Download and Save YouTube Videos on Laptop for Free

March 27, 2020

YouTube's CEO, Susan Wojcicki, recently said that more than 1.9 billion people log on to Google's YouTube every month. In total, these users spend 180 million hours a day watching YouTube videos. On average, there are 1 hour of videos uploaded to YouTube per second, with an average of 350 thousand videos uploaded per day.

The popularity of YouTube can be imagined. Many of the high quality videos on YouTube make a large amount of people want to download them to a laptop for offline watching, but there is no official way for us to download it. Even so, there are still many ways to solve this problem.

After reading this article, you will find that it is easy to download videos from YouTube to your laptop. Here we go!

CONTENTS

Part 1. How to FREE Save Youtube Videos Online to Laptop?

With VidPaw you can now download and Youtube videos without using any tools on your devices! And the best thing - it's free! VidPaw allows you to download video from YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, etc. to WEBM, 3GP or MP4. You can easily download thousands of videos from YouTube and other 1000+ websites. VidPaw is all about simplicity. It shouldn't be hard for you to download your favorite videos or music clips and that's why we made it our mission to give you the simplicity you deserve!

Now, simply follow the steps below to download YouTube videos to Laptop for Free

STEP 1. Copy and Paste the Link
You just need to open VidPaw, then copy and paste the URL of YouTube video to the tab. Next, hit the "Start" button.

STEP 2. Set Your Desired Format and Quality
After loading, you can start to select the output format and quality from these four sections: Video Download, Video-Only, Audio Download, and Subtitle. The contents of the four parts are as follows:

Video Download	Support to download MP4, 3GP, and WebM in 144p to 720p with sound.
Video-Only	Support to download MP4, 3GP, and WEBM in 1080p, 1440p, 2160p, and 4320p with no sound.
Audio Download	Download videos as audio files in M4A and WebM from 64kbps and up to 320kbps.
Subtitle Download	Closed Captions in a certain YouTube video.

Now move the mouse to select the one you want and click on the Download button. Then it will start downloading. It takes some time to download, just wait patiently.

STEP 3. Enjoy Your Video on Laptop
When the download is completed, you can watch the video on laptop offline. If it's a movie video, you can also invite your friends and family to watch it together and it won't be stuck in a bad network!

[Tips1] Download YouTube Videos on Laptop with VidPaw Extension

If you think the first method is not convenient enough, you can try the VidPaw extension, which allows you to simply click the download button below the YouTube videos to save it quickly on your laptop.

Here, I will show you how to install it and download YouTube videos to laptop.

STEP 1. Install Tampermonkey Extension
First of all, you need to install Tampermonkey extension, which will enable you to have a more stable and fluent performance. Click and install Tampermonkey extension based on your browser.

Google Chrome Tampermonkey
Mozilla Firefox Tampermonkey
Safari Tampermonkey
Microsoft Edge Tampermonkey

STEP 2. Install VidPaw Extension
Now you need to install VidPaw extension. Click here: VidPaw Extension.
Click on the "Install" button to initiate the download in your browser.

When the installation is completed, open your YouTube video page, and you can see that the video now has a VidPaw icon. Just click on it and you can download video to your laptop. The convenience is really terrific!

[Tips 2] Change YouTube Videos' URL to Download Them More Conveniently

If you're not satisfied with either of the above, you can try the following tip as well.

STEP 1. Go to the YouTube page and open the video you want to download. In the address bar, enter "paw" after "YouTube", for example, www.youtubepaw.com.
STEP 2. Press the "Enter" key on your keyboard and redirect it to the download page.
STEP 3. Select the video / audio / subtitle that you need to download.

How to Download Videos from YouTube to Windows Laptop?

On Windows laptop, a more convenient way to download videos from YouTube is provided by an amazing product, which is VidPaw for Windows.

As a by-product of VidPaw Online Video Downloader, VidPaw for Windows is specifically designed for Windows laptop, to help its dear users to download YouTube videos more stably. VidPaw for Windows provides almost the same services as VidPaw online tool does, and even much better.

VidPaw for Windows features:

* Download YouTube videos to different formats such as MP4 and WEBM;

* Save all YouTube videos in high quality, which includes 8K, 4K, 2K, 1080p, 720p, 360p, etc;

* Has the ability to strip music from YouTube videos, and also download the subtitles with YouTube videos;

* Download 2 YouTube videos in the meantime with 6X faster speed to save your effort;

* Support all Windows systems.

Here is how to use VidPaw for Windows to download YouTube to laptop in Windows system.

STEP 1. Open VidPaw for Windows after installing it well on your computer.

STEP 2. Open YouTube and go to the YouTube video for copying its URL.

STEP 3. Back to VidPaw for Windows, and directly insert the URL of the YouTube video to the bar on its interface.

STEP 4. Click "Analyze" and wait for the conversion done. Then output choices will be provided.

STEP 5. Select an output format, then, hit the "Download" icon to download and save the YouTube video.

Part 3. How to Download and Save YouTube Videos to Mac?

Not only for Windows, VidPaw also rolls out such a helpful downloader for Mac as well. That is VidPaw for Mac.

The functions and features of VidPaw for Mac are quite similar to VidPaw for Windows. It provides a free and reliable downloader for Mac users to save YouTube videos in the simplest way. Firstly, let’s take a comprehensive look at the features of VidPaw for Mac.

VidPaw for Mac features:

* Download online videos from YouTube in regular video formats such as MP4, M4A and WEBM.

* Able to download YouTube videos in HD quality such as 8K, 4K, 2K, 1080p, 720p, 360p, etc;

* The fast downloading speed to save your time;

* Work smoothly on MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac running macOS 10.12 and above.

Let's see how to download YouTube videos to your laptop for free via VidPaw for Mac.

STEP 1. Install VidPaw for Mac on your device, then open it.

STEP 2. In YouTube, find the YouTube video you like. After reaching the video, copy its URL.

STEP 3. Navigate to VidPaw for Mac and paste the URL to the download frame bar. Remember to press the "Analyze" button as well.

STEP 4. When all output options come up, choose the option you need, then, hit the "Download" button in the corner to save YouTube video right away.

These are the three ways that VidPaw provides you to download YouTube videos to laptop. You can try each of them or choose the way you feel good to download YouTube videos. I hope this tutorial can help you solve this trouble. Have a good time!

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