If you're in for a long flight or headed somewhere with an internet connection, information technology might exist a proficient idea to download some YouTube videos for offline entertainment. Thankfully, it's pretty easy to practise, so you can become your media fix wherever you go. In that location are two means to download videos: through the YouTube app or a tertiary-party tool. Downloading through the YouTube app requires a YouTube premium subscription, whereas third-party tools are free, but come with the cost of convenience and reliability.

A note well-nigh copyrighted content

Downloading a video through the official YouTube app is permitted by YouTube's Terms & Weather condition as the video cannot exist watched outside the app, and you have no access to the file. Nevertheless, if you download a YouTube video through a third-party tool you demand to be enlightened of YouTube'southward Terms of Service(ToS) and copyright law. Firstly, you lot volition be violating YouTube'southward Terms of Service; YouTube can suspend or end your account if you lot are constitute in breach of this. Secondly, you lot need to ensure you are not violating copyright police force. Videos that tin be legally downloaded include:

  • Non-copyrighted public domain videos.
  • Videos are covered past the Creative Commons (CC) license.
    • YouTube includes a search filter for videos that autumn under this license.
  • Videos created past friends and family who have given you permission.

How to download a YouTube video on an Android smartphone or tablet

YouTube Premium

Downloading a video through YouTube requires a YouTube Premium subscription if yous practise not alive in ane of these countries. This subscription costs $11.99/calendar month for individuals or $17.99 for up to 5 people in the same household and includes a wide range of benefits like a subscription to YouTube Music. Whether you lot need a Premium subscription or not, the procedure is exactly the aforementioned. While this is the easiest way to download a YouTube video, you won't exist able to access your video outside the app; a 3rd-party tool is necessary for this.

  1. Open the YouTube app on your phone.
  2. Open the video you wish to download.
  3. Tap the Download push only below the video.
  4. Select a Download quality. If you haven't subscribed to YouTube Premium, the app will prompt you lot to earlier you tin download the video.
  5. Tap Download.

Once downloaded, the Download push volition turn into a blackness tick and read Downloaded. Downloaded videos can be accessed in the Abode tab of the YouTube app when offline.

You can delete a downloaded YouTube video by tapping the Downloaded button and tapping Remove.

TubeMate

TubeMate is one of many services that allow you lot to download YouTube videos. However, if you choose not to utilise TubeMate, be aware that non all these services are trustworthy and can put you at risk of downloading malware.

  1. Download the TubeMate app through APKMirror.
  2. Open the YouTube app.
  3. Open the video you wish to download.
  4. Tap the Share icon just below the video.
  5. Tap TubeMate on the list of apps.
  6. Allow permissions for TubeMate.
  7. Tap one of the MP4 download options.
  8. Tap the blood-red Download button.
  9. Tap the Downloaded push button, the down pointing arrow at the bottom of your screen, to see the download status.

You tin access your downloaded video in ii means. Either open the TubeMate app and tap the Downloaded button at the lesser of your screen, or you tin find the video in your phone's storage. They'll be located in Files by Google in Internal Storage > Video.

How to download a YouTube video on Chromebook

Unfortunately, there is no reliable third-party tool for downloading YouTube videos on a Chromebook. Websites that provide a download tool do exist, but they are often subject to legal takedowns past Google. The safest option to download the video via a third party is to employ the TubeMate method outlined above, then transfer the downloaded file to your Chromebook.

YouTube Premium

Like Android, downloading a video through YouTube on Chromebook requires a Premium subscription. We've used the official YouTube app for this walkthrough, simply the steps to download a video using Chrome are nearly identical.

  1. Open the YouTube app on your Chromebook.
  2. Click the video yous wish to download.
  3. Click the Download button underneath the video.
  4. Select a Download quality. Again, if you do non have a subscription to YouTube Premium, you will be prompted to join here.
  5. Tap Download.

Y'all tin can admission your downloaded videos by clicking your profile icon in the top right of the screen, and so clicking Downloads in the menu. Downloaded videos can be deleted past clicking the iii-button bill of fare to the right of the video, then clicking Delete from Downloads.

Go your YouTube fix anywhere

Cyberspace connection or non, in that location'southward still a way to sentry your favorite YouTube videos whenever. Right now, YouTube Premium is the safest and quickest way to download a YouTube video, but there are 3rd-party options available.

Earlier you go along a downloading frenzy using a tertiary-party app, exist enlightened that doing and so tin put you at take chances for malware or a directly-up ban from YouTube. If you do plan on browsing for a third-political party tool on your Chromebook, check it's updated with the latest security patches first. Otherwise, yous might just want to download a not bad Android game to pass the time instead.

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