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YouTube makes uploading videos piece of cake. Downloading them is another story birthday. Here's how yous tin download any video yous've always uploaded to YouTube.

How to Download a Single YouTube Video

From the YouTube homepage, click your profile image at the height-right corner of the screen. If you lot don't run across your Google contour image, you'll need to sign in.

Near the summit of the list, click the "YouTube Studio" option.

Cull "Videos" from the sidebar on the left.

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Hover over any video to bring upwardly a menu. Click "Options," at the end of the menu (the three vertical dots).

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Click "Download." YouTube should immediately start to download an mp4 version of your uploaded video.

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For those who want to download a unmarried video or two, this is all y'all need. But if you accept a library of hundreds, maybe thousands of uploaded videos, there's a improve way.

How to Download Multiple All Your YouTube Videos at Once

To download all your YouTube videos at once, head over to Google Takeout. Here, you can access all of your Google data. You can export everything from Android configuration files to your search history all from i place.

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Click "Deselect All," assuming information technology'due south just YouTube videos you're later on.

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Scroll to the lesser of the page. There you'll notice "YouTube and YouTube Music." Check the box side by side to this option.

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Click "All YouTube Data Included" to open a listing of the files you lot can export.

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Check or uncheck what y'all'd like to save. In this case, we'll choose "Deselect All," and only bank check the selection at the lesser for "Videos." Click "OK" to close the window.

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Click the "Next Step" push.

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Choose your delivery method and your export frequency. Google can send y'all a download link for your videos, or there's the option to automatically stow them abroad within of Google Bulldoze, Dropbox, or other cloud storage services. You can also choose to "Export Once" or "Export Every two Months For ane twelvemonth" from this menu.

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Choose a file blazon and the size of your download. If yous have several videos, y'all have the selection to separate them into files as small equally 1GB. File types include .zip and .tgz.

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Click the "Create Consign" button to stop. Google volition gear up the videos and offer y'all a download link.

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YouTube doesn't offer an official way to download other people's YouTube videos—not unless you desire to download them offline in the YouTube app to watch them later. That requires a YouTube Premium subscription.