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Download YouTube Videos for free and easily- Here is how to do.

Important note: Many videos on YouTube are copyrighted, which means that it's illegal to download them from YouTube without paying the creator. Before you download anything, be sure to check that it's legal to do so. And be sure not to use anything you've downloaded to make yourself money or otherwise violate copyright.

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In this article, I am going to show you how to download YouTube videos to your internal storage. So that you can access them anytime on your device offline. 

How to download YouTube videos?

There are two ways to download videos:

  1. Using VLC Media Player 
  2. Using Y2Mate YouTube Video Downloader.(Best method)

Note: In this article, I have mentioned only the easiest and the most reliable methods for you. There are more methods of downloading too.

So let's start with our first method: 

VLC media player

This method works best for the users who have the VLC media player already installed and doesn't have a firefox browser. As this method doesn't work in the Firefox browser, unfortunately. So, use the second method instead if you don't meet the above requirements. 

Step 1: Open the YouTube video that you want to download and copy its URL from the search bar or click on the share option and select the "copy link" option. It will copy the URL to your clipboard.

Step 2: Open the VLC media player. If you're on a PC, click "Media" at the top of the screen, and then "Open Network Stream." If you're on a Mac, click "File" at the top, and then "Open Network." 

Open network stream on PC
For PC users

For Mac users
Step 3: In the pop-up menu paste the video URL that you copied, and click "Play" or "Open" at the bottom.

Paste the video URL in the box

Step 4: After a while, your video will start playing. If you're on a PC, click "Tools" at the top of the screen, and then "Media Information."

If you're on a Mac, click "Window," and then "Media Information."

Step 5: A dialog box will appear. In that, at the bottom of the box, you will find the "Location" bar, beside that there will be a URL 

Copy the video URL

Instant tip: Click on the URL and press Ctrl+a+c key combination for PC users to completely copy the URL.

Step 6: Copy the URL from the box and paste it into your browser.

Step 7: You will be directed to a page with the video playing. Click on the three stacked dots on the bottom right side, and click "Download."

Download the video

The video will be downloaded to your computer as an .MP4 file. Now, you can access it offline! 

Note: This method doesn't work in the Firefox browser, as there will be no option to download the video. (Consider using the second method)

Y2Mate YouTube Video Downloader (Best method):

Unlike the first method, this method works on every browser. It doesn't matter in which browser you are! You just need an Internet connection! 

Y2Mate is the website where you can download videos for free. But it has a lot of ads popping up all the time! So I suggest you use an ad-blocker extension if you are going to use this method too often

Step 1: Copy the URL of your video from the search bar or click on the share option and select the "copy link" option. 

Step 2: Go to the Y2Mate YouTube Video Downloader website.

Step 3: Paste the URL which you copied 

Now, Y2Mate YouTube Video Downloader will analyze your link. If it's valid, then it will suggest different quality formats.

Step 4: Now select the format and quality you want

Step 5: Click on "Convert", then it will process and give you the option to Download.

Step 6: Click on "Download" and it will start downloading.

After downloading is complete, head over to your downloads folder. Now, you can see your video downloaded in your desired format.

I hope you enjoyed reading it and that it was worth your time. Comment down if you have any queries related to tech.

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