Playlist Importer For You Chrome extension icon

Playlist Importer For You

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📦 v0.1.0
💾 95.41KiB
📅 2026-06-10
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Overview

**Stop adding videos to YouTube playlists one by one.**

**Playlist Importer for YouTube** is the Chrome extension built for creators, curators, educators, and power users who need to **bulk import videos into YouTube playlists** — fast, reliably, and without hijacking your browser.

Whether you're rebuilding a channel library, merging lists from a spreadsheet, moving playlists between accounts, or restoring from **Google Takeout**, this **YouTube playlist manager** turns hours of manual clicking into a few minutes of setup.

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### Why thousands of playlist builders choose Playlist Importer

✅ **Bulk add videos to any YouTube playlist** — paste dozens or hundreds of URLs at once
✅ **Runs in the background** — uses YouTube's InnerTube API; no extra tabs, no UI automation taking over your screen
✅ **Full control while importing** — pause, resume, cancel, skip, or retry individual videos
✅ **Survives interruptions** — pick up where you left off after a browser restart
✅ **Smart duplicate detection** — see what's new before you import
✅ **Export & backup playlists** — download as `.txt`, `.csv`, or `.json`, or copy URLs to clipboard
✅ **Migrate entire channel libraries** — export all playlists in one file and re-import on another account
✅ **Import from files** — plain text, CSV, custom export JSON, or **Google Takeout** archives
✅ **Batch import multiple playlists** — queue several playlists and let the extension work through them
✅ **Create new playlists on the fly** — private, unlisted, or public

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### How it works

1. **Install** the extension and open [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com) while signed in
2. Go to your **Library → Playlists** page
3. Click the **Playlist Importer** panel or the **Import** button on any playlist
4. **Paste video URLs** (one per line) or **upload a file**
5. Hit **Start import** and track progress in the panel, toolbar popup, or notifications

Supported URL formats include `youtube.com/watch?v=…`, `youtu.be/…`, and standard playlist links parsed from exports.

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### Import — add videos to YouTube playlists in bulk

The **Import** tab is your command center for **mass adding videos to YouTube playlists**:

- Paste a list of video URLs and get instant validation (valid, duplicate, and invalid lines are flagged)
- Import from **`.txt`**, **`.csv`**, **PIY export JSON**, or **Google Takeout `.zip` / `.csv`**
- Select one or many playlists from a bulk export file
- Choose a target playlist or **create a new one** during import
- Configure delay between requests, automatic retries, and stop-on-error behavior
- Preflight checks tell you exactly how many videos are new vs. already in the playlist

Perfect for: music collectors, study playlists, podcast archives, reaction channels, wedding/event video lists, and anyone curating content at scale.

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### Export — backup, share, and move YouTube playlists

The **Export** tab makes **YouTube playlist backup** effortless:

- Fetch all videos from any playlist on your account
- Download as **plain text URLs**, **CSV** (video ID, title, URL), or **full JSON**
- Copy URLs directly to clipboard
- **Export all my playlists** — one bundled JSON file you can re-import elsewhere

Use it to **copy YouTube playlists**, archive your library, share lists with collaborators, or **transfer YouTube playlists** between Google accounts.

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### Stay in control — even on large jobs

Long imports shouldn't feel fragile. Playlist Importer includes:

- **Live progress** with ETA and per-video status
- **Pause / Resume / Cancel** from the side panel or toolbar popup
- **Skip** or **retry** the current video without restarting the whole job
- **Batch queue** for multi-playlist imports with skip-playlist support
- **Desktop notifications** when a job or batch finishes
- Automatic pause on rate limits to protect your account

You stay logged into YouTube — the extension works with your existing session. No third-party YouTube login required.

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### Free & Pro

| | **Free** | **Pro** |
|---|---|---|
| Videos per import | Up to **25** | **Unlimited** |
| Import, export, batch queue | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pause, resume, retry | ✓ | ✓ |
| Google Takeout import | ✓ | ✓ |

Start free. Upgrade to **Pro** when you need to import large playlists without limits.

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### Who is this for?

- **YouTube creators** organizing back catalogs and themed collections
- **Educators** building course video lists from spreadsheets
- **Music lovers** importing track lists from forums, blogs, or Reddit threads
- **Marketers & agencies** curating client reference libraries
- **Anyone migrating** from an old Google account or restoring from Takeout

If you've ever searched for *"how to add multiple videos to a YouTube playlist"*, *"YouTube playlist bulk import"*, or *"export YouTube playlist to text"* — this extension was built for you.

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### Privacy & permissions

Playlist Importer only requests access to **youtube.com** (to integrate with your logged-in session) and standard extension permissions for storage, notifications, and background tasks. Your playlist data stays between you and YouTube.

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**Install Playlist Importer for YouTube today** — the fastest way to **bulk import, export, backup, and migrate YouTube playlists** directly in Chrome.

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Privacy Practices

Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes

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