diff --git a/frontend/src/api/actions/createCustomPlaylist.ts b/frontend/src/api/actions/createCustomPlaylist.ts
index 722203c0..d67a6169 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/actions/createCustomPlaylist.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api/actions/createCustomPlaylist.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import APIClient from '../../functions/APIClient';
 const createCustomPlaylist = async (playlistId: string) => {
   return APIClient('/api/playlist/custom/', {
     method: 'POST',
-    body: { playlist_name: playlistId },
+    body: { playlist_name: playlistId.trim() },
   });
 };
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/actions/updateBulkChannelSubscriptions.ts b/frontend/src/api/actions/updateBulkChannelSubscriptions.ts
index a49f9599..680281f1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/actions/updateBulkChannelSubscriptions.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api/actions/updateBulkChannelSubscriptions.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ const updateBulkChannelSubscriptions = async (channelIds: string, status: boolea
     const youtubeChannelIds = channelIds.split('\n');
 
     youtubeChannelIds.forEach(channelId => {
-      channels.push({ channel_id: channelId, channel_subscribed: status });
+      if (channelId.trim()) {
+        channels.push({ channel_id: channelId, channel_subscribed: status });
+      }
     });
   } else {
     channels.push({ channel_id: channelIds, channel_subscribed: status });
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/actions/updateBulkPlaylistSubscriptions.ts b/frontend/src/api/actions/updateBulkPlaylistSubscriptions.ts
index d189496f..94e6067c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/actions/updateBulkPlaylistSubscriptions.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api/actions/updateBulkPlaylistSubscriptions.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ const updateBulkPlaylistSubscriptions = async (playlistIds: string, status: bool
     const youtubePlaylistIds = playlistIds.split('\n');
 
     youtubePlaylistIds.forEach(playlistId => {
-      playlists.push({ playlist_id: playlistId, playlist_subscribed: status });
+      if (playlistId.trim()) {
+        playlists.push({ playlist_id: playlistId, playlist_subscribed: status });
+      }
     });
   } else {
     playlists.push({ playlist_id: playlistIds, playlist_subscribed: status });
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/actions/updateDownloadQueue.ts b/frontend/src/api/actions/updateDownloadQueue.ts
index a96e71cb..071707df 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/actions/updateDownloadQueue.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api/actions/updateDownloadQueue.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ const updateDownloadQueue = async (youtubeIdStrings: string, autostart: boolean)
     const youtubeIds = youtubeIdStrings.split('\n');
 
     youtubeIds.forEach(youtubeId => {
-      urls.push({ youtube_id: youtubeId, status: 'pending' });
+      if (youtubeId.trim()) {
+        urls.push({ youtube_id: youtubeId, status: 'pending' });
+      }
     });
   } else {
     urls.push({ youtube_id: youtubeIdStrings, status: 'pending' });
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/Channels.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/Channels.tsx
index 5301d6c0..d71c2743 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/Channels.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/Channels.tsx
@@ -119,10 +119,12 @@ const Channels = () => {
                     label="Subscribe"
                     type="submit"
                     onClick={async () => {
-                      await updateBulkChannelSubscriptions(channelsToSubscribeTo, true);
+                      if (channelsToSubscribeTo.trim()) {
+                        await updateBulkChannelSubscriptions(channelsToSubscribeTo, true);
 
-                      setShowNotification(true);
-                      setShowAddForm(false);
+                        setShowNotification(true);
+                        setShowAddForm(false);
+                      }
                     }}
                   />
                 </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/Download.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/Download.tsx
index b32c276b..c7bc19cf 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/Download.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/Download.tsx
@@ -200,19 +200,23 @@ const Download = () => {
                   <Button
                     label="Add to queue"
                     onClick={async () => {
-                      await updateDownloadQueue(downloadQueueText, false);
-                      setDownloadQueueText('');
-                      setRefresh(true);
-                      setShowHiddenForm(false);
+                      if (downloadQueueText.trim()) {
+                        await updateDownloadQueue(downloadQueueText, false);
+                        setDownloadQueueText('');
+                        setRefresh(true);
+                        setShowHiddenForm(false);
+                      }
                     }}
                   />{' '}
                   <Button
                     label="Download now"
                     onClick={async () => {
-                      await updateDownloadQueue(downloadQueueText, true);
-                      setDownloadQueueText('');
-                      setRefresh(true);
-                      setShowHiddenForm(false);
+                      if (downloadQueueText.trim()) {
+                        await updateDownloadQueue(downloadQueueText, true);
+                        setDownloadQueueText('');
+                        setRefresh(true);
+                        setShowHiddenForm(false);
+                      }
                     }}
                   />
                 </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/Playlists.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/Playlists.tsx
index 4bc5df27..0bdd1a39 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/Playlists.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/Playlists.tsx
@@ -102,9 +102,11 @@ const Playlists = () => {
                       label="Subscribe"
                       type="submit"
                       onClick={async () => {
-                        await updateBulkPlaylistSubscriptions(playlistsToAddText, true);
-                        setShowNotification(true);
-                        setShowAddForm(false);
+                        if (playlistsToAddText.trim()) {
+                          await updateBulkPlaylistSubscriptions(playlistsToAddText, true);
+                          setShowNotification(true);
+                          setShowAddForm(false);
+                        }
                       }}
                     />
                   </div>
@@ -125,8 +127,10 @@ const Playlists = () => {
                       label="Create"
                       type="submit"
                       onClick={async () => {
-                        await createCustomPlaylist(customPlaylistsToAddText);
-                        setRefresh(true);
+                        if (customPlaylistsToAddText.trim()) {
+                          await createCustomPlaylist(customPlaylistsToAddText);
+                          setRefresh(true);
+                        }
                       }}
                     />
                   </div>