removing songs from my playlists without deleting them from library
Why is the option to remove song from playlist greyed out under the song menu options?
Windows, Windows 6
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Why is the option to remove song from playlist greyed out under the song menu options?
Windows, Windows 6
It is because you're looking at a Smart Playlist, not a Regular Playlist. Songs are added to, or kept out of, Smart Playlists according to the rules of that Playlist, which you chose. There are two ways to spot a Smart Playlist:
Smart Playlist:
Songs are added to, or kept out of, a Smart Playlist according to the rules you set. If you do not want a song in a specific Smart Playlist, you have to either:
Regular Playlist:
You manually add every song to this type of Playlist. With this type of Playlist, you will see the Remove from Playlist option is available.
Screenshot, showing the rules for my Smart Playlist:
This playlist is designed to include all songs without the year listed (don't worry too much about the additional rules). The crucial part is Year / is / 0 (zero, or absent). To exclude a song from this Playlist, I simply have to add in the year to the "year" (of its release) tag for that song.
* To change a song's tag, thereby causing it to be removed from the Smart Playlist:
Look at the song I highlighted in the original screenshot (Down):
It is because you're looking at a Smart Playlist, not a Regular Playlist. Songs are added to, or kept out of, Smart Playlists according to the rules of that Playlist, which you chose. There are two ways to spot a Smart Playlist:
Smart Playlist:
Songs are added to, or kept out of, a Smart Playlist according to the rules you set. If you do not want a song in a specific Smart Playlist, you have to either:
Regular Playlist:
You manually add every song to this type of Playlist. With this type of Playlist, you will see the Remove from Playlist option is available.
Screenshot, showing the rules for my Smart Playlist:
This playlist is designed to include all songs without the year listed (don't worry too much about the additional rules). The crucial part is Year / is / 0 (zero, or absent). To exclude a song from this Playlist, I simply have to add in the year to the "year" (of its release) tag for that song.
* To change a song's tag, thereby causing it to be removed from the Smart Playlist:
Look at the song I highlighted in the original screenshot (Down):
removing songs from my playlists without deleting them from library