# Sort Collection Randomly

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/sort-collection-randomly/774058>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [February 1, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sort-collection-randomly/774058 "2022-02-01T04:07:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sort-collection-randomly/774058/6 "2022-08-16T22:57:52Z")

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It’s been some time since this suggestion was brought up. I feel it’s worth mentioning there’s a number of similar/related suggestions which already cover that specific use case in a wider context. Specifically there’s one suggestion thread discussing an option to have all library sort options available to sort a collection in ascending/descending order – including the option to sort it randomly.

I suggest you comment/vote in that thread to avoid distracting or cannibalizing votes from each other.

> [@More collection ordering methods](https://forums.plex.tv/t/more-collection-ordering-methods/726074):
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> I would love to see in non-smart collections the same ordering methods that exist in playlists. All with ascending/descending option: Title Year Release Date Critic Rating Audience Rating Rating Content Rating Duration Progress Plays Date Added Date Viewed Resolution Bitrate Randomly The “Randomly” ordering method would be great in the movies metadata screen, specially with big collections in clients with no scrolling like ATV. In this case, every time you access a movie the Collection sectio…

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