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How to Clear Your Entire YouTube Music Queue and Up Next List

As an avid YouTube Music user, I often find myself with a long queue of songs that I’ve added from various playlists and albums. While it’s nice to have a queue lined up, sometimes I want to start fresh with a clear queue.

Clearing your entire YouTube Music queue is easy to do, whether you’re using the mobile app or desktop site. Here are step-by-step instructions for both.

Clearing Your Queue on YouTube Music Desktop

If you want to remove all the songs from your queue at once when using the YouTube Music desktop site, follow these simple steps:

  1. Open YouTube Music in your browser and navigate to the page with your currently playing song. You should see the full queue of upcoming tracks underneath.
  2. Press “F5” on your keyboard to refresh the page. This will instantly clear out your entire queue![1]
  3. Alternatively, you can remove everything after “music.youtube.com” in the URL bar and hit enter to reload the page. This essentially starts you on a fresh YouTube Music homepage with no queue.[1]
  4. One other option is to switch playlists or albums, which adds suggested songs to your queue. Then refresh the page to wipe the slate clean.[1]

Clearing Your Queue on Mobile App

Clearing your YouTube Music queue is a bit more hidden on mobile, but still possible:

  1. Open the YouTube Music app and start playing a song.
  2. Drag down the mini player to minimize it, then swipe it off to the left or right. This dismisses your current queue.[2]
  3. You can also remove songs individually from your Up Next queue by tapping the three dots next to each track and selecting “Remove from queue.”

Clearing Your Queue on Android

The process is slightly different on an Android device:

  1. Open the YouTube Music app and navigate to the Home tab.
  2. Press F5 to refresh, wiping your queue.[3]
  3. Or go to your profile, tap the pencil icon, and select “Clear queue” from the available options.[4]

Clearing Your Queue on iOS

Follow these steps to clear your queue on an iPhone or iPad:

  1. Launch the YouTube Music app and start playing a song so that the Up Next queue populates.
  2. Minimize the Now Playing screen so only a small bar shows at the bottom.
  3. Swipe down on the mini player to dismiss your entire queue and all upcoming tracks.[5]

Why You Might Want to Clear Your Queue

There are a few reasons why clearing out your YouTube Music queue can be useful:

  • Start fresh – Wiping all the tracks gives you a blank slate to build a new playlist that matches your current mood or activity.
  • Remove unwanted songs – If the auto-generated song recommendations or radio isn’t to your liking, deleting them is easier than removing one by one.
  • Fix glitches – Occasionally queues get stuck or songs won’t play right. Refreshing your YouTube Music tab restores normal functionality.
  • Save mobile data – Removing downloaded songs from your queue can help reduce data usage if you’re low on high-speed data.

Tips for Managing Your Queue

Here are some tips to help you control your YouTube Music queue:

  • Reorder tracks by long pressing on a song and dragging it up or down.
  • Turn off Autoplay on your custom playlists to avoid surprises.
  • Use “Play next” instead of “Add to queue” to prioritize certain songs.
  • Set a song as your alarm to wake up to it in the morning!
  • Download an offline mixtape for trips without WiFi.

I hope these instructions help you keep your YouTube Music queues neat, organized, and filled with your favorite tunes! Let me know if you have any other questions.

References

[1] https://www.qqtube.com/blog/how-to-clear-youtube-queue
[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/YoutubeMusic/comments/14m85nz/clear_queue_by_swiping_down_on_song_currently/
[3] https://www.indiatoday.in/information/story/how-to-clear-queue-in-youtube-music-1888852-2021-12-17[4] https://support.google.com/youtubemusic/thread/211309651/how-do-i-clear-my-queue?hl=en[5] https://www.alphr.com/clear-queue-youtube-music/

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