# Smart Playlists based on a files folder location **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [July 12, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/smart-playlists-based-on-a-files-folder-location/800474 "2022-07-12T17:32:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kjames79](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/kjames79/32/7634_2.png) [@kjames79](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kjames79)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/smart-playlists-based-on-a-files-folder-location/800474/1 "2022-07-12T17:32:27Z")
I would love the ability to create smart playlists based on folder location. ---
**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 12, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/smart-playlists-based-on-a-files-folder-location/800474/2 "2022-07-12T18:52:36Z")
There’s an existing feature suggestion discussing the option to create filters based on file paths or components of paths (e.g. certain folders / subfolders). With this filter option you could also create smart playlists based on file folder locations. I therefore suggest you comment/vote in that thread in order to avoid distracting or cannibalizing votes. > [@Feature Request: File Path filter // Automatic dynamic Full Pathname tags & associated Filter](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-file-path-filter-automatic-dynamic-full-pathname-tags-associated-filter/47053): > > We have other requests that are similar to this but not the same. What I would like is to have a class of user tags for all media files that would be dynamically and automatically created based on the full pathname of the media object and to add a filter option for selecting these dynamic tags in all the players. So every path name Text for a media object and it is the full path including folder and all nested sub folder names and file names, plex media server would break up into discrete wor… # I’ll therefore close this thread as a duplicate. ---
**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, 2022, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/smart-playlists-based-on-a-files-folder-location/800474/3 "2022-07-13T07:51:00Z")
2022 clean-up: duplicate