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Queue up your songs in Music on Mac
Use the Playing Next queue to view a list of upcoming songs, add songs and videos to the queue, and see what you’ve recently played. For example, if you’re listening to a playlist, you can choose an album to switch to after the song currently playing finishes. When the album finishes, Music resumes playing the playlist.
![The top-right corner of the Music window with the Playing Next button in the banner showing the Playing Next queue. Click the History link to show the previously played songs. Click the Clear link to remove all songs from the queue.](https://help.apple.com/assets/65A1EC54C6387041B504B41B/65A1EC558C4441D03A098A52/en_US/c1f45f27e870f507950de1a0ba20cde9.png)
Use the queue
In the Music app
on your Mac, play music from your library, stream music from Apple Music, or play a CD.
Note: A song needs to be playing before you can use the Playing Next queue.
Click the Playing Next button
, click Playing Next, then double-click a song to play it and the songs that follow.
To reorder the list, drag the songs into the order you want.
Click the Playing Next button again to close the queue.
Use Autoplay
If you’re an Apple Music subscriber and you’re not sure what to play next, use Autoplay. Once you play something, Autoplay adds similar songs and plays them at the end of the queue. When Autoplay is on and a song is playing, the Autoplay icon appears on the Playing Next queue.
![The Playing Next queue. Click the Autoplay button to turn it on or off. When Autoplay is on, similar songs are added to the end of the queue.](https://help.apple.com/assets/65A1EC54C6387041B504B41B/65A1EC558C4441D03A098A52/en_US/fa7ad5a2ced7a6aee9b198a164171b53.png)
In the Music app
on your Mac, play music from your library, stream music from Apple Music, or play a CD.
Note: A song needs to be playing before you can use the Playing Next queue.
Click the Playing Next button
, click Playing Next, then click the Autoplay button
at the top of the queue to turn Autoplay on.
When Autoplay is on, the button changes color. Click it again to turn it off.
Note: When you turn off Autoplay on a device that uses your Apple ID—your iPhone, for example—Autoplay is turned off on all other devices that use the same Apple ID.
Add music to and manage the queue
In the Music app
on your Mac, browse music in Apple Music or your library, click the More button (it looks like this
or this
), then do one of the following:
Add music to the top of the queue: Choose Play Next.
Add music to the bottom of the queue: Choose Play Last.
Click the Playing Next button
, click Playing Next, then do any of the following:
Change the order of songs in the queue: Drag the songs into the order you want.
Remove a song from the queue: Select the song, then press the Delete key.
Remove all songs from the queue: Click the Clear link at the top of the queue.
Note: To clear part of the queue, click Clear next to an album or playlist.
Tip: To add a song or an album from your library to the Playing Next queue, drag the item to the top center of the Music window until a highlighted border appears.
![An album being dragged to the top of the Music window.](https://help.apple.com/assets/65A1EC54C6387041B504B41B/65A1EC558C4441D03A098A52/en_US/b60a72f6867f7657130b9280ab16b010.png)
See what you’ve recently played
In the Music app
on your Mac, click the Playing Next button
, then click History.
If you quit Music, the Playing Next queue is automatically saved for the next time you open Music.