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6 Ways to Download YouTube Videos to PC

Last Updated on March 27, 2020 by Amar Ilindra 21 Comments

This article is here to show you how to Download YouTube videos in different ways. YouTube is the largest video sharing site by Google. Millions of videos are uploading every day on YouTube. To maintain the popularity of YouTube, Google has decided not to provide a download option on YouTube. Even this option is disabled for registered users too. So, there is no official download option to download YouTube videos. There are many online and offline third-party applications to download YouTube videos. Many of them may not work properly always and some of them would really suck.

A daily visitor to YouTube only thinks to download YouTube Videos. So, I tried plenty of softwares, online sites to download videos from YouTube. Here are my recommendations.

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What is the need to Download YouTube Videos?

Some users may think why people show much interest in downloading YouTube videos. They think so because their internet may not be lightning fast. Recent Survey says 80% of Indians are using the internet form the mobile connection. Such users always think to download YouTube videos and save them on their PC or mobile. So, they can see their favorite videos directly on their computers without connecting to the internet.

Here are 6 best tools available to download YouTube videos to your computer

YouTube recently added a Download option on its iOS and Android app. The user can download the videos and watch them anytime without internet. But there is a catch, you can not share/move the downloaded apps to PC or other devices. You can only watch them on YouTube application and your device should be connected to the internet once in a month to keep the downloaded videos.

Here are 6 YouTube downloaders you should try if you are not happy with YouTube offline features.

1. AceThinker Video Downloader

Along with YouTube videos, AceThink video downloader is also able to download videos from various video-sharing websites like Facebook, Vimeo, Dailymotion, etc. It is available as both an online tool and software. If you don’t like installing software on your machine, then online tools come handy. It is also useful when you just need to download a couple of videos.

AceThinker Video Downloader

In case if you are daily video downloaders, it is suggested to get the Pro version of  AceThinker. This tool works on all modern browsers. All you have to do is, enter the video URL, select the video quality and you are done.

2. Airy

With Airy you can easily download videos from YouTube in MP4, FLV and 3GP formats. It can fetch HD and Ultra HD quality videos whenever available and you can also extract audios to MP3 format separately. Airy is currently available as a software application for both Windows and Mac operating systems.

Airy Video Downloader Mac

All you have to do is copy-paste either YouTube video/playlist URL and select the output quality, and Airy will take care of everything in the background. It also has browser extensions for Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge which helps you download the videos quickly.

3. YouTube Downloader

The best Software available now on the web to download YouTube videos is YouTube Downloader. Don’t think about its name, I too confused first by seeing its name. Don’t think it will download the entire YouTube.

How to use YouTube Downloader

  • Download and install it on your Computer
  • Open it and paste Video URL from YouTube. Click Download

Benefits with YouTube Downloader

  • Downloading Videos with YouTube Downloader allows you to download the required video in any format and resolution.
  • Another good thing is, it is available on the internet for free

4. Keepvid.com

Keepvid is an online site that allows you to download YouTube videos in just a single clink. To Download just copy-paste the URL of the video you wish to download in KeepVid textbox and click download. The most interesting feature is no need for software downloads and installations

Backlog

One main backlog in this Keepvid is, it allows you to download any video only in .flv format and fixed resolution

Update: KeepVid is no longer supporting video downloads. They are now concentrating on video converter tools.

If you are looking for an alternative for KeepVid, then you should try WinX YouTube Downloader (Available only for Windows)

5. Downloading with Plugins

Good news for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox lovers. Now, Plugins are available for both browsers to download YouTube videos using plugins

For Google Chrome – Allows downloading YouTube videos in any format like MPEG4, FLV e.t.c

For Mozilla Firefox – It is the easiest way to download videos from YouTube for Firefox users

Recommended to Read: How to increase Torrent Download speed in 5 simple steps 

6. Adding Save YouTube in URL

Save YouTube is similar to Keepvid. Save YouTube has an even simple feature to download YouTube videos. Just add save to YouTube in URL and click Enter

How To :

  • Open video in YouTube you wish to download
  • Now, you can see Video URL in your browser. It looks something like this www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXXXXXX
  • Just add save at the beginning of the URL and click go. It should be like this www.saveyoutube.com/watch?v=XXXXXXXXXX
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Amar Ilindra is a gadget freak, tech enthusiast and full stack developer. He loves to try everything with technology and blog about his tech experience. Apart from writing, he spends most of this time developing useful web apps and mobile applications for Android and iOS.

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Comments

  1. ElizzyGreneu says

    August 5, 2020 at 8:06 AM

    Thanks for your nice review! I’ve got more YouTube downloaders to try now. Currently, I use 2 downloaders – one for online and one offline. As for online YouTube downloaders, I’d like to recommend 2conv. You can download YouTube videos by copying and pasting its URL. But fewer output formats you can choose and you can’t download some YouTube videos because of their copyright. As for the offline one, I use Joyoshare Screen Recorder. It can simply record any YouTube video in 1080P with no time limit. By the way, you can choose a lot of output formats that compatible with your devices. It is a paid program, but cost-effective I think.

