Skip to main content

How to Remove Duplicate Songs from an Apple Music Playlist

The same track can appear in your playlists for many reasons. Mistakenly adding the same track from a different album, or iCloud messing up sync and getting exact duplicates.

Here is how to find and remove duplicate tracks from your playlists.

Step 1

Download Song Sweeper

Get Song Sweeper from the App Store - it's the fastest way to remove duplicate songs from an Apple Music playlist. Open the app and grant access to your music library to get started.

Song Sweeper app on iPhone
Step 2

Find Duplicate Songs in Your Playlists

Tap Duplicates in playlists to see every playlist that has duplicate songs. Select one playlist or several at once - Song Sweeper finds exact copies and the same song from different albums.

Deduplication plan showing duplicate songs in a playlist
Step 3

View Cleaned Playlist in Apple Music

Open Apple Music to view the new, deduplicated playlist. Rename it if you want, and delete the old playlist when you are ready.

Cleaned Apple Music playlist with duplicate songs removed

A cleaner library is one tap away.

Download Song Sweeper and start cleaning up your Apple Music library today.
Requires an Apple Music subscription.