Watch videos offline with YouTube Premium

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.

How to download videos with YouTube Premium

Download videos to watch offline

To download videos onto your Apple device, follow the steps below:

Sign in to your account within the YouTube App.
Go to the Watch page of the video you’d like to download.
Below the video, click Download .

Once the video is downloaded, the download icon will turn black below the video .

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 Apple device,

Sign in to your Premium account from the YouTube App.
Tap your profile picture.
Select Downloads from the list of options.

Remove individual videos from your downloads

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

Under the video player, tap Downloaded next to the video you'd like to remove.
Click Delete.

Tap your profile picture Downloads .
Tap More next to the video you'd like to remove.
Select Delete from downloads.

Remove all downloaded videos

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

Click on your profile picture Settings .
In Settings, select Background & downloads Delete downloads.
Click Delete in the dialog below "Delete all downloads?"

Update download settings

Set the default quality of your downloads by following these steps:

Tap your profile picture Settings .
In Settings, select Background & downloads 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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