How to Download Videos on YouTube

Have you ever wanted to save that educative, cute, music, or documentary video on YouTube but got stuck along the way? Here’s how to download videos on YouTube;

Use YouTube Premium

Once you have subscribed to YouTube Premium, one of the advantages is that you can download videos for offline use. You have the ability to download an entire video or a whole playlist offline to watch later.

It’s very simple.

• Just open the YouTube app on your device.
• Search for an open the video that you want to download.
• Click the download button below the title of the video.
• Once it is done, you will find the video on “My Downloads” section.

Download Using Y2Mate.com

This is one of the best sites to download YouTube videos to your device.

• Open the YouTube website and search for the video you want.
• Copy the video URL.
• Open Y2Mate.com and paste the URL in the search box.
• Click the search button.
• You will be given several options to download the video in a format that you want.
• Click download and the video will be saved to your device.

Download Using SaveFrom.Net

This tool is one of the best sites to download YouTube videos. It also works just like Y2Mate.com.

• Copy the video URL from YouTube.
• Open SaveFrom.Net and paste the YouTube URL on the search box.
• Choose the format and resolution that you want the video to appear in and click the download button to start.

Additionally, you can download the savefrom net helper extension. It makes your work easier by adding a little download button below the title of your YouTube video.

Use VLC Media Player

Yes, you can use your VLC media player to download YouTube video.

• Open your VLC media player on your PC.
• Copy the URL of the video that you want to download from YouTube.
• Go to the VLC media menu and select “Open Network Stream” and paste the URL.
• Press “Play”.
• When the video is playing visit the tools section and then codec information. Copy the text in the location textbox at the bottom of the box.
• Paste the address in the browser. The video will start playing.
• Right-click to save the video at your preferred location.

The disadvantage of this method is that it will only download the video in mp4 format at a maximum quality of 1080p.