Watch videos offline with YouTube Premium - Computer (2024)

If YouTube Premium is available in your location, you can download and watch videos on your mobile device. You can also download videos from your computer using Chrome, Edge, Firefox & Opera browsers. We hope to bring this feature to other browsers in the future.

Learn how to manage your YouTube Premium download settings or sign up for YouTube Premium to get started.

Download videos to watch offline

To download videos onto your computer:

  1. Visit youtube.com from your signed in YouTube Premium account.
  2. Go to the Watch page of the video you’d like to download.
  3. Below the video, click Download Watch videos offline with YouTube Premium - Computer (1).

Once the video is downloaded, the download icon will turn black below the video Watch videos offline with YouTube Premium - Computer (2).

If your device loses internet connectivity while downloading videos, your progress will resume automatically once you reconnect to the internet.

View downloaded videos

To find and view videos that you’ve downloaded on your computer:

  1. Visit youtube.com from your signed in Premium account.
  2. Click on Downloads Watch videos offline with YouTube Premium - Computer (3) in the left menu.

Remove individual videos from your downloads

You can remove videos you've downloaded in two ways:

  1. Under the video player, tap Downloaded Watch videos offline with YouTube Premium - Computer (4) next to the video you'd like to remove.
  2. Click Delete.

Or

  1. Go to your Downloads page Watch videos offline with YouTube Premium - Computer (5).
  2. Select More Watch videos offline with YouTube Premium - Computer (6) next to the video you'd like to remove.
  3. Click Remove from downloads.
  4. Click Delete in the dialog below "Delete all downloads?"

Remove all downloaded videos

You can view and delete the videos you've downloaded by following these steps:

  1. In the left menu, select Downloads.
  2. Tap Download Settings Watch videos offline with YouTube Premium - Computer (7) Delete all downloads.
  3. Click Delete in the dialog below "Delete all downloads?"

Update download settings

Set the default quality of your downloads by going to Settings Watch videos offline with YouTube Premium - Computer (8) Watch videos offline with YouTube Premium - Computer (9) Downloads Watch videos offline with YouTube Premium - Computer (10) Download quality.

Higher-quality videos may consume more data, take longer to show in the Downloads section, and take up more space on your device.

Troubleshoot issues downloading videos

  • Downloaded videos can be played offline for up to 29 days. After that, you'll need to reconnect your device to the internet. Reconnecting will allow the app to check for changes to the video or its availability. If a video is no longer available for offline playback, it will be removed from your device during the next sync.
  • In some countries/regions, content can be played for up to 48 hours without an internet connection. You must be signed in to your Premium account to download videos. Videos added to your downloads can be played while signed in with the same account. Some features, like commenting and liking, are only available when your device is connected to a Wi-Fi network. Learn more about YouTube offline videos.

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