How to Download YouTube Videos in any Format

When you need to watch YouTube videos several times, it’s better to download them to your PC. Because if you watch the same video multiple times online on YouTube, it may cost you more data. This is very helpful in the case of tutorial videos.

There are various third-party software available for downloading YouTube Videos. But third-party software may come with adware/spyware also. So, it’s better to use online services from the SaveFrom.Net website to download YouTube videos on your PC or Phone.

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Download YouTube Videos without any Software

This website allows you to download videos by inserting the URL of the video. Besides YouTube, you can also download videos from other websites.

Step 1: Browse Desired YouTube Video

First of all, open https://www.youtube.com and play the video that you want to download. In this tutorial, we have used a famous short film Big Buck Bunny animation video.

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Step 2: Redirect Video URL to SaveFrom.Net

After you have selected the YouTube videos, let’s see how to download them. First, click on the address bar and delete the portion of the URL before youtube.com.

So, if the URL is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxxxx then delete www. and write ss in place of www. as shown below. So, the new URL will become- ssyoutube.com/watch?v=xxxxxxx. After that, press Enter to continue.

You will be redirected to a SaveFrom.Net website. Here you can download the selected YouTube video in any format that too without any software.

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Step 3: Download YouTube Videos in any Format

On the SaveFrom.net webpage, you will see a Download button for the selected video. Next to this download button, you can see the video format that you will be downloading.

Now, click on the format and you will see the list of available formats for that video. You can click on the More button to display more formats if it’s not showing all of them.

Click on the format that you want to download, the download will start immediately.

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Download YouTube Videos in any Format without any Software

So, using the online service of SaveFrom.Net, you can download any YouTube video which is not protected by copyright. Copyright-protected videos can’t be downloaded using this service. Besides that, you can also go to http://savefrom.net manually and paste the YouTube video URL there to download the videos.

Availability of formats depends on the quality of the video which was uploaded to YouTube. If a video is uploaded in HD quality, you will have more downloading options. Hope you liked the tutorial. Feel free to comment if you face any problems.