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YouTube Subtitles Downloader

Paste a video link to pull its real captions — toggle timestamps on or off, then copy or download.

Only works on videos that actually have captions available — auto-generated or manually uploaded.

Creator guide

Export captions for editing, translation, or accessibility work

A downloaded subtitle file is a real starting point for translation, editing captions in post, or building an accessible version of your own content.

What this tool does

The same real caption extraction as the Transcript Viewer, packaged as a downloadable text file.

How to use the result

Download the version that matches your workflow — timestamped for re-syncing to an edit, plain for translation or reference.

A simple way to use this tool

  1. Download the timestamped version if you're re-syncing to an edit.
  2. Download the plain version if you just need the words for translation or reference.
  3. Always re-check timing after any edit — auto-caption timestamps aren't frame-accurate.
FAQ

Common questions

Not every video has captions. If the creator disabled auto-captions and never uploaded their own, there's genuinely nothing to extract — the same as clicking the CC button on YouTube itself and seeing nothing appear.

Exactly as accurate as YouTube's own captions for that video — we're reading the real caption track, not generating our own. Auto-captions can contain the same errors you'd see with CC turned on.

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