How to Download YouTube Videos to Phone

This is an article on how to download YouTube videos to your iPhone or Android phone. You can use the app linked to the “VidPaw” site to do this on iPhone and Android, or subscribe to the paid YouTube Red service to download videos directly from YouTube. However, you cannot download some videos, such as music videos.

Table of Contents

On iPhone

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Download the Documents 6 app. The Documents app, whose display name on the App Store is Documents 6 and published by the company Readdle, is used to manage files on the iPhone. Download operation as follows:

Open the App Store

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Tap Search .
Tap the search bar
Import documents 6
Tap Search
Tap Documents by Read… in the search results
Tap GET (Get)
Enter your Apple ID or Touch ID password

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Copy the link to the YouTube video you want to download. While you can’t download music videos and movies from YouTube Red, you can download other videos from YouTube through the Documents app. First, you need to get the address of the YouTube video in the following way:

Open YouTube
Access the video you want to download
Tap Share below the video
Tap Copy link .

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Open Documents 6. Press the iPhone’s Home button to minimize the YouTube app, then tap the Documents 6 app with the black, green, and yellow “D” icon on a white background.

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Open the Documents browser 6. Tap the compass icon in the lower right corner of the screen to do this.

If the browser is not visible, you can swipe the compass icon to the right.

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Go to https://www.vidpaw.com . Tap the address bar at the top of the screen, then type vidpaw.com and tap the blue Go button on the iPhone keyboard.

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Paste the address of the YouTube video. Tap the input field in the center of the page, tap it again when the iPhone keyboard shows up, and tap Paste in the pop-up menu.

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Tap Start . It’s the blue button below the data entry field.

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Tap Download . It’s the highest quality right button and shows up at the top of the page.

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Tap Done when asked. This option is in the upper right corner of the screen. The process of downloading YouTube videos to iPhone immediately begins.

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Open the Documents interface. Tap the folder icon in the lower left corner of the screen. You will see a list of folders displayed.

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Tap Downloads . This is the folder in the middle of the Documents page. The list of downloaded files is immediately displayed after you touch this button.

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Play video. Find the video’s title and thumbnail, then tap it to view it in the Documents app. The video will play in Documents.

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Move the video to the iPhone’s Camera Rpl (Rolling Camera). While you can play videos in the Documents app whenever you want to watch them, you can also move them into your iPhone’s Photos app if you’re using iOS 11:

Tap ⋯ in a corner on the video thumbnail.
Tap Share , then tap Save to Files .
- This option is only available on iOS 11. If you’re using an older iPhone, you won’t be able to move videos.
Tap On My iPhone , then tap any folder and select Add .
Open your iPhone’s Files app.
Tap Browse in the lower right corner.
Tap On My iPhone (On My iPhone), then tap the folder where you used to save the video.
Tap the video to open it.
Tap the “Share” icon

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, then tap Save Video .

On Android

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Download ES File Explorer. This is an app that allows you to view downloaded files and move them on Android – useful if you later want to move the downloaded video into Android’s Photos app. The operation is as follows:

Open Google Play Store

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Tap the search bar
Enter es file explorer
Tap the ES File Explorer result below the search bar
Tap INSTALL (Settings)
Tap ACCEPT (Accept) when asked

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Copy the link to the YouTube video you want to download. While you can’t download music videos and movies from YouTube Red, you can download other videos from YouTube through the Documents app. First, you need to get the address of the YouTube video in the following way:

Open YouTube
Access the video you want to download
Tap Share below the video
Tap Copy link .

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Open

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Google Chrome. Close the YouTube app, then tap the Chrome app with the red, yellow, green, and blue spherical icon.

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Tap the search bar. This option is at the top of the screen.

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Visit the VidPaw page. Tap the address bar at the top of the screen, then type vidpaw.com and tap Enter or Go on your Android’s keyboard.

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Paste the video’s address into YouTube. Tap the input field in the center of the page, tap it again when the Android keyboard is displayed, and tap Paste in the menu that appears.

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Tap Start . It’s the blue button next to the data input field.

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Tap Download . It’s the highest quality right selection and shows up at the top of the page.

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Tap Done when asked. This option is in the upper right corner of the screen. The process of downloading YouTube videos to Android immediately begins.

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Open ES File Explorer. Close Google Chrome, and then tap the ES File Explorer app. This is to open the ES File Explorer application.

The first time you use ES File Explorer, you have to swipe or tap several pages of information before you see the home page.

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Select the save folder. Tap SD Card or Internal , depending on Android’s default save folder.

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Tap Download . This is the folder in the middle of the page, but you may need to swipe down to find it.

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Watch video. Find the video’s name and thumbnail, then tap to open it in the Android video app.

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Move the video into the Android Photos app. If you want to view downloaded videos in Android’s Photos app instead of using ES File Explorer, do the following:

Touch and hold the video thumbnail
Tap at a corner of the screen
Tap Move to .
Tap the Pictures folder
Tap OK

Use YouTube Red

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Open YouTube. Tap on the YouTube app with a white triangle on a red background. The YouTube home page immediately shows up if you’re logged in.

If you are not signed in, select your profile or tap SIGN IN , then enter your email address and/or password.

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Tap the profile icon. This is the option in the upper right corner of the screen. The account menu is immediately displayed on the screen.

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Tap Get YouTube Red (Subscribe to YouTube Red). You’ll see this option near the middle of the menu.

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Tap TRY IT FREE . It’s the blue button in the upper right corner of the screen.

On iPhone, tap GET YOUTUBE RED , then enter your Apple ID or Touch ID when prompted. Next, you can move on to the “Select Video” step.

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Enter payment information. When prompted, you’ll select an existing payment method, or tap Add a [method] , such as Add a card , and enter the details.

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Enter the YouTube password. Tap the “Verify your password” field, then enter your Google account’s password.

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Tap BUY . This option is at the bottom of the screen. After entering your password and choosing to pay with your entered information, you’ll get a free month of YouTube Red.

The YouTube Red service usually charges a monthly fee of US$9.99 on Android (about VND 230,000) and US$12.99 on iPhone (about VND 295,000).

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Select video. Find the video you want to download, then tap it. The video will play automatically as soon as you touch it.

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Tap Download . This option is below the video. On some versions of the YouTube app, you’ll see a downward arrow icon. The screen immediately appears a menu after your action.

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Choose quality. Tap the quality (such as 720p ) for the video you want to download.

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Tap DOWNLOAD (Download). This option is below the menu. This is the operation to download YouTube videos to smartphones.

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Watch videos without a network connection. YouTube Red allows you to watch downloaded videos offline. To do this, you’ll tap Library , find the video under “Available Offline”, and tap the video to watch it.

Advice

If you can’t download YouTube videos on your smartphone or tablet, you can always download videos on your computer.

Warning

YouTube has strict rules for downloading videos from their platform, so any services used to download videos at this time may be banned at any time.
Downloading YouTube videos, even for personal use, violates YouTube’s terms of use.

Steps

On iPhone

On Android

Use YouTube Red

Advice

Warning

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