YouTube on one of the web platforms with the largest number of users in the world , since it allows audio and video sharing with different purposes: humor, education, news, music and more . Sometimes we want to have these files available at any time without having to access the platform with an internet connection.
For this reason it is necessary to know different applications and programs in order to download the videos or only the audio from them , and thus save and enjoy them whenever we want and in the place we want. And although the same platform has an official application called YouTube Go for downloads, it is available only for mobile devices.
In this article we will explain step by step everything you need to know in order to download YouTube audios and videos by different means, be it applications, websites or programs. All these options can serve you, and it is at your disposal which one you want to choose, either for its easy use, for its design or power.
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Download and copy videos and audio from YouTube without using programs for free
There are different websites that will allow us to download YouTube videos or audios totally free, without using programs or applications. Here are some of the best options you have to do it.
Savefrom.net
Savefrom is a web platform that allows us to perform YouTube video extraction in an easy way , without using programs. The steps to follow are very simple:
- The first thing you need to do is enter the video you want and in the url place “ss” after “www”. You must write it in the following way “ www.ssyoutube.com/(in this space it will be the code of the visual content)» in this way you can automatically enter the Savefrom portal to download. We show you an image of how it should look.
- Now just press the « Enter » key on your keyboard and you will be in the portal, ready to download the video you have chosen.
- You just have to press the download option and you will open two web portals one of advertising which you just have to close, and one where you can view and copy the video you want.
- Click on the Download options, are the 3 points that are in the lower right . You can see them, we have marked them in a red box so you can locate it easier.
- After clicking on this option, a small tab will open in which you will choose the download option. Click there and the video download will start without problems .
You can also download without entering the double s (SS) in the original URL of the audiovisual you want and paste it in the space allocated on the Savefrom website for downloading videos. With only 3 simple steps:
- Copy the video url on the YouTube website.
- Insert it in the Savefrom portal, you will place the url in the indicated place with a red arrow on it says “ Just insert a link ” wait for the video we want to download to appear.
- Finally click on the download option and repeat the steps explained above to download of the video.
Yout.com
Allows its users to download YouTube videos in the same way as Savefrom , you just have to change the URL or main link on YouTube as follows:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch(video code) this url we will change it and write https://www.yout.com/watch (video code) We will remove only the letters “ube” from the original link.
- Following this we will choose the audio quality between: low, medium, high, very high and press the option to record mp3.
You can also go directly to the Yout website and place the original link of the videos you want to copy in the search bar. You can use this same website from your mobile device’s browser to download the audio of all the videos that interest you . The steps you must take to download are identical to those previously explained for the Savefrom web portal. These work the same way for computers and mobile devices.
Programs and software to download videos from Youtube from your computer
There are a large number of tools for computers, which allow us to download videos and audios from YouTube, even varying their quality . We will indicate the ones that in our opinion are the best for this purpose.
Jdownloader.org
Jdownloader is a free-to-use program that allows us to make the copy and download of YouTube audio and video in a very easy and totally reliable way, you can use it in different operating systems.
- After choosing the option that suits the operating system of our computer, you will be sent to a page to download the installer .
- We start the installation program and click on “ Yes ” to give permissions to the program to make modifications to our computer, 100% secure .
- Following them we will observe the Jdownloader installation screen.
- After completing the download, we will choose the installation language we can only choose between English and German, we will choose English.
- Following this we will configure the installation of the program , make sure that the options you see on your computer are identical to those of the images below we will show.
When completing this small process you will finally start the installation of Jdownloader on your computer , wait a few minutes while it completes. When completing the installation you will get a small window, where you will have the option to donate money to the creators of the program, if you do not want to do it you just have to press « Skip «. Then you simply click on “ Finish ” and voila.
To copy a video on YouTube , just copy the link or url, and it will automatically be added. We have to clarify that this option is only possible while Jdownloader is running. To manually add a link you just have to press the option add links and then click on accept. Your link will be loaded, showing you everything you can download from it, as you will see in the following image.
We recommend that you disable the “document file” and “image” options. In this way they will not appear in the download options and when you press play you will only download the audio and video of the link you have placed. You can add as many links as you like, the program has a maximum limit of simultaneous downloads , but it allows you to download more than three at a time. Although this technique affects the download speed of the other files a bit.
A key point which makes this program the most recommended by us is that Jdownloader allows you to copy videos, images and much more, from almost any online platform, just by adding the link that interests us we can download the file and be free of worries.
Clipgrab.org
Clipgrab is a program that allows us to convert videos, on platforms such as: YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion and many more. To do this we just need to enter your web portal and choose the option of « Free Download » and follow these steps:
- At the end of the installation and running the file, you will proceed to install it.
