Scout videos offline on mobile in select countries & regions

In select areas, y'all tin can download certain videos from the YouTube mobile app to play offline.

How to download videos to your telephone or tablet | Restrictions apply

Locations where downloading videos is bachelor

YouTube may not be available in the following locations and therefore may non operate in these territories. We're working to add more territories and bring a localized version of YouTube to more than countries/regions.

Download videos to scout offline

If you're in one of the countries/regions listed above, yous can download certain videos from the YouTube mobile app to lookout man offline. These videos will be available for up to 48 hours. After that, you lot'll need to reconnect your device to a mobile or Wi-Fi network every 48 hours. Reconnecting will allow the app to check for changes to the video or its availability.

  1. Go to the video Scout folio.
  2. Below the video, tap Download or tap Moreand thenDownload.
  3. One time the video is downloaded, Downloaded will plow blue below the video.

If your device loses connectivity as you're downloading a video or playlist, your progress will resume automatically when y'all reconnect to the internet.

Note: In some countries/regions, not-music content tin be played for up to 29 days without requiring an internet connectedness. You'll demand to reconnect to the internet at to the lowest degree one time every 29 days afterwards.

Larn more than about YouTube offline videos.

View and remove downloaded videos

Remove individual videos

To view videos or playlists that have been downloaded, tapDownloads  in the Library tab  of the YouTube mobile app.

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

  1. Tap Downloaded below the video you'd like to remove.
  2. Select Delete.

Or

  1. Get to the Library tab  in the YouTube mobile app.
  2. Tap Downloads.
  3. Tap More than adjacent to the video you'd similar to remove.
  4. Select Delete from downloads.

Remove all downloaded videos

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

  1. Tap your profile pictureand thenSettings .
  2. In Settings, tap Background & downloads and thenDelete all downloads .
  3. Tap Delete in the dialog below "Delete all downloaded videos and playlists?"

Update Download settings

By default, videos are downloaded over both Wi-Fi and mobile information. To allow videos or playlists to exist downloaded over mobile networks, tap your profile picture and thenSettings and thenBackground & downloads and turn offDownload over Wi-Fi only.

Set the default quality of your downloads past going to Settings and then  Background & downloads and then  Download quality. Higher-quality videos may consume more than data, take longer to show in the Downloads section, and take up more space on your device.

To view how much space you lot have left on your device for downloadable content, tap your profile picture and then  Settings and then  Background & downloads in the app. If you have less than 5% of storage space remaining on your device, you tin can't download more than videos. To free up extra space, try removing existing downloads or other content stored on your device.

Offline availability

Some videos are unavailable for offline playback. In most countries/regions, if a video is unavailable for offline playback, Download will exist unavailable.

Notes:

  • In Bharat, starting Oct 29, 2020, users will need a YouTube Premium subscription to download T-Series Music.
  • In South Africa and India, videos on YouTube (not including Shows & Movies for purchase) will be bachelor for download. But, some volition require a YouTube Premium membership to move frontward.
    • For these videos, if you're not yet a member, tapping Download volition enquire you to sign up for YouTube Premium. Equally a YouTube Premium fellow member, you can download the video.

Downloaded videos can be played offline for upward to 48 hours. Afterward that, you'll demand to reconnect your device to a mobile or Wi-Fi network every 48 hours. Reconnecting will let the app to check for changes to the video or its availability. If a video is no longer bachelor for offline playback, it will be removed from your device during the next sync.

You must be signed in to download videos. Videos or playlists that are added to Downloads tin can be played while signed in with the same account. Some features, similar commenting and liking, are but available when your device is connected to a mobile or Wi-Fi network.

Recommended downloads

There will exist a listing of recommended content on the Downloads page below whatsoever videos yous've already downloaded. There may also be a console pop-upwards at the bottom of your screen when we have new download recommendations.

To download recommended videos, tap Download.

Recommended downloads won't be automatically saved to your device, nor use any of your storage, unless you tap Download to salve them. If you lot tap Download while you're offline, the video volition be downloaded the side by side time you connect to a network approved for downloads.

If you want to opt out of getting download recommendations:

  1. Tap your contour picture  .
  2. Tap Settings and thenBackground & Downloads.
  3. Plough off Recommend Downloads.

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