpg "1p") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GRJ0PY0qS0) ---
**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:** [June 24, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-web-create-smart-playlist-broken/880896/10 "2024-06-24T23:26:20Z")
Thanks… I had already seen/understood why I originally missed your point. Handling could be smoother and if you had already selected `Add to > Smart Playlist`, it’d be good if that could be considered as the default object when you click `Save As...` (which doesn’t mean the other options should be removed… just the default). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-web-create-smart-playlist-broken/880896/11 "2024-09-22T23:27:02Z")
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