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JdeW
Contributor II
February 4, 2021

Searching for a song within Playlists

  • February 4, 2021
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Can anybody tell me how to find specific songs within Playlists?  I find that often songs are repeated in Playlists and I want to be able to find if a song is already in a Playlist. Thks

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    Xander P
    Xander P
    Retired Sonos Staff
    February 8, 2021

    Hi @JdeW, welcome to the Sonos Community!


    Are you referring to Sonos playlists? If so, then aside from manually checking the contents of that playlist, I don't believe it is currently possible to search within a Sonos playlist - however I'll be happy to put this forward as a feature request on your behalf :)

      JdeWAuthor
      Contributor II
      February 8, 2021

      Yes, I am referring to Sonos Playlists.  I want to be able to search the playlists to see if a specific song is there.  I would not have thought it to be that difficult a feature to incorporate….   

      sjw
      Local Superstar
      February 8, 2021

      No, Sonos do not provide any functionality to search Sonos Playlists.  It's been asked for many, many times over many, many years.

        JdeWAuthor
        Contributor II
        February 8, 2021

        So what is the business rationale for not satisfying your customers’ demands then?!

        controlav
        controlav
        Lead Maestro
        February 8, 2021

        You can export your Sonos playlists as text using my app (see profile), then search those using a text editor.

        Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
          JdeWAuthor
          Contributor II
          February 8, 2021

          Thanks for the heads -up

          Ruine
          Lyricist I
          March 13, 2021

          What works for me: I use Windows media player. I can see all my Sonos devices there. I doubleclick on one of them and then select playlists. I select the playlist and I can then search for an artist to see if I have not already included the song in the playlist.  

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