- You will press the option « Next » and after them you will have to accept the license terms.
- Then indicate the path where the program will be saved.
- Before finishing the installation the program will give you the option to install two additional programs, Opera and Avast antivirus, you decide if you want to install them on your computer or not.
- When the installation is complete , we will choose the option to finish, then run Clipgrab .
Now, to use this program, we just need to copy the YouTube link or URL and ClipGrab will automatically add it to allow us to download . In the option « Format «, we can choose the type of file we want from mp3 file (audio only) to video formats or other types of audio. After choosing the type of file we want to copy, we will press the option « Download this video » and the download will begin to our computer.
Better extensions to download and extract audio and video from YouTube
Extensions are also an option you should seriously consider to get the content you want from YouTube. These have a similar operation to the websites and programs that we have just presented, but they simplify the process a lot so that you can perform the work in a much faster way. A Here are the best Firefox and Chrome add-ons to do this work .
Savefrom (extension) 
We can use Savefrom to take YouTube videos with just one click , for this it is necessary to download the free use program that the page has at your disposal. To do this we enter Savefrom.net and in the tab that says install, click there to download the program.
We will open the file that has been downloaded, we will have to press “ Yes ” for the program to start the installation steps. To do this we first accept the license terms (after reading them) click on accept. Then we will have a screen to confirm in which browsers we want the program to work, it validates that the option of « Install to all browsers « is selected.
And then press «Next». The installation screen will open. Keep in mind that if you get an error box because to install the extension in your browser you need to close it. Just close it and press accept to continue with the installation .
If for some reason you cannot use the extension in Firefox, since something happens during installation, we recommend that you do it directly from the web section of your browser. It is currently only available in Mozilla, but possibly in the future it is also available in Chrome .
The extension will already be installed in our browser, we just have to open YouTube and click on some of the Savefrom symbols that will appear on the screen, they are located in the upper right or next of the subscribe button.
Flash Video Downloader
This is another very useful and practical extension to download all the audiovisuals you need. It not only works on the Google video platform , but also on DailyMotion, Vimeo and so many others. You just have to add it to your browser and after that you can see its icon in the upper right corner of your interface. Then you simply have to enter the URL of the content you want to download and once there click on the icon we mentioned.
You will simply have to choose the quality in which you want the material to be downloaded and ready, the process will be carried out automatically. The advantage of this tool is that it allows you to make the downloads much faster, pause them and then resume them whenever you want , as if it were a Torrent.
FBDown Video Downloader
Another of the best you can find. This not only allows you to copy YouTube videos, but also audios from other portals. It has excellent support that has almost all banks of internet audiovisual content registered , so there will be no portal that resists you with it.
The operation is basically the same as that of the previous extension; You simply have to enter the website where the content you want is hosted, start the extension by clicking on the icon in the upper right corner that corresponds to it and choose the quality in which we want to obtain the material. Easy, fast and completely free .
vGet Extension
This extension will allow you to download from your browser in two clicks. You can install it on both Firefox and Chrome, platforms where it is one of the most used by their respective users. In the same way as the previous ones, it will not only allow you to download YouTube content, but also other portals such as Vimeo, DailyMotion, Facebook and even Instagram (in its desktop version). P >
This is one of the best since it not only allows you to choose the quality of the content, but also the format in which you want to obtain it, being able to do it in MP4 , AVI and many others, as well as in MP3 to get only the audio .
Download and copy YouTube content from your mobile using Android and iOS applications
There are many applications for Android, the first one we are going to name is YouTube Go , it is the official application of the company, which allows its users to download those audiovisuals that you liked on the platform.
YouTube Go
It works in a simple way. To install it we must access the Play Store and search for it , and then install it. At the end of the process we will configure the account with which we enter, press next. And finally we will give permissions to the application so you can control the videos downloaded by YouTube Go .
To download a video, just look for the one that interests us and click on it. To then choose the playback quality of it and press the Play option. The audiovisual will be downloaded and will be available in the folder we have selected for this need . It should be noted that in it we can only get videos, in addition to the fact that they are only available from the application and these cannot be shared in any way with other Android users or other platforms.
Apart from that there are many users among which we include that at the time of downloading certain videos they are not saved.
Videoder
Videoder is an Android application, which allows us to extract from other other platforms in our mobile device in a very simple and convenient way . This application is very friendly, with an appearance similar to YouTube and easy to use.
Download APK Videoder for Android
- The first thing you should do is get the APK from your web browser by entering the portal Videoder.
- We proceed to install the application on our mobile phone.
- After completing the installation we will start the application, within it we will choose the YouTube option being able to navigate on the platform within the Videoder application.