    Reply
  2. John Galler says

    May 25, 2018 at 9:40 PM

    Hello, you can also try Tube Geter and download playlist from Youtube.

    Works great and its easy to use tool.

    Follow easy steps to download:

    Step-1) Go to TubeGeter – download the entire playlists from YouTube in seconds.

    Step-2) Download and install the software.

    Step-3) Then just copy the link from your browser and click ‘Paste Link’ in the application.

    Reply
  3. Belen Baker says

    May 25, 2018 at 3:31 PM

    Thanks. It’s a good review. But Keepvid shuts down now and it’s supposed to be updated. You may add hd video converter factory pro to the list, which is a good option.

    Reply
  4. Scott Bailey says

    February 21, 2017 at 2:43 PM

    Good to know these video download tools and thanks for the sharing. I always use acethinker video downloader to save YouTube videos to my laptop, It is a free cloud based software to download videos without install any software in your device. You might add it to the list.

    Reply
  5. Fetchy says

    May 11, 2016 at 5:31 PM

    Thanks For this information. All the resources are the best one. But I am using fetchy.io where we can download videos from youtube, vimeo etc. and we can convert video using it.

    Reply
  6. Haku says

    February 26, 2016 at 12:08 PM

    My choice – 5KPlayer. Free but clean and safe.
    I found it on YouTube video, which introduce how to download YouTube. A little bit funny. But it works great for me since I installed it on my Windows 7. I can select the video definition and formats before downloading. What a delight that I also use it to convert video to music. Good program.

    Reply
  7. AJ says

    February 16, 2013 at 8:46 AM

    Hi Amar, thank you for the resources above, I will try them out altho I usually use RP to download my videos from sites like Metacafe, Vimeo, FunnyorDie and other video sharing sites: http://www.real.com/realdownloader

    Reply
  8. HAROON says

    January 31, 2013 at 10:02 PM

    The Best way in the address bar in video URL del www. and write ss

    Reply
  9. J says

    December 9, 2012 at 2:51 AM

    With RealPlayer I easily download online videos I find and save them to my computer. If you’ve installed RealPlayer for free, when watching a video online you’ll see the “Download This Video” button appear at the top right corner of the video player. Click that button, and the RealPlayer downloader will download the video to your computer and store it in the RealPlayer library.

    Reply
  10. Alane Jewel says

    October 28, 2012 at 3:46 AM

    Good share. This was also a helpful tool when I was first learning how to save and convert my videos as flv files: http://www.real.com/resources/download-convert-flv

    Reply
  11. Pavan Somu says

    August 10, 2012 at 5:30 PM

    I use GreaseMonket script for this purpose.

    Reply
  12. karan bista says

    July 28, 2012 at 11:18 PM

    where i can download update.zip file?? is it downloaded through the mobile phone??

    Reply
    • Amar Ilindra says

      July 28, 2012 at 11:23 PM

      Download link is provided for update.zip

      Reply
  13. Romy Singh says

    June 19, 2012 at 5:48 PM

    Hello Amar,

    Thanks for pushing my knowledge about YouTube little more. Till now i was using keephd and speedbit video download to download Youtube. Now going to use all your tactics… Thanks :)

    Reply
    • Amar Ilindra says

      July 25, 2012 at 8:54 PM

      Romy Bro,
      thanks for your feed back and yes, speed bit video downloader works fine for me too

      Reply
  14. Sumanth says

    May 22, 2012 at 8:12 PM

    I will tell you the 5th method. You can just watch the video once and the video will be saved in your cache memory. Just a cache video converter( i dont remember the name of the software exactly try googling) and it converts the cache file to viewable video. so no need to download it again.. It saves a lot of bandwidth..

    Reply
    • Amar Ilindra says

      July 25, 2012 at 8:57 PM

      You are right Sumanth, i too heard about that method. But that method might be difficult for newbies. Any else, Thanks a ton for another awesome method

      Reply
  15. Mohsin Ali says

    May 7, 2012 at 4:33 PM

    At this time i am downloading YouTube videos with IDM but these are also very good options.

    Reply
    • Amar Ilindra says

      July 25, 2012 at 8:57 PM

      Yup!! IDM works fine too

      Reply
  16. Bhavesh Gohel says

    April 18, 2012 at 11:11 PM

    There is another simple trick…read my aritcle @ibhavesh.in i’m not promoting my site…just helping.. :)

    Reply
    • Amar says

      April 19, 2012 at 11:20 AM

      Thanks Bhavesh, I will add this one in “Downloading with Plugins”

      Reply

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