Will editing my playlist change anything on my IPTV provider?

No. The editor only changes what your playlist outputs through iptv.domains. Your upstream provider and its account are untouched — you are organizing your own view of the channels, not modifying the source.

Do I have to re-enter my credentials on my TV after editing?

Never. Your devices keep the same permanent username, password and URL. When you save changes in the editor, your player simply shows the updated lineup on its next refresh.

Can I hide adult or unwanted categories completely?

Yes — switch a whole category OFF (or use ALL OFF then enable only what you want). Disabled channels never appear in your playlist or EPG.

Does hiding channels make my playlist load faster?

Yes. A smaller, filtered playlist means less data for your player to download and parse, which speeds up imports and reduces lag on big accounts.

IPTV Playlist Editor Guide: Hide, Reorder & Organize Channels (2026)

A raw IPTV playlist can contain tens of thousands of channels in no particular order, full of categories you will never watch. The iptv.domains playlist editor lets you shape that mess into a clean, personal lineup — hiding what you do not want, reordering what you do, and renaming or grouping channels exactly how you like — all from your browser, with nothing to re-enter on your devices afterwards.

TL;DR: Open the editor → turn whole categories or individual channels on/off → drag to reorder → rename and build custom categories → save. Your permanent IPTV URL instantly serves the cleaned-up lineup on every device.

What the playlist editor does

The editor is a live, two-panel view of your playlist: categories on one side and the channels inside the selected category on the other. Everything you toggle, reorder or rename is saved to your account and served through your single permanent Xtream URL — so the changes appear on your TV, phone or Firestick automatically. Core things you can do:

Show or hide any channel or an entire category.
Reorder categories and channels with drag-and-drop.
Rename channels and categories.
Create custom categories and move channels into them.
Bulk actions — turn everything on/off, or multi-select.
Search the whole playlist instantly, even past the on-screen list.
Channel icons — pick logos from the built-in library.

Opening the editor

Log in to your dashboard and open the stream you want to edit.
Click Edit Playlist (top bar, or per-provider if you run failover/multi-provider).
The editor opens with your categories on the left and channels on the right. Live channel counts show how many are enabled in each category.

Hiding and enabling channels

Every channel and category has a simple on/off toggle. Turn a category off and none of its channels appear in your playlist or guide. This is the fastest way to remove things like duplicate language packs, regional feeds you never watch, or entire sections you do not want on the household TV.

For finer control, open a category and toggle individual channels. The category's "enabled" count updates instantly so you always know what your lineup looks like.

Reordering with drag-and-drop

Grab the drag handle on a category or channel and drop it where you want it. Put your most-watched categories — say Sports and UK — at the top so they load first on your player. You can also multi-drag several selected items at once.

Renaming and custom categories

Provider channel names are often messy (UK| BBC ONE HD ᴴᴰ). Rename them to something clean (BBC One). You can also create your own custom categories — for example a single "Family" group containing exactly the kids' channels you trust — and drag channels into it from anywhere in the playlist.

Bulk actions and search

On a huge playlist, start broad: use ALL OFF to disable everything, then enable only the handful of categories you actually want. Both ALL ON and ALL OFF ask for confirmation so a stray click can't wipe your lineup. The search box looks across the entire playlist (not just the loaded rows), so you can find and toggle a specific channel in seconds.

Full example

Scenario: Sarah trims a 42,000-channel playlist down to what her family actually watches

Sarah's provider gives her a 42,000-channel playlist with dozens of country packs, adult sections and duplicate feeds. She wants only UK channels, Sports, and a clean Kids group — renamed and in order. Here's exactly what she does:

Opens Edit Playlist and clicks ALL OFF (confirms the prompt). Everything is now hidden — a blank slate.
Searches "UK", enables the United Kingdom category, and drags it to the top.
Enables the Sports and Sports Events categories and drags them just below UK.
Creates a custom category called Family. Searches for "cartoon", "kids", "disney", and drags only the channels she trusts into Family.
Renames the messy ones — UK| BBC ONE FHD → BBC One, UK: SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT → Sky Sports Main Event.
Reorders the channels inside each category so the favourites sit at the top.
Done. Her playlist went from 42,000 unsorted channels to about 300 clean, ordered ones.

On the family's TV, Firestick and phones — nothing changes and nothing is re-entered. The same permanent URL now serves Sarah's tidy lineup, and because the playlist is dramatically smaller, it imports and loads far faster.

Saving and syncing

Changes are saved to your account as you make them. Your players pick up the new lineup on their next refresh — there is no need to delete the playlist, re-add credentials, or touch any device. That is the whole point of editing behind a permanent URL.

Tip: Start with broad strokes (whole categories off, top categories ordered) before fine-tuning individual channels. It is far faster than toggling thousands of channels one by one.

Next steps

Once your lineup is clean, make the TV guide match it: see the EPG Editor guide to fix missing or wrong program data. If you run more than one provider, the merge playlists guide shows how to combine them into a single edited lineup.

The Complete IPTV Playlist Editor Guide