Download a YouTube video to your device
Take a public YouTube watch link and turn it into a file in your Downloads folder without installing a desktop YouTube client for this step.
Paste a URL to download
Paste a public video or playlist URL.
Quick check — then you can download
Finding streams…
Usually a few seconds
Note: Only download content you have the rights/permission to download. Some platforms rotate signed URLs; if a download fails, paste the URL again and click Download.
Paste one video URL per line (2–100 URLs on Pro or Creator). Upgrade to Pro to unlock batch mode.
Supported sites:
and 1000+ more — including YouTube Reels, Shorts & Stories, Vimeo, Dailymotion, and regional hosts.
YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter/X, Facebook, Vimeo, Reddit, Dailymotion, Twitch, and 1000+ more.
Pro users enjoy an ad-free downloader. Free tier may show sponsored placements. No URL history sold. Optional Vidzilla extension for Page Media — same privacy standards.
Files go straight to your device.
The shortest path from watch page to file
You are on a YouTube watch page. You want the upload offline. Copy the address, paste it here, run Analyze, pick a row, and download. That is the entire happy path.
Skip installer bundles and extension stores when a browser-based transfer is enough for a one-off save on a locked-down computer.
If you need dozens of videos every day, plan Pro for allowance and size rather than trying to stretch three free slots unrealistically.
Paste a public watch URL
Open the YouTube video until the player shows that one title. Copy the watch address from the bar or Share. Channel pages, search grids, and playlist indexes are lists, not single files.
Live broadcasts need a finished archive replay before a complete file exists. Members-only and rented titles that refuse signed-out playback return empty inventories.
If Share offers a link, use it. If you copied from a messaging app, open the link once to ensure it resolves to a watch page before pasting here.
Choose quality against free limits
Each results row is a published encoding with height and size. Free use blocks any single file over 150 MB and allows three completed downloads per day resetting at midnight UTC.
Audio-only rows appear for many uploads when YouTube stores sound separately. Use them when you need offline listening without the picture.
Pro removes the size ceiling, raises the daily allowance, and clears ads. Analyze does not spend a free slot; only a finished file does.
Finish the transfer on your device
Click Download file on one row and leave the tab open until the browser marks the write complete. Partial files often fail to play.
Rename the file and move it into a project folder. Prepared server copies expire; your disk copy is the archive.
On phones, check the browser download list; some devices hide new video files until you open that list once.
Rights and locked videos
A successful download is a transfer, not a licence. Keep your own uploads and material you are entitled to archive. Commercial music and films remain owned by their publishers.
Prefer YouTube’s official download control when it appears for content you own.
Empty Analyze on a video that needs login is the access boundary. Do not burn free daily slots retrying the same gated URL.
Failures that are not mysteries
Empty list after Analyze: wrong URL shape, private video, live-in-progress, or removed upload.
Size refusal on free use: the row is over 150 MB—pick a smaller encoding or use Pro.
Truncated file: the tab closed early—run Download again and wait for completion.
Practical checklist before you close the tab
Confirm you pasted a single-item public URL, not a channel grid, playlist index, search page, or a homepage that only embeds media somewhere in the layout.
Read the megabyte figure on the row you intend to take. Free use blocks files over 150 MB and allows three completed downloads per day resetting at midnight UTC. Pro lifts those caps and clears ads on the download path.
After Download finishes, open the file offline. Rename it into a project folder. Prepared server copies expire; the lasting archive is the file on your device.
Leave the tab open until the browser marks the transfer complete, confirm playback offline, and treat an empty Analyze list as a cue to fix the URL or accept a private page rather than pasting the same locked address repeatedly. Free use allows three completed downloads per day resetting at midnight UTC, blocks single files over one hundred fifty megabytes, and spends a slot only when a Download file finishes writing to your device.
Leave the tab open until the browser marks the transfer complete, confirm playback offline, and treat an empty Analyze list as a cue to fix the URL or accept a private page rather than pasting the same locked address repeatedly. Free use allows three completed downloads per day resetting at midnight UTC, blocks single files over one hundred fifty megabytes, and spends a slot only when a Download file finishes writing to your device.
Leave the tab open until the browser marks the transfer complete, confirm playback offline, and treat an empty Analyze list as a cue to fix the URL or accept a private page rather than pasting the same locked address repeatedly. Free use allows three completed downloads per day resetting at midnight UTC, blocks single files over one hundred fifty megabytes, and spends a slot only when a Download file finishes writing to your device.
Download YouTube video questions
Do I need the YouTube app installed?
No for this page. You need a browser, a public watch URL, and enough free or Pro allowance for the file.
Can I download while offline?
You need a network to Analyze and fetch. After the file is on disk, playback is offline.
Does Analyze spend a free download?
No. Only a completed Download file counts against the free daily total of three files, resetting at midnight UTC.
What does the free 150 MB limit mean?
Free use refuses any single completed file over 150 MB. Read the size on the results row before you click Download. Pro removes that ceiling.
Where does the finished file go?
Into the download folder your browser already uses. On phones, open the browser download list or the Files app.