Bulk Delete All Youtube Playlists From Your Channel

The workflow JSON

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  "name": "\ud83e\uddf9 Delete all playlists from a YouTube channel",
  "tags": [],
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      "name": "Get all playlists",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.youTube",
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      "parameters": {
        "part": [
          "id"
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        "filters": {},
        "options": {},
        "resource": "playlist",
        "returnAll": true
      },
      "credentials": {
        "youTubeOAuth2Api": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
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      "name": "Remove playlist",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.youTube",
      "position": [
        -180,
        -180
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "resource": "playlist",
        "operation": "delete",
        "playlistId": "={{ $json.id }}"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "youTubeOAuth2Api": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
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      "position": [
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      "parameters": {
        "color": 3,
        "width": 1000,
        "height": 320,
        "content": "## \ud83e\uddf9 Delete all playlists from a YouTube channel\n\n### \u2139\ufe0f ABOUT THIS WORKFLOW\nThis workflow will **delete all the playlists from a YouTube channel**.\n\n### \ud83d\udee0\ufe0f SETUP\n1. Create a YouTube credential.\n2. Add the credential to the YouTube nodes.\n3. Click \"Test workflow\" to run it.\n\n\n**\ud83d\udea8 BE CAREFUL: EXECUTING THIS WORKFLOW CAUSES IRREVERSIBLE ACTIONS: YOU CANNOT RECOVER THE DELETED PLAYLISTS**"
      },
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  "connections": {
    "Get all playlists": {
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            "node": "Remove playlist",
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      ]
    }
  }
}

Credentials you'll need

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• youTubeOAuth2Api

About this workflow

This workflow is for any YouTube user who wants to bulk delete all playlists from their own channel — whether to start fresh, clean up old content, or prepare the account for a new purpose.

Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/4156/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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