# Request: Cross-library Smart Collections

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/request-cross-library-smart-collections/943884>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [October 4, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/request-cross-library-smart-collections/943884 "2026-10-04T00:11:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mcandre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mcandre/32/210047_2.png) [@mcandre](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mcandre)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/request-cross-library-smart-collections/943884/1 "2026-10-04T00:11:25Z")

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Hey. Let us add items to Smart Collections from multiple libraries.

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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:** [October 4, 2026, 12:56am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/request-cross-library-smart-collections/943884/2 "2026-10-04T00:56:47Z")

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> [@\[Feature Request\] Allow Filtering and Smart Playlists Across Multiple Libraries // mod: also applies to smart collections](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-allow-filtering-and-smart-playlists-across-multiple-libraries-mod-also-applies-to-smart-collections/210055/1):
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> Currently, we can only create smart playlists within a single library at a time. For those of us with more extensive setups, we may have multiple libraries of the same type (movies, TV, etc). It would be great to allow for us to create smart playlists that include content from multiple libraries! For example: If I want to create a “Holiday Specials” playlist, I must currently do so manually. This is because there are TV episodes, movies and cartoons which all fit this description, and all 3 of …