3 Easy Ways to Download YouTube Videos to Watch Offline on PC

YouTube is the biggest video search engine in the world and very popular among internet users. It requires connecting computer or mobile device to internet while watching the videos. However, sometimes you may want to watch YouTube videos offline on laptop when you are on a trip or vacation. The legality of saving videos from YouTube has always been a grey area and may break the YouTube’s terms of service. In this guide, we’ll tell you how to get movies from YouTube and view them offline.

Way 1: Save YouTube Videos for Offline Viewing with YouTube Red
Way 2: Use TubePaw to Free Download Videos from YouTube
Way 3: Watch Offline YouTube Video on PC with KeepVid

Way 1: Save YouTube Videos for Offline Viewing with YouTube Red

YouTube opened the Red subscription service in 2014, which allows members to watch YouTube videos offline for around $10 a month. This subscription also brings some other benefits, like ad-free videos, background play and free Google Play Music subscription.

• Go to youtube.com/red on your computer and sign in your Google account.
• Click “Try it free” to purchase the service. If you have already completed the free trial, click “Get YouTube Red”.
• Select the payment method you wise to use and click “Buy” to complete the process.

Way 2: Use TubePaw to Free Download Videos from YouTube

The videos downloaded with YouTube Red can only be saved for 30 days. Otherwise, the subscription service is exclusively in United States, Australia and New Zealand. To view offline YouTube videos on computer without any restrictions, try TubePaw, a free tool that is able to download online videos from over 10000 sites.

• Download TubePaw on your PC or Mac, run the program and copy the URL of the video you want to download to it.
• Once the URL is pasted, the software will recognized it automatically and start downloading.
  
  
• The program also provides a built-in browser and a list of video sharing website, find your favorite video from the browser and click “Download” to save the video on your computer easily.
  
  

Way 3: Watch Offline YouTube Video on PC with KeepVid

Another alternative to get videos from YouTube is using an online tool called KeepVid. This free video downloader is able to save any videos to computer directly by pasting the URL in the site. But YT website couldn’t be browsed.

• Go to https://keepvid.com/ and you’ll see a box like below, copy and paste the URL of the video to it.
  
  
• Click the download icon and select the quality of the video you want to save. Simply click the “Download” option to and choose a path to save the video.
  
  

Summary

This post have shown you how to watch YouTube videos offline without internet on laptop easily. If you have any questions about this article or you have better solutions, please contact us by commenting below.