# Smart Playlist/Collection Filtering

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/smart-playlist-collection-filtering/925764>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Tags:** plex-web\
**Created:** [July 13, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/smart-playlist-collection-filtering/925764 "2025-07-13T00:22:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![n2MUSIC\_net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@n2MUSIC\_net](https://forums.plex.tv/u/n2MUSIC_net)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/smart-playlist-collection-filtering/925764/1 "2025-07-13T00:22:12Z")

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I successfully prevented Plex Web and Plexamp from playing any track twice by adding “Track Plays = 0” to all Smart Playlists and Smart Collections in my music library. The goal was to guarantee playback of all 14k hand-picked tracks before repeating. It works like a charm!

In the distant future, likely one year from now, I will need to revise “Track Plays = 1” to allow another round of one and done playback. My suggestion therefore is as follows.

Add a single-click option to Smart Playlist, Smart Collection filtering to automatically bump the Track Plays filter count by one when no track matches the current setting.

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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:** [July 13, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/smart-playlist-collection-filtering/925764/2 "2025-07-13T00:28:09Z")

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Just wondering… is modifying the filter such a hurdle?  
If you’re having a more complex filter – how should Plex know which criteria to “bump”?

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**Author:** ![n2MUSIC\_net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@n2MUSIC\_net](https://forums.plex.tv/u/n2MUSIC_net)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/smart-playlist-collection-filtering/925764/3 "2025-07-13T00:50:10Z")

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It certainly won’t kill me to do it manually every year or so BUT I have 63 Smart Collections and 5 Smart Playlists, all separated by Genre and Subgenre filtering. Ideally the “bump” option could be added to the context list as “Track Plays is (smart) = 0”.

 ![Plex Smart Playlists](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/4/b/e/4beedebd795772c390eb2852ab8856d596bef3ba.jpeg)

 ![Plex Smart Playlist Filter Sample](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/a/0/c/a0cfe8bbbfc8f602a57762a1e6aba2bc3318ff34.jpeg)

 ![Plex Smart Playlist Filter Choices](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/6/7/d/67daa628ad9b8a36478f8f19c61270ecec0f208c.jpeg)