# Advanced overwrite library feature

**URL:** <https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/advanced-overwrite-library-feature/3360>\
**Category:** Ideas & Feature Requests\
**Created:** [November 19, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/advanced-overwrite-library-feature/3360 "2025-11-19T19:00:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mufasa](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/mufasa/32/63_2.png) [@mufasa](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/mufasa)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/advanced-overwrite-library-feature/3360/1 "2025-11-19T19:00:04Z")

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**What is the feature or ability you would like to have?**

An option to overwirte Lexicon with my serato library but keep my specific Lexicon created playlists intact.

**How will this feature help you and others?**

1. i update my serato crates frequently
2. then serato starts to differ from lexicon
3. it would save me some manual labour if i could prevent some of my lexion playlists / folders from being overwritten or removed totally

**Is this feature available in an existing product? If so, what product?**

1. lexicon already has the excluded from sync option for exports, what i am proprosing is not the opposite but similar eg LEXICON KEEP feature.
2. Any playlist/folder labelled/prefixed in Lexicon as KEEP is not overwritten/purged

**Does a workaround currently exist?**

Manually delete all playlists in Lexicon and leave the ones i want to keep, then import Serato again to lexicon

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**Author:** ![Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/christiaan/32/10_2.png) [@Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/Christiaan)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/advanced-overwrite-library-feature/3360/2 "2025-11-21T22:41:44Z")

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Can you just import the serato crates you do want? With a playlist import, the rest will stay as it is

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**Author:** ![mufasa](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/mufasa/32/63_2.png) [@mufasa](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/mufasa)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/advanced-overwrite-library-feature/3360/3 "2025-11-22T06:54:25Z")

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No. I can’t remember which crate has been changed in Serato.