diff --git a/src/renderer/components/PlaylistInfo/PlaylistInfo.vue b/src/renderer/components/PlaylistInfo/PlaylistInfo.vue
index 71b44a76c7eb8..966e4297dc0f7 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/PlaylistInfo/PlaylistInfo.vue
+++ b/src/renderer/components/PlaylistInfo/PlaylistInfo.vue
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@
         >
           {{ title }}
         </h2>
-        <p>
+        <p
+          v-if="!isUnviewable"
+        >
           {{ t('Global.Counts.Video Count', { count: parsedVideoCount }, videoCount) }}
           <template v-if="!hideViews && !isUserPlaylist">
             - {{ t('Global.Counts.View Count', { count: parsedViewCount }, viewCount) }}
@@ -359,6 +361,10 @@ const props = defineProps({
     type: String,
     required: true,
   },
+  isUnviewable: {
+    type: Boolean,
+    default: false,
+  },
   moreVideoDataAvailable: {
     type: Boolean,
     required: true,
diff --git a/src/renderer/views/Playlist/Playlist.vue b/src/renderer/views/Playlist/Playlist.vue
index 386b44ee4099f..df4937a54fe48 100644
--- a/src/renderer/views/Playlist/Playlist.vue
+++ b/src/renderer/views/Playlist/Playlist.vue
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
           :total-playlist-duration="totalPlaylistDuration"
           :is-duration-approximate="isDurationApproximate"
           :info-source="infoSource"
+          :is-unviewable="isUnviewable"
           :more-video-data-available="moreVideoDataAvailable"
           :search-video-mode-allowed="isUserPlaylistRequested && shownVideoCount > 1"
           :search-query-text="searchQueryTextRequested"
@@ -183,6 +184,13 @@
             </p>
           </FtFlexBox>
         </template>
+        <FtFlexBox
+          v-else-if="isUnviewable"
+        >
+          <p class="message">
+            {{ t("User Playlists['This playlist is private or does not exist.']") }}
+          </p>
+        </FtFlexBox>
         <FtFlexBox
           v-else
         >
@@ -250,6 +258,7 @@ const channelThumbnail = ref('')
 const channelId = ref('')
 const infoSource = ref('local')
 const showUnavailableVideosAlert = ref(false)
+const isUnviewable = ref(false)
 const playlistItems = ref([])
 /** @type {import('vue').ComputedRef<any[] | null>} */
 const tempShownPlaylistItems = ref(null)
@@ -496,6 +505,7 @@ function resetState() {
   channelId.value = ''
   infoSource.value = 'local'
   showUnavailableVideosAlert.value = false
+  isUnviewable.value = false
   playlistItems.value = []
   continuationData.value = null
   updatePageTitle()
@@ -557,6 +567,13 @@ async function getPlaylistLocal() {
 
     isLoading.value = false
   } catch (err) {
+    if (err.message.includes('This playlist type is unviewable') ||
+        err.message.includes('The playlist does not exist')) {
+      isUnviewable.value = true
+      isLoading.value = false
+      return
+    }
+
     console.error(err)
 
     if (backendPreference.value === 'local' && backendFallback.value) {
@@ -600,6 +617,12 @@ async function getPlaylistInvidious() {
   } catch (err) {
     console.error(err)
 
+    if (err.message.includes('Could not extract playlistSidebarRenderer')) {
+      isUnviewable.value = true
+      isLoading.value = false
+      return
+    }
+
     if (process.env.SUPPORTS_LOCAL_API && backendPreference.value === 'invidious' && backendFallback.value) {
       console.warn('Error getting data with Invidious, falling back to local backend')
       getPlaylistLocal()
diff --git a/static/locales/en-US.yaml b/static/locales/en-US.yaml
index 5aec16d11fec4..ab610cdb0c567 100644
--- a/static/locales/en-US.yaml
+++ b/static/locales/en-US.yaml
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ User Playlists:
   Search bar placeholder: Search for Playlists
   Playlists with Matching Videos: Playlists with Matching Videos
 
+  This playlist is private or does not exist.: This playlist is private or does not exist.
   This playlist currently has no videos.: This playlist currently has no videos.
 
   Create New Playlist: Create New Playlist