Free YouTube Downloader

Videos, Shorts and music, all from one box

Paste any public YouTube address and the downloader handles the rest. Regular watch pages, shortened youtu.be links, Shorts and embedded URLs all resolve to the same video, so you do not have to clean up the link first. Extra parameters such as a playlist reference or a timestamp are simply ignored.

MP4 for watching, MP3 for listening

For video, pick the resolution that matches how you will watch it: 1080p for a laptop or television, 720p as a sensible default, 480p or 360p when storage or bandwidth is tight. For audio, the MP3 option discards the picture entirely and encodes the sound at 192 kbps, which is a good match for interviews, lectures and music you already own.

Why a downloader beats screen recording

Recording your screen re-encodes the picture a second time, which softens detail and usually loses audio synchronisation on longer clips. Downloading takes the original file that YouTube already serves to the player, so the result is exactly as sharp as the source and the sound stays locked to the picture.

What cannot be downloaded

Age-restricted videos, private uploads, members-only content and anything that requires signing in cannot be retrieved. Live streams that are still running are also unavailable until the broadcast finishes and YouTube publishes the recording.