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Free Your Music can move playlists to and from YouTube Music, including your liked music. You sign in with Google, on the web and in the Free Your Music app on iPhone or Android, and Free Your Music never sees your password.
What do I need?
- A Google account that you use for YouTube Music.
- A YouTube channel on that account. YouTube Music needs a channel before apps can create playlists for you.
How do I connect YouTube Music?
Connect YouTube Music to Free Your Music
- Open Free Your Music and pick YouTube Music as the service you move from or to.
- Google sign-in opens. Choose your Google account and sign in.
- Allow Free Your Music to manage your YouTube account. You are back in Free Your Music with YouTube Music connected.
Google gives Free Your Music a token for your account, not your password. You can take Free Your Music's access away at any time on the Google security settings page. How signing in works.
What can I move with YouTube Music?
| Service | Playlists | Liked songs (read) | Liked songs (write) | Albums | Artists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube Music | Yes | Not confirmed | No | No | No |
Album and artist transfers do not work with YouTube Music for now. When YouTube Music is the destination, your liked songs go into a new playlist.
Limits
- One YouTube Music playlist holds up to 5,000 songs. A longer playlist is split into more than one playlist on YouTube Music.
- YouTube Music does not let apps look songs up by ISRC, the code that identifies a recording. Free Your Music matches by title, artist and album instead, so check the matches of rare songs and live versions. How matching works.
How do I fix YouTube Music errors?
- No playlists, or playlists cannot be created. Your Google account has no YouTube channel. Create a YouTube channel for your Google account, then try again.
- "YouTube Music signed you out." Google ended the sign-in, for example after you changed your password or took Free Your Music's access away. Connect YouTube Music again and the transfer can carry on.
- A transfer waits for the daily limit. Google limits how much apps can do on YouTube each day. The transfer goes on by itself after the limit resets, and nothing is lost.
More fixes are in I cannot sign in to a music service.
Does Free Your Music show YouTube Music stats?
Only for your library. YouTube Music does not share your listening history with apps, so Free Your Music Stats shows your YouTube Music playlists, liked songs and albums, but no listening stats.
Move your music from YouTube Music
Frequently asked questions
Is YouTube Music the same as YouTube in Free Your Music?
No. They are two services in the app. YouTube Music works with your music library. YouTube works with your YouTube playlists of videos. Using Free Your Music with YouTube.
Why does Free Your Music say I need a YouTube Music channel?
YouTube Music only lets accounts with a YouTube channel create playlists. Create a channel for your Google account, then try again.
Why do I have to sign in to YouTube Music again?
Free Your Music renews the Google sign-in by itself. You sign in again only when Google ends it, for example after you change your password or take Free Your Music's access away.
Does Free Your Music store my Google password?
No. You type it on Google's page. Google gives Free Your Music a token, never your password.
Still stuck? Contact support and we will help.